Zhou Fenghua participated in the 2020-2021 Guangdong Vocational College Student Professional Skills Competition Industrial Analysis and Inspection Competition (Vocational Group).
Cao Mengdi studied in the laboratory.
In this summer, known as the "hottest in history", 10.76 million college graduates dragged their luggage into the same hot "employment season". Among the job-seeking army, there is a group of vocational school graduates. They do not have the halo of famous schools of " double first-class " and do not have the "standard" undergraduate degree. Because of the academic gap, they cannot easily choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination and take the exam. They only "shirtless" with their practical training experience that boasts the characteristics of vocational schools. What kind of job search path have they taken? What problems have they encountered in job search? Can what they have learned really match the job?
days ago, a reporter from the Nandu Education Alliance interviewed many vocational school graduates. Some of them held five offers and successfully started their jobs as soon as they graduated; some entered large factories and made their mark among undergraduate and master's and doctoral students; some were trapped in "educational anxiety" and chose to work hard to go to school... They said that they hope that their experiences can provide some reference for later generations.
Job searching for an angst
It is important to do a good job in career planning
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Zhou Fenghua Shunde Vocational and Technical College 2022 graduates, joining a Guangdong Environmental Molecular Diagnosis (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
submitted 5 resumes and received 5 offers! For Zhou Fenghua, he never seemed to have been anxious about finding a job. On July 1 this year, she officially joined an environmental molecular diagnosis company in Guangdong and served as a testing staff member.
Zhou Fenghua, who successfully joined the company as soon as she graduated, relied on luck. In 2019, Zhou Fenghua passed the "3+ certificate " examination for the spring college entrance examination and was admitted to Shunde Vocational and Technical College. During her studies in a vocational school, she frequently won awards in various innovation and entrepreneurship competitions and vocational college skills competitions. In May this year, she also became the only student on the list of higher vocational colleges in Guangdong Province, listed on the People's Daily "Catalogue of Representatives for the National Scholarship Award of Undergraduate and Junior College Students in the 2020-2021 academic year". Three years of experience in student club work, coupled with professional qualification certificates such as chemical inspectors, makes Zhou Fenghua very popular in job hunting.
It is not easy to learn professional skills thoroughly
In 2016, after entering secondary vocational school, Zhou Fenghua admitted that he had a sense of difference. Unlike the urgent pressure of further studies in junior high school and the strict teaching management model of general high schools, Zhou Fenghua felt very relaxed at the beginning. However, various vocational skills competitions in secondary vocational colleges made Zhou Fenghua realize that it is not easy to learn vocational skills thoroughly, and also gave Zhou Fenghua a specific direction of efforts. During the competition, Zhou Fenghua was preparing for the competition until 0 a.m. at the latest. When doing experiments, she often needs to stand in the morning to night for at least 6 hours of practical training.
The diversion examination for the second semester of the second semester of high school, Zhou Fenghua entered the school's "to-end class" and determined the direction for his own study of the "3+ certificate" course to get higher vocational college . In 2019, Zhou Fenghua successfully entered Shunde Vocational and Technical College. Just like when studying in secondary vocational schools, Zhou Fenghua has a strict study plan. Experimental practice is also the highlight of higher vocational education. "Vocational teachers will no longer teach step by step like secondary vocational teachers. The completion of experiments depends more on students' own understanding ability."
"Let every student have the opportunity to excel." When looking for a job in
, Zhou Fenghua and his classmates were always worried that there were few highlights on their resumes and would not be recognized by the interviewer; after joining the job, reality also made Zhou Fenghua feel anxious about his academic qualifications. "The leaders will have different views on people because of their academic qualifications, and because of their academic qualifications, they are assigned different positions from their peers... I have heard of them and encountered them." Faced with these, Zhou Fenghua, who has excellent skills, no longer cares much. "The most important thing is to plan your career skills, improve your skills, master a technology firmly, and better apply it to your work." Zhou Fenghua repeatedly operated and trained these basic operating processes during the vocational school learning process. Most of the students in the same group are vocational school students. Everyone tacitly took over the experimental steps, assisted each other and communicated experimental operation skills. This is also the experience brought by group learning in vocational education.
