My occupation is 1000, and I embarked on my career journey with a normal heart.

It's graduation time again. The number of graduates from China University will reach 4.95 million, plus master's and doctoral students. For the national job market, this will be an unprecedented large-scale investment in high-quality human resources. For these students who are about to enter the society, it is an important juncture in their lives and careers. After several years of severe employment situation, the situation in 2007 is still not optimistic. For the country, this is a social problem. For individuals, this is also a problem! This is because the employment of college graduates has encountered unprecedented difficulties in recent years, and there are many problems that we cannot avoid. The real problem may not change for a while, but at least we can face it positively. The same things, attitudes and ways often determine the nature of the result. Therefore, what we want to share with readers here is to face the psychological problems of employment with a normal heart and embark on a career journey.

Back to the starting point

In recent years, there has been a serious structural imbalance in the overall employment situation in China. To sum up, supply and demand are booming, so we use a dilemma. Two seemingly contradictory phenomena coexist. In the highly educated talent market at the university level, this structural contradiction is more prominent, showing a self-contradictory situation. Judging from the current trend, this situation will continue to exist. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Education, during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, there will be more than 27 million college graduates who need employment, with an annual net increase of 700,000, reaching 1 10,000. At the same time, China has entered the peak period of working-age population growth, and the gap between supply and demand of labor force is still around130,000 to140,000 every year. The growth of effective demand of graduates is relatively lagging behind, and structural contradictions are prominent. In 2006, there were 78 jobs for every 100 undergraduate students and 86 jobs for every 100 graduate students, both of which were seriously short of jobs. In 2006, 63.9% of the jobs were in the tertiary industry, IT, consulting services, finance and other hot industries, and the average number of job seekers per job was close to 100. Some media even infer that China has entered the stage of unprecedented expansion of the working population. In the past five years, the working population of more than 16, including college graduates, has increased by13.6 million every year. This means that in the next 10 year, more than 1 100 million people will be employed in China. If there is no new policy, it seems inevitable that a new unemployment peak will break out among the knowledge-based population.

Once upon a time, college graduates went to the society, and finally they could contribute their knowledge and enthusiasm to the society. That's where dreams begin! At that time, under the planned economy system, there was no employment problem for college graduates. A radish is a pit, and the work place and unit are all planned in advance. Selected Graduates is limited to students with the same major who graduated in the same period. If there is competition, it is the workplace and the unit. The need of the country is my wish. Behind it, it is inevitable that some people try to get a job in the city or unit they want from school. Taking care of their boyfriends and working in a city is also a special requirement. There is not much freedom, but there is no worry about finding a job and being unemployed. Times have changed, and this situation seems to be impossible today.

It's not a case that I haven't found a suitable job after graduation for more than half a year. Xiao Jiang, who is depressed at home, can no longer be proud of his favored status. He said to himself, Aidit, maybe I shouldn't go to college. If I had a dream when I was in college, graduation was the time when I woke up. In the era of backward higher education and lack of knowledge and talents, many people regard graduation as the place where their dreams begin. As described in Long Live Youth, they are woven with the silk thread of youth and colorful tassels ... But when your job application is rejected again and again, your resume will be rejected countless times, or it will sink into the sea, parents' expectations and financial pressure ... Maybe you think this is just the beginning of a nightmare.

Career is not a dream.

Reality is always a reality, and it is neither an ideal nor a dream, nor a nightmare. The supply and demand of intelligent talents are booming, and the dilemma of employing people and employment presents us with a truth: there is always a gap between ideal and reality. College students applying for government agencies and large enterprises is like kicking down the bridge, but small and medium-sized enterprises that are in urgent need of talents can't recruit suitable talents. A national research institute in Beijing only recruited dozens of new employees last year, and the number of people who submitted resumes actually reached 3,000 to 4,000, not including undergraduates who were "dismissed" by recruiters at job fairs. After the job fair, the first thing the human resources department of the institute did was to withdraw the resumes of undergraduates, and the female students above the graduate students first (the institute thinks that there are too many women among the staff). On the other hand, another company, because it is located in a city in Hebei, no one wants to go, so it has to pay for training its employees to go to school or participate in training. Becoming a civil servant or entering a state-owned enterprise is not only a popular choice for college graduates, but also the "earnest hope" of parents. In the eyes of these old people, stability is paramount. This reflects the older generation's trust in the country and fear of the uncertainty of private enterprises. In fact, the sharp contrast between government agencies, large enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and even private enterprises is not established. For example, people do not really understand the welfare guarantee and social responsibility of small and medium-sized enterprises and private enterprises, but form an impression through some specific cases. Just like how men have money, how private business owners wait. At this time, we all made the mistake of generalizing and fell into the trap of thinking.

