As the class of 2024 college graduates enter the stage of spring recruitment, the employment of college students is once again affecting people's hearts.
The national ** has focused on revealing a grim fact: this year's job market is not very optimistic.
At the same time, the employment situation of different majors has also undergone some changes this year.
Looking at the top 20 list of the national professional employment rate statistics in 2024, you will find that engineering majors almost occupy this list.
Only two medical majors, medical laboratory technology and nursing, are ranked in the middle of it, and the rest of the majors with higher employment rates are engineering majors.
We can also know that liberal arts graduates are struggling in the job market, and science students are also facing greater competitive pressure, and there are only a handful of jobs to choose from.
In the cold current of "difficult employment situation", graduates of engineering majors have become "sweet and sweet", not only with many positions, but also often with eye-catching salaries.
Businesses love them precisely because the technology in their hands can create real value for the business.
Looking at this chart of "Average Monthly Income of China's Blue-Collar and White-Collar Workers from 2012 to 2023", we can find that according to the "2023 China Blue-Collar Group Employment Research Report", the average monthly income of blue-collar workers has increased from 2,684 yuan in 2012 to 6,043 yuan in 2023, which is the original 225 times.
The average monthly salary of white-collar workers has risen by only 30 percent in 11 years, a quarter of the increase for blue-collar workers.
In addition, according to statistics, the proportion of 2022 undergraduate graduates with a monthly income of less than 6,000 yuan after half a year is as high as 577%, only 69% of people have a monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan.
That is to say, with the rapid development of China's social economy, the group of blue-collar workers has now been on the road of rising to become the backbone of the "new middle class".
Their average monthly income has increased significantly, and the gap between them and white-collar workers has gradually narrowed, and even surpassed them in some regions.
According to the data of the seventh national population census, the proportion of the population with a college degree or above in China has reached 1547%, which means that one in six people has a higher education talent.
Therefore, in the context of the general improvement of national academic qualifications, learning a "technology" seems to have become an important way to ensure employment and directly obtain remuneration.
Then again, which majors stand out in the job market in 2024?
According to the graduate data compiled by the online recruitment platform, we found that the overall employment rate of energy and power engineering majors has reached an astonishing 8112%, becoming the number one major in terms of employment rate.
This is due to the rapid development of China's new energy vehicle industry, which provides a broad employment space for students majoring in energy and power engineering.
This is followed by the mechanical engineering major, which has an employment rate of 7545%, ranking second.
Mechanical engineering runs through the entire industrial production chain, so that the employment of graduates of this major has remained stable.
Especially in the context of China's most complete industrial chain in the world, the employment prospects of mechanical engineering majors are broader.
Microelectronics Science and Engineering and Automation each ranked 7432% and 71The employment rate of 79% ranks third and fourth.
These two majors are more difficult to study, but they often receive a higher salary package after graduation.
Especially in the semiconductor industry and new energy vehicle companies, graduates of these majors are even more sought-after.
In addition, majors such as software engineering, vehicle engineering, and computer science and technology are also among the top 20 in terms of employability, and these majors are closely linked to the current sunrise industry, providing more employment opportunities for graduates.
It is worth noting that although the employment rate of "computer science and technology" majors ranks seventh, the employment rate of information technology-related majors is not low, which is also related to the rapid development of "artificial intelligence".
Overall, with the continuous increase in per capita GDP and the decline in the working-age population, the demand for skilled workers is increasing.
The job search ratio for senior mechanics is even more than 2, which means that one in every two positions is waiting to be filled by the right candidate.
These data further confirm that, as Mr. Zhang Xuefeng said, engineering majors are the way out for ordinary students.
Therefore, for the class of 2024, it is particularly important for the class of 2024 to choose a major that is closely related to the current industry, and constantly improving their skill level is also the key to ensuring smooth employment.
It should be noted that the above data is only recently counted until February 2024, and a large number of students will find jobs in the future, and the employment rate of various majors will continue to increase, and the above data is for reference only.
The road of life is unpredictable, often tortuous and difficult, in the wave of the development of the times, all kinds of new things emerge in an endless stream, the employment situation is constantly changing, as an individual or according to their own situation carefully choose schools and majors, in the future development can be smoother.
In this changeable era, only by constantly learning and adapting to changes can we find our own ecological niche in the fiercely competitive society.