Reference: the success or failure of returnees in job hunting

Reference: the success or failure of returnees in job hunting

When I first went abroad, I was full of ambition, thinking that I would be in high spirits when I returned to China in the future.

Now when I return to China, I find that the road to job hunting is not smooth.

Morning Talent Weekly approached several returnees and listened to their job-hunting stories. Regardless of success or failure, for those who are going through this process or will go through this process, their experiences and lessons are worth learning.

Failure case

Hero: Xiaomei study abroad country: New Zealand study abroad major: MBA.

Xiaomei went to New Zealand for an MBA shortly after graduating from college two years ago. Now that she has returned from her studies, she is worrying about finding a job.

"When I first returned to China, I set myself a' three noes policy' to find a job: non-multinational large enterprises will not go; The annual salary is less than 654.38+ten thousand yuan; Don't go to work outside the city. " But after several interviews, she found that returnees were not so popular. "A few days ago, I received an interview notice for the position of department head. Although the monthly salary of 3,000 yuan is lower than my psychological price, I still went. " I didn't expect two returnees to interview together that day, and everyone felt very appreciative of each other as soon as they met. The result was unexpected-three returnees were unsuccessful, and a local undergraduate got the position, "because he has many years of work experience." Company hr said afterwards.

After a series of bumps and bumps, Xiaomei found that this foreign diploma in her hand didn't play much role. "When I decided to study abroad, I just followed suit. At that time, the domestic market for overseas students was bullish, and the tide of going abroad was higher and higher, and I went out without much thought. But after investing so much money, I always want to have a high return, so I invisibly raised my target salary. In fact, now that I think about it, I should work for a while before going out, so that I will be more targeted when choosing a major; Or find a professional counterpart abroad, first adapt, so that with work experience, there will always be some advantages in entering a foreign company. "

Xiaomei knows that if this continues, the cost will only get higher and higher. The only solution is to lower expectations and start from the basics. "I used to be very conceited, positioning all positions above the supervisor level. Now think about it, even if I get this job, I may not be qualified-because I have no work experience and I don't know how to deal with internal affairs of the enterprise. "

In the end, Xiaomei decided to go to a small enterprise to accumulate some experience of domestic enterprises, and then jump ship to a foreign company. "My strengths are foreign languages and academic qualifications. Now I will make up my work experience first. "

successful case

Protagonist: Miss Wang, studying in Japan, majoring in automation control.

Miss Wang went to Japan to study as an exchange student between Shanghai University and Japan. In the last year of undergraduate study, it happened that the school had this opportunity, so I went to Japan to continue my old major-automation control. After the one-year undergraduate course, considering that her time in Japan will be less and her knowledge and ability will not be greatly improved, Miss Wang chose to continue her master's degree.

During her master's degree, Miss Wang not only diligently improved her professional knowledge, but also began to consciously look for some job opportunities. Miss Wang's choice goal is very clear. "One is related to her major, and the other is that the company should have a branch in Shanghai." Such a job can give full play to one's advantages in cross-cultural communication, and if possible, one may be formally hired to work in China after graduation.

After the goal was determined, Miss Wang began to pay attention to this news all the time through friends and the Internet. Many things happen. When he graduated with a master's degree, there happened to be a company recruiting people in the China Division. Fortunately, Miss Wang succeeded in applying once. In Japan, it is easier for technicians to apply for employment visas after graduation. So, after graduation, Miss Wang worked in Japan for two years. This year, just as the company was preparing to expand its investment in China, the company headquarters sent her to work in Shanghai. Every step of Miss Wang's growth is completely in her plan.

The protagonist of the failure case: Miss Zhao studied in New Zealand, majoring in human resource management.

Miss Zhao went abroad to study after graduating from high school. Now, it's been two or three months since she returned to China, but all the resumes she submitted for job hunting have sunk into the sea, and there is no response at all.

In fact, near graduation, Miss Zhao began to look for a job. But because I am abroad, my parents can only do it for me. During this period, I got some interview opportunities but I couldn't attend. Everything can't be done until she returns from graduation.

In April this year, Miss Zhao returned to China after graduation, but she has already missed the stage of recruiting fresh graduates by foreign-funded enterprises.

Miss Zhao attended several job fairs. As soon as the recruiter came up, she asked her if she had a work permit or work experience. Miss Zhao was speechless-just came back from abroad, how could she have time to take the domestic certificate? Later, Miss Zhao looked for a job through the Internet or friends and relatives. After two or three months, there was still no news.

