The importance of talents is self-evident. As early as the turn of the century, the viewpoint that "2 1 century competition is talent competition" has been put forward. In the film "world without thieves" directed by Xiaogang Feng, this view was refined into a famous saying "What is the most expensive in 2 1 century? Talent! " . So eight years into the new century, is the social demand for talents different? What changes have taken place in the talent standard in the new era? On July 8, 2008, a press conference was held in Beijing with the theme of "training new talents in the new era". Representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Information Industry, China Adult Education Association, Microsoft (China), Lenovo Group, Huayu International, Worry-Free Future and other governments, educational institutions and enterprises gathered together to discuss the topic of talent training in the new era. At the meeting, Zhang Dali, president of Huayu International, put forward the talent standard of the new era: talents with "skills and education" are the talent models that meet the needs of the new era. College students are inferior to migrant workers: changes in talent demand in the new era. There is a shortage of skilled technicians and senior technicians in the ribbon factory in Xiashan Town. The price offered by the boss is often between 3000 yuan/month and 10000 yuan/month, but it is still hard to find one person. At the same time, job fairs in Guangdong are crowded with fresh graduates from both inside and outside the province. In order to submit resumes to the employer, many students lined up in a long line and their clothes were soaked. Many undergraduates have reduced their social status to 1000 yuan a month. According to experts, it usually takes three to five years to train yourself as a senior technician, and primary and secondary school culture can do it. The shortage of skilled workers and high social value have become the same phenomenon in society. Looking at another set of data, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security has conducted surveys on college students and migrant workers. The survey results show that the average monthly salary of migrant farmers is 1 100 yuan, while the average monthly salary of recent college graduates is only 1000 yuan. This is a kind of sorrow for students who have worked hard for more than ten years from primary school to university. In the new era, enterprises put forward new requirements for talents. First of all, enterprises need highly educated talents with professional theoretical knowledge and solid theoretical foundation. At the job fairs of enterprises, we often see undergraduates, masters and doctors clustered together, and sometimes dozens or even hundreds of people compete for a position. Highly educated talents are popular, but highly educated talents are highly competitive and lack practical skills, and employment often hits a wall. Secondly, enterprises also need skilled talents. At present, domestic colleges and universities generally emphasize "generalist" education, emphasizing disciplines and theories, while ignoring the education of students' skills and technology. An important advantage of vocational education lies in its strong pertinence and high awareness of enterprises. Talent training follows the market, so that we can understand what kind of talents enterprises need and carry out targeted training. However, many skilled talents are often restricted by low academic qualifications, and it is easy to hit a wall when looking for a job, which is subject to "academic qualifications". Simple higher education can no longer meet the needs of society and enterprises for talents in the new era. What China needs in the development of the new era is talents with both skills and academic qualifications, which are really cultivated under quality education. Skills+Education: How to cultivate talents with both practical skills and advanced education in the new era? Vocational education is a good way. Many schools and training institutions are trying to find a balance between "skills" and "education", which can stimulate employment through training and meet the two-way needs of enterprises to find needed talents and students to find good jobs. In fact, many college students now choose to go to education and training institutions to receive skills training, especially IT-related majors. According to a survey, nearly 50% students will enter training institutions to re-learn skills after graduation. Strictly speaking, China is still in the first industrialization period, and its economic structure is mainly labor-intensive. Correspondingly, junior talents and skilled workers occupy the main position, while the middle level is still relatively small, and the demand for high-end talents is even less. Limited by the economic structure, it is impossible for China to cross the pyramid stage of talent supply and demand. However, from the late 1990s to 2005, the proportion of vocational education dropped from 58% to 38% due to the expansion of colleges and universities. Many vocational schools are shrinking because they cannot recruit students. The current shortage of skilled workers in China is the result of the disharmony between the talent structure and the economic structure. Zhang Dali, the founder of Huayu International IT Education and a famous education expert, was deeply touched by this. The "project" initiated by Huayu International in 2006 is the product of in-depth understanding of the talent needs of enterprises. Huayu International Project adopts the talent training mode of "order training", carries out customized training according to the needs of enterprises, society and individuals, adheres to practical teaching methods, emphasizes students' hands-on and practical experience, and ensures students' employment and skills. So far, the project has trained tens of thousands of qualified outstanding students and successfully recommended them for employment all over the country. At the same time, Zhang Dali also said that Huayu International is not only cultivating students' skills, but also launching the+1 action in combination with academic education, so that students can obtain college and undergraduate diplomas on the basis of obtaining vocational skills certification. Moreover, for high school students, Huayu International, referring to the experience of foreign developed countries, has launched an assistance plan aimed at supporting high school students to become talents, and has become the main force of economic construction in the 2 1 century through the training mode of "skills+education". For example, Germany is an empire of vocational education. 70% of junior high school graduates receive vocational education at the age of 16 to 19, while less than 30% of ordinary high school students. The reason why "Made in Germany" is so powerful is due to vocational education. 2 1 The most precious thing in the century is talent, which is the basic guarantee for China to achieve rapid development in the new century. With the continuous development of the times, the demand for talents in society is constantly changing. Therefore, we need to innovate constantly in talent education and training, innovate the education mode, change according to the needs, and realize the harmonious development of talents and needs.