硕士生更好找工作吗？

硕士生更好找工作吗？

By QS Staff Writer

更新日期 January 28, 2020

作者：QS特约撰稿人

更新日期：2020年1月28日

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Find out what employers think about master's programs, and how to make sure your graduate degree really boosts your employability.

What is the point of a master's degree? It's a lot of work, a lot of expense and a lot of sleepless nights – you want to be sure you're going to benefit at the end.

了解雇主对硕士课程的看法，以及如何确保你的研究生学位真正提高你的就业能力。

硕士学位有什么意义？这是一项繁重的工作，一大笔开支，还有许多不眠之夜——你要确保你最终会受益。

The QS 2009 Masters and PhD Applicant Survey questioned over 3,000 candidates, asking them what they expected to get out of a graduate degree. More than 70% said they wanted to improve their employment prospects.

QS 2009硕士和博士申请者调查询问了3000多名候选人，调查他们希望从研究生学位中获得什么。超过70%的被询问者表示希望改善就业前景。

So it seems that prospective graduate candidates believe they will not only land a better job, but progress faster up the career ladder.

这些未来的研究生似乎相信，他们不仅会找到一份更好的工作，而且会在职场中平步青云。

Demonstrate experience and passion

展示经验和激情

However, Steve Icampo, Manager of Worldwide Staffing at Amphenol Corporation, sounds a note of caution for those who believe a master's will be a passport for future success: "You should not assume that education will get you to where you want to go; what will get you there is you."

然而，安费诺公司（Amphenol Corporation）全球员工部经理Steve Icampo对那些相信硕士学位可以确保未来成功的人提出警告：“你不应该认为教育经历能确保你的成功；想要成功还是要靠自己。

Icampo says anyone contemplating studying for a master's should be armed with two things. First, work experience. "I would hope that candidates have worked a bit before they make a decision," says Icampo. "The further you go with education, the more specialized you become – so you really need to make sure that the course is for you.

Icampo说，任何打算攻读硕士学位的人都应该具备两个条件。第一，工作经验。Icampo表示：“我希望候选人在做出决定之前已经参加过一些工作。”。“你接受的教育越深入，你就越专业化，所以你真的需要确保这门课程适合你。”

"You really need to think it through very carefully before you undertake the course. A master's is a major investment and it will determine how you will be perceived in the market place."

“在开始硕士课程前，你真的需要仔细考虑一下。硕士学习是一项重要投资，它将决定你在就业市场上的地位。”

Icampo says candidates should also research where they want to work once finished. "Ask yourself, what commercial project do you want to be involved with? You have to be able to show the market place that you have something that people need. You won't know what that is unless you find out for yourself and sometimes the only way to do this is by working."

Icampo称，候选人还应该在完成学业后考虑他们的就业目标。“问问自己，你想参与什么商业项目？你必须向市场展示你有人们需要的品质。你必须自己去寻找，才能了解这些东西，有时唯一的寻找方法就是工作。”

The second thing Icampo believes potential graduate students should have before they make their course choice is passion for their subject. "You have to follow your passion. If you're not passionate about what you are doing, you shouldn't do it."

Icampo认为，研究生候选人在选择学科前要考虑的第二件事是对自己学科的热情。“你必须追随你的热情。如果你对自己正在做的事情没有热情，就不应该做。”

Show you have focus - and flexibility

展示你的注意力和灵活性

Icampo believes that school and course choice will become much easier once a candidate has thought through their decision. "You could end up going to a small school with an expertise that is highly regarded, so make sure you research both the university and the department's reputation."

Icampo认为，如果候选人仔细考虑了他们的决定，学校和学科的选择将变得容易得多。“你可能最终会进入一所专业水平很高的小规模学校，所以一定要研究这所大学和相关院系的声誉。”

Icampo says if candidates have thought through their decision, finding a job at the end should be easy. "As you go through the graduate project, the choices you make on the program you take, your internship, and your thesis will help with your job search. You should be thinking of where you are heading with it," he says.

Icampo表示，如果候选人已经仔细考虑了他们的决定，最后找到一份工作应该很容易。“在你完成研究生学习的过程中，你对所学课程、实习和论文的选择都将有助于你未来的求职。他说：“你应该考虑一下你的目标是什么。”

Amphenol is a S&P 500 company involved in making connectors and inter connectors for high speed data. The company is the second largest maker of connectors and has 85 facilities in 30 countries. Icampo says that recruiting is often done locally, but once someone has joined the company it is very easy to be noticed, despite the company's size.

安费诺是一家标准普尔500指数成分股公司，主要生产高速数据连接器和互联器。该公司是全球第二大连接器制造商，在30个国家开设了85家工厂。Icampo表示，招聘通常是在当地进行的，尽管公司规模很大，但新人入职对于公司而言仍是一件重要的事。

"There are plenty of opportunities to shine. It is impossible to say with any certainty where the industry will be in ten years time, so the company relies on people who are happy to work in flexible environments."

“员工有很多机会可以发光。我们无法确定这个行业在未来十年前景如何，所以公司依赖于那些乐于在灵活环境下工作的人。”

Icampo says that one of the great strengths of the company is that engineers get to see the manufacturing process from end to end. "Our engineers are involved with the whole life cycle of design, so they tend to see things in a much broader way."

Icampo认为该公司的一大优势是，工程师们可以看到端到端的整个制造过程。“我们的工程师参与了设计的整个生命周期，所以他们倾向于以更广泛的方式看待事物。”

展示丰富的经验

Show off a breadth of experience

Icampo's final piece of advice for potential master's students is: don't just focus on the academic side of life. "Having technical skills is obviously incredibly important, but you also have to make sure you develop your other skills and that you are a well rounded individual. We work in tight teams, so you have to be able to get on to succeed."

Icampo对研究生候选人的最后一条建议是：不要只关注生活中的学术方面。“拥有技术能力显然是非常重要的，但你也必须确保你也发展了你的其他能力，确保你是一个全面发展的人。我们的团队合作严丝合缝，所以你必须能够独当一面。”

Hannes Vedin is HR Senior Consultant for Capgemini Sweden. "There is a big difference between an undergraduate degree and a master's. I find that people with a master's have much more maturity in their work. It is much easier for them to use their knowledge and to switch their knowledge into practise."

Hannes Vedin是凯捷瑞典公司的人力资源高级顾问。“本科和硕士学位有很大区别。我发现有硕士学位的人在工作上要成熟得多。他们更擅长于运用自己的知识和将知识转化为实践。”

Vedin says he has noticed a big difference in the quality of the master's programs around Europe. Capgemini Sweden is involved as a consultant company with IT and management and the company recruits through networking, contacts, searching databases, ads on the internet and their website.

Vedin说，他已经注意到欧洲各地硕士课程质量的巨大差异。凯捷瑞典是一家IT和管理咨询公司，公司通过网络、联系人、搜索数据库、互联网广告和网站招募员工。

"The master's definitely gives you an advantage but we are also interested in finding the people who have the right ambition and the right attitude – as these can be just as important as the master's qualification," he concludes.

他总结道：“硕士学位肯定会给你带来优势，但我们同时也想找到志向正确、态度端正的人，因为这些因素和硕士学位一样重要。”。