I am a high school graduate with a liberal arts major. What major has better prospects?

Is it good to study liberal arts? This seems to be a topic that has been debated for a long time. Many students and parents who choose liberal arts believe that liberal arts majors are good, with high income, good social status, and easy and decent work. Therefore, a large number of people in liberal arts majors fill out the application form in the college entrance examination every year, and the admission scores are also quite high. Because enrollment is easy and the cost of offering liberal arts majors is relatively low, most colleges and universities offer liberal arts majors.

The names of liberal arts majors do sound attractive: economics, finance, law, business administration, journalism, international economics and trade... After graduation, those in economics and finance will go to banks, and those in business administration will go to Industrial and commercial bureaus and large enterprises, law students become lawyers, news students work as reporters, and international trade students engage in foreign trade... Which one is not famous?

However, facts speak louder than words. Let’s take a look at some news reports first:

News 1: China’s Ministry of Personnel recently released the “Employment of College Graduates in 2005” on its official website Survey and Analysis of Reception and Demand in 2006". The survey shows that comparing the employment situation of college graduates across the country in the past three years, the employment rate of graduates majoring in engineering is the highest, followed by science majors, and the employment rate of liberal arts majors is the lowest. Liberal arts majors such as law, economics, business administration, and administration continue to decline.

News 2: Regarding the issue of what causes the current relative difficulty in finding employment for liberal arts college students, Dr. Zhang Wangcheng of Beijing Normal University expressed his views: "Our country is currently in a period of rapid industrialization, and the rapid development of the secondary industry Development, coupled with the fact that many companies are paying more and more attention to technological upgrading and product innovation, it is reasonable that the demand for science and engineering graduates has maintained a very high growth trend, although the development speed of the tertiary industry has exceeded that of the third industry in recent years. Secondary industries, but the demand for high-level service industry talents has not increased year-on-year. In addition, the rapidly growing tertiary industries such as computers and telecommunications have an obvious preference for science and engineering graduates. Therefore, the future of liberal arts graduates is obviously affected. Restrictions. ”

Not only China, but in fact most countries place more emphasis on science and engineering talents. The reason is that the role science students play in society after employment is often visible. They produce material and create material wealth, which can be quantified. The traditional mission of liberal arts graduates is to manage society, inherit culture and values, shape the spirit of the times, and provide knowledge and human resources for people's lives and the operation of society. Although their role is also indispensable, their functions are difficult to achieve. Quantitative and cumulative, their work is therefore often seen as dispensable.

It’s like a bucket of cold water pouring down your head. Is it true that the future of liberal arts students is not optimistic?

Don’t worry, in line with the principle of suppressing first and then promoting, let’s take a look at some news:

News 3: Although liberal arts students have a relatively narrow range of applications, they are “all-purpose” The situation is very obvious, which invisibly expands the employment opportunities, and their advantages of being good at communication and sociability also make them comfortable in the workplace.

News 4: The human resources departments of many companies said that they welcome liberal arts students with high comprehensive quality. Liberal arts students who have minored in courses such as computer science, economics, management, design, and second foreign languages ??and have high overall quality have strong employment competitiveness.

After the analysis, the next thing to do is naturally the guidance work. Which liberal arts majors are easy to find employment? Let's take our time.

A "Yu" secret

"Yu" refers to language majors, including Chinese language and literature, news, secretarial, etc., as well as some foreign languages.

The selection of the Chinese category is a matter of course. Because its applications are so wide, no industry or company does not need secretarial and publicity talents. Therefore, although Chinese majors are mediocre, they have been at the top of the talent market demand list for many years.

Chinese Language and Literature: The oldest and most common "Taiwan Balm" major, you can be a secretary, an administrator, a publicist, a teacher, you can also do advertising, publishing, marketing, etc. There are so many paths. . If you choose this major, you must be employable and have some special skills.

For example, when it comes to writing, don’t think that those who have studied Chinese will know how to write. Writing here refers to outstanding writing skills, the type of writing that brings out the best in writing, so that you can be a good penholder and spokesperson for leaders, and you can become an excellent reporter. and editor. For example, computers, in many small units, do not have professional computer maintenance personnel. If there is a problem with the computer, you will be at a loss. If you have a small problem, you have to hire someone outside to fix it, which is time-consuming and expensive. If there is an administrator who can also be a computer maintenance person, People, why not? For example, sports and arts are an important part of cultural activities. Nowadays, many powerful units attach great importance to image projects. They are willing to invest a lot of money to win honors in some competitions in order to show their style. If you are good at playing ball, singing and dancing, then , congratulations, work hard to carry forward. For example, calligraphy, painting, a welcome banner written with beautiful calligraphy, and a vivid poster can all have a very good publicity effect.

