Flying high on hope, foreign degree holders struggle to land in job market

[snoop1130]

Representatives of Pennsylvania State University (L) talk with Vietnamese students during a U.S. education fair in Hanoi. Photo by AFP

 

Many Vietnamese who study abroad return home to discover that in the local job market they are not the cat’s whiskers they had thought themselves to be.

 

Like other Vietnamese students who graduate from foreign colleges, Nhat Cuong, 24, of HCMC’s District 7 had high expectations when he returned to Vietnam with bachelor of science degree in marketing from a British university last July.

 

During his two-week quarantine, he went online to look for jobs. "I believed I would outperform local candidates and get a good starting salary," he says.

 

Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/life/flying-high-on-hope-foreign-degree-holders-struggle-to-land-in-job-market-4397104.html

 

-- © Copyright VN Express 2021-12-08