Studying abroad: The embarrassing situation of returning international students who are “difficult to stay abroad and fierce domestic competition”

The Ministry of Education and other three ministries and commissions have recently proposed that after 3-5 years of efforts, the classrooms, tables and chairs of rural compulsory education schools in poverty-stricken areas will meet basic teaching needs, dormitories, beds and other facilities can meet basic living needs, and the phenomenon of over-large class sizes in counties and towns will be basically completed. We will strive to eliminate the dropout rate in primary school and below 0.6 in primary school and below 1.8 in junior high school. More data indicate that the number of college graduates nationwide will reach 7.27 million in 2014, an increase of 280,000 from 2013 and once again hitting a record high. The employment pressure for college graduates has increased. There are nearly 250,000 college graduates in Jiangxi, which is also an increase from 2013.

The reporter’s investigation found that when it is difficult to find a job, a large number of international students in Jiangxi are flooding back to China to find jobs. As the halo of overseas returnees gradually fades, international students are facing the embarrassing situation of "difficult to stay abroad and high domestic competition."

Students who find it difficult to study abroad are returning home.

Qi Bitian, a native of Yichun, studied in South Korea and was about to graduate from graduate school. She decided to return to China to find a job. "It's not easy to find a job in Korea regardless of major! It's not easy to stay there and find a job. Many college students can only work in barbecue restaurants."

Liu Hongyuan is from Shangrao. After graduating from high school, he went to Exeter, England. Studied Business Administration at Special University. With more than a year left before graduation, he had already made plans to return to work in China. "There is a lot of competition to find a job in the UK. Generally, people cannot engage in jobs in this major, and they are not very decent."

Zeng Linpei, who also studied in the UK, has now returned to his hometown of Nanchang. After three rounds of interviews and one written test, I was finally able to sign a contract with Bank of Beijing. She believes: "There are many restrictions to stay in the UK, and you have to be extremely good."

Going back twenty years, returning graduates from overseas may mean "high salary", "foreign companies", and "respectability" Profession. But now, young people looking for jobs with foreign diplomas have discovered that their status as "returnees from overseas" is no longer glamorous.

“Nowadays, there are a lot of international students, and returnees have long been no longer rare.” Liao Qing, who studied in South Korea and now works in Nanchang, told reporters.

Her words were confirmed by a staff member of the human resources department of a company in Nanchang City. "In recent years of recruitment, we feel that the number of job seekers from overseas students has increased day by day. More than 100 graduates have submitted their resumes, and among them, more than a dozen often have overseas educational backgrounds," the staff member said.

“International students do not have great advantages.” Faced with the increasingly fierce employment situation, Liao Qing does not feel that his experience of studying abroad can add chips to his employment. When she graduated from a junior college, she realized that her academic qualifications lacked advantages and thought of studying abroad. After returning to China, her favorite career was civil servant, but she failed in the exam for several years. Now her income in Nanchang is not high. She said: "The experience of studying abroad only increases life experience. Many of my Chinese classmates in South Korea have chosen to return to their country for employment, but everyone has encountered obstacles in finding a job. Only a few are successful!"

Zeng Linpei is here After graduating from university, I went to the UK to study for a year as a graduate student, majoring in accounting and finance. Regarding her study abroad background, she said: "More and more people are going abroad now. Employers do not pay special attention to the title of returnees. They mainly look at the overall quality of the individual." Previously, she submitted her resume to many banks through campus recruitment. , but most of them have fallen into disuse.

Many people’s original intention of studying abroad is to avoid the college entrance examination?

The reporter learned from the Provincial Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office that the age of students studying abroad in the province is also showing a trend of younger students. Earlier, those who were 80 years old were undergraduate graduates The proportion of students going abroad to study for a master's degree has now dropped by about 10%. The proportion of junior high school and high school graduates going to study abroad has increased, and they even directly send their children to study abroad for primary school.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the number of students studying abroad has increased by 30% year-on-year. In recent years, the number of students studying abroad in Jiangxi Province has been increasing every year. Every summer is the peak season for studying abroad. Many children are worried about failing the college entrance examination and seek to go abroad as another way out.

They have to come back to find employment after all. Most people go abroad for further study rather than immigration, which means these people themselves have never thought about staying abroad.

Therefore, more people go abroad and more people come back. International students are no longer mysterious. The public has become accustomed to them, and the aura of studying abroad is gradually fading. When it comes to employment, they are no longer synonymous with the elite, but must face the difficult "employment season" together with domestic college graduates.

Compared with domestic college students, the advantage of international students is that they are good at foreign languages, so international students have certain advantages in positions related to international exchanges. However, they lack understanding of local conditions while studying abroad, and some international students still think they have drunk. Being complacent about "foreign ink" and having high ambitions and low abilities will prevent you from finding a job smoothly.

It is reported that many international students in the province can only choose to work as translators after returning to China, and their employment paths are getting narrower and narrower. This also reflects that a considerable number of international students are not proficient in their studies. In addition to language growth, they have not accumulated more knowledge and thus cannot gain points for employment.

You should also make career plans in advance when studying abroad.

You should not blindly follow the trend of studying abroad, but should consider whether you are suitable for studying abroad. At the same time, when choosing schools and majors, you must also fully consider future employment, correct your attitude, and work hard to learn professional and cultural knowledge. When working, you must recognize the situation clearly, lower your body, adjust your mentality and actively work.

Zhou Junhao, an 18-year-old Nanchang native who is a senior in high school in the United States, said that in the private school he attends, 20 of the 252 students in the school are Chinese students. Not everyone is suitable for going abroad, and the management of foreign schools is looser. Because many people are unaware and cannot manage their own time. High school courses abroad are simpler than those in China, and there are no cram schools here. After most people finish the homework assigned by the teacher, they will play games and goof around. Many parents don't know whether their children are suitable for studying abroad, so it is thoughtless to blindly send their children abroad according to their own wishes.