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In the past, we had only heard of "junior college to undergraduate", but now the situation is reversed. Many people are keen on "bachelor's degree to junior college", that is, after graduating from undergraduate school, they go back to vocational school just to get a job as soon as possible.

The saying “from undergraduate to junior college” is half joking and half serious, but it is indeed a phenomenon that cannot be ignored.

In January this year, Southern Weekend reported on the phenomenon of undergraduates going to vocational schools to learn technology and skills.

A teacher from Guangdong Lingnan Vocational and Technical College said that more than 150 undergraduate students have been enrolled in the past two years, mainly to obtain certificates in psychological counseling, nutrition and health management through training.

A teacher from Chengdu New Oriental Cooking School mentioned in the report that among the students who learned Sichuan cuisine from him,Thirty percent have a bachelor's degree or above.

Nowadays, the employment rate of junior colleges is higher than that of ordinary colleges.According to the latest 2024 "University Student Employment Survey Report" released by Zhaopin.com, the chance of junior college graduates getting an offer is 56.3%, only slightly lower than the 57% of graduates from double first-class universities. The offer rate of junior college graduates is more than 10% higher than that of ordinary first- and second-class universities, and the gap is more obvious than last year.

Judging from the chance of receiving an interview each time a resume is submitted, junior college students are second only to graduates from double first-class universities, and higher than ordinary first- and second-class undergraduates.

Additionally, some specialties offer a more certain future.

This year, the college entrance examination attracted many high-scoring candidates to the police academy. For example, the True Story Project interviewed a candidate from Zhejiang Province who scored 635 points in the college entrance examination and was admitted to Zhejiang Police Vocational College, a college in the province.

A score of 635 is enough to be admitted to Hangzhou Dianzi University and Ningbo University within the province; outside the province, you can even study at 211 universities such as Northeast Normal University and Southwest Jiaotong University.

The reason why I chose to study at the police academy is that last year, among the graduates of police majors in Zhejiang, the rate of Zhejiang natives joining the police force was as high as 95%. In other words, after graduating from a junior college in three years, most people can get a regular job.

However, considering the current employment environment, especially for graduates from ordinary schools and non-popular majors, it is more important to find a job than to find a good job. The survey results of Liepin Big Data Research Institute show thatAmong the 2024 graduates, as many as 61% agreed that "if they don't find a job they like, they will choose a blue-collar job."

The trend is that as employment becomes generally more difficult, fewer and fewer people are pursuing prestigious schools and higher education.In 2024, the number of people registering for the postgraduate entrance examination decreased for the first time since 2015.

In the field of vocational education, fewer people choose to upgrade from junior college to university.

The motivation to pursue higher education is getting smaller and smaller, also because it is not of much help when looking for a job.

The salary advantage of undergraduates has declined. In a report by The Paper this year, the annual income of graduates with different academic qualifications within three years of graduation and the national per capita disposable income were compared through data analysis of the 2010 and 2020 China Family Tracking Surveys. It was found that the salary index of undergraduate graduates has declined most significantly over the past 10 years. From nearly 2 times the per capita income in 2010, it has dropped to 1.33 times in 2020, only slightly higher than the per capita disposable income.

In addition, in the 2020 "China Family Tracking Survey", as many as 50.6% of workers with a bachelor's degree believed that their jobs did not require a bachelor's degree and that they were over-educated. This proportion was much higher than that of workers with a college or vocational high school degree.

Another reason is that many employers now place more emphasis on the first degree. According to the 2024 Employment Report of Vocational College Students in China, there is almost no difference in income between students who have upgraded from junior college to undergraduate and ordinary vocational college graduates. In the workplace, vocational college graduates who have upgraded their academic qualifications have an average monthly income of 6,883 yuan after three years of work, while those who have not upgraded their academic qualifications have an average monthly income of 6,876 yuan, a very small difference.

In short, this is no longer the era where the higher the education level, the easier it is to find a job.

Young people have come to terms with it, either they can get a job after graduation or they have some skills. Since getting ashore is the ultimate goal, they should choose the nearest ferry.(Source: Tencent News)

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