Employment prospect of master of flame retardant materials

The four-month autumn recruitment finally came to an end. I just finished writing the report of the group meeting at the weekend. I'm not very busy today, so I'll come to Zhihu to share my personal understanding of the employment of Master of Materials. After all, I have witnessed many students' job hunting experiences in the past four months, which is a bit unreasonable. I was once confused after thinking about it, hoping to provide some reference for my junior students majoring in materials. The landlord just finished the college entrance examination, and his literary talent is really not good. When I was in high school, the composition has always been three kinds of ideas (I used to think that the teacher didn't understand my deep meaning and was very angry), which was repeatedly diss by the Chinese teacher, so the article may be a little lengthy and the depth of understanding is inevitably limited. I hope my friends will correct me more.

Written in front, the landlord would like to express his understanding and views on the material specialty first. Haha, guess boldly, did most of the friends who read this article inexplicably switch to materials major in the college entrance examination? However, I am not a goose. I know there are tigers in the mountains, but I have mastered the essence of the spirit of leaning against the mountains (in fact, a high school physics teacher suggested that I am good at physics and suitable for learning materials. I don't know how she can tell, hahaha). My first choice was materials science and engineering, and the result was undoubtedly that I was successfully admitted to a cheat people! So began a long career in materials. After I entered the College of Materials, I began to hear about the four majors of Tiankeng. I think I was pushed into the pit (crying) by the high school physics teacher, and then I was forced all the way. I didn't know why it was called Tiankeng major until I graduated. It just means that this industry is not good for employment or the treatment is relatively low. So I turned around and walked around the job fair to verify this cruel fact. I found that material students can only go to manufacturing, the environment is not good and the treatment is low. Well, what should I do? Dry your tears and join the postgraduate entrance examination army. (Omit 10,000 words here) After going to the postgraduate entrance examination: the students in the class reviewed it a little carefully and got in, most of them were 985/2 1 1 (the landlord is different). Even if several students volunteered for 985 and successfully transferred to a good 2 1 1, on the other hand, if you and I are not material students, will it be so easy to take the postgraduate entrance examination? The landlord is very grateful for the master's degree and 985 halo given to me by the material major, because these are too important for future employment and taking the Selected Graduates exam. When I come, I will be safe. Don't ignore the benefits that materials bring to us. Be a confident material person!

(Ah, this ... how to start the thesis writing mode, this damn straight thinking of science and engineering) will integrate the career planning of students around me and talk about my thoughts according to different personalities, because I always think that the difficulty of job hunting lies not in interview skills (you will master skills after several interview experiences), but in whether you have clear self-awareness and clear career planning. If the target position is in line with your personality interest, then I believe your interview performance is naturally the same. The following contents are for reference only, without making any suggestions, at your own discretion.

1. Stability (focusing on cost performance) These options may be mostly for girls. Objectively speaking, girls have less financial pressure (girls have more difficulties in other aspects). A better choice is to be a teacher in a junior college or take an examination of Selected Graduates, which is cost-effective, but also difficult. You can also choose to study for a doctorate (provided that you can have fun, after all, the doctoral life is long and boring), and then go to college (ordinary universities generally have little pressure on scientific research).

