This time of year is almost the last season for new graduates to sign contracts. The first job in life will be written into the contract at this important moment, which will become a historic event. However, how many people's Offer are completely in line with their academic majors that have been struggling for four years? Around us, those who study science and engineering have done copywriting, those who study languages have done accounting, those who study IT have done HR, and those who study medicine have done sales? There are countless examples of professional mismatch. Is the word professional counterpart really called? Can't afford to hurt? Because in this employment environment, major is not what you want? Right? Can you get in the car? Mouth? Yes
⊙ Text/"Shen" newspaper reporter Qiu Zhiying ⊙ Figure
Can't get through? Employment first? Decanell
Oral speaker:
Major: electronics and communication engineering.
Occupation: auditing work of four major accounting firms.
My major, the original score of the college entrance examination was 507, which definitely belonged to the level of being able to enter Tsinghua Peking University that year. So when I was studying in one of the best majors in the school, I never worried about the employment pressure when I graduated. But near the senior year, the exchange of information between classmates and public opinion from all walks of life make the employment atmosphere more and more tense, which invisibly increases my troubles and worries about finding a job. When the four major accounting firms entered the campus one step ahead of schedule to announce the recruitment, I became the first target of recruitment. Because of my own advantages and excellent performance at school, I easily got four big offer and got employment security earlier. The only thought at that time was? Just to be on the safe side, get a job first. Although I thought about not giving up my major, it was a major with great advantages after all, but I failed to persist for various reasons and finally went. Big four? Engaged in work unrelated to occupation.
I graduated for three or four years, and now I work as an auditor full-time. All work-related certificates and qualifications are learned while working behind work, and majors in universities are almost useless. If you want to ask me if it is a pity to lose my major, I can only say that these are two different career paths caused by two different choices, and it doesn't matter which is better or worse. As far as I'm concerned, I just can't get through it, okay? Employment first? I am timid. If I can find a job, I will do it first.
Transformation is a compromise to reality.
Oral speaker: Xiao He
Major: drama director department.
Occupation: Marketing Department of Foreign Enterprises
After graduating from college, I joined Shanghai TV Station. Besides filming, it is also a good way for us to enter the TV station professionally. The work I was engaged in was very related to my major, which I felt very lucky at that time. However, work is a reality, not an ideal, and there is a difference between reality and dream. I don't think so, okay? Professional counterparts? You must have fulfilled your dream or persisted, because there are too many places that run counter to your dream in real work, and you will only lose yourself and be exhausted physically and mentally in the end. Not that the work is not good, but? Professional counterparts? It can't bring more sense of professional accomplishment and satisfaction. In the end, I chose to give up.
After resigning, I transferred to the enterprise and started working in the market. What about the job at the TV station? Professional counterparts? High, what about the marketing work of foreign companies? Professional counterparts? There's still a long way to go. This is really losing my major. I think this career change is a compromise to reality. Actually, the key question is not? Major, right? , but self-improvement. Can you find a balance between yourself and your career? This is the real question. Counterpart? .
Professional counterparts, my persistence will eventually pay off.
Oral speaker:
Major: Environmental Engineering Management
Occupation: Environmental engineering related work in state-owned enterprises.
I studied environmental engineering in university, which is not only a major I am interested in, but also an area that I think has a good future development prospect. After graduating from college, I have been looking for a job related to my major, but I have bad luck and can't find a job I like. At this time, there was another job opportunity in front of me: my family found a job opportunity that allowed me to enter the telecommunications bureau. This large-scale and effective institution was once a high-quality owner that everyone wanted to enter, and it still is. But after careful consideration, I gave up this enviable job opportunity because I still want to engage in my own professional work. I think that if I had listened to my family's arrangement, I might never have the opportunity to do environmental-related work again.
