Good career guidance leads to a secure future.

BAC NINH - The high school graduation exam and university/vocational education entrance exam season for 2026 is fast approaching.

This is a pivotal moment, requiring proactive involvement from students, families, and management agencies to ensure each student has a strong mindset, makes the right choices, and creates a solid foundation for the important next stage of their journey.

Early selection, matching abilities and trends.

These days, Pham Quynh Nhi, a student in class 12A6 at Tan Yen No. 1 High School, is diligently preparing for her exams. Her aspiration is to study at the Banking Academy.

She stated that she had thoroughly researched job trends through career counseling channels on TikTok and Google, and also consulted with senior colleagues: "The finance and banking sector is one of the industries predicted to experience a significant decline in the number of workers due to the rapid development of AI."

However, I remain confident in this choice because my goal is to work in the business sector. Bac Ninh province is experiencing strong industrial development, so job opportunities will be good. With my existing English skills, I will learn another foreign language to gain a competitive advantage in future jobs.”

Students participate in a job fair and career counseling event.

Not only students but also their parents are busy with the career guidance problem for their children. Ms. Nguyen Quynh Mai from Yen Viet village, Dong Cuu commune, has a daughter, Nguyen Mai Vy, who is preparing for the high school graduation exam and wishes to study journalism or foreign languages ​​at university.

Lately, Ms. Mai has been frequently searching the internet for information on career trends. At the same time, she actively seeks advice from relatives and friends, especially those with experience, to help guide her daughter's career path.

In the context of the information technology boom and diverse admission methods, parents and students inevitably face moments of confusion due to the overwhelming amount of information. The appearance of countless advertisements and conflicting advice from social media groups sometimes creates chaos, causing those involved to easily lose direction and potentially making mistakes in career choices.

Therefore, it is necessary to proactively screen and seek out official and reliable sources of advice based on accurate workforce forecasts. Consulting experts from reputable independent research units and seeking advice from those who have recently taken the exam are effective channels.

The proliferation of advertisements and conflicting advice from social media groups can sometimes create confusion, causing individuals to lose direction and potentially making mistakes in career choices. Therefore, it's crucial to proactively filter and seek out authoritative and reliable sources of advice based on accurate workforce forecasts. Consulting experts from reputable independent research institutions and seeking advice from those who have recently taken the exam are effective channels.

Whenever asked about career guidance by younger students, Nguyen Ngoc Chau, born in 1997 in Duong Huc village, Dai Dong commune, always advises that from the moment they enter 10th grade, students should clearly identify their abilities and preferred professions. This is not only to make the right choice, but also to choose early, thereby having a specific direction for their studies and achieving high results.

Having been a student at a high-quality school in the former Tien Du district, and having participated in and won numerous awards in the Physics subject for gifted students, Ngoc Chau was admitted to the specialized Physics class at Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted, studying under the A00 subject group.

However, I only enjoyed work related to media. By the middle of my 11th grade year, realizing my weakness, I focused on learning more foreign languages ​​to apply to a suitable field of study. After carefully researching information from various schools and seeking advice from teachers, relatives, and friends, I applied to the Banking Academy under the A01 subject combination.

After graduating, Ngoc Chau worked for a media company and then pursued a master's degree in the UK. Currently, she works for a company specializing in agricultural product import and export. With her excellent English skills, she is assigned to be the MC for the company's diplomatic events.

Ngoc Chau said: "Studying in the wrong subject area took up a lot of my time. I should have focused on doing well in math, literature, and foreign languages ​​from the beginning of 10th grade; it would have been easier and I would have achieved better results."

Create reliable data

Recognizing the importance of career guidance for students, in recent years, the province has directed relevant agencies and schools to pay attention to comprehensive career guidance from an early age, helping students identify a suitable path.

Following the directives of the Provincial People's Committee and the Department of Education and Training, schools, in coordination with youth unions at all levels, organized numerous activities to promote student enrollment and analyze career trends for students.

The industrial electronics field creates many job opportunities for students after graduation. Photo: Smartphone production line at Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., Yen Phong I Industrial Park.

Career guidance activities are integrated throughout to identify students' abilities and strengths early on; proactively providing information to ensure full, transparent, and accurate updates on new exam and admission procedures, and job market trends.

This helps students accurately assess their own abilities and proactively compare them with the actual requirements of different professions, enabling them to make informed and informed decisions about their career choices, minimizing the risk of selecting the wrong profession.

At Ly Nhan Tong High School (Kinh Bac Ward), in addition to disseminating career guidance information to students, the school has recently focused on providing career guidance information to parents.

Every year, during parent-teacher meetings, the school invites speakers from educational research centers, academies, and universities to give talks on career trends and career choices so that parents can understand and help their children choose a suitable career path.

Teacher Nguyen Trung Long, the school's Vice Principal, shared: "Early career guidance helps students realize what they like, their strengths and weaknesses, so they can choose a suitable career in the future. The support of parents helps students feel more confident and secure."

Mechatronics engineering offers good job opportunities in industrial zones.

Based on his experience in supplying human resources to foreign companies, Mr. Tran Nguyen Quyet, Director of CVTECH Vietnam Training and Technology Company Limited, regularly provides online career counseling, attracting the attention of many students and their parents.

Mr. Quyet stated: "The structure of employment by industry has changed significantly in recent years according to market demand. Candidates choosing a profession should base their decision on actual labor market data and scientific, objective forecasts from independent consulting firms, and should not rely on one-sided advertisements on social media."

Some fields of study that were considered "hot" in recent years, such as finance and banking, and marketing, are seeing shrinking career opportunities due to the replacement by AI. More importantly, regardless of the field of study, proficiency in a foreign language remains a significant advantage in finding employment in the context of globalization.

With decisive action and thorough preparation from management agencies and schools, along with the proactive participation of families and students, we believe that the 2026 exam candidates will confidently choose the right path, stay on the right track, and firmly build their future.

Thanh Huong

Source: https://baobacninhtv.vn/huong-nghiep-tot-vung-tuong-lai-postid446447.bbg