2. Striving for progress (hard work and development) should be the most friends in this column. As far as this year's market is concerned, the two most popular industries are semiconductors and new energy. If your research direction is chip development (usually microelectronics institute focuses on materials) or energy materials, congratulations, it is not difficult to enter the R&D positions in these two industries, and the treatment is good. After several years of experience, if you are in other research fields (such as metals, ceramics, welding, biomaterials, etc. ), unfortunately, the salary of R&D positions in these fields may not be as good as that of semiconductors/new energy, but don't be discouraged, I am naturally talented and promising! As long as you are not afraid of hardship, it is not difficult to get a high salary offer. Traditional materials such as metal/ceramics can try to enter the craft post of mobile phone factory. Although it's hard, the treatment will never let you down! In addition, we material people may choose the most craft posts in the manufacturing industry, because the craft posts have very low requirements for professional matching, and basically all have material backgrounds. For example, semiconductor has expanded its enrollment this year, and many students have joined semiconductor companies as craft posts, and the treatment is even higher than that of new energy research and development (there are also many companies in other manufacturing industries with considerable salaries (such as communications, home appliances, intelligent hardware, etc.). Of course, the working environment may not be ideal. It is also very likely to change shifts. As a boy, it doesn't matter if you want to earn a bride price (haha). If a girl wants to go to work elegantly and exquisitely, the craft post may not satisfy you. Finally, there will be roads and supply chains! As far as I know, in addition to the two main directions of R&D/ technology, our materials staff can also go to the supply chain department (such as purchasing, delivery, bidding, quality inspection, project management, etc. At first glance, this position seems to have nothing to do with materials. In fact, the supply chain prefers graduates majoring in materials, because the work content will involve some basic knowledge of materials, so we are absolutely professional in this respect and the working environment will be good. You basically don't have to go to the workshop. If you go to high-paying industries such as communications, hardware and mobile phones, the salary is still considerable, and the supply chain is generally needed by manufacturing companies, so you don't have to worry about job-hopping in the future, but the threshold may be lower than R&D. After all, it is not a core department, but the development of fresh graduates after going to big factories is still good! In addition, some students use their spare time to teach themselves programming, and then successfully transcode (such as engineering software development, the Internet will be more difficult to open), and the treatment is quite optimistic. Even if there is no code foundation, there is a good chance to enter the soft test or soft opening of large communication enterprises (studying in a big factory for two years is also a good choice)!

3. Friends who are brave and restless (full of mystery) often have rich experience in student work or internship and look forward to moving forward in the unknown. The key points can be considered as follows: 1. Large-scale manufacturing/internet/real estate management training programs, so as to cultivate a global vision and develop in the direction of management. 2. Pre-sales positions/account managers such as 2.IT (such as digital solutions such as cloud computing, big data and network security), communication and Internet of Things are very core positions, and you need to know both technology and marketing (the interview mainly depends on your learning ability, stress resistance and communication ability, etc.). And there is generally no restriction on majors, so material people can boldly pursue their dreams! ), I remember an interviewer told me at the beginning that in this position, we should not only "brag" about the company's products and solutions to customers, but also grasp the discretion according to the company's actual technical level, so the comprehensive ability of individuals is required to be higher. Such talents are extremely scarce and have great prospects (from JD, enterprise positions), and we can develop into product experts/managers in the future! Individuals are also very optimistic about the prospects of these industries. 3. Internet products/operations, there is no doubt that whether it is products or operations, the Internet is vast. First of all, talk about the product post. As a product manager, you control the lifeline and function of this product, and the whole team will revolve around you. You need to have strong logical thinking and business thinking ability, and have a certain code base, so that you can become Xu Yuan Babadis. The interviewer will attach great importance to whether you have internship experience in a big Internet company, so if you are an undergraduate or an accommodating graduate tutor, try to give yourself a plate with 2-3 periods of product internship experience (it is really difficult for a material research dog to take a few months out of the lab), and at the same time pay more attention to and think about the functions and pages of apps from all walks of life, and cultivate their own aesthetic and competitive product analysis ability. Although the interview is difficult, the product king is sure to be treated well, and your efforts will eventually pay off. Next, the operation is similar to sales. For example, the product manager designs an app, and then needs to promote it so that people can download, use and trust it. This is what the operation needs to do. By planning some activities and advertisements, we can accomplish the tasks of innovation, retention, promotion and transformation. If you apply for operation, the interviewer will generally not attach too much importance to your internship experience, but evaluate your comprehensive ability (such as activity planning and data analysis). ) and your knowledge and understanding of the operation, so the interview will be much less difficult than the product, and of course the treatment will be at a disadvantage. If you have no internship experience and want to surf the Internet, operation may be a good choice!

In fact, it is not difficult to find that for most students, a very common phenomenon is that they do not have a deep self-awareness of personal characteristics and a clear plan for career development, so that they are confused and entangled in job hunting. Therefore, everyone can dabble in a wide range, enrich the breadth of experience and the depth of thinking, don't be too utilitarian, try new things actively and bravely, and only when you do it yourself will you know if you are suitable. Do not envy others, do not laugh at yourself, and firmly believe that every road is a good way out. 360 lines, each line is the champion. As long as you find the job that suits you best, you are likely to become the number one in this industry!