Frontiers in Computer Education

Frontiers in Computer Education – Wang (ed.)

© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02797-8

An analysis of the construction of university career guidance system

under the new employment situation

Donghe Pang, Zhixiang Tong, Hongli Zhang, Xiaohui Meng, Changbin Sun & Zihang Fu

School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

ABSTRACT: With a higher number of students enrolling at colleges and the slowing down in global economic

growth, the original employment model has been unable to adapt to these changes. This paper begins with the

building of a career guidance system at Harbin Institute of Technology and then discusses the strengthening

construction of the career guidance team, reforming a career guidance curriculum, and building employment

information systems for the purpose of improving the reform of the graduate career guidance mode.

Keywords: career guidance, university student, Harbin Institute of Technology

1 INTRODUCTION

With the continuous expansion scale of computer sci-

ence education, the number of university students

increased dramatically in recent years. However, the

employment rate and the job quality of graduates

whose major is in computer science are not ideal.

According to 2014 Global Employment Trends Report

by the International Labour Organization in January

2014, global economic recovery is very slow, and the

growth in the labour market is slow globally as well.

In 2013, global unemployment reached 202 million

people. In 2014, the growth of the global employ-

ment rate remains weak and unemployment continues

to rise, especially among young people and many

potential workers. The global employment situation

is not so optimistic, while the situation of student

employment is even less encouraging. There is a gap

between the requirements of companies and student’s

professional ability. In addition, there is a deviation

between the employment psychology of graduates and

the expectation of companies. Building a scientific and

reasonable career guidance system, in order to help

students understand society, have clear career goals,

make career plans, enhance their overall qualities, find

suitable jobs, and integrate into society, is particularly

important.

The School of Computer Science at Harbin Insti-

tute of Technology (HIT) attaches great importance to

the career guidance system. Scientific, standardized,

and systematic career guidance is the objective need

for students’ growth and the cultivation of their tal-

ents. From the point of view of the university, this is

to train professionals to adapt to social needs, eventu-

ally achieving the education policies of the Party, and

the target requirements for talent cultivation. From the

point of view of society, it is the requirement of science

and education strategies and the need for enhancing

society and the economy.

We should establish the concept of comprehensive

personal development through a career awareness pro-

gramme, career planning, and a career exploration

process, which will influence students throughout

their life.

2 TOTAL INVOLVEMENT AND

ESTABLISHMENT OF A

THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAREER

GUIDANCE TEAM

The career guidance system at the computer college

of Harbin Institute of Technology, whose career guid-

ance personnel is made up of career guidance teachers,

instructors, class advisers, and professional teach-

ers, who all together cooperatively integrate aspects

of work such as recruitment, teaching, management,

career guidance, and so on. In addition, they integrate

ideological education into a career guidance system,

reaching the aim of a comprehensive education. Dif-

ferent types of career guidance play different roles

from different perspectives, to guarantee the consistent

focus and concern of the leadership on a college stu-

dent’s career guidance, as well as active coordination

and participation of related functional departments and

teachers. In this system, since entering school, every

aspect and every stage of career planning of students

have corresponding instructors to provide a service

to help and guide to them, and when recruiting com-

panies select graduates, they can gain authorized and

reliable information provided by career personnel from

different departments of school.

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