Employment issues for Swedish, Dutch and German speakers

Some people learn foreign languages ??out of personal preference. Otherwise, the ratio of men to women in foreign language colleges would not be so imbalanced. When choosing a language, in addition to hobbies, the most important thing is the employment situation. , especially those who specialize in minority languages, are even more concerned about it.

Which minority language has better employment forms? It is very risky to answer such a question. No one wants others to underestimate their major; as the so-called harmony is valuable, before ranking them, let’s give them collective praise. Let’s take a look at two reports:

The first article is about the employment rate: CCTV_1 "Chao Wen Tian Xia" The Ministry of Education announced the employment status of majors above designated size in general colleges and universities nationwide in 2007, which involves 226 undergraduate majors. The employment status is based on the fresh graduates in early September each year. According to statistics on the initial employment rate of undergraduate graduates, German, French, and Spanish rank in the top 10.

The second article is about salary: According to the Beijing Evening News report in 2008, a survey showed that among the top 10 highest-paying undergraduate majors, three majors in minor languages ??accounted for three, and they were French majors with the highest monthly salary. , the third-ranked German major and the ninth-ranked Japanese major. This shows that undergraduate majors in minor languages ??and electronic information are at the top of the salary structure for college graduates in my country.

The report is very gratifying and sounds very encouraging. The similarity in employment situation among minority languages ??stems from the similarities in employment channels. Although there are many differences in language structure, there are differences in employment channels. Strong security, mainly concentrated in the following areas:

1. Government civil servant; 2. College teachers; 3. News media organizations; 4. Foreign enterprises and Sino-foreign joint ventures; 5. Provincial and municipal foreign affairs offices; 6. Foreign trade company;7. Travel company; 8. Overseas study and training institutions; 9. Cultural communication company; 10. Freelance.

Having said that, let’s talk about minor differences. The differences in employment forms of minority languages ??are mainly affected by the following three aspects:

1. The number of people learning this language;

2. The number of countries that speak this language and their economic conditions;

3. China’s relations with these countries include geopolitical and political and economic aspects.

Based on the above three points, let’s talk about the employment ranking of minority languages ????as we feel:

1. Portuguese (6 colleges and universities, about 7 Portuguese-speaking countries and regions):

I don’t know why Portuguese is not among the top 10 employment rates announced by the Ministry of Education. Maybe it’s because there are more people graduating every year. There are too few students to qualify as a "large-scale major", but the current employment situation in Portuguese is really good.

Most of the Portuguese-speaking countries are concentrated in Africa, with 5 countries. In terms of language, Portuguese and Spanish are like brothers. In terms of employment, Portuguese and French are as close as brothers. Like French, Africa is also a major battlefield for Portuguese-speaking people's current employment. When talking about Portuguese-speaking Africa, one country must be mentioned - Angola. Angola's contribution to China is not just basketball in the Olympics. It is also China's largest trading partner in Africa. What is even more exaggerated is that in early 2008, Xiaoan actually replaced Xiaoan as China's largest oil supplier. How strong is the relationship between China and Angola? Economic complementarity is self-evident. China also maintains good economic relations with Mozambique, another Portuguese-speaking African country, and is currently its sixth largest investor. Judging from the recruitment information registered by the company itself, the starting salary for those who learn Portuguese in Africa will reach 2,000-2,500 US dollars. This kind of salary level is beyond the reach of other small languages.

However, for many people, Africa only wants to see from a distance and does not want to get close. If you don’t want to go, it’s okay. Brazil, the Portuguese-speaking South American football kingdom, also absorbs Portuguese An important position for talents. Brazil, China, Russia, and India are currently known as the "BRIC countries" and have the greatest economic development potential. Whether now or in the future, the current number of Portuguese graduates is far from meeting the demand.

Portugal, the origin of the Portuguese language, does not provide many employment opportunities, but there is always demand. Moreover, it occupies such a treasured land in Europe, allowing Portuguese speakers to have a foothold in three continents. base area.

2. Spanish (20 colleges and universities are opened, and there are more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries and regions)

Spanish is a bit like French 5 years ago. There are more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries, and there are more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries in China. There are currently only more than 20 Spanish-speaking colleges and universities. Judging from the training market in the past two years, Spanish is heating up the fastest. On the one hand, it is due to the opening up of the study abroad market in American countries, and on the other hand, there is more demand for Spanish-speaking talents in the market.

