1, Employment Status of Secretarial Students
Secretarial work is a comprehensive occupation, involving a wide range of fields. From state organs, enterprises and institutions to local private enterprises, the operation of all enterprises and institutions is inseparable from secretarial work. The development of the secretarial profession depends on the cultivation of secretarial professionals in secondary and higher institutions, among which the secretarial major in higher vocational colleges is an important part of the secretarial major, which mainly aims at cultivating secretarial talents to meet the needs of production, construction, management and service of small and medium-sized enterprises. In a word, it plays an increasingly important role in personnel management, image building, internal and external communication, information processing and so on. In today's society, the market economy is developing with each passing day. Although the financial crisis has not yet dispersed, the situation reflected by the market has not had a significant impact on the employment of secretarial students in higher vocational colleges. A large part of the reason is that the rapid development of private enterprises provides great employment opportunities for students majoring in secretarial science in higher vocational colleges. However, under such employment opportunities, the dislocation between supply and demand is still an indisputable fact, and the underlying reasons are analyzed: First, there is a contradiction between the overall quality of secretarial students in higher vocational colleges and the employment requirements of society. With the advent of the information age, computer technology has been widely used in most industries and fields. Secretarial work also starts with a pen and a piece of paper.
The "dynamic" stage gradually evolved into an automated office. The new way of working means the improvement of work efficiency, and the requirements for secretarial staff are constantly improving. Therefore, the traditional teaching mode can no longer meet the needs of social development. Second, the contradiction between students' employment expectations and social giving. Nowadays, many students are only children and have never experienced setbacks in the process of growing up.
In any social practice, people often think too highly of themselves, but they don't know that today's higher education has already changed from "elite education" to "mass education"; Secondly, students living in ivory towers often have an ideal employment expectation in the early stage of employment, and blindly regard their psychological expectation as the only goal of choosing a job. Only when the ideal meets the reality can they find that the actual employment is subject to social needs. Since the 1980s, many colleges and universities in China have set up secretarial majors. At present, secretarial major has become a traditional major in some colleges and universities, which plays an indispensable role in the development of colleges and universities. However, in the process of development, traditional majors are bound to be restricted by many factors such as social orientation or traditional habits.
1, the current situation of secretarial work
1. 1 Teaching methods and contents are lagging behind.
In many higher vocational colleges, secretarial major is a traditional major. In the teaching process, many valuable teaching experiences and teaching methods have been retained. However, the teaching process should be a dynamic process and should be constantly adjusted with the changes of social needs. What used to be applicable does not mean that it is applicable now, and a good teaching model in the past does not mean that it is good now. However, in the actual teaching process, many schools lack innovative consciousness, which not only follows some old models and old knowledge, but also has great problems in curriculum design, such as attaching importance to intellectual education and neglecting moral education, emphasizing theory and neglecting practice. Secondly, the secretary major has not invested enough in training, and the software and hardware update is lagging behind.
1.2 limitations of students' comprehensive quality
According to the characteristics of higher vocational students, the analysis of subjective and objective factors is mainly manifested in the following aspects: 1) The vocational ability is weak. Mainly reflected in the unreliable professional knowledge, imperfect knowledge structure and low comprehensive ability level. Compared with students in other undergraduate colleges, higher vocational students have shallow cultural background, unclear life goals, insufficient learning motivation and weak sense of self-discipline. 2) Blind self-confidence and lack of understanding. A large number of students have never experienced setbacks in the process of growing up, often think too highly of themselves, have a vague understanding of their abilities, and lack quality exercise and experience.
Accumulate. 3) Lack of initiative in choosing a job. Many students take a cursory look in the process of choosing a job, which is more casual. Some college students are worried about the employment opportunities provided by society. They can't actively participate in the competition in the job market, show themselves to employers, sell themselves, and win the favor of employers by their own efforts. Instead, they pin their hopes on school or rely on their parents to run around, lacking the initiative to choose a job, and their ideological dependence on "waiting, relying and wanting" is very strong, which makes them at a disadvantage in employment.
