Experiences of "job transfer" and "unemployment"

I have just graduated and am facing employment. Because the major is too partial and there are too few corresponding jobs, I can only consider positions in other industries. With all the qualifications and scholarship certificates I had taken at university, I found a job that I was qualified for.

With 2 years of work accumulation, I slowly discovered my passion and development direction. As for how to judge your own direction? It means whether you have high respect for that job and whether you particularly hope to be like them. Of course, this is not because we think they are more capable. After all, there are always many leaders and colleagues in the company who leverage their abilities, which makes us give thumbs up and admire them. This reverence is not the same as admiration for talents, but you also long to do such a job, feel that it is a great career, and you are happy when doing it. Yes, the point is to be happy.

Last year, I spent half a year preparing. I checked on Zhihu and various recruitment websites to understand the skills and requirements required for this position; I consulted friends around me who were engaged in related positions to understand the success rate of my job transfer and the work content of this position. After collecting the information, I started studying relevant courses on Chinese university MOOCs, and later tried to submit my resume.

Since I have no relevant work experience, my resume is in ruins, but my inner passion is still there. In August last year, I resigned decisively and turned from passive to active. I didn’t want to choose to wait. After I resigned, I focused more on studying and submitting my resume. Fortunately, just one week after I resigned, I successfully received the offer.

The first week I went to the new company, I felt like I was dreaming. Really, I kept telling my friends that I seemed to be dreaming, but I didn’t expect that the dream would come true. It makes me feel that everything is possible. I am especially grateful to that company and the colleagues around me.

Changing jobs is a possibility, especially for those of us who have just graduated. We still have the ability to learn and the curiosity about the world. Youth is our capital, and this society is always willing to give young people more opportunities because we still have the energy. If you try more in the past few years, you will be able to discover your potential better. At the same time, sometimes there is a gap between imagination and reality. Only through personal experience can we know whether it is true passion. It’s good to have ideas, but you still need to take action to verify them.

At the "milestone" point of three years after graduation, I decided to leave my job. I am very happy that I found my passion in my career last year and successfully established myself in this position. But when it came to work and life, I lost my balance. Since I was new to an industry, I invested a lot of time and energy, and the focus of my life suddenly became work, even though I have never admitted that I am a "strong career woman."

When friends ask me out, they often get rejected; I used to like to use Keep for exercise, but I was surprised to find that in November last year, I had not opened it, and the exercise record on it was 0. In other months, the duration of exercise is also minimal; I used to practice copybooks and mind maps, but now I have almost forgotten that...

This does not seem to be what I want. Although it was still a job that made me happy, my life seemed to have become blank. I once said to myself, "I hope you can separate work and life, so that your work will give you a sense of accomplishment and your life will be filled with happiness and joy." Life is a little far away from me.

I decided to change and change my environment. Adjust your status and focus of life. I will still take my work seriously, but this time, I will balance my life. I need to think about long-term development, and a better living situation is for a better job. Although it is good to be young and work hard, work is not everything to me. I still hope to run every day, spend more time with family and friends, and have my own space.

I originally planned to give myself a month to study and then get a job. But employment came faster than expected. I was only "out of work" for two weeks before going to work because I received an offer and I was willing to try it.

How did I spend the two weeks of being unemployed? I originally thought about going on a trip, but then I thought it would be less stressful during the epidemic, and traveling doesn’t necessarily have to be a way to relax. I participated in some activities, such as the OH Card Salon, and enjoyed playing games with everyone; I watched a lot of videos and experienced different life experiences and feelings through the videos; I read my diary and found myself again; I went to the library and studied quietly; I cut my hair short and started getting up early to run...

I am very happy that I still have the ability to choose, and I am also happy that I have the courage to choose.

The mentality is different at each stage. Stop and think about it, is the current state what you want? If so, that would be perfect. If not, how do you make a change? May you have the courage to make changes and may you be prepared for your changes. The beginning of change is always difficult because it will challenge our comfort zone, but after the change, our comfort zone will expand. I don't advocate frequent changes. Take changing jobs as an example. In fact, every new job requires adapting to new content and office environment. However, life is a process of constant exploration. If we can choose what is more suitable for us and pursue the state we want, then make efforts and changes.

And I also believe that the previous attempts and experiences will make the future path clearer and clearer. The more we live, the more understanding we will have, and the more we live, the more exciting we will be.