Either go on to school or get employed, most students have a clear direction and choice——
Step into the graduation season and see the stars and the sea of vocational school students
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With the acceleration of economic recovery, the demand for employment that has been contracted in previous years is gradually being released. Under the severe overall employment environment, the employment rate of Sichuan vocational school students has always remained high, and more and more vocational school students are rushing to their stars and the sea with a promising future.
"Either go on to school or find employment, most students have a clear direction and choice." Approaching the graduation season, Chang Chunxi, head of the Admissions and Employment Office of Chengdu Aviation Vocational and Technical College, ushered in the busiest time of the year. But he's talking to companies more about the distribution of next year's graduates.
Recently, the reporter of "Workers' Daily" found in the investigation and visit of some vocational colleges in Sichuan that with the acceleration of the economic recovery process, the employment demand that was forced to shrink in previous years is gradually released. Under the severe overall employment environment, the employment rate of vocational school students has always maintained a high level of breakthrough, and more and more vocational school students are rushing to their stars and the sea with a promising future.
"Good" for further education or employment
"After turning positive, the income is about 7000,22 yuan, which is very contented and motivated." Luo Hui, a 3-year-old fresh graduate majoring in auto repair from a vocational college in Chengdu, entered a well-known new energy vehicle company in Hangzhou as an intern as early as March this year as a workshop maintenance technician, mainly responsible for routine maintenance and daily maintenance of automobiles.
"With enough hard work, we can achieve a seamless connection between internship and employment, which completely exceeds expectations." Luo Hui told the reporter of "Workers' Daily" that entering a vocational college after the college entrance examination is a choice that the whole family deeply unsatisfactory, and even he was once very disappointed and regretful, thinking that going to vocational school was labeled as a poor student, and in the words of relatives, he would sensitively think that he was "lower than others". Now he believes that the vocational school experience has provided more options and broader ideas for his career development.
"I got my scores in early May, and I'm looking forward to the new stage of my study life." Li Yun, an alumnus of Luo Hui's class, according to his own planning, did not rush to employment, but took this year's college entrance examination, and while waiting for the admission results, entered an automobile enterprise in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, and became a material manager.
Song Linjia, deputy secretary of the general party branch of the automotive engineering department of Sichuan Communications Vocational and Technical College, told reporters in an interview with the "Workers' Daily" reporter that every year when new students enroll, they will prepare classes according to students' wishes in advance. For example, students with post-secondary and postgraduate entrance examination plans will enter the regular class, and other students will be placed in the enterprise order class. After double selection, students who do not reach the employment intention will also be included in the school's "kite pulling" action to ensure employment by the school, "more and more students think that whether it is employment or further education is a good choice."
A bite of "skill rice" applauded and sold
According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, the scale of graduates of ordinary colleges and universities nationwide in 2023 has reached a new high, expected to reach 1158.82 million, an increase of <>,<> year-on-year. Thanks to the accurate job market positioning and strategies of China's major vocational colleges and universities in recent years, the employment rate of vocational school students has continued to rise under the severe overall employment environment.
"Affected by the end of the epidemic and economic recovery, the employment demand of enterprises is also gradually recovering." Wu Yueqiang, vice president of Sichuan Tourism School, told reporters that since the beginning of this year, the continuous popularity of the tourism market has caused a large increase in the shortage of tourism talents in various places, and the few middle-career students who have entered the job market have long been booked.
The reporter learned during the interview that in recent years, with the continuous improvement of China's vocational education system, the continuous optimization of curriculum settings, and the continuous improvement of education quality, employers have increasingly recognized vocational school graduates. A large number of high-quality and high-quality vocational school graduates have entered the job market, expanding the team of industrial workers, the shortage of technical skills in the job market has continued to ease, and the structural contradictions in the job market have also been partially resolved.
Sun Nan, a logistics graduate of Chengdu Aviation Vocational and Technical College, has just joined the Qingbaijiang Xiangfu Sorting Center of Jingdong Logistics Group and became an abnormal express delivery processor, who needs to correct and resend more than 100 abnormal express pieces such as wrong delivery and missing operations every day. The resumption and addition of routes of various airlines this year, the shortage of vocational school graduates in aviation-related majors has also provided a lot of opportunities for upstream and downstream students like Sun Nan.
"As of May, the employment rate of students in the new energy vehicle class has reached 5%, and the traditional automobile major has basically achieved employment, and the overall employment rate will reach more than 100% by September." A bite of "skill rice" is more and more "applauded and seated", Song Linjia further said, in fact, whether it is new energy or traditional automobile majors, you must learn two types of automobile knowledge, and you can engage in new energy or traditional automobile related work at any time according to market requirements after employment, without technical obstacles.
Achieve more "chasing the light"
On May 5, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a notice on the "11-day sprint" action for the employment of college graduates in 2023, requiring that from May to August, focus on the key and difficult points of the current employment promotion work, accurately expand positions, guide graduates to take the initiative to seek employment, help more college graduates implement employment destinations before and after leaving school, and fully promote the high-quality and full employment of college graduates in 5.
In recent years, Sichuan Communications Vocational and Technical College has launched the "Kite Pulling" heart-warming special activity for unemployed graduates, which can provide no less than 7 corresponding positions for each graduate. The school relies on this action to establish an employment monitoring system, accurately grasp the employment status of unemployed graduates who have left school, and create a linkage mechanism for unemployed graduates who have left school, aiming to form a complete closed loop from graduation and leaving school to employment, and ensure that every student who is willing to work can achieve employment. With the arrival of the employment season, Mr. Wu, the relevant person in charge of the student employment department of Sichuan Communications Vocational College, has reserved thousands of household units in the enterprise bank to prepare for the school's annual "kite pulling" action.
"We are increasing the number of students enrolled in the provinces where the partner enterprises are located, so that graduates can return to work in the province as much as possible, and reduce the talent turnover rate of employing enterprises." At present, Chengdu Aviation Vocational College is focusing on school-enterprise cooperation for students from outside the province, so that graduates exported to enterprises in other provinces are willing to go, stay and develop well. At the same time, the school also carried out the "three sayings" in the graduation year, that is, "enterprise speaking, alumni speaking, HR speaking" publicity activities to enhance mutual understanding between enterprises and graduates, and carry out order enterprise culture education in the order class, so that students can "integrate" into the enterprise earlier.
"At present, the state attaches great importance to the training of high-quality workers and skilled personnel, especially from the policy to promote vocational school students in employment, settlement, recruitment, title evaluation, promotion and other aspects to enjoy the same treatment as students receiving general education." As vocational schools themselves, they are striving to seize the golden development period of vocational education, and use better services to enable more ordinary people to realize the value of life with their skills and achieve more people who chase the light. During the interview, the faculty and staff of vocational colleges and universities generally conveyed such a voice. (Workers' Daily reporter Li Na, correspondent Yang Chengbo)