Excellent undergraduate graduates from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shanghai International Studies University, Peking University and Fudan University can find jobs, but the overall employment of English majors is really poor. Even the starting salary and treatment of graduates from famous English schools are not as good as before, and they have been left too far by graduates majoring in finance, IT, big data and AI. The starting salary of master of English translation in Nanjing University is generally 5,000 in Nanjing and only 70,000 in Shanghai. English graduate students from other famous schools have better employment, generally go to middle schools as teachers, or work as translators in state-owned enterprises.

English majors find it difficult to find jobs for the following reasons:

There are too many schools offering English majors and too many graduates, but the number of jobs in this major is very limited. The employment positions of English major graduates are basically English teachers, translators, training institutions, foreign trade, sales, editors, foreign-related tour guides (to some extent, changing careers), foreign-related journalists and so on. It takes a lot of determination and courage to switch to other technologies;

With the deepening of China's opening to the outside world, the overall English quality of the society is improving. Many college students are above 550 in CET-6, or have good scores in IELTS or TOEFL. With proper self-study and improvement, their English is basically sufficient at work, and the demand for English professionals is very low, which virtually reduces the employment opportunities of many English majors.

The overall knowledge and comprehensive ability of English majors in China are weak, and many of them may fail TEM8 and CATTI-3 when they graduate. Their professional level and accomplishment can not meet the expectations of society and enterprises, and it is difficult to be competent for the corresponding work. For example, English graduates do translation, and enterprises generally require him to pass TEM-8, hold a CATTI certificate, and be familiar with tools such as trados and memo-Q, which many English graduates cannot achieve.

Some graduates only see low wages, ignoring the reality of their low ability, and there is a phenomenon of "high is not low", so employment is a long-standing problem for them;

From 2065438 to 2007, there were 7.8 million college graduates. More than 60% of the graduates expected to earn less than 4,000 yuan, but in fact, the starting salary of 60% was not higher than 3,000 yuan, which means that the overall starting salary of college students is very low. I am in Ji 'an, Jiangxi. The salary of security guards in our community is 4000 yuan, and the monthly salary of factory assembly line workers is 4000-6000 yuan. The monthly salary of skilled migrant workers here is 5000-7000 yuan and 9000 yuan. -12000 yuan, with a minimum of 8000 yuan; Skilled talents are more sought after than many college students with high eyes and low skills.

In fact, services such as baby-rearing and nanny have broad market prospects. As long as college students can put aside their so-called "face" and "figure", participate in appropriate secondary employment training and learn cooking, nutrition, baby-rearing, cleaning and other technologies, even if they are engaged in professional housekeeping, their income is not good.

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