40.44% expect schools to connect jobs
Hanoi Employment Service Center has just released the Newsletter "Job picture for students in Hanoi". The newsletter is built based on survey data from more than 3,000 students in the third quarter of 2025.
Regarding advantages: 56.95% of students believe that practical experience is the most important factor for employers; 67.16% of students value skills, 75.06% value soft skills; 84% of students recognize the importance of the Labor Law; 79.79% of students value working attitude.
Students also think more realistically when 65% no longer trust too much in the "label" of top schools, new competencies are important; 79.2% expect a starting salary of less than 15 million VND/month - quite close to the actual situation.
Regarding limitations, up to 54.89% of students have never participated in formal internships; 71.47% self-assess skills in using specialized tools/software only from the average level downwards; 70% have never participated in scientific research, science and technology competitions or startup projects. Therefore, students lack a practical experience environment. The gap between theory and practice is too large, causing difficulties when starting a job.
Up to 92.57% of students have difficulty writing CVs showing competence; 51.09% do not know or know very little about conduct-technical interviews that recruiters often use to assess actual competencies; 91.02% of students do not use or rarely use the Linkedln job search network; 40.44% expect the school to connect jobs, depend on the school; 63.11% are not confident in office informatics skills, email skills, slide presentation, working on Google Drive...
There is a change but the "bottleneck" has not been cleared
According to Mr. Vu Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Hanoi Employment Service Center, data from the "Job picture for students in Hanoi" Newsletter shows a remarkable change in students' career thinking. The fact that more than 56% of students identify practical experience as the most important factor, along with a high proportion of valuing soft skills, working attitudes and understanding of labor law, shows that learners no longer see the labor market through the lens of idealization.
In particular, the fact that 65% of students no longer have too much faith in the "label" of top schools, instead promoting personal competence, is assessed by experts as a positive sign. This reflects the change in the career approach of the current generation of students, when they clearly realize that businesses recruit people who can work, not recruit pure degrees.
In addition, the expected starting salary of less than 15 million VND/month of nearly 80% of students is considered quite close to the reality of the labor market in Hanoi, showing that students have a more alert view, avoiding falling into a "dream-breaking" situation when leaving the lecture hall.
However, Mr. Thanh also pointed out that the biggest gap currently lies not in awareness but in practical ability. The fact that more than half of students have never participated in formal internships, nearly 72% self-assess their skills in using specialized tools and software only at an average or lower level shows that core professional skills are still a "bottleneck".
More worryingly, the very high rate of students who have never participated in scientific research, startup projects or professional competitions reflects the reality of a lack of a practical friction environment. The gap between theory and practice is therefore widening, causing students to face difficulties from the early days of working.
From a recruitment perspective, Mr. Phung Quang Binh - Human Resources Director of Tan Binh Minh Group (Cua Nam ward, Hanoi) said that more than 90% of students have difficulty writing CVs to show their abilities and more than half do not clearly understand behavioral interviews, showing that students are not fully equipped with the skills to "enter the labor market". These are skills that are not academic, but directly determine the ability to be recruited.
More than 90% of students do not use or rarely use LinkedIn, along with the psychology of waiting for schools to connect jobs, reflects a lack of proactiveness in building personal brands. In the context of an increasingly competitive labor market, being too dependent on schools can make students miss many suitable job opportunities," Mr. Binh assessed.
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