Under the background of “fostering character and civic virtue,” higher education must effectively integrate ideological and political education. The concept of curriculum ideology and politics has become increasingly developed and sophisticated, which can be a guiding concept for the teaching and reform practice of college students’ employment guidance courses. Based on educational observation and logical analysis, this paper elaborates on the connotation of the concept of curriculum ideology and politics, analyzes the key points of the reform of college students’ employment guidance courses under this concept, and affirms the value of course reform. On this basis, this paper specifically analyzes the common problems in the reform of the employment guidance course under the new concept and makes a detailed interpretation of the performance problems such as the vague course objectives and the lack of innovation in the course teaching methods. Combined with the relevant problems, this paper proposes strategies such as building the course objective system by linking the curriculum ideology and politics, and driving the teaching innovation of the course from multiple perspectives, aiming to provide more references for the corresponding course reform.