Li Yuzhen signs a contract with a supermarket in his hometown in Zouping County, Shandong Province after graduation from Southwest Jiaotong University.

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Companies have provided enough job opportunities for university graduates in labor markets, according to statistics, but many graduates still struggle when choosing the right career.

Results of an investigation conducted by our school showed that graduating students are worried about making wrong decisions on future jobs or having no idea about how to choose a profession. Some of them find it difficult to make a final decision among several choices, said Liu Rui, deputy director of the Department of Admission and Employment at Beihang University. A growing number of students are afraid of taking a misstep in the labor market, meaning that they tend to link the first job to their future career.

Employment is a mutual choice between graduates and companies. To make it successful, professionals hold that governments should establish a channel for communication between the two groups.

On one hand, two out of three university students know little about government strategies to attract them to work for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). On the other hand, members of society have failed to evaluate these companies fairly. Also, curriculum design of universities and demand of companies don’t fit with each other. Thus, these reasons blocked SMEs and graduates from reaching a consensus on employment.

To solve these issues, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched a service targeting university graduate employment in some provinces. A number of companies and graduates have finished tests on the project’s platform, allowing precise match through working position modeling and competency evaluation.

As Li Hongyi, director of the Department of Graduate Employment under the ministry, put it, “the project works on the basis of employee-employer tests, smart matching and targeted communication. It is our free platform to help university graduates across the country to find a job by improving the success rate of their efforts,” Li said.

Li called out governments and universities to provide more targeted service, including management, information and guidance. Also, it is necessary to track the changing demand of labor market. Information pertinent to graduates, employment recruitment, feedback investigation as well as admission and training can be involved. Thus, a permanent mechanism for coordination and alarms forms.

 

(edited by MA YUHONG)