TikToker criticizes ‘useless’ disciplines: Unethical behavior, heavy punishment needed

In the past few days, the content of career counseling is rampant on the social network TikTok, making many students confused. Some parents also get lost in this “matrix” while in the process of learning to orientate their majors.

Cheap, unethical views

Admittedly, the social network TikTok is popular among young people today and this is one of the major media channels, but psychologist Nguyen Thi Hue, Hanoi National University of Education, said that the quality the content is not controlled and somewhat downhill. More and more video clips with objectionable and misleading content cause confusion among the public.

She was shocked to see the career counseling video clips of young TikTokers. The content in this clip is completely misleading, not intended to guide and advise students. “It is not clear whether the purpose of these video clips is to gain views or trade and promote other disciplines, but the posting causes confusion. This can be considered a fraud,” Ms. Hue said.

TikTok video is short in duration, so it is not possible to fully and properly convey the advice content. Parents and students are especially wary of career advice or choosing a school or major. Students need to find reliable and standard sources of information from the Ministry of Education and Training, universities and the press, to avoid affecting enrollment selection.

TikTok is too permissive when allowing the posting of video clips without content verification. With entertainment information, the impact is not great, but with content related to students, the work is very dangerous. Just a little bit of false information can cause the whole school or certain field to reduce the enrollment rate, leaving no learners. Therefore, the expert suggested that the functional forces strictly handle the videos with inaccurate, disturbing content, and the risk of serious consequences.

Information TikTokers give in the direction of sensationalism, sentence views.

The representative of the admissions office of Hanoi University is concerned about the recent TikTok videos about career guidance. This social network has a large number of young people, Gen Z follows a large number of people, just one wrong information will have a great influence, especially in the period when candidates are about to choose to register for a major, determine their goals in college. university.

Meanwhile, the content writers on TikTok are not verified, not responsible for the content – this is different from the announcements of the admissions units. Thereby causing misunderstandings for students when accessing information.

People who make career-oriented content on TikTok mostly don’t have enough data and information about majors, leading to misinformation. Resonating with the shocking statement to catch views, increase the number of viewers, and interfere with the enrollment work of schools.

These TikTok creators defy ethics, deliberately “directing public opinion” by creating controversial and subjective content, such as the top 5 jobs you should never study or the management industry. Business management is now obsolete,” the expert said and suggested that the authorities step in and severely penalize the propaganda of false information, causing confusion among the public.

Students are confused

Tran Hoang Long (Hoang Mai, Hanoi), a 12th grader, is expected to enter the group of Business Administration – Marketing majors, National Economics University. However, I am being affected by information on TikTok about “top 5 outdated subjects, absolutely should not register”.

I am bewildered when many videos sharing the Business Administration major at the university only teach non-specialized and general knowledge, students “cannot learn anything”, or after completing their studies to become a boss, but Where does a student who has just graduated from school get a chance to be a boss? Long and many friends are very confused when choosing a career.

Students are bewildered by TikTok information about career orientation. (Illustration)

Dinh Cong Tuan Anh, 12th grader at Tran Phu High School (Hanoi) is also worried about the information “English language industry has a high unemployment rate, absolutely should not register” from some TikTok videos.

“Not only one video but many other videos also say the same. Just turn on the phone and you will immediately see the content of career counseling. Choose which major to be a director, which major will be unemployed… I wonder I wonder if I should choose to pursue my passion for studying English or switch to the fields of economics, diplomacy, prosecutors… as shared by TikToker,” Tuan Anh said.

Ms. Le Thi Nu (40 years old, Vinh Phuc) expressed confusion when seeking academic advice for her children through TikTok. Right from the beginning of the school year, she and her son agreed to study pedagogy like the family tradition. But in recent days, her daughter has insisted that “pedagogy is one of the unemployed professions in 2022, should not be registered”.

When she asked where the source of this information was, her daughter casually put a video of a TikToker talking about jobs that are easy to be unemployed, including Pedagogy. She was very confused when she did not know what was reliable information and worried that her daughter would change direction.

Where is the trusted source of advice?

A representative of the Center for Manpower Forecasting and Labor Market Information in Ho Chi Minh City said that according to the survey and report on human resource demand in 2023, the city needs about 300,000 – 320,000 workers related to management industries. business value, marketing, real estate … accounted for the highest percentage.

Among the 9 major service industries (57.69%), Commerce accounted for 15.22%, Tourism 5.66%, Finance – banking, Insurance accounted for 5.93%, Financial business Real estate – real estate accounts for 5.91%… Thus, businesses need to recruit human resources in the economic sector, including the fields of Business Administration, Real Estate, Marketing, Commerce, Finance…

The representative of FPT University in Ho Chi Minh City suggested that students take personality tests such as MBTI. In addition, many universities allow students to register to visit as well as participate in experiential classes of each major.

“Not only that, with the inherent advantages of social networks, students can find reputable accounts ready to share so that they have the right awareness and appropriate orientation before applying. “, this one said.

When choosing a course, candidates need to pay attention to 3 factors. The first is personal capacity, which includes many sources of coordination such as academic capacity, financial capacity, family capacity… Second, hobbies and passions, the “fire-keeping” factors that help keep the fire going. a long life with the profession. Third, the labor market and job demand.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education and Training, in 2022, the industry that attracts the most students – Business and Management majors has 24.54% of candidates who are admitted and confirmed for admission. Followed by Computer and Information Technology – 11.79%, Technical Technology 9.18%, Humanities 8.68% and Health ranked 5th – 6.35%.

Among the top 10 majors with the highest enrollment rate, majors such as: Social Sciences, Pedagogy, Engineering, Law, Architecture and Construction.

The fields of study that attract the highest number of students in 2022.

The Ministry of Education and Training recommends that universities need to grasp the labor market, and the difference in the concepts and needs of young people in choosing schools and choosing majors of candidates. The university also needs to innovate the content of the industry and training programs, the training environment and methods, and the communication and promotion of enrollment. Ministries and sectors using human resources need to implement a training order mechanism.

According to Dr. Tran Dinh Ly, Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry, all training disciplines are appraised and confirmed by market demand as soon as there is a project to open the industry. Candidates should listen and absorb selected information, avoid listening to sensational, shocking content, view sentences, like sentences. This information easily leads to misunderstanding, affecting all parties.

In addition, the party that gives incorrect information will also lose credibility, candidates receive misunderstanding information leading to unexpected results, even losing the opportunity to enter the fields and schools that they love. and have the potential to be recruited.