Rather than university graduates, the employment of outstanding graduates in vocational schools stands out. Since the reform of college entrance examination in 1978,for the first time, vocational school graduates (92.1 percent hired) fared better in the job market than college graduates (91.6 percent hired) in 2017, according to the 2018 College Graduates' Employment Report recently released by Mycos, an education consultancy.What are the reasons that have created the status quo of college students and students with skills. Why are vocational schools students so favored by companies?
In recent years, during the process of increasing downward pressure on the economy and accelerating the process of structural adjustment, on the whole, high-level skilled talents are in short supply. Chinese companies also fall into the predicament of talent shortage.
At present, enterprises and college students have an unreasonable situation,strugglling among the structure of production and learning, company types, expectation of salary and value recognition. Business owners generally believe that university students' requirement doesn't match their ability.Their education cannot reflect their profession,but inexperience .Contrary to that, vocational school students who have mastered skills and have practical experience are more welcomed by enterprises,as their solid skills, efficient work, low mobility as well as their reasonable requirements of wages.Additionally,their career development goals are clear, and they rarely quit as frequently as campus recruiters.
Vocational school works through researching the latest market demand,recruitment dynamics and they upgrade professional courses according to the needs of the company's employees. Cooperations with companies to create professional courses, and integrates the skills the company really needs into classroom teaching so that students can have stronger professional competitiveness.
Vocational school graduates have a high degree of student employment and business connections as they have a practical basis. Therefore, students have more advantages in employment and a wider range of choices. After graduating from vocational colleges, students will not only fail to be jobless, but also excellent students always have a better treatment than undergraduates.
With the rapid development of the Internet, the demand for relevant professionals has increased, and IT skills talents have also been welcomed by enterprises. At present, many candidates for high school entrance exams are thinking about the future “predicament.”
The government has attached great importance to vocational education.According to the Minister of Education Chen Baosheng,the government need to train Einstein as well as Edison and Luban. This undoubtedly shows that vocational and technical students who have best skills but not relying on academic qualifications are getting increasing attention from the country and the industry.
