Who will AI replace?
This is both a question and a concern of many students preparing to enter the labor market. Currently, AI has been creating a huge impact on human life and the business environment. It can optimize labor but can also take away the jobs of millions of people, so what do future workers need to prepare?
With the digital transformation trend of society and the labor market, Career and Employment Week has brought many useful sharing and experiences to nearly 10,000 students of economics , management and administration majors at universities in Hanoi. They had the opportunity to meet with nearly 40 large enterprises at the event, thereby forming orientations for future career choices.
As a leader of a large enterprise, Mr. Hoang Nam Tien, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company, believes that technology has completely changed the rules of the game, forcing students to rethink the role of schools towards themselves to find ways to meet them. “Recruiters always test the ability that universities currently pay little attention to, which is the ability to self-study for life of candidates. Nowadays, knowledge is constantly updated, even much newer than the lectures of current teachers. Technology changes every few months, if students only use the knowledge they learn at school, they will quickly become unemployed before graduating. The most important thing right now is that schools teach students the ability to self-study, self-research, self-development, not just impart knowledge,” Mr. Hoang Nam Tien shared.
No matter what field they work in, students need to accumulate digital skills to master technology. Ms. Nguyen Huyen My, CEO of Intech Group, emphasized: “This is a very effective tool to solve economic problems such as planning and strategy. Today's students need to understand the experience economy, empathize with customers and manage emotions. Along with that, they need to practice a healthy body, accumulate abundant energy to have a refreshing spirit, ready to receive and complete work in a short time. They need to know English as a language for work, play and entertainment; equip themselves with additional courses on product development, accumulate practical experience by participating in competitions, projects... If you do not expand your career opportunities, you will definitely be left behind".
Finding answers to his own doubts, as well as gaining more useful information, Pham Tuan Dat, a third-year accounting student at the National Economics University , said: “Through interactions with businesses, I know what knowledge and skills I need to equip myself with in the current era of digital technology . That is very useful for students to avoid being eliminated in the job race”. Although only a first-year student majoring in international economics, Tran Nguyet Hang also found answers for herself at the event. Nguyet Hang said: “Grasping the actual requirements of the job position I want to apply for helps me have a targeted study plan. The connection with businesses also helps me find an internship in the future”.
Win-win situation
How to succeed right after graduating is also the real story of Mr. Hoang Huu Thang, General Director and Chairman of Intech Group 20 years ago. Mr. Hoang Huu Thang believes that organizing job weeks brings value to all three parties involved: schools, students and businesses. Students will have the right steps right from the first steps. Not only students but also businesses have the opportunity to screen and save time when finding human resources suitable for job positions.
Sharing about the values of the three-way connection, Master Nguyen Phuong Linh, Director of the Career and Employment Counseling Center, National Economics University, said that this is an annual activity that has been taking place for nearly 20 years to connect schools, students and businesses, strengthening the connection between the training process and the needs of society. Every year, businesses recruit about 1,000 positions. During the Career and Employment Week, there are many activities such as recruitment fairs, seminars, talks, private consulting-recruitment sessions of businesses... All aim to help students approach businesses and employers. Thereby, they can self-assess their abilities to orient themselves, equip themselves with the necessary skills, and confidently meet the demands of the job market.
“We take into account employers’ feedback on what they want from their employees, and suggest adding appropriate subjects and specialized skills. They also want to have more monthly online job fairs and expand the target audience to first and second year students because many job positions require interns. This way, businesses can discover and develop human resources early,” said Nguyen Phuong Linh.
Commenting that students' contact with businesses is a very meaningful activity, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President of the National Economics University, said that this is an opportunity for the school to re-evaluate whether the training program is suitable for the needs of businesses, thereby promptly adjusting the training content, ensuring that all students have jobs after graduation, in the right profession they love. Adapting to the requirements of digital transformation and changes in the labor market, the school has built many new training programs such as smart management, Digital Marketing, Logistics and supply chain management... Digital transformation is expanding and entering the school's training programs.
Article and photos: THU HA
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