Economics students seek to join tech companies

Not only looking for jobs in banks, more and more students want to find opportunities in technology companies because they believe this field is still developing.

On November 25, Bui Thi Thu Trang attended the FTU Career Fair - the biggest job fair of the year at the Foreign Trade University. The senior student, majoring in Business English, walked around the booths of technology companies. Trang said she was interested in human resources and business analysis positions at these companies.

The female student believes that Business English is a broad major, covering all aspects of economics and commerce, so many students find it difficult to determine their career goals after graduation. Trang also had a period of confusion, but after an internship as a TA (Talent Acquisition) at a technology company, she saw that this was a potential business group. Although there is a wave of layoffs from technology companies, positions related to business and human resources are still necessary and stable.

Similarly, Nguyen Nang Hoang, a first-year student majoring in Accounting and Auditing, believes that this is still a field with a lot of jobs and quick job placement. Therefore, Hoang spends almost all of his time at the booth of Braves Stars Technology Company and some other businesses in the same field.

"There are still three years until graduation, but I still want to ask business representatives about their needs and orientations, so that I know what else I should learn and what skills I should improve," Hoang said.

Many students shared Trang and Hoang’s concerns. The job fair had more than 40 companies participating, attracting about 4,000 students. Big banks were still attractive, but the booths of technology companies were also packed with students lining up to ask questions.

Bui Thi Thu Trang, a senior student majoring in Business English at the Foreign Trade University, is talking with business representatives at the FTU Career Fair on the morning of November 25. Photo: Thanh Hang

In early November, Associate Professor Dr. Pham Thu Huong, Vice Principal of Foreign Trade University, said that through a survey of 54,000 alumni, information technology is one of the two top chosen job fields, with an increasing trend in recent years.

Ms. Pham Thi Thu Huyen, Head of Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience, FPT Corporation, also noticed that the number of economics students joining technology companies has increased in the past 2-3 years. At FPT alone, the number of graduates from economics schools has increased by about 20%.

One Mount Technology Group also recorded an increase in the number of applications from economics students. Ms. Pham Thi Van, Senior Brand Development Specialist, said that this group often works in positions related to business strategy analysis, testing, customer relations, and marketing.

Explaining, Ms. Van said that it is true that many companies have to cut staff, but these are mostly positions that do not bring benefits commensurate with investment and operating costs. Meanwhile, every business needs to find ways to sell products, so the need to recruit sales personnel has increased.

Meanwhile, students' perceptions of employment have also changed. Technology has become more accessible and is no longer framed as being only for engineering graduates.

FTU Career Fair attracted about 4,000 economics students to participate. Photo: FTU Times

Employers assess that economics students are often well-adapted, dynamic, fluent in foreign languages ​​and have a solid grasp of specialized knowledge. However, they also need 3-6 months to grasp technology products, software and knowledge in this field.

A human resources representative of Braves Stars Technology Company believes that economics students seeking to join a technology company should not be considered as working in a different field or profession. According to her, the job position may sound “not very economical”, but in essence it is still related to the knowledge and skills in business and customer relations that students are trained in.

Looking at the position of financial analyst for a software company, Truong Thuy Dung, a senior student majoring in Finance and Banking at the Banking Academy, said she felt more secure after hearing about the companies’ sharing. Before that, the female student always felt worried about her future job.

"It's normal for economics students to work at companies in other fields because there are still suitable positions related to their major," Dung said.

Thanh Hang

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