I will introduce why I chose finance as my major at first. Secondly, I will summarize my resources what I found. After, will clarify my research question, explaining why I chose this question as my research question. Next, I will presentation what methods were used when I collect my resources. Finally, I will express my personal viewpoints about my research question, and I will give some advice about finance students’ future.
Higher Degree Will Help Finance Students Job Hunt: My Research Essay The financial crisis of 2008 had forceful attacked Wall Street. It was making a large number of financial firms in bankruptcy, such as Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch. That financial crisis causes a lot of people were unemployment. Facing those histories, how finance students choose their future when they get a bachelor degree? Working or choosing continues education? Everybody Is eager to get an excellent Job and the objective of the salary, so they maybe hard to make this choice.
Taking a bachelor degree to find jobs, or applying for a master of finance project to get a master degree of finance? What should finance students do? Ultimately, a higher agree could help the finance students’ Job hunt easily, and the master of finance students can gain more wage. Background of the writer: How I Became a Student in This Major Finance major makes me satisfied very much. Because I wanted to become financial elite when I was a senior high school student, so It seems the best choice for me. Becoming a finance student was my personal choice completely.
To begin with, when I was a high school student, I would like to see the financial channels’ 1 OFF would be righting down those questions, when I got on the Internet later, I could be mound a large of information about those questions. In this process, I was increasing my knowledge invisibly, and the most important that I found I am greatly interested about finance. I had a momentous decision about myself at that time. I would be choosing finance major when I will choose the university in the future. Now it seems that I achieve my dream.
In addition, when I was choosing my major, my parents didn’t interfere too much. They hoped that I can do something what I really like. They believed the interest is the most vital factor in a person’s success. In a word, I became a finance student because of my personal interest and my parents’ full support. Currently, I am very glad to study professional financial knowledge every day. Literature Review There are a number of viewpoints from other scholars or media, so I found a lot of information about finance students’ Job hunt in all research process.
Fen (2010) has analyzed China’s financial market growth fast, it will provide more opportunities, but finance students still facing tough Job hunt. His article provides background to the current employment status to readers. I also found an article from Holmes (2010). It has analyzed because of the economic downturn. Between the year of 2008 to 2018, finance industry will have the most talents demand. Holmes (2010) believed finance talents will gain a new opportunity in the future.
On the other hand, Shih (2012) has clarified China’s MBA course becomes more and more popular because Chinese economic growth steadily, but business courses’ quality may be the bottom line, Shih (2012) said, “Treating education as if it were a competitive business is blasphemous o the principles of higher education” (Para. 17). These writers hold different points of view about my research question, but there are other people that don’t have clear support points, they are merely simple analyzed that the different education level in the world.
Us and Hung (2010) has analyzed the different finance master degree and clarified that educational system influence Job career. America provides a different type of course, such as theory courses and practical courses. It will help students to choose their separate future (Us & Hung 2010, up. 22-125). Moreover, Trujillo (2011) has clarified the different education systems between Russia and Europe, and Russian’s two-level system of higher education means that education becomes effectiveness and usefulness.
In a word, all of these literatures provide much useful information for my research. Research Question With the rapid growth of economy in China, a number of students choose finance as their major, but the employment situation increasingly serious, my research is to provide choice reference after the bachelor of finance students’ graduate. “Can a Geiger degree help finance student’s Job hunt better than bachelor of finance degree? ” This is my research question.
At first, my research devoted to collecting information about finance students’ condition of applying for a post. After I analyzed this information, I found the relationship between degree and Job hunt. Degree and employment rate has the close relevance indeed. In the here, I want to emphasize this research’s intended audience. As far as I can see, every finance student and some students with purpose choose finance major when they into universities. I lived this part of people will puzzle about their future in their university life. Now, the problem of employment gives many people a headache. Although finance major is seen as a popular, such a grim reality makes finance students lose self- confidence about their future. In this condition, they will consider what should do when they get the bachelor degree, but this not a simple choice, they need to research with a directional like this, they hope facts and data in the past to give them a direction. I think my research could provide what they want to gain. Also, I hope hey can make the best choice for themselves.
Method It is necessary to that find vast relevant and precise information if I want to discuss my research question clearly and systematically. Due to I have few ways to collect data and information, so I decided to accord to other experts’ reporting to find what vital information about my research. I used the Fusel’s library because there has many databases could help me to find articles easily. I found two scholarly articles and three popular articles that have the immediate research purpose as my research question. I deem these resources could support my research powerfully.
In my opinion, may be some experts’ viewpoints agree with my point or not, but no matter these points agree or against, all of these views could help me to improve my personal viewpoint helpfully. On the other hand, the Internet is the best stage to provide limitless information helping me to finish my research. I went to some financial websites to read other people’s articles or reports, such as Wall Street Journal or Financial Times and so on. I believed that could help me to think thoroughly and comprehensively. Conclusion and Advice
Finished my research, also I have myself the viewpoint firmly. I think as a finance major student, if you can get a higher degree than bachelor of finance degree, will you gain more and better employment opportunities than others. Comparing with the bachelor of finance degree, master of finance has a more perfect teaching system. It will help finance major students obtain a more rigorous way of thinking and more practical skills. In general, university undergraduate education is general education, because in modern society, a university student should acquire various branches of knowledge.
In this case, of course, students will become well-knowledge, but they Just stay on the surface. If you want to become a professional talent, I believed apply a master of finance project is the best choice. Due to more and more people is choosing finance major. It causes the decrease to the quality of teaching in many business colleges. This is to remind finance students, when a choosing master of finance project should be cautious and diplomatic. An excellent project could guarantee the harvest more than you pay. To sum up, a higher degree for finance students means core competence.
Only have you possess core competence that other people without, you will be able to stand out from a lot of competitors. After you gain the master of finance degree, it was amounts to that remove obstacles when you Job hunt in the future. Even if what a lovely diamond also needs polishing. Finance students like diamonds, so graduate student learning career is the processing of polishing. Barely after training, will you be able to become a shining star in your financial career. Trujillo, S. A. (2011). The two- level system of higher education: Western traditions and Russian reality.
