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想必身在学院t的我们,对自己未来的就业、自身优势会有一定好奇。那么,我们英专生的就业优势在哪里呢?

 

首先请一些同学(师姐)为我们做解答!

What Can We Do with English Major?

黄明姗师姐(已毕业)

As English major students, you may find English learning in college seems to lack of professional practicality during sophomore period,because the undergraduate curriculum mainly focuses on language skills training and there is little other employment skills training.

I think professional learning itself is, at first, a basic skill and needs to be combined with specific industries or fields. More importantly, strengthening your professional knowledge is the source of your confidence. For example, fluent and native-like spoken English really makes a difference during an interview, impressing the interviewer at the first sight.

Secondly, explore the field and direction you are interested in. Making more understanding and contact consciously whenever you can. Seize the winter vacation time to try different practice and work, since those first-hand experiences will give you a glimpse of your dreaming work. These most direct feelings are also really helpful for your occupational planning.

As the saying goes,“It takes nothing to join the crowd, but it takes everything to stand alone.” So, follow your original aspiration, believe your right choice, and you will achieve your own success in the end.

袁琳(大四)

English major students can choose foreign trade, education, translation and so on as their future career. Foreign trade is related to our major. Some students work for the educational institutions because they are fond of foreign language teaching. If you want to become a public school teacher, you had better take the graduate examination. Translation is divided into two parts, translation and interpreting. I suggest you take CATTI and other related translation grade certificates. Besides, it is advisable to get some extracurricular classes about interpreting.

My opinion above is based on my experience. In fact, many students’ jobs are not so much related to our major after graduation. The most important thing is that you are supposed to try different jobs during your college and then find out your real interest and strengths. Practice makes perfect. Practice is the key to promising future.

陆慕诗(大三)

Unlike a student of accounting or something else, an undergraduate English major has not been trained for one specific kind of work. Therefore, some of us may wonder what on earth we can do with a BA in English. In fact, we have a lot of choices. We are really promising in the future. English majors develop a wide range of transferable skills while engaged in studying, such as writing, communicating, problem solving, critical thinking, and logical analysis, etc, which are highly prized by employers in nearly every profession. Whether you're aware of it or not, they are important workplace skills that employers of all sorts will place at a premium -- whether those employers are located in the field of education, communications, government, business, health and human services. As an English major, you're a lot more valuable and flexible than you think.

English majors, I should think, are really promising in the future job market.

李淑华(大二)

What can we do with English Major? The answer is simple: you can do almost anything. English majors are specially trained to write well, to organize ideas in a logical way, and to develop good arguments. We can analyze complex information, read critically, research language issues and make observation both in Chinese and English. With these skills, we can work as teachers, translators, interpreters, journalists, lawyers and government officials. English majors also pursue careers in hight-tech companies and other startup ventures. Whether as teachers, trainers, copywriters, social workers or entrepreneurs, we can apply our knowledge and skills in our studies at GDUF to almost all walks of life.

Why can we do almost anything? From my point of view, English is not only a language major, but a communicating tool. We can use English as a tool to explore another new world, communicate with other scholars, assimilate more knowledge, such as reading more foreign magazines and literatures, which not only help develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with people of other cultures, but also develop other useful capabilities.

However, more often than not, a degree in English is frowned upon. It seems to be impractical in a job market that demands engineers, mathematicians, or programmers.

However, this is not the case at all.

"If you want to major in English and earn a lot of money, you don't have to figure out how to do that as a writer," Katie Bardaro, the lead analyst for online salary database PayScale.com. says. "Take your communication and analytical-thinking skills and apply them in other areas." Based upon this fact, we all need to develop a powerful set of skills -- working well under deadlines, communicating effectively, thinking creatively, etc. This will often leads to success in a wide range of careers and in studies, especially English studies, for English is our weapon and tool to defeat other professionals! Therefore, we must lay a good foreign language foundation by studying hard in school.

English majors can do a lot of work after graduation. I’m very optimistic about the bright future for English majors.

听君一席话,胜读十年书!

不加班了,我要回去学习!!Practice!!!

ღ( ´・ᴗ・` )比心,感谢小姐姐们的解答让我们对英专生的就业优势有了更进一步的了解,✿✿ヽ(°▽°)ノ✿!

接下来我们又请来了几位老师、教授,更加多角度多层次地为我们剖析、解答!

