The Number Of New Graduates Has Reached A New High, And Textile Colleges And Universities Have Taken Various Measures To Help Employment

With the arrival of college graduation season, the topic of employment of textile college students has aroused widespread concern in the industry.

On the journey towards high-quality development of the textile industry, the demand for talents in the textile industry has increased significantly. Faced with the changes and new expectations of industry development on talent demand, how can colleges and universities do a good job in the employment of graduates this year?

"One policy for life" to provide employment guidance

In 2023, there will be 11.58 million college graduates in China, which is another new high after the number of college graduates broke ten million last year for the first time.

How to do a good job in the employment of graduates under the new situation is the focus of employment work of textile and clothing colleges this year.

Cui Yunhua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Donghua University, said that the university fully recognized the importance of doing a good job in the employment of 2023 graduates, and combined employment with discipline construction and talent training. First, we should improve our political position, make overall plans, pool joint efforts and comprehensively promote relevant work. The second is to strengthen multiple measures, strengthen the whole process of education, career and employment services, increase visits to enterprises and expand posts, and implement the "one policy for life" to improve the pertinence and effectiveness of work. The third is to conduct in-depth research based on problems, plan for discipline and specialty adjustment in a forward-looking manner, and promote employment work in an integrated way.

Cui Yunhua said that in the face of this year's severe employment situation, we should find the "starting point", play a "combination punch", seize the "critical period", and make every effort to promote high-quality and full employment of 2023 graduates.

The reporter learned that in order to help graduates do a good job in employment planning, the Student Employment Service Center of Donghua University recently launched the 2023 Graduates Employment Star Publicity Activity to guide graduates to find jobs by example. The purpose of this publicity activity is to help students establish lofty life ideals, cultivate career planning awareness, clarify their own goals and direction of efforts, and trigger resonance and reflection of graduates through the publicity of typical graduates' deeds. The activity was recommended by various colleges, presented with elegant demeanor and selected by schools, and 20 graduates from 15 colleges were awarded the title of "Employment Star". Among them, there are grassroots models, employment models and school promotion models. Among them, Wu Yuge from the Textile Institute went deep into scientific research and study, actively participated in the competition, and guaranteed the research to Shanghai Jiaotong University. Qin Laize, from Shanghai International Fashion Creative College, turned his interest into a career, chose Yale University to study costume design, and was determined to show oriental art on the international stage. Chen Ruoyi, a fashion college, cultivated a wide range of interests and hobbies during her college life, had the courage to try and broaden her horizon, and was recommended to Shanghai Jiaotong University for postgraduate study.

Tianjin University of Technology insists on student development as the center. Since 2021, special conferences have been held regularly in spring and autumn every year to discuss students' employment intentions. Relying on the employment information platform of the university, Tianjin University of Technology has now formed a database containing more than 30000 samples. Based on the survey results, the focus of work is adjusted in time to respond to students' demands. The school links the enrollment and training departments, takes the implementation of graduation destination and employment quality report sharing as the important basis for enrollment and training reform, forms the whole chain linkage mechanism of "enrollment - training - employment", pays attention to the employment dynamics of students at any time, and provides good employment guidance according to the characteristics of students.

Build a platform to broaden employment channels

Graduation show is the most intuitive platform for textile colleges to promote graduates of various majors. How can graduation shows play a maximum role in promoting high-quality employment?

Not long ago, the 20th Donghua Fashion Week and the graduation season of School of Fashion and Art Design of Donghua University were held in Donghua University. Yu Jianyong, president of Donghua University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that after years of exploration and hard work, "Donghua Fashion Week" has become a campus fashion culture brand activity, effectively building a bridge for industrial development needs, industry development trends and college design education. From show performances to various exhibitions, more than 10 activities of this "Fashion Week Around Donghua" covered the release of cutting-edge Donghua design works, the 19th "YKK Donghua Cup" Graduate Clothing Innovation Design Competition, the exhibition of works of the Pudong Native Cloth Production, Learning and Research Base for the Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the release of the trend of "seamless connection with the future - light sportswear" to comprehensively display students' graduation works, Better promote graduates to the job market.

Xu Yan, deputy director of the Student Department of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and director of the Employment Guidance Service Center, told reporters that in recent years, due to the COVID-19 epidemic and changes in the international economic and trade environment, some enterprises have postponed or reduced the recruitment of graduates compared with previous years; Due to technological progress and industrial structure transformation and upgrading, the talent structure of some enterprises has also changed. The changes at both ends of supply and demand have increased the structural pressure on college graduates' employment.

"The school actively carries out visits to enterprises to expand jobs, and strives to open up jobs; takes advantage of graduation exhibitions and graduation shows to actively invite enterprises to enter the campus and make graduate recommendations." Xu Yan said that this year, the school invited more than 40 enterprises in Beijing represented by Beijing Fashion Holdings to attend the graduate promotion conference, and also organized online communication and double selection activities for enterprises in the industry, Promote high-quality and full employment of graduates.

Tianjin University of Technology actively gathers all kinds of resources, and promotes employment through multi-party cooperation. On the one hand, we will continue to expand the scope of school enterprise cooperation, link the school's professional advantages and regional industry development, hold talent double selection meetings, and introduce Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other regions to carry out talent policy lectures and negotiation meetings; On the other hand, we should deepen school enterprise cooperation, seize the opportunity of the Secretary and President's visit to enterprises and the initiation of the Ministry of Education's employment and education project, encourage teachers to participate deeply, enrich the construction of practice base projects, and promote the in-depth development of talent oriented training projects.

School enterprise linkage to enhance employability

It is a key link to promote the full employment of college graduates and strive to improve their employability and market demand adaptability.

Many textile colleges and universities actively adapt to the development characteristics and needs of the industry, attach importance to the market-oriented talent training model, and actively make adjustments.

"In terms of integration of production and education, we try our best to integrate the local resources of the whole industry and support the cultivation of application-oriented talents." Zheng Gaojie, vice president of the School of Fashion and Design Arts of Minnan Institute of Technology and master's supervisor, said, "In the past few years, I have been taking students to enterprises to do '3+1 apprenticeship', and there are also '2.5+1.5 apprenticeship', with good results. After studying, practicing and running in, some students were formally employed by enterprises before graduation."

Ma Xudong, director of Jinba Men's Wear Visual Marketing Center and off campus tutor of master's degree from School of Fashion and Arts of Donghua University, suggested that schools and enterprises establish incubation platforms through special topics as links during sophomore and junior years, and schools and enterprises connect courses from sophomore and junior years, including graduation design, which are taught by enterprise teachers, The students trained in this way are more adaptable to the market demand.

Cui Rongrong, dean of the School of Fashion and doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang University of Technology, said that the school should continue to interact with enterprises to create more practical, intelligent and well educated talents.

　　 "Our new campus is close to Haining and Yishang Town, and the surrounding clothing industry cluster resources are very rich. The science and innovation building of the new campus provides clothing groups to do the integration of production and education, and incubate the design of students. Enterprises provide fabrics, marketing, printing, and even production. After the completion of students' works, they will be sold online and produced according to orders. This incubation platform will open this summer Zhang. This is a new measure for us to deepen the integration of industry and education and promote more full employment of graduates. " Cui Rongrong said.

Tianjin University of Technology integrates curriculum construction and practice platform construction, and innovates employment and education mode. Faced with the severe employment situation, graduates of Tianjin University of Technology are still popular with enterprises. Employers' satisfaction is up to 98%. The implementation rate of graduates' graduation destination ranks among the top in the city. More than 20% of graduates have passed the examination of high-level universities for further study. The number of employees going to the grass-roots level is also increasing year by year.