The employment dilemma of graduate students mainly comes from the following aspects: the market supply exceeds demand. The enrollment scale of graduate students in China has been increasing year by year since 1999. In recent years, the growth rate has almost remained above 20%, but the demand of employers has not reached the corresponding increase. Expectations are high. Many graduate students think that studying for many years will cost more, so they generally have higher expectations for the employment environment, development prospects and welfare benefits. Many graduate students are not in a hurry to lower their criteria for choosing a job in order to find a job. One's deceased father grind blindly follow suit (Weibo). Due to the severe employment situation of college students, many college students have joined the postgraduate entrance examination team in order to find a good job, hoping that "graduate education" can become a "stepping stone" for themselves to find a job. However, due to the lack of reasonable career planning, the situation will change when graduate students graduate.

At the same time, the lack of employment guidance is also one of the reasons for the low employment rate of graduate students. "The employment guidance of graduate students is not as detailed and standardized as that of undergraduates, as is the case in many schools. "Teacher Qian Wei of the Employment Guidance Center of Capital Normal University (Admissions Office) said that on the one hand, many teachers think that graduate employment is not a problem, even if there is less guidance, it will not be affected, so they ignore the employment guidance for graduate students; On the other hand, the time for undergraduate employment guidance is usually arranged in the third and fourth grades. At this time, students who choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination have no time and energy to participate in the training, so they miss this course.