涂冰兰教授

一、现在人工智能发展很快,机器翻译和翻译工具不少,作为英专的翻译类学生应该如何去做?

人工智能无法完全代替人脑,但会带来一定的威胁。翻译涉及多门学科,是很复杂的,学翻译的同学要各方面知识都能够结合起来,一个好的译者,不仅仅是语言学,也不仅仅是词汇与词汇之间的转换,更多的是涉猎了很多学科方面的知识,除了最基本的文史哲要懂,还要懂专业性的知识,凡是翻译这一块的,都能做。

二、那英专学生的就业优势在哪里呢?

1.如今是全球化社会,用英语作为工具的人,有很大的优势。

2.学英语的人,对国际上发生的事情,获得的信息比别人要快,敏锐度更高,更全面。

3.国内外对复合型人才需求高,英语好的人竞争力更高。

最后,英语是根基,一定要往上拓展,往前发展。

孙智慧副院长

一、英语专业的学生与非英语专业的学生相比有何优势?

1.英语基础较好,综合英语技能更强。在口语,听力,阅读,写作,翻译等方面有经过专门训练,总体综合运用水平更高。

2.对国际时事热点的敏锐度更高。

3.在参与跟英语有关的各项实习,工作时会更有竞争力。

二、对学院t的学生考研有何建议?

计划考研的学生多属于英语,翻译专业,考研方向多为教育学和语言学,教育学将来大多在教育机构从事各项工作。多在广外,上外这些国内高校读研,而在境外读研的例子也不少。如果有考研的想法,建议在大二大三就可以着手准备,不会在大四的时候太过仓促。要有长期目标与具体实施方法。要提前了解所选考研高校的各项信息(这个可以在所选高校的官网上进行查询)。

切记做好充分准备!

三、英语专业学生如何在大学增加就业优势?

1.夯实英语基础,提高英语语言水平。以商务英语为例,多积累商务词汇,在巩固英语基础的同时学习其他商务知识,经济学等知识,做到增强商务能力与提高英语水平齐头并进。

2.把理论运用于实践,多参加毕业实习,社会调查,广交会实习等活动,在实践中印证理论并更好理解运用相关知识。

3.考取各种证书,为就业弄好敲门砖。如英语专业四级,专业八级,BEC等证书,如果有兴趣也可以报考大学英语四六级。(证书不怕多,只要有用又不会浪费时间就去考)

4.培养发散性思维,多参与社会活动开拓视野,要时刻有危机感,综合学习各方面知识,促使自己成为复合型人才。

5.多练习,制定具体可行的计划表,严格按照计划表练习。找小伙伴一起练,一个学期一个搭档,不要一个搭档就四年,这样很难持续提高口语能力。在练习之前做好准备,确定主题等。

6.增强综合应用能力(锻炼综合技能,具体就是提高学生听说读写译各方面的能力),以‘写’为例,学校计划开设作文评价栏目,即收集学生们的作文,然后老师们批改后写出优缺点连原文一起向同学们公示(这只是个设想,不一定会实施,是否开办与学生们的积极性与写作水平以及各方面密切相关)。

陈树坤博士

一、外语专业的学生如何备考考研?

如果是外语类的考研,比如二外,我会推荐法语的考研,而相对而言日语会比较难。至于别的方向的考研,比如翻译,都是可以选择的。

二、英语专业是不是一个很鸡肋的专业,应该如何应对?

这当然不算一个很鸡肋的专业,实际上对于英专学生来说,除了本身的英语语言学习之外,我们还可以从中学习到一种不一样的思维方式,我们可以从多个角度或者多种方式去思考问题,这显然是一种十分有益于我们工作的专业优势,这也是我们可以被称作“万金油”专业的原因之一。而就业方面,我认为语言的教育培训方向,尤其是少儿英语和留学英语的辅导,是一个十分有竞争优势的行业之一。首先,少儿英语和留学英语市场很大,需求很多,其次这点对于我们专业来说也是比较有优势的。当然,首先我们的口语要过关。我们也可以尝试口译这个方向,特别是高端口译也是十分有竞争力的。

毕亚男老师

一、关于阅读书籍方面老师有什么好的推荐吗?

