In recent years, the social demand of mechanical specialty ranks first in the total demand of this major, and this demand trend continues to rise as the mechanical industry enters the best development period. The work direction of mechanical specialty has penetrated into many industries, and the employment direction is varied. In addition to teaching and marketing, there are also common production directors, mold design and manufacturing, mechanical manufacturing technologists, numerical control engineers and so on. There are many industries specializing in machinery, and outsiders don't look decent enough, but once they reach the expert level, the treatment is quite attractive. Here is a brief introduction to some popular employment directions in the machinery industry: First, numerical control direction is also called mechatronics, including many research contents, such as turning, milling, planing, grinding, machining center, EDM, wire cutting and so on. This direction focuses on experience, and graduates should seize every opportunity to practice, preferably in grass-roots workshops. In the process of practice, we can learn a lot, including design principles and various application software. Numerical control is very popular in recent years, and the employment prospect is quite good. The Pearl River Delta region lacks such senior technicians, and Shenzhen and Kunshan are ideal places. Employment equipment: analyze drawings and processes, determine NC machining paths and cutting tools, prepare fixtures, and prepare NC machining procedures and processes (including clamping parts, aligning, trial machining of first piece, etc.). ). And, of course, automatic programming. Commonly used automatic programming software includes Mastercam, UG, Pro/E, etc. Mastercam is used less and less at present, and UG and Pro/E are the mainstream learning software. UG is difficult to learn well in a short time, and it takes about a year to master it completely. In addition, you must understand finite element analysis. In this respect, the books compiled by Peking University are very good, but only V 18.0, and NX2.0 is popular now, which is more convenient to use than the former. Second, the direction of mold processing, the current mold is more and more complicated. Mould processing is a promising technical job, and a highly skilled designer is worth millions. At present, the domestic mold processing industry is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and the main destinations are large and medium-sized machinery spare parts manufacturers and the company's mold design factories. About 60% ~ 70% of mold graduates are employed in the following positions: ① mold processing and production organization; (2) NC programming of mould; ③ Three-dimensional design of the mould; ④ Three-dimensional design of product development. If you want to become a high-level mold designer, you can choose to go to the workshop for internships such as technology and mold processing. It is suggested to try to do some reverse engineering in school (that is, to design according to other people's products). Before looking for a job, there are several achievements that may add weight to successful employment. Employment equipment: Advanced mathematics and Matlab are very helpful for mold design, especially for reverse engineering and complex design. Stamping die, injection molding, extrusion and other professional textbooks can be seen. In addition, we should be proficient in using commonly used 3D processing software AutoCAD, UG, Pro/E, Solidworks, Solidedge, Catia, etc. Third, other technical directions Other technical directions include production management, logistics management, equipment management, quality management, project management, product development, automobile industry, mechanical manufacturing technicians, numerical control engineers, etc. Employment equipment: Computers should at least master AutoCAD, 3D software and Office and other commonly used software. We should also learn how to read and draw pictures, because this is the language of engineers. In addition, pay more attention to books on project management and 6δ quality management. If you have the conditions, you can participate in the certification training of ISO system series. Some schools have begun to hold ISO internal auditor certification training courses. This exam requires little investment. You only need to take it once, and then you can receive a certain period of follow-up training every year for life. We should pay more attention to production management, production planning and scheduling, quality management, site management, process planning, equipment management and maintenance, safety management and production management system. At present, there are many industries that are in line with the employment of mechanical students, which have very good development status and prospects. In the technical field, whether you can find a good job is determined by skills and works, which is more convincing than academic qualifications. Fourth, the marketing direction is becoming more and more detailed and professional. No matter what marketing you do, you should understand the performance parameters and working principles of various products in this industry, and sometimes you should even be an after-sales service engineer. To do mechanical marketing, we should not only have marketing talents, but also have more quality than other professionals in the direction of mechanical specialty. Employment equipment: choose marketing as an elective course, set the main direction after graduation as soon as possible, and understand its market trends. Mechanical graduates often use the following softwares after employment: AutoCAD- Mechanical graduates can't only use three-dimensional software, drawings are used for processing, and processing workers can only look at two-dimensional drawings. AutoCAD is mainly used for plane drawing, which is powerful, professional and easy to learn. Buy a CD and a textbook of CAD case course, and practice by yourself with examples of mechanical specialty, and you can basically master it within one week. Pro/E- Many mechanical students often learn a lot of 3D software, but none of them are proficient. Anyone who has participated in the interview will know that the most commonly used company now is not CATIA, UG or 3DMAX, but Pro/E. Before you study, you'd better read the books on the principles of CAD/CAM, so that not only Pro/E can get started quickly, but also other similar software can get started quickly, because you already have certain theoretical knowledge and understand its principle and essence. Automatic machinery will replace manual operation more and more, so students majoring in machinery should pay attention to this trend, have the opportunity to charge more and learn more about CNC, automation, three-dimensional modeling and information technology, which will be of great help to the future sustainable development. At present, English is widely used in design, after-sales, foreign trade and other fields of machinery industry. If English is better, it will have greater advantages in the application of machinery industry.