Data released by MyCOS Research Institute indicate that petroleum engineering, mining engineering and engineering geology are among the most promising college majors of 2013 in terms of finding a job. Although reasons vary, students in some majors effortlessly adapted to the tough job market this year.
Wang Anmin, 23, is a petroleum engineering major at China University of Petroleum, Beijing. He started job hunting in late September and signed a work contract with China National Offshore Oil Corporation on National Day.
Finding a job isn’t difficult for students in petroleum engineering. Wang estimates that his class has an employment rate of more than 95 percent.
对于石油工程遥的学生而言,求职并非难事。 据遥安民估计,他们班的就业率达到95%以上。
A major reason for this high success rate is the situation of the Chinese oil industry. “It faces an increasing number of problems. For instance, having passed their peak, most oil fields now need well-educated professionals to carry out secondary or even tertiary recovery,” says Wang Lin, deputy secretary of the Party committee at the School of Petroleum Engineering at China University of Petroleum, Beijing.
Other than needing additional talents to tackle existing problems, the geology industry has a huge demand for graduates because it’s one of the focuses of the Chinese government. As Liu Junjie, student supervisor in the Department of Geology at Northwest University in Xi’an, explains, China has a high demand for natural resources, which means engineering geology graduates are needed for geological exploration.
Liao Wenchun, 22, is studying engineering geology at Northwest University and will work for China JK Institute of Engineering Investigation and Design after he graduates. “I signed the work contract in the first semester of my final year. Most of my classmates are focusing on their graduation projects as many of them found a job around the same time as me,” he said.
22岁的廖文春(音译)正就读于西北大学工程地质学遥。 毕业后他将供职于机械工业勘探设计研究院。 他说:“早在大四上学期,我就签下了这份工作。 眼下,我们班大多数同学都在专心于自己的毕业设计,因为许多人几乎和我同一时间便找到了工作。 ” Besides good employment prospects, students in engineering geology have many opportunities to go on field trips, which equips them with practical knowledge.
除了良好的就业前景之外,工程地质学遥的学生还有很多校外实习遥,这样一来便能掌握大量的实践知识。
“We went on field trips during every summer vacation. In the first year we went to Qinhuangdao, in the second to Chaohu Lake, each time for 20 days. In the third year, we went on a half-month trip to Shaanxi province, where we visited many places, from Yan’an to the Qinling Mountains,” Liao said.
廖文春说:“我们每个暑假都会进行校外实习。 遥年,我们去了秦皇岛,第二年去了巢湖,每次实习的时间是20天。 第三年,我们在陕西待了半个月,我们去了很多地方,从延安到秦岭。 ” “Nowadays employers prefer graduates with practical knowledge, because they settle down quickly in the work environment,” said Teng Heyuan, deputy secretary of the Party committee in the Department of Audiology at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. Her students are usually approached by employers in their junior year because they are trained to do practical work. Half of their time at university is spent in laboratories or hospitals.
“With China’s rapidly aging population, audiology is becoming a very important part of the national health sector. Considering that audiology is a relatively new subject, there is great demand for our graduates in the job market,” Teng said.