On June 15 this year, I was invited by the 20-level counselor on class meeting for 20th grade Industrial Engineering to give a detailed speech on personal planning. The following is a general outline of the speech at the time.

In my speeches at the two class meetings in September last year and March this year, I have already discussed and emphasized some principle issues in the process of personal planning and goal positioning for postgraduate entrance examination and job search. Today I think I will mainly talk about some specific issues.

(1) Let me tell you what I know based on the general situation of job search and postgraduate entrance exam for Industrial Engineering in recent years.

The postgraduate entrance exam and graduate exemption for Industrial Engineering within the scope of this major generally include academic master’s degree and professional master’s degree, which are partial engineering, partial design, partial management science, and partial management. You’d better choose your goal according to your own interests and advantages, and try to avoid unnecessary internal competition. Students who meet the conditions for recommendation can apply for postgraduate sponsorship at this school or other schools according to your own wishes.

The employment rate is generally very good, but there is still a big gap between it and the ideal job that everyone expects. In previous years, employment was mainly in small and medium-sized enterprises in the machinery manufacturing industry, and the employment scope was relatively narrow. It is still difficult for people to work in this industry for a long time after graduation. But as long as you persist, you will gain a lot of experience.

(2) Based on my own experience and that of other students in the past, I’d like to talk about how to deal with postgraduate entrance examination and job search issues at this stage.

Here are several typical cases. In the field of cross-professional postgraduate entrance examination and Ph.D. examination, several majors took a large number of cross-professional postgraduate entrance examination and law master’s entrance examination in the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in those days and examples are like Wang Xinyong, Li Chao, and myself.

In the field of job searching, here is an example of two students majoring in Mechanical Engineering who started self-study for employment in computer online game industry from their freshman year. The conventional employment path for many students is that it is difficult to get it right in one step (a win-win situation for both working environment and remuneration). Instead, a two-step strategy can be adopted. The example of Wu Nanzheng, 01th grade of the School of Mechanical Engineering, and his employment path from a Taiwanese and Japanese company to a Fortune 500 European and American company highlights the importance of professional English speaking, reading and writing!

At last, here are some suggestions. Prepare for both postgraduate entrance examination and job search. Contact graduate students or possible mentors who have studied in the institution before the postgraduate entrance examination. When looking for a job, refer to the employment operations of the classmates of CUMT. Gain employment firstly and accumulate experience before changing jobs!