关于阅读其涉及的范围也很广,开卷有益,既然是可以提升英语水平的,那只要开始读,坚持下去,或多或少,都会所收获。有了良好的语言环境的浸入,英语水平的提高也指日可待,但可以阅读的书籍种类太多,不可能一一枚举,我想提三大类:

第一大类是工具书的阅读。有的同学可能会疑惑,不就是让我们查字典吗?但这样要花费好多时间啊!是啊。我还是想强调查字典等工具书的重要性。在当今数字化、信息化时代,人们的生活节奏变得越来越快,学生所面临的诱惑也越来越多,更多时候,学生非常喜欢的一个问题就是“老师,我如何才能最快速度记住单词,最快速度学好发音,最快速度。。。”。可是老实讲,语言的学习从无捷径可走,要的就是扎扎实实,一步步做起。从事基础英语教学十年有余,我越来越体会到语言基本功的重要性,同学们一定要养成多查字典的好习惯,而且一定要使用“英英词典”,从发音、释意、词源、搭配、同义词、反义词、语法、衍生词等各方面生动形象的掌握一个单词的用法,这太重要了。在字典的选择上,一是要注重权威性,二是一定要选择英英词典,务必用英语解释英语,避免双语转换时带来的误解。个人推荐《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》、《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》、《韦氏字根词典》、《牛津英语同义词学习词典》、《牛津实用英语语法》、《美国大学英语写作》。

第二类是经典名著的阅读。可以先从如欧.亨利的短篇小说系列开始入手,《罗密欧与朱丽叶》、《傲慢与偏见》、《动物庄园》、《长腿叔叔》、《安妮的日记》、《爱玛》、《雾都孤儿》、《老人与海》、《简•爱》、《双城记》、《飘》、《哈姆雷特》、《了不起的盖茨比》,这类文学经典不胜枚举,难在坚持。如果能养成良好的阅读习惯,坚持做到一天读半个小时,并辅以读书笔记,一则可以督促阅读进度,二则可以提高英语写作水平,再者对于提升个人对于作品的理解能力、提高思辩能力将大有裨益。

第三类是综合提高人文素养方面的各类书籍,一定要扩大视野和阅读面,尽可能做到广泛阅读,扩展自己的眼界。大学本科阶段的学习如果把所有精力都放在专业学习上就显得太过局限了,可以英文和汉语阅读平行进行,英语能力的提高和汉语阅读的进行并不矛盾。《人类简史》、《极简欧洲史》、《如何阅读一本书》、《向前一步》、《理性乐观派》、《生活的艺术》、《我决定简单的生活》、《彷徨少年时》、《阅读的力量》、《只有医生知道》等等优秀书籍都可以阅读,或反复品味,但我想强调的是阅读后一定要有思考的过程,快节奏的生活下,现代人的生活就像上紧了发条的钟,始终处于紧绷状态,,在阅读时,不妨让自己停下脚步,慢下来,慢慢分析体会作品中带给人的思索和的能量。

最后我想说的是,英语学习一定要“习惯孤独”并且“享受孤独”,本学期开始,在学院t领导的倡议下,我们在全校同学中开展了“读一本好书”的好策英文图书阅读活动,希望大家能够以此项活动为契机,一起分享书单,共享阅读的乐趣。

黄晓莉书记

一、英语专业学生如何在大学增加就业优势?

1.在大学时代,抓紧综合素质的训练,提升交际、沟通、协调能力。

2.通过不同的学习手段丰富自己,掌握扎实的英语知识和商务知识,为优质就业做好准备。

3.学习职场信息,多了解外语专业职场知识。

4.通过多听讲座,多看书籍,建立初步的职场认识。

二、我校出去的英专学生优势在于何处?

1.具有英语和商务两项跨专业技能,不仅掌握听说读写等综合英语语言运用能力,还熟悉广泛的商务业务技能。

2.学生能够多方面发展,具备多种就业技能。

3.卓越的交际沟通能力。

4.大胆、积极主动的性格。

5.勇于挑战,勇于表现。

6.了解一定的金融商务知识。

三、英语专业的就业方向是什么?