1.3 There are "hidden rules" in the secretarial profession.
The word "hidden rules" frequently appears in major newspapers, magazines and the Internet in recent years. According to the survey, "hidden rules" exist in all walks of life, and the secretarial industry is no exception. In the recruitment process of the employer, it is not difficult to find that due to the particularity of the secretarial profession, when recruiting clerks, the employer pays attention to the ability, and the appearance is also one of the factors that cannot be ignored. The reason of the employer is that the image of the secretary is directly linked to the corporate image, and only with the so-called "affinity" can the ability be fully exerted. In addition, the traditional concept is the secretarial profession.
Mainly women, think that girls are gentle, cautious and have strong public relations skills. Men, on the other hand, are more suitable for jobs with heavy physical strength or strong rational thinking and enterprising spirit. Being confined to a fixed space is not suitable for men's career pursuit, so the gender bias in the secretarial profession is obvious.
2. Reasons for the status quo.
I simply analyzed the reasons why secretarial work is in the present situation. The specific factors are as follows:
2. 1 The outdated teaching materials and imperfect curriculum system have caused students' lack of ability in some aspects.
Some of the professional textbooks for secretarial major are traditional and outdated books, and some of them have not adapted to the development of the times. Most of them are composed of self-taught textbooks, undergraduate textbooks, teachers' college textbooks, higher vocational college textbooks and other professional textbooks in different forms. At present, there is no systematic and complete teaching material for secretarial major.
Secretarial staff should have certain knowledge of economy, finance and computer programming, and it is difficult to learn well without a certain mathematical foundation. The breadth and depth of legal courses are not enough, and they only stay in public courses such as basic legal knowledge. The focus of secretarial work is auxiliary management, and it is incompetent without sufficient legal knowledge. In addition, foreign-related secretarial majors are mainly English. Where appropriate, they should be familiar with a second foreign language, have a deep understanding of economy, trade, customs and investment, and be proficient in writing economic documents, agreements, memos, business letters, investigation reports, market surveys and Chinese secretaries. They have a strong knowledge of Chinese and ancient Chinese, and some specific departments need professional knowledge. Military training and courses of physical education class and psychology have a strong role in cultivating students' will, hard-working and teamwork spirit, and in cultivating students' mental health, which is also neglected by many schools, resulting in students' low ability in many aspects.
2.2, social employers do not pay attention to, "market access" system has not been implemented, resulting in employment difficulties for graduates.
The examination of secretary's professional qualification certificate has aroused great concern from all walks of life, especially the teachers and students of secretarial major in colleges and universities, because of the imperfect certification system and unreasonable examination. There are various disadvantages in the examination of secretary's professional qualification certificate, such as the examination is not authoritative, not worthy of the name, lax and formal, the knowledge content of the examination, especially the examination of professional ethics and operational skills, is unreasonable, and a person's ability and level cannot be evaluated fairly. In addition, it has not been widely recognized and paid due attention by social employers, which makes the system of "holding certificates" a mere formality and not really implemented. It has aggravated the difficulty of graduates' employment. It is understood that the examination of secretary's professional qualification certificate is being reformed from teaching materials to examination methods. Everyone will wait and see, eagerly expecting the above situation to change, hoping to build a real brand.
3. My suggestion
3. 1. Reform the professional teaching of secretaries.
(1), strengthen the pertinence of training objectives.
With the deepening of the reform of state institutions, the full implementation of the civil service system, and the downward shift of the employment positions of highly educated talents brought about by the expansion of colleges and universities, the employment positions of secretarial graduates in higher vocational colleges are mainly private enterprises. Accordingly, the training goal of secretarial education in higher vocational colleges should also adapt to the market changes, from focusing on training administrative secretaries to focusing on training enterprise secretaries, and highlighting enterprise characteristics in curriculum setting, teaching content, training base construction, social practice arrangement and so on. , so as to cultivate "what can be obtained and what to use"
(2) Set courses and teaching modules according to post characteristics.
