Graduates know how high the barrier to entry is, and these seemingly high profile majors are advised to choose with caution

Although many people say that it is not that important to choose a major in the college entrance examination, you can change it during college, you can change your major when you are studying for a master's or doctoral degree, and you can also change it when you graduate and look for a job, there are opportunities everywhere in life, and there are many people who change their major after working for ten or twenty years.

Having said that, the choice of major in the college entrance examination is the first time a person thinks about and decides his or her future career direction at the age of 18, which not only lays down the basic direction for future development but more crucially affects whether a child can choose more career options and change majors in the next ten years.

When filling out the college entrance examination, many questions plague children and parents: "Which major is my child suitable for?" "What are the job prospects for this major?" ...... Indeed, with choice comes confusion, and once confused, it is easy to find no direction, so let's start with a few common misconceptions about major selection.

The candidates and parents who are about to face the college entrance examination should not get their hands dirty and fall into misconceptions when choosing a profession

Myth 1: Interest is the only criterion for choosing a major

Many people give their children the right to choose when filling out their college entrance exams, allowing them to choose a major based on their interests, and indeed many thoughtful children have identified their direction early on, but for most 17 and 18-year-olds, their knowledge of society and their profession is still limited.

If you just let your child's interest decide on a random major, most of the time the result will not be satisfactory, and it is only when you know yourself and your child that you will not be blind when choosing a volunteer for the college entrance examination.

As a parent, you should start from your child's interests, help your child to conduct a comprehensive analysis of their personality, hobbies, strengths, and potential, and also give your child the relevant professional information collected, so that your child can make the right choice and plan based on a full understanding of themselves and professional prospects.

Myth 2: A popular major is a good major

Another problem with choosing a major for higher education is misdirection, blindly thinking that a popular major is a good one, which is very risky.

Nowadays, society is developing rapidly, and the changes in various industries are particularly fast. The accounting and management majors, which were once popular in the eyes of the public, have gradually become less popular in recent years; instead, the cold majors of the past, such as teacher training majors, have been favored in recent years with the improvement of teachers' salaries, and have changed from "cold" to The "hot".

There is a downside to piling up on popular majors, which is that the number of people enrolled in these majors has increased dramatically in that year, and the relative competition for jobs will be more intense upon graduation, so "popular majors" may not be the best choice when filling out the college entrance exam.

These seemingly lofty majors, only after graduation know how high the threshold of entry into the workplace, it is recommended to choose carefully

When it comes to the choice of each major, parents and students often like to choose blindly based on the name of a major, without understanding the curriculum and employment prospects of the major and ignoring the connotations of the major itself.

The consequence of this is that they choose some high-sounding majors, such as bioengineering, marketing, business administration, administration, etc., only to find out that there is a big discrepancy between the content of the major and their current employment situation after they have studied it.

Some people once chose journalism with great enthusiasm, thinking that it was a very special major and that they could come into contact with new people and things, but after they entered the major, they realized that it was not as good as they had imagined, and the biggest problem facing the major was that it did not provide students with many opportunities for professional practice, as some schools only arranged a month of media training in the summer of their sophomore year.

The lack of in-depth knowledge has caused a gap between imagination and reality and has led to many people regretting that they chose the wrong major in the first place.

How can you avoid misconceptions and choose a major that you want and that has growth potential? Why not listen to the following suggestions

1. Be clear about your strengths and do long-term career planning

First of all, you should be clear about the level of your performance, a comprehensive analysis of strengths and advantages, and at the same time, parents should also help their children understand the scope of college admissions and requirements. Based on the principles of interest, strengths and development, choose a quality school first and then rank your preferred majors to find a balance between interest and major.

The process of choosing a profession should not be too utilitarian, simply from the immediate employment treatment and income to decide on the choice of profession, when filling out the volunteer fully do your homework, have a full understanding of the profession you have applied for, and fully consider the long-term career planning.

2、Don't get too hung up on the so-called "cold" professions

Most industries have a 10-year cycle of ups and downs, according to the current trend of rapid social development, this cycle may be shortened, so do not be too entangled in the "hot" or cold, two years ago or cold professional, may be very different next year, into a sought-after popular professional, the same reasoning, and then the hot professional is not possible The same applies to the most popular majors.

No matter what major you finally choose, the key is to see the extent of your efforts in the professional road ahead, a person who has done his best will eventually reach the highest level of this field.

3、Comprehensive quality is the key to personal development

Professionalism is certainly important, but from the perspective of corporate hiring, people with comprehensive quality may have more room for development. The reality is that many employers do not look at the graduate's profession, they tend to look more at a person's work responsibility, learning ability, integrity, and quality, as well as the treatment of people, social practice experience, and other comprehensive qualities.

If you do not choose a good school or your preferred profession in the college entrance examination, it does not mean that the future is a failure, only to seize your advantages, comprehensive development, and continuous efforts, your excellence is still worried about not getting the desired enterprise offer.

4、Learn lifelong learning and cope with the changes of the times

In this new era of rapid change, the former industry giants Nokia and Sony will collapse with a bang. We can't help but foresee that with the advent of the AI era, 50% of all jobs will have to disappear. As individuals, the only way to not be eliminated by this changing era is to have the ability to learn for life.

Just because you choose a profession today does not mean that your future direction will coincide with that profession. In the future, society will be flooded with more and more new careers that we cannot imagine now, so we can only build up our abilities from what we are learning at the moment while spreading our minds and using a sharper perspective on our future career development.

Indeed, there is not just one choice in life, but every choice will affect the next step. At the critical moment of choosing a profession for your college entrance examination, communicate with your family, teachers, and professionals to avoid those seemingly "high" professional choices and find a career direction that suits you, while not forgetting lifelong learning. Don't forget to learn, I believe your path will get wider and wider.