Objectively speaking, the humanities and social science majors study metaphysical knowledge, and the higher the academic qualifications, the narrower the employment situation.
It is indeed not like a science and engineering major. It learns about specific problems in our daily lives and can directly produce social benefits, so it is not very down-to-earth.
, such as law, sociology, linguistics, psychology, etc., are more used as a theoretical tool, especially when domestic society has not reached a very high level of humanistic environment, and the country is still in the development stage, and the demand for such theoretical tools is not paid enough attention to.
It’s a pity that judging from the current employment status of humanities and social science majors in China, the related industries cannot be considered high-paying, at least for newly graduated people. If you want to go to a more decent public institution, the competition in terms of education is also extremely fierce.
However, from the perspective of employment prospects, with the high development of social economy, the humanities and social science majors will surely show the importance of being a "prescription" in the social problems that are intensifying at the same time.
This is why the Western higher education community still emphasizes the discussion of social science while vigorously studying technical science.
When the concept of a legal society is more deeply rooted in people's hearts, the urgency of social governance exceeds social production, people's attention to psychological problems is greater than physical health, and the employment bottleneck of humanities and social science majors will naturally be opened.
Before this, we should indeed be more secular and rationally measure our patience on the bench and the responsibilities we need to bear to our families in terms of economics. After thinking about these things clearly, let’s see if you should continue to move towards the humanities and social sciences.
Let me take a look at the employment prospects, employment directions and average salary of law, sociology, linguistics, and psychology, which are relatively popular majors in liberal arts and social sciences ~
01. Law
·Development prospects
Watching professional dramas in Hong Kong, many people will envy defense lawyers in court, but in fact, it will take five or six years for students who graduate from law to reach the position of ordinary formal lawyers.
Then to becoming a "gold lawyer" with a good reputation, having the social status and economic income that everyone sees, requires hard work and luck that ordinary people cannot imagine. During this long process, many people changed careers because of ultra-low income and similar evidence collection and recording work such as miscellaneous work.
If you do not have a good legal background and have no industry connections, it is actually difficult to get a ok income in this industry by yourself.
. If your exam ability is still relatively poor, and you have spent a lot of time in the method exam in the at the beginning, then basically the job in this industry will be out of reach.
So if you want to be stable in the legal-related industries, then try your best to take the civil service in the judicial department. If you want to make money, then go to a large law firm and corporate legal department to try your luck, but both of these have to use a higher education as a stepping stone.
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·Employment Direction
1) Common Law
Political and legal organs, internal law firms, foreign-related law firms
2) Field segmentation method
comprehensive law firm, company legal affairs, legal consultant, intellectual property agency , compliance supervision, risk control (bank/security/trust companies, etc.)
PS: The best choice for studying LLM in Hong Kong is to go back to the mainland to find employment, and there will be no impact when you come back.
Want to find a job in Hong Kong, LLM's general employment direction is paralegal (parasite assistant), but if you are a bachelor's degree in mainland China, you cannot obtain a lawyer's qualification because you cannot take the Hong Kong professional license; there is no identity restrictions for employment in Hong Kong, but there are restrictions on the scope of practice.
If you want to get a Hong Kong lawyer's license, you can first read JD, and then take the PCLL exam to get a certificate.
If you are a Hong Kong undergraduate, you can directly study PCLL and get a certificate.
·Average salary
According to the "2021 Spring China Employer Demand and White-collar Talent Supply Report" released by Zhilian Recruitment : the average salary of the legal consulting industry is 10,022 yuan; the average salary of the lawyer/legal/compliance and other legal related positions is 10,161 yuan.
02. Sociology
·Development prospects
If it is used to improve your academic qualifications and be very interested in sociology, then it doesn’t matter if you have this mentality to take a master’s degree in sociology. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have to worry about food and clothing at home and then you will be able to study for a doctorate in sociology.
But if not, from the perspective of employment, this may be the lowest major in humanities and social sciences.
relatively speaking, its employment scope can be very wide, from government units, universities to major corporate departments, but the embarrassing thing is that this need is not valued, or their existence is that the theory's explanatory power is very weak for a society or an enterprise, and their guidance is difficult to be operable, and it is more of an idealized model.
Therefore, the biggest advantage of a profession related to sociology is leisure, and the biggest disadvantage is that it is not making money. Even if you can rush into top domestic schools for research, the scientific research funding is pitifully small.
