VietNamNet Bridge – A
Hanoi based import-export company, when seeking candidates for some posts at
the company, has specified that it would not accept the graduates of the
Foreign Trade University (FTU), one of the most reputable schools in Vietnam.
In recent days, a small piece of ad about the recruitment
plan of an import-export company has been forwarded by the community of
students. The ad piece has stirred up the public because of the short notice
that the company would not accept FTU graduates.
“Note: Because of some reasons, we do not employ the ones
who graduate from FTU,” the ad piece reads.
Explaining the uncanny requirements on candidates,
director of the company said that most of the FTU’s graduates are too
fastidious about their jobs, therefore, they would not fit the company’s
culture.
“They (FTU’s graduates) all think that they finish from a
reputable school, therefore, they are more outstanding than others. Therefore,
they always demand very high working conditions,” he explained.
“They want to sit at well equipped offices with air
conditioners all day. When they go on business, they insist on staying at five
star hotels,” he added.
Also according to the director, the managers of many
other companies also share the same view that it would be better not to recruit
FTU’s graduates, or they would cause a headache to the bosses with their overly
high requirements.
Being a trade and forwarding service provider, the
company usually needs probationers who take care for the works relating to the
import-export, freight and forwarding activities. The company target
fourth-year students and new graduates of the economic schools.
The candidates applied for the jobs at the company need to
have the degrees at “good” levels or higher and clear profiles. Besides, they
need to be “inquisitive” and “has high sense of responsibility.”
When asked about the pay to the probationers to be
recruited, the director said that the wages would be equal to the average level
on the labor market. In principle, the candidates would negotiate about the
salaries and income with the employer.
A lot of FTU’s students have expressed their
discontentment about the unbiased viewpoint of the employer.
“I know that many people think badly of FTU’s students
after a school’s student made a statement that she would not take the job which
brings the income of less than 1000 dollars. However, the students like her are
just the minority,” Thanh Huyen, the second year student of the Finance &
Banking Faculty of FTU said.
Huyen has affirmed that she and other students of the
schools would be ready to take the jobs with modest pay, provided the jobs fit
their capability and can help them get more experiences.
Meanwhile, other students of the school, who take pride
of the FTU brand, have affirmed that they have every reason to be choosy about
jobs.
Si Son, a former student of the school said that FTU’s
students have the right to be conceited, because they really have deep
knowledge and skills. Only the excellent students, who obtain good marks from
the university entrance exams, to be eligible for studying at the school.
Therefore, they should be recognized as the best students in Vietnam in their
fields.
“The above said company refuses FTU’s students, but the
other thousands of companies would be happy to employ FTU graduates,” Son
noted.
The arguments about the “value” of FTU’s graduates have
not come to an end. However, the preconception kept by employers would install
barriers to the school’s graduates. A lecturer of the school, relating the
story of a school’s graduate, who gave up a job after one month of working
there and sent a message to the director, said that the move of the graduate
would upset the company’s business plan. She fears that FTU’s graduates may not
be accepted by the employer in the future.
Source: VnExpress
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