Small and medium-sized enterprises welcome comprehensive secretarial talents with one specialty and many functions, so the curriculum should emphasize "one specialty and many functions". "A major" is to define and highlight the core courses of the major, such as writing, communication, meeting organization, activity planning, etc. "Multifunctional" refers to the secretarial work of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Various abilities, such as accounting, human resource management, business activity planning, etc. Specifically, specialized courses should set up different teaching modules to cultivate different professional abilities. The teaching plan is mainly composed of professional foundation and professional core, related skills, quality expansion, comprehensive reality
Practice skills and other modules.
3. Pay attention to the cultivation of soft power with the development of students as the main line.
Soft power is difficult to be measured by certificates and scores, and its cultivation is by no means overnight. School is not the only factor in the cultivation of college students' soft power, and other factors such as family and society also have an important influence on the cultivation of college students' soft power. In terms of schools, it mainly includes teaching activities, student management and campus culture. In teaching activities, we should improve teaching design, enrich teaching links, improve teaching environment and pay attention to professional practice and social practice activities. Student management should pay attention to the cultivation of students' basic civilization and help students develop good conduct in bit by bit behavior. University campus is the base for cultivating students' professional quality. Campus culture can be created through the design of campus cultural attractions, academic lectures and community cultural activities. It has a subtle influence on students' work attitude, professionalism and psychology.
Quality, so that they develop good professional habits and team spirit.
3.2, the improvement of students themselves
(1) Enhance confidence and improve the level of ideological understanding. Confidence is the secret of one's success. Don't underestimate yourself, or lose confidence and inferiority in the future because of your low academic level. Otherwise, not only will it not be good for you, but it will ruin your studies, lose the opportunity to learn knowledge and skills, and finally it will be empty. To establish such a belief, as long as you have real skills and truly master cultural knowledge, you will also be popular.
(2) Strive to master the necessary knowledge and skills related to secretarial major and explore a set of learning methods suitable for you. Grasp the training link in the learning process and cultivate all aspects of ability. As a leader's assistant, a secretary should not only have high ideological and theoretical knowledge and political literacy, but also have considerable strategic awareness and decision-making awareness. According to the interest, we should cultivate our specialties, expand the scope of communication, enhance our ability to do things, actively participate in social practice in strict accordance with the school teaching arrangements, enhance our practical ability, and increase our weight for employment.
(3) Change the previous concept that "state-owned enterprises are inferior to foreign enterprises", and think that state-owned enterprises are seriously corrupt, with low salaries, poor development prospects and no room for development, and establish correct and scientific job-hunting concepts and values. Never go astray, blindly pursuing material interests will only increase the difficulty of employment. We should clearly understand the situation and stabilize our mentality. No matter in foreign enterprises or state-owned enterprises, as long as it is gold, it will shine everywhere. As long as a hero is useful, he can display his talents and get the attention of the organization.
3.3 Changes in employers
All enterprises and institutions, labor and social security departments should earnestly strengthen the selection of secretaries, the evaluation, testing and assessment of secretaries' qualifications, and cooperate with universities to do a good job in the assessment and employment of graduates. Employers should change the previous attitude of lacking professional pertinence or transferring people who do not have secretarial qualifications from other departments of the unit, strictly control "holding certificates" and implement the "market access" system for secretarial talents; Labor departments at all levels should also change and adjust the examination methods and contents of the secretary qualification examination in a timely manner according to the changes in the situation, so as to improve the gold content of the examination. When some employers recruit and employ secretaries, they often make internal adjustments or recruit other professionals in the talent market, which undoubtedly reduces the actual demand for secretarial graduates. This "eclectic selection of secretaries" mechanism obviously does not conform to the principle of "fair competition, survival of the fittest". It is necessary to avoid the vicious circle of "improper recruitment-secretarial students have no motivation to learn, graduates have low quality, lack of knowledge-unit efficiency is not high-good secretarial talents cannot be recruited". In today's market economy, the whole society is talking about the pursuit of efficiency, the direct ratio between contribution and income, and the retention and reuse of talents, so is the secretarial industry. We can't stick to those old ideas. In order to attract and retain secretarial talents, we must attach importance to the qualification appraisal of secretaries, improve their social status, and open the salary of secretaries at all levels. "Words and deeds" let secretarial students see the value of real talent and practical learning.