The reason of employment and employment dilemma is objectively due to the structural defects in China's education system, the single level of talent training, the sameness of graduates and the lack of adaptability and flexibility. There are problems in the evaluation and appointment mechanism of talents and even workers in the whole society, and there is an opportunistic tendency in the concept of employing people. There is a lack of a balanced adjustment mechanism between talent supply and demand. Subjectively, there are two main problems: one is that college students' job-seeking expectations are too high, and the job-seeking categories are too concentrated and sometimes unrealistic; Second, the expectations of enterprises for college graduates are too realistic and have short-term behavior.

Reality is reality, and the worries of college graduates are not groundless. Indeed, many small and medium-sized enterprises have irregular wage and welfare systems, high operational risks and even irresponsibility to employees. The situation that private enterprise bosses squeeze employees in violation of the labor contract law does exist. It is not unreasonable for enterprises to worry about college graduates, such as lack of experience, poor hands-on ability, ambition and restless work. These are real problems, but not all enterprises and students are like this. Maybe you will meet them, maybe you won't. The key is how to face them.

Small and medium-sized enterprises like to weave dreams

Small and medium-sized enterprises do have great uncertainty, but we must know that the bright future is woven by ourselves, and the premise of weaving dreams is weaving. If everything is certain, you lose the flexibility of knitting. Small and medium-sized enterprises are actually more conducive to the growth and career development of graduates. Small and medium-sized enterprises often require employees to be generalists, and technology, management and marketing should all be involved, which is the best training for college students to improve their comprehensive quality. Small and medium-sized enterprises often encounter some problems, which are handled by specialized institutions in large enterprises, which may bring opportunities for innovation. It's often not your turn in big companies. In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises have small scale and simple management structure, so college students have more opportunities to face their bosses, be recognized and understood by decision makers, and have more opportunities to enter the decision-making level. Once the enterprise grows, there will be more "seats", so college students will have many opportunities for promotion.

To say the least, it is a general trend for college graduates to find jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises. Whether you like it or not, it is estimated that 90% of college students will go to small and medium-sized enterprises for employment. The reality is that some college students choose to work in small enterprises-small workshops. It is becoming less and less common for graduates from famous schools to make a living by selling candied haws and pork. It may not be worth advocating, but Bill? Gates saved a small workshop at home before graduation and finally developed into the world's top software giant. Not wanting to go to small and medium-sized enterprises, or not daring to go, is actually the worry of graduates and parents. Small and medium-sized enterprises are mostly private enterprises, and they are afraid of unstable employment, and there is no guarantee for future old-age medical care. The country is establishing a security system in this regard. According to the development plan of China's social security system, a social insurance system independent of enterprises and institutions will soon be established, and insurance will follow the individual to give workers a sense of security and medical security. Dare to weave your dreams in small and medium-sized enterprises is actually a matter of mentality, which determines the nature of your dreams.

Embark on a career journey with a normal heart

In the severe employment situation, setbacks and difficulties are inevitable, but we must take steps anyway. Even if you are frustrated for a while, you should calmly sort out your mentality. I was born useful, and my mentality determines the situation and the future. Start over with a normal heart.

