Micro survey
Nearly 60% of college students interviewed can accept transitional work
Because there are fewer jobs matching the expected job search direction, and after a period of job search, there is no result. 2020 graduate Zhao Yidi decided to lower expectations and change direction to join a startup company in Hangzhou to engage in operation planning. Although he did not achieve the "best goal", Zhao Yidi was not discouraged. In her view, choosing a transitional job is a "best choice" to prepare for future job search based on your career plan when you can't find an ideal job. "Although it is not the most ideal, you can slowly go for your goals. Accumulate experience and advance towards the ideal."
For Bai Yiyang who just graduated this year, "transitional work" is a completely unfamiliar term. In her view, not finding the ideal job for the time being is mainly affected by the epidemic. "So there is no need to do it." In order to find a job that meets his wishes, Bai Yiyang chose to wait. Although the job search road is still full of unknowns, she did not feel anxious during these days. On the contrary, because the time of the "house" has increased, she has more time to enrich herself. "I have read books every day recently, I feel that I have gained a lot, and I have made up all the books that I have not read before." Bai Yiyang believed that After the improvement, the intended work unit will carry out written examinations and interviews one after another, and he will certainly be able to find a suitable job.
The number of college graduates nationwide in 2020 will reach a new high, reaching 8.74 million, coupled with the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, some work units have delayed campus recruitment in the first half of 2020. In the face of this situation, whether graduates with "bumpy job search" should lower the expectation value of job search and adjust the expected goal in time has become a hot topic for college students.
Recently, the school youth media launched a questionnaire survey on college students in more than 80 universities across the country. The survey results show that 59.28% of the college students surveyed indicated that they were willing to accept transitional work if they did not find an ideal job, 33.98% of the college students said “not sure”, and 6.75% of college students refused to accept transitional work.
When employment becomes a "multiple choice"
Affected by the epidemic, the original test failed to be held as scheduled. The postponed test time made Yang Li, who was badly hit by the failure of the entrance examination, feel anxious. After the graduation ceremony, Yang Li stayed at home. Parents spend most of their time at home because of the epidemic. Due to lack of communication, various internal and external factors make Yang Li and his parents frequently quarrel. "My parents think that it’s good to go to bed early and get up early, but I feel that I’m quiet around the night, and my heart can sink completely, and the learning efficiency will be higher, so I have always been used to going to bed late and getting up late. They both agree that I get up so much Late, I definitely didn’t study hard, and they explained that they wouldn’t listen.” So, now I should continue to wait and try for my favorite goals, or choose a “transitional job” that suits me. Puzzles.
After the failure of the postgraduate entrance examination, Yang Li, a mathematics graduate from a normal university, did not dare to stop for a moment and set about preparing for the teacher exam. "Actually, I am not completely sure that I will be able to pass the teacher establishment, but the teacher position is indeed the best job I can reach within my ability. From small to large, I always look forward to one day I can stand Lectures are given on the three-foot podium, so I applied to a normal college and got a high school mathematics teacher qualification certificate during college." Yang Li admitted that if he didn't successfully obtain the teacher establishment, he would first choose a job for transition. "For example, to be a teacher of a training institution, or other work, and then continue to take the test during the work." For Yang Li, working as early as possible can not only reduce the burden on the family, but also relieve your psychological pressure. "It's really hard to eat old at home."
Guo Zhiwen, a professor at Hubei University Business School, has been focusing on career development and other research for many years. Facing the "most difficult graduation season", he encouraged graduates to choose transitional work under appropriate circumstances. Guo Zhiwen pointed out that from the perspective of student needs, transitional work refers to the fact that during the job search process, due to the comprehensive influence of personal abilities and the environment, the job search job has not reached the expected goal. Jobs where the ideal professional direction is inconsistent or there is a certain gap with the expected career prospects.
Guo Zhiwen's previous research found that many successful people's fields are not strongly related to their majors at universities, and "the proportion is not low." He does not recommend college students to use professional counterparts as the only element of job search at the beginning of the job search, "especially when the current epidemic situation is affected and the employment situation is not optimistic."
Choosing "transition" does not mean choosing "will"
"Next month I will officially carry the bag and become a veritable'social person'." Recently, Wang Mingang, a fresh graduate of the labor and social security major of Xinjiang University, issued a special post after a successful job search. Circle of friends, announce the change of their identity.
Since August last year, Wang Mingang has participated in more than ten job fairs. After adjusting his job search intentions and standards several times according to his own situation and revising dozens of resumes, he finally waited for a welcome result. Recalling the past few months, Wang Mingang described his job search experience as "another village with a willow and a flower," "Although most of my resumes were like a rock and a sea after the project was cast, there was no news, but in the end, I got good results."