Give up? Well done? Later, I overcame various obstacles to convince my family that I could finally go to France to study environment-related majors. I firmly believe that sticking to the major means spending more time studying and learning from others. I came back from Paris the year before last, and found this large state-owned enterprise with a master's degree. The position is also an environmental engineering job completely corresponding to my major. At this point, I can proudly announce that my persistence in my major has finally come? Make it a positive result? . Maybe I'm just lucky, maybe because I'm just more persistent than ordinary people. I think, since I chose my favorite major, I should stick to it.
Expert advice? How persistent is it?
⊙ Text/"Shen" newspaper reporter Qiu Zhiying ⊙ Figure
Most college students sign work intentions in April and May every year, and gradually begin to move towards the society. However, the difficult employment situation forces everyone to make many difficult choices. Do you want to give up the major you spent four years studying and the high tuition, and choose a job that can temporarily make a living for yourself but has nothing to do with your major? Teacher Zheng, a career planning consultant, said: Let's not discuss the time and tuition fees we spent. As far as the job we choose is concerned, for ourselves, there must be severe employment competition in this brand-new professional field, and there must be many people in professional fields wandering in the competition. Compared with them, what about you? Amateur? What are the advantages of? This is the problem you must face before you make the final choice. If this problem cannot be solved, even if you give up your major, you may not be able to guarantee a smooth employment.
Why can't you find a professional and suitable job? This is what you need to reflect on. Is there not enough in the industry, or is it a problem of one's own ability? Is it because it is too easy to be eliminated by peers, or because the expectations for work are too high? No matter what the final choice is, these reflections are beneficial. Such self-analysis and self-awareness are at least beneficial to the initial career planning.
The key issue is not to decide whether to give up your major, but to ask yourself what you really like and what you are really good at. If you don't like your major, then sticking to it may just be a mediocre life with nothing to do. If this is the case, then it is suggested to give up your major as soon as possible to adjust and choose your favorite job; Even at the beginning of entering the university, you can find ways to change your major, or get close to your really suitable major through minor and second major.
The second situation is that although I like my major, because of the objective market employment environment, I can't find a suitable position in the industry for the time being, and I urgently need a job to make a living, so I have to give up my major? Employment first? . If that's the case, I suggest we give in to the big environment for a while and solve it first, okay? Employment? But giving up your major temporarily doesn't mean giving up your major. If you really like it, you must stick to it. You must always pay attention to and look for the right opportunity, and then complete it? Choosing a career? . Even in? Employment? At first, you can find a field related to or adjacent to your major to find employment, which is convenient for career transition and transformation in the future.
If it's just because your current strength can't meet the job requirements of the enterprise, then find ways to improve your strength quickly, such as finding relevant companies to exercise, even if the salary is lower, as long as you can learn something and improve your strength. So generally speaking, it is not recommended that you give up your major easily unless there are special circumstances. In the face of employment pressure, we must reflect on our own problems and find effective ways to make up for ourselves. As long as you strengthen your inner beliefs and constantly improve yourself, you will find your own social position sooner or later.
Readers in Shenbao.com spoke enthusiastically.
Gcl904: We studied design. One of our classmates went to study Chinese medicine after graduation, and now he is a pharmacist. It is said that he was determined to be a doctor since he was a child. His parents filled in the college entrance examination, so he studied design, but after graduation, he persisted in realizing his dream.
Baode6666: My major is not very proficient, and it is very popular, so get a job first. As the saying goes, I will be the best in my field!
The past is gone with the wind: my current job is not in line with my major, so of course I have to bow to reality when I apply for a job. If you can apply it to your major at work, that is the best. If it cannot be applied, it can also be accumulated as a kind of knowledge. Few people around can stick to their major and generally compromise with reality.
Plusone: Actually, your major is not necessarily your favorite and specialty. You may have studied this major in school for some reasons, but in some social practice, you may find yourself better in other positions. A friend studied business English in college. When he first entered society, he only worked as an administrative assistant. Later, I found a more suitable position in my daily company training and interpersonal communication, so English became an assistant. Now I have done HR in my original company.
Linner_z: My colleagues around me used to be full-time undergraduates majoring in chemistry. It was difficult to find a job after graduation, but unfortunately I entered the service industry through my contacts.
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