Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Competency, skills key to getting a job
This year in China, a record 11.6 million students have graduated from higher education institutions, including over a million graduates with a master’s degree. But over 20% of those college graduates haven’t found their jobs and many have taken jobs that they hoped to get. Still, a record 12.9 million, or nearly 60% of high school graduates have taken the college entrance examination, known as gaokao this year. Higher education indeed gives students the chance to learn intellectual perspectives, acquire diverse knowledge, develop critical thinking, acquire problem-solving skills, and work independently and in a team. However, what is valued in today’s world is no long degrees but personal competence and skills. Think of other applicants for a job you want. They are all as educated as or even more educated than you are. Then what matters to stand out is not what you did but what you can and you are. So, however hard you study for exams, the name and campus of the university won’t always promise or help your future so much.
Read the article and learn about what students should be aware of when getting a good job.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/09/WS64825808a31033ad3f7bb41c_1.html
Competency, skills key to getting a job
This year in China, a record 11.6 million students have graduated from higher education institutions, including over a million graduates with a master’s degree. But over 20% of those college graduates haven’t found their jobs and many have taken jobs that they hoped to get. Still, a record 12.9 million, or nearly 60% of high school graduates have taken the college entrance examination, known as gaokao this year. Higher education indeed gives students the chance to learn intellectual perspectives, acquire diverse knowledge, develop critical thinking, acquire problem-solving skills, and work independently and in a team. However, what is valued in today’s world is no long degrees but personal competence and skills. Think of other applicants for a job you want. They are all as educated as or even more educated than you are. Then what matters to stand out is not what you did but what you can and you are. So, however hard you study for exams, the name and campus of the university won’t always promise or help your future so much.
Read the article and learn about what students should be aware of when getting a good job.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/09/WS64825808a31033ad3f7bb41c_1.html
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