Why is it so Hard to Take off Kong Yiji's Long Gown-A Study on Youth Career Identity and Structural Unemployment in the Context of Higher Education

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhve.202616203

Author(s)

Jiawen Tan*

Affiliation(s)

School of Translation Studies,Qufu Normal University, Rizhao, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

In recent years, "Kong Yiji's long gown" has frequently made headlines and become a term reflecting the employment predicament of contemporary college graduates. Some graduates are bound by the traditional concept of academic qualifications, and there is a gap between employment expectations and actual demands, which leads to limited employment options, anxious job-hunting mentality, and an increasingly prominent mismatch between talent supply and market demand. The research shows that the main reasons for this phenomenon are the cognitive biases of graduates themselves, the mismatch between the talent cultivation of colleges and universities and social demand, and the imperfect social employment guidance and guarantee system. To this end, efforts should be made to promote the deepening of industry-education integration and the optimization of talent cultivation models in colleges and universities, guide students and parents to change the "degree-only" employment concept, improve employment support policies and broaden multiple employment channels in the government, create a favorable atmosphere in society that respects multiple career choices, and work together to help graduates break free from the shackles of concepts and achieve high-quality and full employment.

Keywords

College Graduates; Employment Difficulties; Social Problems; Diploma Inflation

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