VietNamNet Bridge – Finishing universities with “excellent
grade” degrees, gloried by the Hanoi People’s Committee, a lot of new
university graduates have been left unemployed.
Tran Thi Thom is one of the 107
valedictorians gloried by the Hanoi authorities after she excellently graduated
from the Philosophy Faculty of the Hanoi University of Education. However, she
still has not found a job.
Thom has a congenital defect on
her leg, but she did not think that the problem would keep her away from
studying, and now she does not believe that this would be a barrier for her to
find a job.
Thom has applied for a high
school in Hanoi, but she just keeps a faint hope. The schools in the capital
city do not need higher number of philosophy teachers.
“If I cannot find a job in Hanoi,
I would leave for Lam Dong province, where a relative of mine is living. If I
can find a job here, I would stay there in Lam Dong for a long time,” Thom
said.
For the time being, Thom is now
living in a rent room and giving private tutoring to earn her living and wait
for a job.
Hoang Quy Ly, a social work
majoring valedictorian of the Thang Long University, once believed that it
would be easy to find a job with “excellent grade” university degree.
“I only have the university
degree, and nothing more to show my ability. Therefore, it is really very
difficult for me to look for reasonable job,” Ly said.
Ly now puts a high hope on the
job opportunity at the Yet Kieu ward people’s committee in Ha Dong district.
According to her, the common weak point of many valedictorians is that they are
very good at the majoring subjects, while they do not have time to practice
other skills, including the informatics and foreign language skills.
“I once tried to apply for the
jobs as marketing officers or PR officers. However, the employers only accept
the candidates who have proficient informatics and English skills,” Ly said,
adding that it’s very difficult to find the job relating to the trained major –
social work.
Good at theory, but bad at
practice
Vu Thuy Linh, the valedictorian
of the political economy faculty of the Hanoi Economics University, also
complained that despite the current policy which prioritizes to employ
valedictorians, she still has not found a job.
“You need to have many other
skills, except an excellent grade university degree,” she explains. However,
Linh said she still keeps optimistic about the future, while planning to
continue studying to obtain master degree.
Unable to find jobs, a lot of
valedictorians like Linh have decided to continue studying for higher
education, simply because studying is better than sitting idle.
Nguyen Hong Nhung seems to be
luckier than many other valedictorians, since she has been invited to work as a
lecturer of the Hanoi Open University, from which she has graduated.
Nhung said that she is confident
about the job opportunities, because she was once the collaborator of a TV
program and she participated in many social activities during the 4-year period
at the school.
“If you have good professional
knowledge, good social knowledge and good foreign language skills, you will be
able to find jobs in any environment,” she said.
Compiled by Thanh Mai
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