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Getting paid when enjoying your life

COLLEGE students might get depressed reading the work experience requirements of job ads. But don't despair. Compared with older workers, students do have an edge in some careers, especially in the Internet-related areas. This week, 21st Century lists several of these professions to keep in mind before and after graduation.

- Social game designer
The boom in social networking services (SNS) has meant more young people playing social games. They're not just fun, they're a good job opportunity. For example, the popular game "Happy Farm" was developed by a group of post-80s youngsters, including COO (chief operating officer) Xu Cheng.

"Young people, including university students, have advantages in the gaming industry, especially in developing mini social games mainly based on Flash technology," explains Li Xu, the website's social game development manager. "They understand the technology more easily than those who're older."

- Online forum manager
In the Web 2.0 age, traditional media like newspaper, radio and TV have established websites to communicate online with readers. The job of forum manager is another new career opportunity for young people.
Most college students are already familiar with their campus BBS (bulletin board system), Baidu post bar and other kinds of online forums. Some are active members, or even moderators. Crafting eye-catching headlines requires witty wording skills and a good sense of slang. Young people are often more qualified than senior news reporters and editors that may not be proficient in online skills.

- Hotel critic
Can you imagine working in your pajamas? You can forget those dull meetings with clients and business talks. All you need do is comment on a hotel and share pictures and videos on your blog.

It's true. Travel search engine recently posted a job announcement for a "hotel-sleeper", with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan. "College students from all majors are welcome. We think they all have the qualities for the job," says Zhang Ze, vice president for Qunar.

"Traveling around and living in hotels means you need plenty of energy and enthusiasm, and young grads always have the passion to travel," says Zhang, "Students have the curiosity to explore strange places and their special angle can find ways to have fun that aren't found in travel guides."
To describe the experience, you need to write well. "Many grads have blogs where they share their experiences, so writing with humor and ease, and adding some pictures and interesting videos might not be so hard for them," Zhang observes.

- User experience staff
This job is just like its name implies: gathering the experiences of users and potential users, and helping improve products to ensure that they're easy and pleasurable to use. For example, MSN has user experience specialists who help improve its popular messenger's functions.

This might be a great place for grads, said Luo Wei, a user experience specialist at , a Beijing-based website with information on shopping, food, and travel. The website has part-time and full-time positions in the user experience field for grads.

"For example, when people browse through a long post on our forum, they can be interrupted by numerous comments, which is very annoying," Luo says. "User experience specialists find this and report it to our technical team, who can add a 'see author only' button to a post. A lot of users say this makes surfing our website much more convenient."

"Students have a lot of Internet experience," he says. "They know the users' habits so well that they can spot mistakes, malfunctions and bad online product designs."

Are you tempted by those fascinating jobs? Yes, I am.
Have you ever thought of doing such things as your work? No. I haven’t.
So why?

I still remember the time when I was filling the college entrance examination application, the desired major is always something related to English, economics or business, which actually represents nothing of my own wills. After graduation, I have to swallow my own bitter fruit. I must strive to beat millions of grads of same major as mine for a job which I may not like at all. In fact, it’s a stereotypical thought and move of most students.

After work, I began to realize that in fact there’re many other occupations much more interesting than what I’ve expected. There’re even a lot that I haven’t heard of before. How it comes? I think university education takes partial responsibility for this result.

In my opinion, it’s necessary to recognize yourself comprehensively and have a clear picture of what you want in the future before you start career life, and then try to figure out the gap between the two statuses, nurture yourself to narrow the gap, and finally reach your career goal. I think university should provide guide and orientation for students to finish the first step: Self-recognition and career-positioning. Unfortunately, the only thing I learnt from my college is how to pass term’s final exams.

But nothing is too late to do. I still hold the ambition to change myself and pursue what I want. You too.

How do you think of college education? What's your future career plan or what you want to do in the future? What obstacles you confront with on your way to the goal? Share with us. Maybe you’ll be inspired by others’ advices.

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