Secretarial majors: This type of major is more popular with small and medium-sized enterprises. Compared with Chinese and journalism majors, secretarial majors are undoubtedly much more employment-oriented, so in terms of curriculum, there are many highly professional ones. content.

Such as conference management, office automation, secretarial etiquette, financial management, document and file management, etc. Some schools even include ordering and purchasing in teaching plans in detail, and teach all the contents of secretarial practice in place. In this way, compared with Chinese and journalism, graduates majoring in secretarial majors are more like all-rounders who are good at everything and can do everything. For small and medium-sized enterprises that are good at saving human resources, choosing graduates majoring in secretarial majors will It's like choosing a good steward.

Foreign Languages: Foreign language majors must be selected. Foreign languages ??have always been a relatively popular major, with both enrollment and employment booming. With the improvement of my country's openness, both the translation industry and foreign language education have developed rapidly.

Foreign affairs departments need foreign language talents. Almost every government department at or above the county level has a foreign affairs office. With the increasing number of foreign exchanges, the demand for foreign language talents has naturally increased. In order to attract investment, various localities are rushing to build development zones, forming an unstoppable trend. As a result, development zones have also become important recruitment centers for foreign language talents.

Foreign trade companies need foreign language talents. In addition to traditional state-owned foreign trade companies, as China gradually integrates into the WTO, a large number of private foreign trade companies have emerged, all of which are doing well. There are also many production-oriented companies vying to expand overseas markets. For this reason, they have also established With the external sector, foreign language talents are naturally in great demand.

The education industry requires foreign languages. "All people learn foreign languages" is a characteristic of China, and foreign languages ??are taught from children to adults. On the one hand, foreign language education is popularized at younger ages, and many primary, secondary and even kindergartens implement bilingual education, creating a strong demand for foreign language teachers. On the other hand, the status of foreign languages ??is unshakable. From the linking of university degree certificates to CET-4 and CET-6 to the establishment of professional title foreign language examinations for professional title assessment, Chinese people cannot escape from foreign languages ??throughout their lives. Coupled with the opening of a large number of foreign language tutoring classes, the demand for foreign language teachers has only increased.

The publishing industry requires foreign languages. As necessities for education, foreign language textbooks, tutoring books and magazines are published in large quantities. At the same time, the prosperity of cultural undertakings has prompted the introduction of a large number of foreign best-sellers. "Harry Potter" has been popular for a long time, "Who Moved My Cheese", "The Postman" Fred's sales are booming, so the number of foreign language editors in publishing houses and magazines is increasing day by day.

The mysterious and ancient China attracts many foreign tourists and its profound Chinese culture. , translators are needed to introduce and explain to foreign guests, and foreign language talents can be used as tour guides, which is just in time.

As for the choice of foreign languages, it varies from region to region. English is basically applicable across the country and is generally better. Red, Japanese, Korean, and Russian are very popular in Northeast China. German, French, and Japanese in North China are in great demand. Japanese and ASEAN languages ??in South China are very popular. In a word: foreign languages ??should be based on the region. Choose according to the development of economic and political cooperation. As for some very rare languages ??such as Arabic, because the number of students is very small, there are stable supply and demand channels, and employment is also worry-free.

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Below we will recommend some more practical and highly technical management majors.

Tourism management: This major has been around for a long time and has been offered in many colleges and universities. It seems that it has been open for many years. It has always been in a tepid and moderate state, but its employment is indeed good, especially after 2000. Eating, drinking, playing and having fun are the four major joys in life. After having enough food and clothing to become well-off, if you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you will want to have fun. . Therefore, the tourism industry is booming. Many families include tourism in their life plans, and many units implement tourism as a long-term benefit. Because this is a green economy, the government also strongly supports it and China is endowed with rich resources for the development of tourism. , many new attractions can be developed in various places every year, and tourism resources are inexhaustible.

As a result, travel agencies have emerged. Here, tourism management can be used for two purposes, one as a tour guide, and the other as a tour guide. For management.

Due to the unprecedented increase in tourists, there is a huge demand for tour guides, and because the current tour guide reward system is implemented as a default shopping link, the rewards are very generous, even for some non-professionals with outstanding eloquence. Talents are trying to enter the industry. However, as professionals, graduates of tourism management are proficient in tour guide services, have high service quality, and hold tour guide certificates, and have obvious competitive advantages in management. In the customer source market, travel agencies compete with each other for route planning, price calculation, service quality, public relations capabilities, management efficiency, etc. All these competitions require professional tourism talents.

