When young people are choosing what subject to study at an institution, most of them hope they will find a great job upon completion of graduation, in reality, most fresh graduates fail to find work in their field and some are even forced to take up below graduate level jobs. In my point of view, the root of this problem lies with the outdated higher education system that should be modernised.
Traditional university learning’s do not prepare students for the first job for a number of reasons, one of them is that many programmes are too theoretical it means that highly educated students’ lack of simple skills required for employment, for example, the knowledge of an IT software employer prefer candidate with hand-on experience. Another reason is that universities offer too many courses in popular field such as business and law, and do not recruit enough student to engineering and science programmes. As a result, the UK labour market has an oversupply of law graduates and a deficit of engineers.
A reform of higher education could reduce many of the problems, but would require joint effort from study centre and government. If organizations work closely with employers, they could teach students practical skills that companies look for. Meanwhile, the government could develop guidelines on how many students’ universities should recruit in each subject in accordance with the market demand.
In conclusion, a likely reason why many graduates cannot find a job in their field is because those colleges might not have provided them with the right skill set or in-demand profession. I think that the universities and the government could improve the situation by updating the content of the programmes and limiting the number of students in each subject in line with the market demand.
When young
people
are choosing what subject to study at an institution, most of them hope they will find a great
job
upon completion of graduation, in reality, most fresh
graduates
fail to find work in their field and
some
are even forced to take up below
graduate
level
jobs
. In my point of view, the root of this problem lies with the outdated higher education system that should be
modernised
.
Traditional
university
learning’s do not prepare
students
for the
first
job
for a number of reasons, one of them is that
many
programmes
are too theoretical it means that
highly
educated
students’
lack of simple
skills
required for employment,
for example
, the knowledge of an IT software employer prefer candidate with hand-on experience. Another reason is that
universities
offer too
many
courses in popular field such as business and law, and do not recruit
enough
student
to engineering and science
programmes
.
As a result
, the UK
labour
market has an
oversupply
of law
graduates
and a deficit of engineers.
A reform of higher education could
reduce
many
of the problems,
but
would require joint effort from study
centre
and
government
. If organizations work
closely
with employers, they could teach
students
practical
skills
that
companies
look for. Meanwhile, the
government
could develop guidelines on how
many
students’
universities
should recruit in each subject in accordance with the market demand.
In conclusion
, a likely reason why
many
graduates
cannot find a
job
in their field is
because
those colleges might not have provided them with the right
skill
set or in-demand profession. I
think
that the
universities
and the
government
could
improve
the situation by updating the content of the
programmes
and limiting the number of
students
in each subject in line with the market demand.