What do the reserve cadres in Yaohan do?

Job-seeker: Many job advertisements now say what occupation it is to find a reserve cadre.

The best answer: Reserve cadres are reserve talents for enterprise management. Through a series of training and exercises, they eventually become middle-level or even senior managers. If enterprises want to develop in the fierce market competition, they must have management backbones and excellent talents. In addition to outsourcing, enterprises are paying more and more attention to cultivating their own management talents and creating leading figures who can lead enterprises to ride the wind and waves. To this end, enterprises will generally go through strict and prudent recruitment procedures, select the most potential talents, conduct strict training, and enrich all the abilities and skills required for reserve cadres to become professional managers.

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Who is the reserve cadre?

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The reporter found at the job fair that many enterprises are recruiting "reserve cadres" and the recruitment conditions are also varied. Some require "bachelor degree or above", while others require "secondary school degree or above". As for social experience, there is no obvious requirement. Fresh graduates have become the main recruitment targets, but most of them claim to be hard-working and student cadres are preferred. When the reporter asked what the reserve cadres do, most enterprises could not clearly explain the specific job content of the post, only stressed that in order to cultivate management talents, reserve cadres have a lot to learn and do, but they all have to go through grassroots training. According to the different nature of the enterprise, it is likely to start from the grass-roots positions such as back office staff, sales staff, ordinary workers and salesmen.

situation

Reserve cadres become salesmen.

"The company recruits several reserve cadres with high salaries. Requirements: Bachelor degree or above, regardless of major, male or female; Familiar with computer operation; Challenging and team spirit; Good image and temperament, able to work hard. Treatment: during the probation period, the basic salary of responsibility is 1500 yuan, plus performance bonus, and first-class office space, perfect training system, smooth promotion channels and perfect career planning are provided ... "

Seeing the recruitment poster of an insurance company, Xiao Huang, who has been having trouble finding a job after graduation, seems to have found a lifeline. The interviewer seems very satisfied with him. When Huang Xiao asked about the specific scope of work of the reserve cadres, the interviewer was unwilling to explain more. He just said that after training and evaluation, a position can be established according to their performance and potential, and then described the great prospect of the position for him. "In the future, the company's senior management will be selected from among you. It will be a reserve cadre at first. After a one-year reserve period (including a three-month training period), he was promoted to supervisor, followed by senior supervisor, manager and manager. The interviewer's passionate description strengthened Xiao Huang's determination to enter this company. As a result, Xiao Huang became the reserve cadre of the company.

Actually, the training period is only one month. The first is a week-long overview of the company, which is actually nothing more than the company's history, mission, prospect planning, organizational structure, rules and regulations and so on. Immediately after class, several old employees took turns to explain all kinds of inspirational books, team spirit, communication skills and successful promotion, and then asked them to write comments, give speeches on stage, hold meetings to discuss and play games.

At first, intense training made Xiao Huang seem to have experienced a "brainwashing". When the company asked Xiao Huang to pay a deposit of 1000 yuan before signing the contract, Xiao Huang paid it with some hesitation. But the following "on-the-job training" made Xiao Huang clearly realize that the so-called "reserve cadres" were insurance salesmen. The company stipulates that a certain amount of insurance policy must be withdrawn every month, otherwise it will be deducted from the basic salary according to the percentage of vacancies, and Xiao Huang has to pay for paper, pens, photocopying materials, and even pay for the insurance policy for customers. Xiao Huang, who has no work experience and customer resources, can't accomplish this task at all. Sometimes you can't get paid, but you have to pay for it yourself.

A few months later, Xiao Huang wanted to get the deposit back and resign, but the company refused to refund the deposit. After consulting the relevant labor department, Xiao Huang learned that the contract he signed with the insurance company was not an employment contract at all, but an agency contract. According to the law, the company can't pay the agency fee. Xiao Huang resigned without complaint. When looking for a new job, he found that the insurance company was recruiting "reserve cadres" with great fanfare. ...

interview

"Reserve cadres should be willing to start at the grassroots level"

-Interview with Pu Hong, business manager of Pacific Antai Life Insurance.

Reporter: What is a reserve cadre? Why should enterprises recruit reserve cadres?

Pu Hong: Reserve cadres are reserve talents for enterprise management. Through a series of training and exercises, they eventually become middle-level or even senior managers. If enterprises want to develop in the fierce market competition, they must have management backbones and excellent talents. In addition to outsourcing, enterprises are paying more and more attention to cultivating their own management talents and creating leading figures who can lead enterprises to ride the wind and waves. To this end, enterprises will generally go through strict and prudent recruitment procedures, select the most potential talents, conduct strict training, and enrich all the abilities and skills required for reserve cadres to become professional managers.

Reporter: What are the requirements for applying for reserve cadre positions?

