This paper takes the English major at Zhengzhou Business University (ZBU) as a case, empirically examining the impact of digital transformation of education on students’ employment based on data, questionnaire surveys, and in-depth interviews with the 2023 and 2024 graduating students. The study indicates that while digital transformation has improved the overall employment rate, the contracted employment rate has declined, and the proportion of flexible employment has increased. Digital courses have effectively enhanced students’ ability to apply technological tools, yet deficiencies remain in deeper skills such as complex scenario handling and data analysis. Furthermore, a gap exists between curriculum content and workplace demands. This paper proposes advancing curriculum practicalization, deepening school-enterprise collaboration, strengthening faculty empowerment, and establishing a tiered cultivation mechanism to steer the digital teaching of English majors towards a paradigm of “capability integration.”