In the employment season every year, entries about the first degree will always be on the hot search from time to time. This year is no exception, and the hot searches came earlier and more frequently.
In November, there was a "returnee doctor 985 master's job search due to undergraduate double non-bachelor's degree".
In December, there were "young people trapped in the first degree".
Do you think that the first degree is an eternal wound".
Some netizens even created limerick poems about the first degree:
Double non is a stain, the second is a case record, the private office is a prison sentence, the college promotion is a suspended death sentence, and the junior college is a death sentence.
The first degree is actually a pseudo concept.
The so-called "first degree" refers to the first non-nine-year compulsory basic education degree of full-time undergraduate, junior college and technical secondary school through the general college entrance examination or the independent enrollment examination of colleges and universities Xi and obtain full-time undergraduate, junior college and technical secondary school.
There is no mention of a "first degree" in the Ministry of Education or official documents.
In August 2014, the Ministry of Education replied to the question "I joined the army after graduating from high school and was admitted to the military academy to become a cadre in the army, please ask me whether my first education is high school or technical secondary school": academic qualifications refer to the Xi experience of people receiving scientific and cultural education and skill training in educational institutions, and the "academic qualifications" we say in the management process usually refer to the highest or last academic qualificationsThe concept of "first degree" is not used. If we must emphasize the "first degree", primary school and middle school are also academic qualifications.
In 2021, the Ministry of Education replied to netizens' questions about "whether the first degree after graduation is a junior college or a bachelor's degree". This is another reply about the first degree.
The reply said:Academic qualifications refer to the Xi experiences of people receiving scientific and cultural education and skills training in educational institutionsThe concept of "first degree" is not used in the relevant policies and documents of the national education administrative department. When we say "education" in the management process, we usually refer to the highest or last academic qualification obtained by an individual.
Regarding the first degree, the official has repeatedly stated that the concept of "first degree" is not used in relevant policies and documents, so why do employers frequently use "first degree" to set recruitment thresholds?At the end of the day, it depends on supply and demand in the talent market.
1. The talent market is sufficient. According to reports, the number of college graduates in 2023 will be 11.58 million, and the number of college graduates in China is expected to reach a record 11.87 million in 2024. A large number of college students have poured into the talent market, making the situation even more severe.
2. The number of jobs provided is small。Affected by the global economic downturn this year, China's economic growth has slowed down, especially for foreign trade enterprises, which have further exacerbated the severe job market by reducing personnel recruitment and laying off employees. According to the data given by the National Bureau of Statistics in May this year,The surveyed unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds was 208 per cent, which does not include the rural youth population。In fact, the unemployment rate of the 16-24 year old labor force survey has only been counted since 2018, with a low point of about 10% and a high point of 20 in May 20238%。
Enterprises improve the efficiency of recruitment. Now the talent market is a supply-side market, and enterprises do not have to worry about not being able to recruit people. In order to raise the threshold for recruitment, some companies specifically mention in the recruitment requirements that the study experience at all levels must be 985 universities, or directly point out that the first degree is a 985 university. You must know that there are only 39 985 colleges and universities in the country. In the 2023 college entrance examination, 39 985 colleges and universities will admit a total of about 2140,000 people (Harbin Institute of Technology including three campuses), the number of national college entrance examinations in 2023 will be about 12.91 million, and the proportion of those who can be admitted to 985 colleges and universities is only about 166%, because a large proportion of students are admitted through strong foundation plans, special projects, etc., all of them are admitted with college entrance examination scores, which can be regarded as one in a hundred. Enterprises artificially set the threshold of the first academic qualification, which can screen out most of the job seekers and improve the efficiency of recruitment. Not to mention, whether this kind of recruitment requirements can really meet the needs of enterprises. However, from the perspective of the enterprise, it saves the time cost of recruitment and reduces the cost of trial and error to a certain extent.
After all, the students who can be admitted to 985 colleges and universities are a minority, and they cannot negate the future efforts of most young people because of an exam. If you have anything to say about the first academic threshold set in the recruitment, please leave a message in the comment area.