How do college students face their professional study and future market competition? Especially the students in local colleges and universities, in a word, they can't specialize in one industry, and they can't specialize in only one industry. Educators and educatees can't escape the torture of such a question: Does society need professionals or generalists? Which is more popular with society, 10% or 100%? ? Many universities have made choices for their students before they get the answers. Since a few universities, such as Shanghai Jiaotong University and Shenzhen University, took the lead in implementing general education, general education is finding bosom friends in more and more universities, and the practice of enrolling students only by departments rather than majors is becoming more and more popular. There are even many schools that impose their dominant disciplines on students whose majors are completely irrelevant. For example, the Railway Institute allows foreign language departments to study railway transportation, and the University of Geology allows law schools to study geological structure. It seems that their students are all such generalists. ? However, what is a generalist? How many fields do you need to know to become a generalist? Everyone can't really know everything. Although Li Ao claimed to be "omniscient in astronomy and geography and omniscient in religion", there must be many things he didn't quite understand. Therefore, the "passing" of a generalist must be limited. But what is this limit? No university that implements general education has given an answer. ? In fact, many universities may decide to implement general education without careful consideration, or their starting point may not be students' employment and entrepreneurship. Many university decision makers have no working experience outside the campus walls at all, and may not be interested in other people's experiences, so they don't really understand what kind of talents society really needs. They just suddenly found that the word "generalist education" is very popular and suitable for obtaining political achievements, so they rushed to introduce relevant measures of generalist education. As for what is a generalist and whether students can become generalists, they have no time to think about it. ? Under such circumstances, should college students wait step by step to be trained as so-called generalists by the school, or should they choose a road that is more suitable for them? If you choose the latter, what kind of road should you take? ? In almost any search engine, you can find a lot of articles about the relationship between "experts" and "generalists", and many college students' debates also take this proposition as a debate topic. However, all this can not provide specific guidance and suggestions for college students facing employment problems. Debate contest is basically an extreme mistake, and the guiding significance is self-evident. However, many articles devoted to the relationship between the two are too mild, and it is easy to make the mistake of "fifty boards each", saying that a lot of experts and generalists have their own advantages and disadvantages, which can only make people confused and have no specific conclusions at the end. ? I'm not a personnel manager with many years' recruitment experience, nor a well-informed expert and scholar, so I can't make a long speech with various theories. I can only put forward some suggestions based on my limited work experience and social experience, which are inevitably simple but clear. ? Is there a specialization in the industry? A radish and a pit? With the development of economy and science and technology, the social division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, and people are becoming more and more "degenerate" into tools. The worker on the assembly line in the factory just repeats the same action mechanically every day, and he knows nothing about other links on the assembly line. A worker in a shoe factory, who has worked on the assembly line for ten years, may not even know how to make a pair of shoes. If the factory is a big machine, each worker is only a part of the machine. As for how other parts work, he doesn't know and doesn't need to know. ? Although the white-collar workers in the office building don't seem to work on the assembly line of roaring machines, they are still fixed in a very limited field of work by the fine social division of labor. Those who make products often don't have access to the market, and it is difficult for those who make markets to know the planning and promotion of products, and it is even more difficult for those who do technology to have access to jobs other than technology. There is still a detailed division of labor within the department, and the products may be limited to a certain type of products, only responsible for pre-planning, brand packaging or other links. ? I used to work in a foreign-funded enterprise in Xiamen. The company adopts the organizational structure of division system, and each division is independently responsible for a business scope. At that time, I was the manager of one of the business divisions, responsible for the planning, development and maintenance of the products of the business division. There are only a few people in my team, including product planning, copywriting, art design, music production and so on. These people are independent, everyone's work is interrelated but independent, and the division of labor is very clear. Copywriting can't design pictures for artists, and artists can't make up some ringtones for music producers. And I am also limited by the division of labor, I don't know the products developed by other departments, and I don't know the marketing details of my own products, because this is already a matter for the marketing department. For the company's finance, personnel and other things, unless it is made public, it is even more unknown. ? In such a working environment, which is no different from the assembly line, the most important thing to measure a person's working ability is whether he can finish his work well. Even if an artist doesn't have any writing skills and knows nothing about music, as long as he can make very beautiful designs, he is definitely an excellent artist. On the contrary, even if an artist can write some articles for copywriting and make some ringtones for music producers, if the pictures he designs are not professional enough, he can only pack up and leave. ? Any company recruits people according to the position, and whether an applicant can be hired depends on whether he is qualified for the position. Generally speaking, it means "a radish and a pit". You must first make clear which pit you want to fill, and then the employer will evaluate whether you are suitable for this pit. If you are not suitable, even if there are many pits that are suitable for you, you can only be turned away. ? I once heard a colleague talk about such a thing: he interviewed a graduate of art department, and she applied for the position of art designer. Because she worked in the same industry and was a very beautiful and lovely girl (at that time, several men in their department had given me an "ultimatum": beauty must come first in the next recruitment), so he chatted with her for less than 5 minutes and was ready to hire her. But out of the minimum recruitment principle, he asked to see her work. She gave him a USB flash drive with many beautiful designs on it. However, although my colleague is an amateur, he can still feel that the styles of those works are not uniform, so he asked her to design a leaflet for me on the spot. Originally, he did this just to be on the safe side, but her performance disappointed me. It took her a long time to finish, and the works she designed were rough, which was far from the professional requirements of the works. ? He expressed my apologies to her. She said sadly, "I admit that I am not a very good artist, but I have been in the same industry." In addition to being an artist, you can also participate in product planning, and your writing style is also good. It is no problem to share the copywriting work properly. " He asked, "Are you qualified to do product planning or copywriting?" She looked at him and shook her head. Colleagues can feel the confusion and disappointment in her eyes, although her eyes are so charming. If she has any special skills, she will be hired. If she becomes a member of this team, her Chinese food will be free most of the time. However, my colleague really doesn't know which pit to put with her radish. ? Therefore, in the eyes of employers, 10% is not 100%, but zero. ? A thousand tricks is not as good as one trick? When I just graduated from Shenzhen, a boss once emphasized to me that practice makes perfect, so it's better to be good at a thousand tricks. Come back in two years, and you will know the boss's good intentions. This boss has worked in many industries, and I'm afraid there are countless positions he has held. In a blink of an eye, 10 years passed quietly in frequent job-hopping, but he still didn't master any industry. When someone asked him what he did, he couldn't answer himself. I have worked in so many industries, so many positions, and none of them are proficient. In Shenzhen, if you don't work in a certain industry for more than one year, others won't admit that you have work experience in this industry. ?