Most Spanish-speaking countries are concentrated in Latin America, which are greatly influenced by the West and are not highly dependent on China's economy. The demand for Spanish-speaking talents is relatively stable. The current good employment situation benefits from the law of scarcity. Unsurprisingly, the number of Spanish language colleges will increase in recent years. In addition, the right people are gradually becoming available in the right positions. Spanish language employment is on the rise. There will probably no longer be such an obvious advantage in the future.

3. French (71 colleges and universities, more than 40 French-speaking countries and regions)

French is the language that is used in the most countries and has the widest range besides English. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and various competitions The venues are all broadcast in French, English and Chinese. However, in terms of employment, the situation is very embarrassing: very few French learners go to Europe for employment, and more go to Africa.

The current French major is very much like an African preparatory class, providing a steady stream of translation talents to Africa. Most French-speaking countries are located in Africa. Although the countries are poor, they are rich in natural resources, and most of them are untapped. China and Africa have always had traditional friendship. We call other countries friends, and we call African countries brothers. This emotional tone is obviously very different. Two years ago, we hosted the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, and the brothers had a good gathering. . China’s enthusiasm and strength in Africa are something that Western countries do not want to see. African issues have increasingly become a focus issue between China and the West. From Darfur oil to Zimbabwe’s arms, Western countries are dissatisfied and uneasy, saying that China is Africa is pursuing "neo-colonialism".

No matter what the outside world says, the objective situation is that Chinese companies are undertaking more and more African projects, and French graduates are coming to Africa one after another.

Going to Africa will provide you with a good salary, with a starting salary of around US$1,000-1,500. This is why French has become the major with the “highest monthly salary” on the list, but few people only care about the money. For those who go to Africa, especially girls, going to Africa is more like a helpless choice made under the pressure of employment. There are indeed too many graduates majoring in French. The number of colleges and universities offering French courses has basically doubled in the past five years, and those who studied in France are returning to China one after another. This has had an impact on the employment of French majors.

4. German (60 colleges and universities, about 5 German-speaking countries and regions)

The most obvious word is "stability". Whether you work hard or not, the data in all aspects will remain unchanged. .

German language ranks in the top 10 for employment, and salary ranks second among minor languages. The employment situation of German is basically in a stable state. It will not surprise or disappoint people. It attracts talents. The main channels are the 10 major fields mentioned above. In terms of attracting talents for foreign companies, German companies perform best after Japanese companies, especially in the automobile industry.

In the past three years, due to the adjustment of study abroad policies, studying in Germany has been at a low point, and the number of German language training enrollments has also declined slightly. It feels that German is not as popular in China as before; however, for those majoring in German For me, this may be a good thing, as there are fewer competitors joining in the fun.

5. Japanese (227 colleges and universities, Japanese-speaking country - Japan)

Putting aside the factors of national sentiment, objectively speaking, Japan is indeed a country with leading technology and many famous companies.

In today's digital age, young people all have a few Japanese products in their hands: watches, electronic dictionaries, and calculators from Casio, and cameras from Canon, Sony, and Nikon.

Among the world's top 500 companies, Japan has always ranked second. At the same time, due to geographical relations, a large number of Japanese companies have invested and built factories in China. Unlike European and American companies, Japanese companies all use English as their office language regardless of their mother tongue, and English in small Japan is not good either. Japanese companies have absorbed a large number of graduates majoring in Japanese. The reason why many people think that foreign companies are the main destination for students with minor language majors to graduate is probably due to the employment situation in Japanese.

There are now a lot of Japanese language colleges and universities, reaching 227, almost catching up with half of the English colleges and universities. It is not difficult for Japanese language students to find a job, but it is not easy to find a good job. Many of them work as clerks in Japanese companies.

6. Italian (12 schools are opened, the country where it is spoken - mainly Italy)

Italy is a unique country, and it is difficult to understand it with a fixed mindset. Countries are very individual, but the employment of Italian language students is mostly very regular. I once attended an Italian class at Beijing Foreign Studies University through an advertisement on the website. The teacher was very young and had only graduated for two years. She talked to us about the employment situation of their classmates and basically focused on the 10 major fields mentioned at the beginning of the article. .

If we say something different, there is something very personal about Italian. Among the 10 or so students in the training class, one of them learned Italian for work needs. He is a football editor for a well-known website. Later, he learned Italian for work. I noticed that several news media, including CCTV Sports Channel, are recruiting Italian-speaking sports editors.

Italian is a field that cannot absorb a large number of graduates, but because there are only a small number of colleges and universities, and they do not enroll students every year, and the Italian study abroad policy is not stable, unlike French, German, and Spanish There are a large number of returned graduates, so the advantage of Italian employment is that there is little competition pressure, but the disadvantage is that the channels are not wide.

