Can college students work as sweepers?

"Are you willing to sweep floors?" is just an interview question. The recruiting unit may not intend for the college graduates to sweep floors and work as workers. Even if you really want the applicant to do the job of sweeping the floor, don't the applicant have the confidence to prove that he can do a "simple" job like sweeping the floor well? Over the years, the number of college graduates has increased year by year, and it has become increasingly difficult to find a job. Graduates should accurately define themselves as "ordinary workers" and should not exclude grassroots and basic jobs.

If you treat every job seriously and down-to-earth, gold will always shine.

Wang Mingwei, School of History and Culture, Shandong University

Ordinary does not mean mediocre

Ordinary does not mean mediocre. Sweeping the floor can also reflect the value of life. The reason why some college students disdain jobs such as sweeping the floor is because they do not fully realize this. Some people do the same ordinary work in a colorful and interesting way, while others do it in a dull, pessimistic and frustrating way. If there is no work style that is down-to-earth and hard-working, and "do what you do and love what you do", it will be difficult to make real achievements even in a prominent position; on the contrary, if you use work as a platform to realize your own value, you can achieve the glory of life in an ordinary position. . Ordinary work is not scary, what is scary is the superficial knowledge and understanding of the ordinary.

Xu Jinguang, Jiudian Middle School, Pingdu City, Shandong

Establish a correct view of labor

Foreign large companies go to the talent market to recruit talents, and the majors of college graduates are evaluated during interviews With a basic understanding of knowledge, etc., they may ask the applicant "are you willing to sweep the floor" to examine the applicant's work attitude, etc. This issue has caused dissatisfaction among many people because in our traditional concept, sweeping the floor is "a job that does not require educated people." How can any college student sweep the floor? We used to say that labor is only different in the division of labor, and there is no distinction between high and low. However, a college student left the meeting angrily and denounced, indicating that this correct concept of labor has not been truly established.

Lin Shenghua, Jiangle County Teacher Training School, Fujian Opposition: Don’t be too harsh on college students

During the interview, asking college applicants “whether they are willing to sweep the floor” seems a bit extreme. The ability and quality of college students need to be comprehensively examined, but relying on a rather unrealistic "whether you are willing to sweep the floor" to examine it is obviously unlikely to have much practical effect. Moreover, nowadays college students are young and energetic, and they pay special attention to topics such as "personality" and "dignity." It is inevitable to answer such questions that seem to be "discriminatory" out of emotion. Therefore, do not be too harsh on college students in these aspects. In fact, just because they answer "no" doesn't mean that they can't concentrate on their work; if they say "yes" it makes people feel artificial.

Ouyang Hao, Nanjing Political College of the People's Liberation Army

"Making the best of everyone's talents" is the right way

Labor creates people, and people cannot do without labor. College students are only one part of the labor force, but the objects, tools, methods, environment, etc. of labor may be different from other people. Regardless of physical labor or mental labor, whether simple labor or complex labor, they are equally important and equally glorious. However, under the current circumstances, college students should not be allowed to consider sweeping floors as a career. The right way to promote the normal development of society is to make the best use of people's talents and make the best use of materials, try to give full play to the different specialties and talents of different people, and put them in the most suitable places to display their talents.

Su Dianjun, Yangxin County, Shandong

College students have not devalued

In recent years, higher education has gradually become more popular. We should also consciously establish that college students are "ordinary people". workers’ consciousness. However, ordinary workers are not uniform, but are different groups with their own group characteristics. They perform their respective duties in society so that our society can function normally. As a group that has received higher education, college students have high scientific and cultural qualities and professional skills. Although the current university education mechanism, major setting, employment mechanism and other aspects are not perfect enough, and the employment situation of college students is severe, the value of college students among the entire labor force has not been devalued.

Qi Xuelian, College of Liberal Arts, Shandong Liaocheng University

Don’t waste educational resources

Not to mention undergraduates, even a college student takes two or three years to complete his studies Time and tuition fees are 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. If they are asked to sweep floors after graduation, the tuition fee will be too high and the "professional mismatch" will not only waste these students' precious time and tuition fees, but also waste the country's educational resources. . Because as a sweeper, a few days of training courses are enough. College graduates should at least become skilled workers. If college students cannot even work as technical workers or do not work well, we need to reflect on whether there are problems with university education and economic operations.

In the process of popularizing higher education, why can’t Chinese college students bear the humiliation of being “swept away”, while American students are relatively indifferent? The author believes that firstly, because American children have been trained to "work" since they were young, and regard "odd jobs" as an acceptable thing, especially fresh college graduates, they feel that they should start from scratch; secondly, because of the general education in the United States , the university aims to cultivate a complete and comprehensive person. After students graduate, they should first regard themselves as people "going towards life", paving roads in the mountains, building bridges in the water, solving whatever problems they encounter, sweeping the floors when they need to be swept, and programming software when they need to be programmed.

Shepherd boy in Yangxin County, Shandong

Success requires transformation

The author can understand that college students have changed from "the favored sons of heaven" to "knowledgeable ordinary workers" The role change must be a painful process. But at the same time, it is also believed that even a "well-educated" college graduate will benefit from participating in physical labor in a timely and appropriate manner, and even "eating some hardships" throughout his life. Which successful person in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, has never suffered hardship, and which one has not experienced several painful changes in life? The key lies in whether you have ideals. As long as you have ideals, you will definitely be able to learn things that others cannot learn from work such as sweeping the floor, and you can use them throughout your life.

Source: People's Daily Online - East China News Author: Xiang Zhongling

Editor: Zhang Zhangyi