Pu Hong: Different enterprises have different nature and development goals, so the conditions for recruiting reserve cadres are different. But what they have in common is that they pay special attention to the comprehensive quality and development potential of candidates, whether they have good psychological quality and work attitude, and whether they are willing to start from the grassroots.

Reporter: At the job fair, we found that the recruitment conditions of reserve cadres are not very high, and there are not many requirements in terms of age, education and work experience. However, the requirement of "hard work and unity" is not easy to examine. Many people meet the requirements, giving the impression that there are so many reserve cadres. Therefore, some people suspect that enterprises are likely to recruit reserve cadres, but actually recruit ordinary workers such as salesmen. what do you think?

Pu Hong: I think the reason why some enterprises set a lower threshold is to recruit talents and improve the chances of selecting suitable talents. However, it is not excluded that individual enterprises "sell dog meat by hanging sheep's heads". Some people mistakenly think that the recruitment of "reserve cadres" by insurance companies is actually the recruitment of general insurance salesmen, so everyone is here. In fact, the conditions for insurance companies to recruit "reserve cadres" are not relaxed. In addition to having a college degree or above and no experience in the same industry, you must have at least two to three years of departmental management experience. The annual income of the previous year must be at least 40,000 yuan ... Insurance companies will never recruit fresh graduates as reserve cadres. After joining the job, the training time provided by reserve cadres is three to five times or even longer than that provided by ordinary salesmen. Of course, the benefits will be different. If the performance is not up to standard, you will not be promoted to director within the specified time, and you will also be reduced to ordinary salesman. This is something that some candidates do not understand and cannot accept. In the era of market economy, everything is said by numbers, the market does not believe in tears, and customers do not sympathize with the weak.

Reporter: It is precisely because ordinary reserve cadres should start at the grassroots level that there is a saying in society that reserve cadres are salesmen and handymen. In addition, some people think that there are not so many management positions in enterprises at all, and many reserve cadres are still in their original posts and doing their original jobs a few years later. They think that enterprises treat them as cheap labor. what do you think?

Pu Hong: There are indeed some enterprises with ulterior motives, using "reserve cadres" to attract job seekers, so as to make use of lower labor costs to earn profits. But many enterprises really want to train talents, so that they can realize their own value in the future and gain greater benefits for the enterprises. If insurance companies reduce the requirements for recruiting reserve cadres, it will undoubtedly increase the training cost, which is not conducive to the development of enterprises in the long run.

There is a concept in society that reserve cadres are at least quasi-cadres, naturally comfortable in their work and have a bright future. In fact, not all reserve cadres can become cadres, but they are more likely to become managers than others. Take our insurance industry as an example. Because of its special industry attributes, the setting of management positions is not like other industries, but you can become a team manager if you have the ability and performance to meet the promotion standards. Generally speaking, after hard work, reserve cadres have a better chance of being promoted to junior managers in three to five years and senior managers in seven to eight years.

Reporter: Then how do you think job seekers should treat the position of reserve cadres correctly?

Pu Hong: I used to be a reserve cadre, so I have deep feelings about it. Indeed, if reserve cadres really want to grow into managers, they must have a good attitude and do practical things in a down-to-earth manner. If the boss intends to train you, he won't give you a high position from the beginning. Generally, he will let you start at the grassroots level and gradually promote you through exercise. As far as I know, many people just can't stand the test and are eliminated.

Just as "Heaven will take great responsibility for Sri Lankan people, we must first work hard for their minds, bones and muscles, and starve their bodies", reserve cadres need to have the mentality of starting from the grassroots level, be willing to accept more tempering and overcome more setbacks. Talent is cultivated, talent is honed. The managers that enterprises need are big talents, and they can only be competent after tempering.

Opinions on public affairs

The position of "reserve cadre" can attract more job seekers and enterprises have more choices. The company tried several times and the effect was obvious. After every advertisement, many people come to apply, including some people with higher education.

-CEO of Guangzhou Tenga Hajime Trading Company.

Reserve cadres are a panacea and are suitable for almost all positions. After training, he is a compound talent and is very popular.

-Recruitment supervisor of a machinery manufacturing company in Dongguan.

Not only we, but also many small enterprises, especially those in the marketing industry, call it recruiting reserve cadres when recruiting salesmen.

-HR manager of a private supermarket in Zhongshan.

What's the difference between reserve cadres and ordinary employees? More training, more chores to do, and the treatment is similar to that of ordinary waiters. The preparation period is longer than the probation period. I have been working for a year now, and I don't know when I can become a junior supervisor. Many people who came in with me have resigned, and I have plans to leave.

—— Reserve cadres of a hotel in Shenzhen

According to the experience of our enterprise, this practice (recruiting reserve cadres) is rarely successful! Because people who are defined as "reserve cadres" or "management interns" in recruitment can't maintain a normal and healthy mentality after actual work, old employees of enterprises will also have various views on them, leading to hidden contradictions inside. Usually, "the idea is good, training talents for enterprises, but doing bad things with good intentions"