--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Chinese Women
Film in China
War on Poverty
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar
Telephone and
Postal Codes


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies
Career Planning Courses Offered Earlier

The Shanghai Job Placement Center plans to offer career guidance courses to second-year university students next year, instead of only giving lectures to graduating students.

Center officials said the schedule change is meant to help young university students get an idea of the current employment situation and do their own career planning earlier.

"The key to the current difficultly university graduates face doesn't lie in the lack of sufficient job opportunities, but students simply don't have an objective assessment of their own abilities and career goals," said Song Wenling, a career consultant with the center's Putuo branch.

Starting at the end of last year, the center surveyed more than 300 university students who attended free job fairs held in three local universities about their job-seeking and career development plans.

More than 75 percent of the graduating students surveyed said that they weren't clear about their own interests, abilities, or strengths and weaknesses.

Among the surveyed, bout 35 percent of students have only vague plans for their future careers, while another 15 percent of respondents said they never thought about career planning, the survey reported.

Considering the current fierce job competition, it's necessary to help students form crisis awareness as early as possible, said Ye Xiaoqing, a center official.

Currently, free career guidance - including regular lectures after class and case-based counseling by professional consultants - is only provided to fourth-year students several months before they graduate.

(Shanghai Daily February 16, 2006)

Many Workers Lack Career Planning: Poll
Female Execs to Provide Job Advice
New Scheme to Ease Joblessness
Life Plan Will Get You Far
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000