"Returnees" become "waste"?
This "study abroad account" shouldn't be calculated like this
■ Come on
After "985 waste", "returnee waste" has become the most popular word recently.
The starting salary is too low, the salary does not return the tuition, the ideal job is not found... In a group called the "Returned Returned Waste Recycling Mutual Aid Association" on a social platform, international students shared their troubles after returning to China.
In recent years, society has indeed experienced a process of disenchantment of the status of studying abroad.
When the scale of studying abroad is gradually expanding and the job market is gradually maturing, the status of returnees is no longer a "self-evident" stepping stone to job hunting.
Now, employers make decisions based on their own development needs and comprehensively assess the abilities of candidates.
The job market gets rid of the blind "returnee worship" and gradually returns to rationality, which is conducive to the formation of a more scientific and fair talent evaluation system.
It's fairer for young people who are steadfast in their studies in China to speak on their strengths.
The trend of “devaluation” of overseas returnees is a source of anxiety for some “student monks”.
Among them, the most complaint is the imbalance of the "input-output ratio".
For this reality, students and parents must manage expectations, correct excessive expectations, and make decisions after rational evaluation.
Returnees must also realize that in their career development, the starting point is not the end point. Some abilities are not revealed overnight. As long as they are outstanding, there are not a few people who will make a fortune.
On the other hand, the phenomenon that many young people laugh at themselves as "waste of overseas returnees" because of their low income also reflects that they are facing a relatively narrow social phenomenon with a single evaluation standard.
This phenomenon is directly reflected between generations.
Many parents say that the thoughts and thoughts of their children after studying abroad are incomprehensible.
For example, they quit high-paying jobs, but ran to open cafes, volunteers, and learned massage.
Since the university itself is an important period in which the three views of young people gradually mature, and international students are in a brand-new environment, their exploration of themselves often undergoes more changes.
Some friends I met when I was studying abroad often shared stories about how I changed from being obsessed with a single competitive track to being more compliant with my heart.
In fact, if you don’t know what kind of mental journey your child has gone through, it is easy for parents to have a sense of "break" in communication, causing unnecessary contradictions and conflicts.
To solve this problem, it is necessary to abandon the method of taking material as the only evaluation criterion, and adopt a more open and pluralistic attitude to accept children's changes.
□Ren Guanqing (media person)