Quality demand for doctoral students in nonacademic sector employment:analysis of recruitment information content from the perspective of competency classification theory
XU Lan, WEI Qingyi
（Center for Higher Education Development, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China）
Abstract： The expansion of doctoral training scale and the shrinkage of the academic labor market have made the employment of doctoral students in the nonacademic sectors become the mainstream. Through collecting 1317 doctoral recruitment information from nonacademic sectors and conducting content analysis, we found that compared with academic careers, employment in nonacademic sectors in the knowledge dimension focuses on the situational application and transformation of knowledge mastered by doctoral students. In terms of ability, doctoral students are required to possess professional practical abilities, transferable abilities, and research and innovation abilities. In terms of potential dimensions, nonacademic sectors attach importance to the comprehensive quality of "being a person", "doing things", and "learning" from doctoral students, and look forward to doctoral students becoming highend innovative and leadership oriented talents for applications. Based on the competency classification theory, the study proposes a classification framework for the industry specificity and task specificity. In the face of the new demand for quality of doctoral students brought about by the nonacademic employment market, professional degree doctoral education should be expanded in scale, establish a demand oriented training feedback mechanism, and optimize the practical context oriented doctoral training model and evaluation criteria. Academic degree doctoral education needs to promote the integrated cultivation of transferable abilities, create paths for the diversified development of doctoral students, and enhance non cognitive ability with support under the guidance of mentors.
徐岚，魏庆义. 非学术部门就业对博士生的质量需求——胜任力分类理论视角下基于招聘信息内容的分析[J]. 高校教育管理, 2023, 17(4): 87-101.
XU Lan, WEI Qingyi. Quality demand for doctoral students in nonacademic sector employment:analysis of recruitment information content from the perspective of competency classification theory. Journal of Higher Education Management, 2023, 17(4): 87-101.
2023, Vol. 17 