The survey conducted by the school youth media found that the top three factors affecting college students' job search are salary and treatment, career development space, working environment and atmosphere, accounting for 87.98%, 87.74% and 77.40%, respectively. In addition, work content accounted for 65.14%, work intensity and overtime frequency accounted for 56.25%. In the face of transitional work, the factors that affect college students’ job search are different. It is the first to help personal growth, accounting for 60.82% of the interviewed population, salary competitiveness accounting for 19.71%, work content accounting for 10.82%, and working atmosphere accounting for 7.93%.
When Chen Weian initially set the job search goals, he considered choosing a transitional job. "I think that for the current graduates, the existing work ability may still be'not up to standard' in some aspects." Compared with salary treatment, geographic location and other factors, work is helpful for personal growth and development is his job search process More important factors. "The initial idea was to look for work in the direction of new energy or Internet of Things technology, and I feel that these industries meet the needs of social development and there is more room for future development."
In addition, Chen Weian also has his own thinking about whether to choose the corresponding major. Unlike graduates who pursue "professional counterparts", Chen Weian likes to try new fields. "Every industry is developing rapidly now, and I feel that contacting some relatively new jobs will adapt to the future development trend of work faster." Therefore, his job search direction is less relevant to his major.
Nowadays, Chen Wei'an has found a job that "far exceeds the expectations and can provide a good learning platform." He pondered how to seize his free time and continue to learn, master good professional skills in his work, and realize the accumulation at this stage. For him, this is only a small step in his career, and he will pursue better opportunities in the future.
In the face of college students who have already chosen transitional work, Guo Zhiwen said that after taking the transitional job position, the idea of "temporary job will be treated at will" should be avoided. "Although it is a transitional job or a temporary job, the thinking is not temporary, not to waste every opportunity to accumulate experience, not to do little things without doing anything." In addition, college students should also consider whether to work with transitional jobs. The direction of the job search that I expect is consistent, "The purpose of transitional jobs is to accumulate workplace experience."
Actively respond with "stick to accumulation" and "reasonable adjustment"
As early as September last year, Xia Xinzhi of China University of Petroleum (East China) successfully found his desired job. When he was interviewed for the first time, he was eliminated because of tension and lack of preparation. Anxiety made him realize that a clear goal and the right direction are very important. "If your ability does not meet the requirements of the target position, choose a transitional job. It is a kind of employment skills." Recently, facing the problem of "difficult job search" for many students around him, Xia Xinzhi felt that it was a good way to accept transitional work. But the premise of choosing a transitional job is to have a clear career plan. "Only in accordance with your personal career plan can you step closer to the target job."
A survey conducted by the school youth media found that 40.87% of college students interviewed believed that the reason was that they did not have enough job-seeking skills. 31.97% attributed the reason to the high ideal goal, and 23.56% believed it was due to the employment environment. Not optimistic and other objective factors. In addition, bad mentality has a great impact on college students' job search. Among them, 46.15% of the college students interviewed thought they lacked confidence, and 20.91% said that they had a problem with Gao Yuanyuan in the job search process. In addition, blind conformity and excessive comparison are also bad emotions that affect college students' job search, accounting for 6.73% and 2.88% of the respondents.
Guo Zhiwen reminded college students to pay special attention to timely adjustment of mindset during the job search process. In addition to emotional stability, aiming at the over-ideal job search goals of some graduates, he emphasized, "Graduate students should overcome their mentality problems in the process of job search. They will not be able to move forward for thousands of miles. Don’t just think about doing big things, let’s calm down and start with small things.” Compared to finding the desired job “dead to the end”, Guo Zhiwen suggested that college students enter the workplace as early as possible, “through transitional work to get a workplace experience, find yourself Professional interest points, discover your career advantages, plan your career goals, develop the competencies needed in the workplace, and prepare for future career development."
"It is very important to enter the workplace as early as possible, and master the general abilities of the workplace as soon as possible." Guo Zhiwen said that the sooner college students enter the workplace, the sooner they can master the self-driving ability, learning ability, communication ability, sense of responsibility, emotional competence, team spirit, Universal professional competence in 7 dimensions of critical thinking. "This kind of ability needs to be constantly honed and continuously improved in the workplace, and it cannot be learned in textbooks."
"Of course, refusing to accept transitional jobs does not mean giving up trying." Wang Yuxin, who studied in the software engineering profession, because he "felt more of a sense of belonging in the media industry", "went into the sea of media" when he applied for a job. . She did not choose a transitional job and laid a solid foundation for her ideal job while studying. Since the interest in poetry and vocabulary is far greater than the knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry, Wang Yuxin has joined the reporter team since the university and has taken courses in journalism. He is also an active B station UP master. "It has settled in station B for more than 1,000 days, and the total video playback exceeds 1.5 million." Diverse media experience escorted her "cross-professional" job search. In the end, Wang Yuxin successfully joined a newspaper and became a new media editor. "It is the constant persistence and accumulation that made me finally get the "exciting" Offer."
China Youth Daily · China Youth Network trainee reporter Cheng Si School Youth Media reporter Yu Luyuan Wang Yupeng Source: China Youth Daily
July 13, 2020 version 08