◎ First of all, the employment situation itself is very severe, which is an unavoidable fact brought about by the expansion of university enrollment;

Secondly, the demand for good jobs is limited;

◎ Third, not all the students trained by universities themselves are professionals. Universities pay attention to quality education, but there is still a certain disconnect between school training and social needs.

Employers not only require students to have a certain professional level, but also require students to have strong public relations ability, cooperation ability, practical ability, organization and coordination ability and professional application ability, but in fact, students' training in these aspects is still lacking. Therefore, this situation of difficult employment for college students will last for a long time.

It is worth noting that in today's changing employment market for college students, graduates majoring in preschool education in higher vocational colleges seem to be more "hot" and the employment market seems to be more relaxed. In many schools, the signing rate of graduates of related majors reached 100%. But how long can this situation last? In fact, the situation is not optimistic. As educators in higher vocational colleges, it is natural to rationally analyze the current employment situation and have a clear understanding of the employment prospects of pre-school education graduates in higher vocational colleges, so as to provide targeted and systematic employment guidance.

Have you ever seen a situation that seems to rise but actually falls?

On the whole, under the impact of the global economic crisis, the employment situation of preschool education majors seems to be rising, but it is actually declining. The reasons can be summarized as follows:

First of all, the market potential of early education has expanded the demand for preschool education professionals.

1. The government's policy orientation has activated the society's enthusiasm for running schools and fully satisfied the growing demand for early education in families.

The Ministry of Education's Guiding Opinions on the Reform and Development of Early Childhood Education clearly points out: "The overall goal of early childhood education reform in the next five years (20 13-20 14) is to form a development pattern with public kindergartens as the backbone and demonstration, kindergartens organized by social forces as the main body, both public and private, and the combination of formal and informal education." With the social progress, economic development, increasing family income and improving personal quality, people's expectations for high-level education are getting stronger and stronger, and their economic affordability is getting higher and higher, which has formed the social foundation of private preschool education, and private preschool education has flourished, which has greatly met the needs of parents for early education under the coexistence of diversified garden-running systems.

2. The number of pre-school education graduates can not fully meet the needs of society, and the lack of professional teachers with high academic qualifications and comprehensive quality is increasingly needed by society.

As we all know, preschool teachers are a professional profession and a public utility that requires teachers to acquire and maintain professional knowledge and skills through rigorous and continuous research (UNESCO's Proposal on Teachers' Status). In China, such professional knowledge and skills are learned through pre-job training. Preschool education in colleges and universities plays a major role in the training of preschool teachers. Although in recent years, some colleges and universities in China have set up preschool education majors to train preschool teachers, there is still a demand contradiction with the rapid growth of private kindergartens and private kindergartens, which still cannot meet the needs of the whole society.

It is worth noting that while the social demand for preschool teachers is increasing, it also gradually puts forward higher requirements for the comprehensive quality of preschool teachers. According to the investigation, kindergartens are eager for "preschool education graduates who love preschool education, have high academic qualifications, have certain educational reform and scientific research ability, have new ideas about preschool education, have solid teaching skills, have comprehensive skills and have a good attitude, and are willing to work in the park for a long time." It fully shows that the society has a strong demand for high-quality preschool teachers with undergraduate and junior college degrees, and the preschool education market has broad prospects.

Second, in the short term, under the situation that the supply of pre-school education graduates in higher vocational colleges is in short supply, we should have a "sense of anxiety" about the employment prospects.

1. The educational level of pre-school education graduates in higher vocational colleges shows a trend of "a rising tide lifts all boats".

It is reported that with the improvement of academic requirements of colleges and universities, Shanghai's academic requirements for preschool teachers have also begun to rise. Starting from 20 14, most kindergartens are aimed at undergraduates. At the same time, local education bureaus have raised the threshold of preschool education, which to some extent reflects the demand of the whole society for high-quality and highly educated preschool teachers; On the other hand, kindergartens also hope to enhance their market competitiveness by improving their education level.

2. The social demand for pre-school education graduates in higher vocational colleges has gradually shifted from quantity supplement to quality competition.

As the preschool education market is generally optimistic, preschool education in normal colleges is expanding, and non-normal colleges such as higher vocational colleges are also adding preschool education majors. The number of pre-school graduates will increase year by year, and the number of preschool teachers will be supplemented in a certain period of time. When the quantity reaches saturation, it will be followed by fierce quality competition, and the general trend of choosing the best among the best will become increasingly obvious. Quality is the lifeline of graduates' employment, and paying attention to the training mode of all-round professionals is an effective way to adapt to the increasingly fierce market competition.