In the work of inspecting domestic sewage, Zhou Fenghua can always find new problems or new ideas. Her excellent skills and quick work experience made her recognize and affirmed by her boss. This made Zhou Fenghua realize that the skills and knowledge learned in vocational schools can be truly applied to actual work and help the company solve practical problems.
Zhou Fenghua remembers that the secondary vocational school she once attended had a school motto like this - "Let every student get the opportunity to excel." Vocational colleges try their best to provide diversified opportunities for students' growth, and Zhou Fenghua firmly grasps them.
Liberal arts students majoring in science
become a paper inspector
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Cao Mengdi Guangdong Light Industry Vocational and Technical College 2022 graduate, joining Zhongshun Jierou Company as a paper inspector.
students majoring in papermaking generally have two choices after graduation, to do sales or engage in technology. Due to her personality, Cao Mengdi knew that she could not do sales and did not want to "spend several years of study in vain". When she was in her sophomore year, she decided that she would work in a professional and counterpart in the future.
In October last year, large-scale enterprises related to papermaking came to Guangdong Light Industry Vocational and Technical College for recruitment, and Cao Mengdi finally passed the interview successfully.
was transferred from liberal arts to science major
3 years ago, Cao Mengdi filled in many liberal arts majors at Guangdong Light Industry Vocational and Technical College, but was transferred to a science major that he had never been exposed to - pulp and paper technology. This major involves chemistry knowledge. Cao Mengdi, who has no science foundation, finds it difficult to adapt to such a change.
Fortunately, Cao Mengdi slowly discovered the fun and charm of learning. During her freshman year, she spent a lot of her time studying professionally. In addition to asking roommates and teachers for advice, she would review in the library whenever she had free time. During the junior year's training, from raw materials to papermaking, Cao Mengdi and the group members worked together to make a piece of paper, and a sense of accomplishment arises.
joined the R&D department and became an pipe trainer
Cao Mengdi officially joined the company's R&D department as a management trainer. Most management trainees graduated from undergraduate studies, and there are very few vocational schools like Cao Mengdi.
In early August, Cao Mengdi had just finished his first training, followed by online training. During the short period of time when he joined the company, Cao Mengdi felt that theory and practice were very different, and many things learned in books were not used. Individuals should take the initiative to learn to achieve corresponding gains. During the early internship, work and school training have a certain connection, and the professional matching rate is high, which allows her to get started quickly and adapt to the position quickly. As time goes by, she has to deal with more and more work. She needs to learn more from her colleagues and explore more to truly "beat" this position.
Cao Mengdi's current daily work is mainly product testing and raw material testing, as well as collecting data. Raw materials were not tested in school because the raw materials were imported in the form of slurry boards. It is impossible to tell whether the raw materials were short-fiber broad-leaf forest or long-leaf forest conifer . Cao Mengdi learned at work to use data as the basis for judgment.
"Work can make people more mature"
"Work can make people more mature." Cao Mengdi recalled that he could give up when encountering difficulties in school. He could deal with it with the mentality of "showing down badly", but the work was different. It must be completed within the specified time, be responsible for his own behavior, and have explanations to his superiors. The change of mentality is particularly important, and many things need to be exercised. There is a certain threshold for joining Jierou. Only functional departments with strong professionalism will appropriately lower their academic qualification requirements. Although Cao Mengdi is among the "management trainees", he still cannot hide his inferiority and gap. "Since you can't catch up with your education, then make up for it at work." They are all new to the workplace, and everyone starts from scratch. Cao Mengdi firmly believes that as long as he works hard enough and his leaders recognize his abilities, it does not mean that he will always be behind in his future work.
interview: Nandu reporter Cheng Xiaomei Intern reporter Yang Xiaotong
intern Fu Yijing Bai Juanxia
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