Another aspect. On the other hand, various scenic spots also need a large number of tourism management talents. They need to promote themselves, attract tourists, reasonably plan and position themselves, build a brand, and also need to provide good tourism services and establish a good reputation. Here, by the way, hotel management. Professional, this is a higher vocational major. As an important part of tourism supporting facilities, it is highly valued by quality-conscious travel agencies and tourists. Hotel management involves many aspects such as food, accommodation, reception, management, etc. It is an indispensable talent for star-rated hotels, and the employment rate has always been relatively high.

Those who study tourism management must have a generous personality, a calm mind, and careful thinking.

Archives management: About five years ago, this was a cold major with poor employment prospects.

However, it has been Hedong for thirty years and Hexi for thirty years. After the amendment of the Archives Law of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China was implemented in 1996, the state increased the management of archives and mandated that all government agencies, enterprises and institutions The units have standardized the management of archives. At the same time, through vigorous publicity, all units have begun to realize the important role of archives and begun to pay attention to archives management. After several years of rectification and publicity, archives work ushered in the spring of development around 2000.

Archives management is actually a major that combines arts and sciences. In terms of content, in addition to the basic management of archives, you also learn archival compilation and research that belongs to senior management, and computer management that belongs to modern management.

Archives are divided into clerical archives, technological archives and specialized archives. Archives management requires in-depth study in these three aspects. Documentary archives are the most extensive. When their supporting role was taken seriously, many units began to set up the position of archivists, and the demand increased steadily. Since archive management includes archive compilation and research, students generally have good editing and writing skills. In order to get better employment, many schools (such as Guangxi University for Nationalities) have added secretarial courses. Therefore, some small and medium-sized enterprises and institutions When recruiting secretaries, units favor archive management professionals who can both write and manage.

Since scientific and technological archives can provide a good technical foundation for scientific research, they have also been valued by many R&D-oriented enterprises. The scientific management of scientific archives by professional archives talents has been recognized by enterprises.

Specialized files include multi-directional content such as personnel files and accounting files. There is particularly room for development of personnel files. With the liberalization of the personnel system, the trend of talent flow is irreversible. All units, except for government agencies, no longer accept employee files, but implement personnel agency, that is, employee files are handed over to the talent exchange center for safekeeping. As a result, talent exchange centers in various places have set up personnel agency departments to carry out file custody business. How to manage a large number of personnel files scientifically and standardizedly and ensure their safety requires a large number of file management professionals.

There are not many colleges and universities offering archives management majors, with Renmin University of China and Wuhan University being the most famous. The key to choosing this major is to endure boredom and loneliness.

Human resources management: Although this major has been criticized by some experts, they believe that fresh college graduates are not qualified for personnel management work. However, modern enterprises do not care about this. They believe that after implementing personnel agencies, complex personnel work only exists in government agencies and public institutions. What they need is human resource management, such as talent recruitment, job training, performance appraisal, etc. . As a result, modern enterprises, especially large and medium-sized enterprises in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta, have become important recruiting centers for graduates majoring in human resources management.

Manufacturing companies generally recruit a large number of skilled workers all year round, and often send human resources specialists to vocational schools in various places or to conduct recruitment assessments at their headquarters. They designed a series of assessment procedures based on the positions. After selecting workers, they were quickly assigned to various positions based on their specialties, and then provided on-the-job training. After several rounds, it takes a year. Due to the high turnover of workers and the rapid expansion of factories, the human resources department often becomes the busiest department in the company.

Technology-based companies such as the IT industry also attach great importance to human resource management, because talent is capital and competitiveness. In addition to recruitment, daily management, performance appraisal, and the formulation and implementation of salary and benefits are also important parts of human resource management. In these places, human resource managers play more of a manager and service provider role.

As an emerging major, the establishment of human resources management has a tendency to spread. It is recommended to choose some comprehensive universities with a foundation in management disciplines, so that you can learn more humanistic knowledge for more efficient comprehensive management. .

Finally, to summarize: when choosing a liberal arts major, you must first check whether the professional work is suitable for your personality. If it is not suitable, you will definitely not do well, so don’t study blindly; secondly, you must carefully analyze whether there is a market for it. , whether you can learn some practical things, you should be cautious in majors like business administration that are easy to get stuck in theory and lack room for operation.