After the above analysis, it is not difficult to see that there is a potential crisis in the pre-school education employment market. Is there any way to avoid it? How to avoid it?

How can schools avoid potential crises?

First, constantly improve the quality of regular running schools, and strive to strengthen the professional ability and skills training of students majoring in preschool education in higher vocational colleges. At the same time, improving the comprehensive employability of students in higher vocational colleges is the key.

As we all know, quality is the core element to enhance market competitiveness. The quality of running a school determines the quality of employment. Whether it matches the social employment demand or not, we should start from the root: the basic skills of playing, singing and jumping, the basic theory of preschool education and the level of practical operation ability are all fundamental to improving quality. We must focus on quality from daily classroom teaching, and grasp it tightly, realistically and accurately. Rome was not built in a day. Pay attention to the management of daily teaching process, carefully design systematic courses, carefully select teaching books, carefully teach each class, carefully create excellent courses, and emphasize the characteristics of classroom teaching quality and daily management.

At present, in addition to the routine blowing, beating, singing and jumping, it is also necessary to examine the comprehensive quality of graduates and master and apply the cutting-edge abilities of the industry, such as early education and Montessori education, which all pose higher challenges to the students in higher vocational colleges. If we only look at the current relatively stable employment situation without thinking about the forward-looking development, then the graduates of our major will definitely be involved in the next wave of high unemployment. Therefore, as educators in higher vocational colleges, we should be prepared for danger in times of peace, face the current situation rationally, adjust teaching ideas in time, guide students to make career plans as soon as possible, develop themselves in an all-round way, have special skills and high quality, respond to market changes, plan ahead, do their own development before market development, and actively respond to market choices.

Two, in-depth study of the development of preschool education, with the most realistic and cutting-edge teaching practice to guide students' employment.

With the rapid development of preschool education today, more and more people pay attention to preschool education. The overall quality and academic level of preschool teachers have been continuously improved, and the employment scope of preschool education students has expanded unprecedentedly, showing a diversified development direction.

Facing the new trend of preschool education reform and development, it is necessary to update the concept of employment. Pre-school education graduates are no longer just kindergarten teachers, but gradually lock in many positions such as nurses (teacher assistants) for pre-school education graduates. The purpose is to reflect the specialization, regularization, diversification and marginalization of preschool education and improve the overall level of preschool education.

Graduates with pre-school education are a powerful force to improve the overall quality of the whole team, excellent teachers engaged in community pre-school education, special education teachers of parent-child kindergarten teachers, and full-time and part-time pre-school education training teachers (English, sensory training, etc. ). The market demand potential is huge. As higher vocational educators, we should guide students to accurately locate their jobs according to social needs and students' own foundation.

In addition, the diversified employment market, such as administration, training consultation, R&D and marketing of children's series products, and foreign-related one-on-one domestic service, puts forward more cutting-edge and diversified market requirements for preschool education students. In this regard, in the teaching process of higher vocational colleges, we should introduce and implement the advanced ideas of the industry in time, hire industry experts to enter the classroom regularly, and dare to push a large number of students into the industry for practical training from time to time, so as to activate the modern demand link of traditional majors through bold introduction and transmission. In the process of teaching and learning, all staff should establish the following educational concepts: "Hold hands, let go, cultivate skillful hands and use both hands and brains;" Learn to do, learn to do, and learn to combine. " "Come in and integrate into the society and go out to serve the society. "

Pay attention to the education of professional ethics and the improvement of professional skills, carry out all-round and multi-level education and teaching work, realize the combination of teaching, production, learning and school-enterprise, socialize education and professionalize classrooms, avoid the embarrassment that schools are out of touch with society, enable students to integrate into society and adapt to society as soon as possible, and form a virtuous circle of harmonious and synchronous education, teaching and social development.

Third, moderately control the enrollment scale, reasonably predict the employment market, run high-quality majors well, cultivate high-quality talents, and enhance the comprehensive market competitiveness of graduates majoring in preschool education in higher vocational colleges.

In the process of pre-school education market demand from quantity supplement to quality competition, the comprehensive ability and quality of graduates are the key to enhance the competitiveness of market employment. At the same time, according to the development trend of preschool education, it is necessary to have various vocational qualification certificates, art, English, computer grade certificates and high education certificates.

As the saying goes: you have nothing, you have my superiority, and you are superior to me, which fully shows that higher vocational colleges should rationally analyze the pre-school education employment market, predict ahead and judge accurately, so as to firmly grasp the employment market.