The number of applicants for this year's postgraduate entrance examination and the national examination has been completely different, which makes people wonder why. According to the Ministry of Education, the number of applicants for the national master's entrance examination fell by 360,000 this year, the first significant drop since 2015. On the contrary, the total number of applicants for the national public government exceeded 2.9 million, an increase of nearly 400,000 over the same period last year, a record high. Why is there such a phenomenon of "** double heavens"?
Postgraduate entrance examinations were once regarded by young people as an important way to improve their competitiveness, but in recent years, with the increasing dilution of graduate qualifications, more and more young people have begun to doubt the significance of postgraduate examinations. Especially with the continuous expansion of graduate student enrollment, the master's degree has lost its scarcity and uniqueness. In the job market, graduate students do not have a greater competitive advantage than undergraduates, or even inferior to them. Statistics from the Jiangsu Provincial Talent Market show that among the graduates of 20 universities, the employment rate of graduate students is 8662%, while the employment rate for undergraduates has reached 9030%。Such data tells us that graduate students do not ensure better job prospects.
Second, for employers, hiring a graduate student means higher salary expectations. Why would an undergraduate student choose to hire a graduate student if he is perfectly qualified for a certain job?Especially now that the scale of graduate enrollment is getting bigger and bigger, there is no special gold content for a master's degree. Many units prefer to choose undergraduate students from prestigious universities rather than graduate students from regular universities. On the other hand, in the future, with the increase in the number of graduate students, graduate degrees will become less and less valuable. Just as scarcity is expensive, the increase in the number of graduate students leads to a decrease in its value. Therefore, it is no longer feasible to seek a good job by "rolling up the academic qualifications".
With the improvement of education level and the rapid change of economic development, young people's concepts of employment and career planning have also undergone some changes. In the past, it was widely believed that academic qualifications were the "stepping stone" to finding a job, so more and more young people are striving to pursue further education and improve their academic qualifications. However, the reality shows that higher education does not mean more ability. Many companies are realizing that they need people with real skills, not just academic qualifications.
The decline in the number of graduate students reflects the awakening of young people who realize that academic qualifications on paper do not solve real problems and do not lead to better career development for themselves. Instead, they began to focus on cultivating practical abilities and finding a career track that suits them. More and more young people are no longer pursuing illusory ideals and distant places, but pay more attention to practical interests and stable career development. Jobs in the system have a stable salary and benefits package, so they are willing to work hard to achieve their goals by working hard to get into public office or career establishment.
Those who know the times are Junjie, which is the choice and attitude change of this young people. They no longer blindly pursue academic qualifications, but are more rational and pragmatic towards career planning and development. The cooling down of the postgraduate entrance examination and the craze for the public examination concretely reflect the forcing effect of the economic chain, and also reflect the characteristics of young people's pursuit of practical interests and rationality. Only by jumping out of the vicious circle of "academic qualifications", exercising practical ability, and finding a development path suitable for oneself, can we truly realize professional success and personal value.
Summary: The "cooling" of the postgraduate entrance examination and the "more popular" of the postgraduate examination reflect the awakening of young people who tend to be rational and pragmatic. The blind pursuit of academic qualifications in the past is gradually fading, and young people are beginning to pay attention to their actual abilities and career development. Rather than simply pursuing illusory academic qualifications, they are more willing to enhance their competitiveness by improving their practical ability and learning Xi valuable skills. Only with the support of practical ability can they achieve better development and achievement in the workplace. This "sensible" attitude will bring them broader career prospects and development space.