1.外企/私企职员(通俗的说就是外贸、电子商务、跨境电商等):估计很多英专同学傻眼了,内心很是不安:除了英语,我什么都不会啊?人家要我过去做什么呢?比起外企/私企里面那些专业工作来说,英语这门语言工具本身是有很大优势的。大量学生在工作后对外语有需求,但是就是学不好,更关键的一点是:工作各种烦心操心事,拿不出长线整块的时间。所以除了考研深造之外,英专同学大胆投简历至以下行业:教育、翻译、外贸、新闻、金融、法律、旅游等。

总裁/部门助理、业务员等也是不错的选择,英语专业的女生多半很擅长交流,所以很多总助都要求英专毕业。并不是特别建议刚毕业的同学马上就去做总经理助理,好的总裁助理是需要年限和工作经验积累的。部分助理相对好上手,助理无非就是一些来往行政人员、安排会议的工作,细心和沟通能力非常重要。

2.培训师/教师:教育机构(例如新东方);公立学校

3.人力资源:HR中有很多英语很厉害的人,如果能进入外企做HR就相当有优势了,汇报对象大多是老外。英语只能作为一种语言工具而使用,对女生来言,这个总让人觉得社会地位要高一点,而且收入非常固定。人力资源包括六大版块:人力资源规划;员工招聘与配置;员工培训与开发;绩效管理;薪酬管理;劳动关系管理。从事人事工作的话,也就是从事其中的一块或几块。人力资源、市场营销这类专业,在课堂上学到的东西太有限重在实践,工作经验更重要,这也就意味着你可以和这个专业的毕业生竞争。另外如果要想做好这个专业,得有一定的交际沟通能力。

4.翻译工作:翻译专业的学生可以在自己喜欢的机构从事口译、笔译工作

5.考研/留学/公务员,近年来,这类学生占了一定比列,学业能够进一步提升,为将来更好发展奠定了较好的基础。

四、英语专业女生多,您觉得当前外语专业女生的创业前景如何?

近年来,为支持大学生创业,国家和各级政府出台了许多优惠政策,涉及融资、开业、税收、创业培训、创业指导等诸多方面。各大高校也能积极传授一些相关的理论,从而有效地指导学生们在规划职业生涯时该如何根据自身的实际情况做出正确的选择。这些鼓励和支持政策在一定程度上改善了大学生就业创业的环境,为创业提供了比较大的帮助。因此,总体来说,大学生就业创业前景看好,我们学院往届校友高企的就业率和当下的工作岗位也说明这一点。

然而,虽然当代女大学生具有较高的综合素质,能够将所学专业技术与创业活动紧密结合,领悟能力较强,掌握专业知识快,但是女大学生在创业方面仍然存在一些困难:

1.客观困难:有的单位招聘主要招聘男生,有的地方融资环境不利;有的地方服务体系不完善等;

2.主观原因:缺乏创业资金、经验和技能;管理能力不足;心理素质不高;女生依赖性强,就业期望太高,自身创业信心不足等。

习近平总书记经常提到的一个谚语是:打铁还需自身硬,这确实是常理,古今都是如此。我也很赞同我们学院黄院长在一次迎新大会说的话:靠山山会倒,靠水水会干,靠娘娘会老。女生同样要独立,要努力,才有美好前程。针对以上存在的问题,女大学生必须加强学习,不断专业素质和综合技能,完善自我,全面发展,积极了解市场信息,找准定位,敢于创新,以确保在创业的时候,有足够准确的信息进行支撑。

感谢老师教授们的细心贴心解答分享!Thanks♪(・ω・)ノ

最后,私心插播~

Playwright and actress Zoe Geltman, Cornell, observed:"Majoring in English has definitely contributed to my appreciation of the Arts and of Literature in general. I think it has made me a more thoughtful, insightful person and made it easy and natural for me to analyze a piece of text—be it a play, a piece of fiction, or an article."

Here we will discover what can we do with a degree in English. The great flexibility of getting a degree in English help us enter a wide range of careers. During our four yeas study, we actually develop a wide range of skills. We are able to think independently, to summarise and precis, to present information effectively and to give a confident presentation. Meanwhile, we can get most of these abilities into our CV.

Attention! We can do all these things!

English major opens doors through which students walk to a splendid and varied future. Beforing arriving our expecting future, we should make sure what abilities we need and strengthen ourselves in order to get what we desire.

If you want more details, please check the underlines below.

1. http://uee.me/QHx5

2. http://uee.me/QHxu

3. https://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/english.htm

4.https://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/english.htm

最后,感谢大家的阅读,编者愿以我们学院的黄院长在2017级迎新大会的致辞关键词——Aim High, Dream Big, Act Large, and Reach Afar(志存高远,敢于追梦,尚行敢动,才有诗和远方)——来与同学们共勉,让我们一道不忘初心,刻苦用功,砥砺前行,努力创造属于英专学生的美好前程!

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