Sep 29, 2012

Vietnam - Valedictorians refuse the “red carpet”

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VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of excellent university graduates refuse to go on the “red carpet” laid by the local authorities to attract talented workers.

The students who come first at the university graduation exams are called the “talents,” while their names are glorified at the conferences held every year at the Temple of Literature.

Vietnamese have a saying: “Hien tai la nguyen khi quoc gia” (Talented and righteous people are the (life-sustaining element of the nation). However, a lot of the “talented and righteous people” refuse to serve in state agencies.

The policies lag behind the times

Right after Nguyen The Ninh, a student of the Trade University, successfully defended the university graduation thesis, he was informed that his name had been found in the list of the valedictorians who would attend at a ceremony to glory talented university graduates.

Ninh said he took pride of the high achievements he has obtained and he felt happy when standing among the most excellent university graduates. However, he keeps indifferent to the recruitment preferences offered to him.

“At that moment, I still did not hear anything about the city’s policy on prioritizing to recruit valedictorians for the state agencies,” Ninh explained.

“The job preferences were offered just two months after the graduation. However, I did not care about that, because I had been following my way for the last many years already,” the valedictorian of the Trade University in 2007 said.

Majoring in marketing, Ninh once planned to take a job at an import-export company in Hanoi. But he changed his thoughts later. Ninh decided to become a university lecturer, the job that would give him more chances to study and upgrade his knowledge.

Ninh has been following the way he chose for the last few years, and he believes that he made a right decision when refusing the opportunity to work at Hanoi’s state agencies.

Ninh has obtained the master degree in marketing, and he now prepares to continue studying for a doctorate.

The preferences valid for one year only

Do Thu Trang, the valedictorian of the Hanoi Open University, has been succeeding in both study and works. Graduating the university with the “excellent grade” degree, Trang got a good job as an auditor of a finance consultancy firm which offers high pay and friendly working environment.

However, Trang still wishes to learn more and obtain bigger achievements. She is now attending a training course to obtain the master degree in business administration. Trang has also left the auditing firm for a foreign company, which offers better pay and high promotion opportunities.

When asked about the job preferences offered by the city authorities, Trang said she feels the preferences do not fit her. “Accountancy – my major – is not among the branches the city prioritizes,” she explained, adding that she nearly cannot see any opportunities.

Talking about the talent glory ceremony at the Temple of Literature, Trang said it was a wonderful event and the memory about which would exist for ever.

“After the ceremony, we were delivered a “decision to reward talented university graduates,” which were considered the “admission tickets” to state agencies,” Trang recalled the event.

“However, the decision would be valid for one year only. Meanwhile, I do not need the preferences,” she added.

Nguyen Hien


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