Professor Yu Dan from Beijing Normal University said that three people saw a scene at the same time: a spider climbed from a low place to a high place along the wall. Whenever a spider climbs high, it will always meet a rain trail. Every time it climbs there, it always falls off because the wall is wet, and then it climbs up from a low place. Fall and get up again, and so on. This scene gave birth to a feeling for all three people. The first person thinks that this spider is myself, a mediocre life, busy with some unimportant things. The second person thinks I should learn to be smarter in the future. In fact, spiders can completely avoid this wet place, because it is such a small piece that it is easy to avoid. If you avoid it, you can climb higher. The third person was particularly moved when he saw this scene. He thought, a little spider is still so persistent, not afraid of difficulties again and again, how much potential it contains. Small spiders can still do this, let alone people!

There may be many difficulties on the way to job hunting and employment. Even if there are setbacks, it may be every cloud has a silver lining. In the same situation, attitude determines the nature of the result. Let's embark on a career journey with a positive attitude.

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Investigation on the Employment Situation of College Students in China in 2006

The 2006 Survey on the Employment of College Students in China, which was jointly completed by the Central School Department of the Communist Youth League and institute for public policy, Peking University, was published:

In 2006, there were 410.3 million college graduates, an increase of 750,000 over 2005. In 2007, the number of college graduates in China will reach 4.95 million, 820,000 more than that in 2006, with a year-on-year increase of 65,438 0.9%. The sample involved in the survey includes more than 6,000 undergraduate graduates from nearly 100 universities across the country.

According to the survey of signing contracts, by the end of May, 49.8 1% of the 2006 undergraduate graduates had signed contracts and were interested but not signed, 65.438+05.02% didn't want to find a job immediately, 27.25% didn't find a job, and 60.37% of Beijing college students had signed contracts and were interested but not signed.

The professional survey results show that the employment rates of agronomy, management and engineering rank in the top three, accounting for 78.38%, 58.02% and 55.44% respectively. However, the employment rates of law and medicine, which have always been very popular, are only 37.85% and 3 1.05438+0%, which belong to the last three.

The results of salary survey show that more than 60% (66. 10%) of college students set their monthly income at1000 ~ 2,000 yuan, and even 1.58% of college students are willing to take up employment with "zero salary". However, in the survey, 77.30% of employers believe that college students still have high expectations, mainly in terms of salary, region, personal development opportunities and professional counterparts. Among them, in the choice of employment areas, college students' ideas of "emphasizing the east over the west" and "big cities over small and medium-sized cities and rural areas" have not been significantly improved.

The survey results show that people have long denied the influence of interpersonal network on the employment environment, but this survey shows that interpersonal network is still an ideal way for college students to enter the employment market and find employment opportunities. There are 4 1.6 1% students who think that the most effective way to find a job is to entrust acquaintances through family and personal social relations.

According to the enterprise report, 77.30% of employers think that college students have high expectations, mainly in salary, region, personal development opportunities, job requirements, industry requirements, holiday requirements, professional counterparts and so on.

College students surveyed generally believe that lack of work experience has become the biggest threshold for employment. 59. 10% of employers think that the current university curriculum is unreasonable, and 50.00% of them clearly point out that the current university curriculum is unreasonable, which restricts the employment of college students.

The results of attitude survey show that 64.09% of college students think that they should pay more attention to the comprehensive cultivation of their own abilities and adjust their personal mentality during their college years, while 27. 14% of college students will lower the criteria for choosing a job as a way to solve the employment problem. Even if they encounter some setbacks in job hunting, as many as 76.00% of the students think that "the job hunting process is a necessary life experience, which can enrich their life experience and make them more mature".

Other survey results show that 70% of enterprises do not value foreign language ability. Among the 4 4 companies interviewed, only a quarter attach importance to foreign language ability, and what is most needed is environmental adaptability and interpersonal skills, which are about 60%. The requirements of enterprises for graduates' self-expression ability and professional ability are also around 50%.

Nowadays, college students have a clear understanding of employment. 66. 10% students set their monthly income at 1000 yuan to 2,000 yuan, and even 1.58% students can accept "zero salary". Even so, according to the data of the Ministry of Labor, there are still about 6.5438+0.24 million people who can't find jobs this year.