7. Russian (93 colleges and universities, about 10 Russian-speaking countries and regions)

In addition to Russia, Russian is not the only common language in several other countries. It is also used in Ukraine and several "Stan" countries. They all have a "de-Russianization" posture, and the status of the Russian language seems to be weakening.

The Russian economy has recovered rapidly in recent years. Sino-Russian trade is very active not only in some border areas of Heilongjiang and Xinjiang, but also in the core area of ??Beijing, the capital, on Yabao Road next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The road signs and store signs are also bilingual in Chinese and Russian, which is very large.

There are many Russian-language colleges and universities, but many of them have not recruited many students in recent years. Russian-language employment is generally in a state of recovery.

8. Arabic (16 colleges and universities, more than 20 Arabic-speaking countries and regions)

There are more than 20 Arabic-speaking countries, mainly distributed in West Asia, East Africa and North Africa. It gives the impression that Desert and oil. Some countries are extremely rich because of oil. Qatar, a small country with a population of only more than 800,000, has such good financial resources to host the Asian Games because of oil.

Arabic-speaking countries really like to talk about oil. In addition to the 10 small-language industries mentioned, the employment of Arabic-speaking graduates is closely related to this. PetroChina, Sinopec, and CNOOC are all graduates the foothold.

From a customary point of view, the phenomenon of favoring boys over girls in Albanian-speaking countries is relatively serious. Although this does not mean that it is difficult for Albanian-speaking girls to find a job, it is indeed difficult for girls to achieve better development.

There is a lack of well-known enterprises in Arabic-speaking countries, and the idea of ??learning Arabic to join foreign companies is unrealistic. Most Arabs doing business in China are concentrated in small commodity wholesale markets like Yiwu.

Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and other countries are countries where Arabic is the official language and French is commonly used. Many companies are equipped with translators in both languages, which can be regarded as a French-Albanian family.

9.

Korean (61 schools in operation, Korean-speaking countries - South Korea, North Korea)

Korean has been highly sought after by young people in China in the past two years. Learning Korean is regarded as fashionable, but most people just Learning Korean for entertainment purposes has nothing to do with the employment situation of Korean majors.

Korean companies investing in China include large companies like Samsung and LG, and more are small companies. The distribution of Korean companies in China is very regional. There are more of them in Shandong, Northeast, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and most of them are located in some second- and third-tier cities, such as Dalian, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Rizhao, and Dongguan, and their salary levels are relatively low. It is low, and there are people who can do it with a monthly salary of more than 1,000 yuan. Small Korean companies set up factories in China, which means that the labor cost is low.

Among the nine minor languages, the value of the Korean major is relatively low. It is the major that pays the least attention to academic qualifications but to actual Korean proficiency. Many companies only need a college degree or even a high school degree or above. This is because, firstly, Korean is relatively easy to master, secondly, many Koreans in China are naturally bilingual in Chinese and Korean, and thirdly, there are many Korean students and employees in China now, many of whom are good at Chinese, and some of them live in large communities. situation, with little dependence on Korean translation. To a certain extent, knowing Korean can be the icing on the cake for you, but if you regard it as the capital to settle down, it may not last long.

Finally, let’s talk about some of the data sources above: the number of colleges and universities in each language comes from the “China University Project Evaluation Group”. The actual number of colleges and universities in each language should be a few more than this, because some It often takes two or three years for colleges and universities to register majors with the Ministry of Education. The number of countries in each language refers to the country and region overview section of the "New Practical World Atlas" by China Map Publishing House and part of the information on the Fangsi Small Language website.

I originally thought of a sentence to end with, saying, "No matter which language you learn, as long as you learn it well, you will have no problem getting a job!" This sentence sounds very wise and far-sighted; but come back Thinking about it, when I was learning a foreign language, there was no one in the class who didn't want to learn the language well, and there was no one who didn't work hard, but there was still a big difference in the final level. This is completely a natural law; so think about such insights. Let’s leave the summary to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Employment is a heavy topic, so why not make fun of it and end it with a self-pleasure:

The Spanish person said it is good to find a job, the Portuguese person laughed; the Portuguese person said It has a wide range of uses, and the French one laughed; the French one said that he wanted to go to Europe, and the German one laughed; the German one said it was very beautiful, and the Italian one laughed; the Italian one said that the territory was large, and the Russian one laughed; and the Russian one said that he wanted to dig for oil, The Arabic ones laughed; the Arabic ones said they wanted to join a foreign company, and the Japanese ones laughed; the Japanese ones said it was fashionable, and the Korean ones laughed; the Korean ones said they wanted to go to big cities and make a lot of money, and those who learned a small language all laughed...

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