Miss Zhao said: "It is not the way to continue like this. My current idea is that even if I go to a large foreign company for an internship. " When talking about the future development orientation, Miss Zhao said that she was actually at a loss.

Waiting for the expert diagnosis of the sea

In the eyes of employers, how attractive are returnees? How can returnees avoid becoming returnees? If you want to study abroad, how to plan your study abroad life is more conducive to your future development in China? In response to this series of questions, the reporter interviewed Tao Yi, the recruitment director of Dong Peng (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd., three directors of the German, French and American Silicon Valley of Shanghai International Talent Exchange Association, and Wang Yi of Shanghai Institute of Administration and Human Resources.

Face up to the employer's concept of employing people: now the employer selects people not according to whether you are a returnee or not, but according to the requirements of the post. Any position has corresponding knowledge and ability requirements. Whoever meets these requirements and the employment cost of the enterprise will be hired by the enterprise. Therefore, the labels of returnees and non-returnees are hidden, and only ability and quality are dominant.

Adjust mentality and lower expectations: Jiang Xiaodong, director of the Paris Liaison Office of the Shanghai Association for International Exchange of Talents, believes that the main difficulties encountered in job hunting are young returnees who are studying abroad. Compared with domestic university graduates, there is not much advantage. If their psychological price is too high, considering the cost of employing people, enterprises do not tend to use returnees. Therefore, they must adjust their mentality, let go of their so-called social status and compete with domestic college students on the same starting line.

Wang Yi also believes that we should not pay too much attention to the upfront investment and expect to recover the cost in a short time. We should take the initial stage in China as a continuation of investment.

Departure time

Don't go abroad because you go abroad. If you choose to go abroad, you must have your own development goals and don't study abroad for the sake of studying abroad. When choosing management or liberal arts majors, you must be careful. These majors have high requirements for people's potential and ability. I can't be a manager after finishing these majors. If you have no work experience, studying abroad can't increase the weight of job hunting. Ceramics suggests that you should choose some majors with strong professional skills when studying abroad, otherwise you may come back from studying abroad and can only do translation and other work. Lu, director of the German Liaison Office of Shanghai International Association for the Exchange of Talents, said that the choice of majors must meet the needs of the market. For example, Germany's manufacturing industry and chemical industry are very strong, which is also the key industry to be developed in Shanghai in the future, but many international students are crowded to study management, which is too blind.

study abroad

Establishing your own social network Lu believes that studying abroad should not be a dead end, but you can use the opportunity of work to get in touch with the outside world. Overseas contacts are likely to be the advantage of returning to China in the future. Combining professional work and internship, the experience of working abroad can greatly provide the competitiveness of returning home. Ceramic art emphasizes that you must choose your job and internship, not just to make money, otherwise you can't add points to your work ability. In the process of internship, it is very valuable to know more about the concept, operation mode and behavior rules of foreign companies.

When applying for a job

Know your own advantages. In the process of job hunting, returnees should not blindly emphasize their identity, but speak with their quality and ability.

Chu Haiqiong, director of the liaison office of Shanghai International Talent Exchange Association in Silicon Valley, believes that the biggest advantage of returnees lies in their communication skills. Speaking fluent English is only a superficial understanding of communication skills. More importantly, we can communicate with foreigners normally, so that both sides can understand each other's real thoughts without misunderstanding. This is the ability of cross-cultural communication. International vision is also a major advantage of returnees. In addition, "foreign jumping in line" also shows that returnees have strong self-care ability and adaptability and survival ability in unfamiliar environments. Look at the needs of enterprises and "vote for their own interests"

Returnees should foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, give play to their own advantages and aim at the needs of enterprises. Jiang Xiaodong believes that the enterprises with high success rate of overseas returnees' job hunting are foreign-funded enterprises, enterprises interested in internationalization and enterprises with international business, especially the latter two. They very much hope that people with overseas background can build a bridge to go abroad. In addition, try those positions that require higher foreign languages. Don't distract yourself from your job search. Pottery believes that when applying for a job, we must determine the job-seeking goal according to our own working ability, specialty and level, and our own interests. If it is difficult to determine the future career development plan in a short time, at least make a short-term goal when applying for a job. All work information revolves around this goal.

Don't distract your attention from finding a job. If you apply for this position today, you will feel good tomorrow, which will greatly reduce the success rate of job hunting. Don't be discouraged, persevere, and finally the determination and attitude to apply for a job. In fact, job hunting is a combination of ability and luck to some extent. If you want to get good luck, you must have perseverance and determination not to be afraid of failure.

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