·Employment Direction
1) Social Work
Street Office, Community Neighborhood Committee; Women's Federation, Communist Youth League, Trade Union; Schools, judicial departments, Health Organizations; Non-profit organizations and non-governmental organizations; Civil Affairs System; Welfare institutions such as children and the elderly, psychological counseling institutions
2) Cultural Management
Business management, planning, publicity and promotion, operation, and strategic research of cultural enterprises (media, film and television, cultural tourism, exhibitions, artworks, etc.); cultural and creative research and development, publicity and promotion of cultural institutions (museums, cultural sites, etc.); cultural industry research and project planning of universities and research institutes
3) Public management
Public organizations or Public departments engaging in public services, industry departments of enterprises; local government agencies, non-profit public organizations (various associations, foundations, trade unions, etc.); relevant consulting companies, personnel and administrative departments of enterprises
4) Public policy
University researchers, government agencies, public relations, non-profit organizations, international organizations, law firms, finance and consulting industries (such as business analysis, consulting consultants, strategic analysis positions)
·Average salary
According to the "2021 Spring 2021 China Employer Demand and White-collar Talent Supply Report" released by Zhilian Recruitment:
Cultural Management and other related positions have the highest average salary, at 8,367 yuan; the average salary in public management or policy industries is second, at 8,007 yuan; the average salary in social work-related positions is the lowest, at 4,697 yuan.
03. Linguistics
·Development prospects
Linguistics was just mentioned in the early years when the concepts of "globalization" and "Belt and Road" were just mentioned, the employment situation was still relatively optimistic, and there was indeed a large wave of translation talents growing rapidly in a richer international project.
However, the epidemic and the trend of anti-globalization in the past two years have hit the employment of these majors too much. The positions of foreign-funded enterprises have been cut in half at once, and many people working in foreign trade companies have been laid off one after another.
However, compared with sociology employment, linguistics is better because it has practical skills. It can also be seamlessly switched between the two major industries of education and training, publishing and media, and the salary is more optimistic.
Generally speaking, the return on improving academic qualifications by majoring in linguistics is quite great. Whether you go to a middle school or a publishing institution, you can have better development opportunities, but the premise is that you have to be able to cross other people's academic qualification threshold. (Many of them start with master's degree in prestigious schools)
·Employment direction
1) English
Government agencies, news organizations, foreign-funded enterprises, import and export companies, travel agencies, schools, training institutions, publishing houses
2) Chinese
Teachers, civil servants, corporate civil service, New media operations , editing and training institutions
3) Small language
civil servants (especially diplomatic direction, customs, inspection and quarantine), staying on school to teach or go to special high schools, news and media industry (broadcasting, hosting, etc.), foreign investment or joint ventures, overseas investment departments of domestic enterprises, study abroad training institutions, tourism industry, labor export companies, foreign trade enterprises
·Average salary
According to the "2021 Spring China Employer Demand and White-collar Talent Supply Report" released by Zhilian Recruitment: the average salary for positions in
(interpretation or written translation) is 8,281 yuan.
04. Psychology
·Development prospects
Although psychology knowledge is not very popular among the domestic population, as a humanities and social science major with strong disciplines and high application, its employment prospects are much greater than sociology or linguistics, and it exists in the face of a rising sun industry with a high threshold.
However, at present, my country's psychological counseling industry has not yet formed a relatively complete scale. There are few well-known companies and companies, most of which are developed in the form of personal studios or public welfare project organizations. Behind the seemingly high consultation fees is the extremely unstable operating income.
So for psychology employment, the best place to go is some stable public institutions or schools.
can usually accumulate more clinical experience in psychological counseling, and at the same time obtain more relevant qualification certificates . When you have a lot of work experience, whether you open a personal studio or go to a full-time lecture in a company based on your reputation, it is a good career path.
·Employment direction
1) Clinical psychology
Professional psychological counselor, corporate psychological counselor, psychology service company, market, self-media
2)Educational psychology
University teachers, college counselors, primary and secondary school psychology teachers and primary and secondary school psychological counseling teachers, Public Security Bureau, Reducation center , prisons, border inspection stations
3) Social psychology
Industrial organization psychologist, Human resources specialist , public relations specialist, social service representative, technical designer, consultant
4) Criminal psychology
Civil servants and public servants (public security bureau, prison, juvenile management office, labor camp, etc.)
·Average salary
According to the latest statistics of the Job Friends Collection, the average salary in the psychological counseling industry is 8,400 yuan.
05. It is recommended that
The employment situation of humanities and social science majors is not good. First of all, there are few jobs, and secondly, the average salary level is relatively low in major industries.
If you want to go to a high-quality counterpart, you either have a relatively high education and come from a prestigious school, or in addition to this major, you also have interdisciplinary learning experience or industry knowledge.
For example, it is difficult for a pure translation unit to make a breakthrough, but when you go to an engineering company with multinational corporations, the salary you just work will be very high, and there will be many opportunities for development in the later stage. It is not impossible to transform into management. The same is true for law majors. If you want to go to a good law firm or a national judicial organ, the competition is very fierce, and it is just a purely academic qualification. But if you have other industry knowledge reserves, working as a legal consultant and legal consultant in a large company is definitely more profitable than running errands in a small law firm.
. Employment in sociology and psychology mainly depends on policy support. On the premise that the industry market is not developing perfectly, it is recommended that you still seek stability and take the civil service exam first. Accumulate more work experience, and watch the development trends of the industry. When you have the opportunity and ideas, you can submit your resume to a high-quality private enterprise, or start your own business and open a studio.
