What preparations do you need to make before applying for a job?

I remember entering the third year of high school and hearing such an interesting metaphor: "people who find jobs live like pigs;" People looking for jobs live like dogs; Graduate students live a worse life than pigs and dogs. "I was born in 1980, and I entered the campus in the last year of the old century, becoming a class of 99 students-the first batch of students in the university enrollment expansion. After four years of study, in 2003, I bid farewell to the campus with more than 654.38 million students and started my social journey. When I entered the school, my laughter was full of pride and heroism, and the scene at that time was vivid. But four years later, we are about to enter the society, but we are a little more sad and bitter than our brothers and sisters-there are 20% more students than in previous years, and the economy is more depressed than in previous years, which makes us feel at a loss in another life choice. Job fairs, recruitment specials, we rush around like a fair; Smile again and again, wait again and again, worry again and again, smile again and again into a wry smile and depression-this is the best portrayal of our senior three life.

I am honored and happy. After several interviews, I finally lived a "pig life" in June last year. Although the job I found is not the best, it is also the envy of many students in our school. I have a lot of feelings about college job hunting, so I spent three months sorting out my thoughts and writing my job hunting experience in pen and ink, hoping to refresh old poems with friends who live a "pig-like life" and share my experiences with classmates who live a "dog-like life".

Go through your parents first.

After entering the senior year, I decided to look for a job-this decision was made after repeated thinking in the summer vacation. At that time, when I said I wanted to find a job, my parents didn't agree, because they thought it was best to continue to take the postgraduate entrance examination and study. Of course, the idea of postgraduate entrance examination came into being when I was in college. I started preparing for postgraduate entrance examination in my junior year, and it cost nearly 3,000 yuan in materials and tuition. My parents have repeatedly advised me that I can take the postgraduate entrance examination while looking for a job. But I resolutely refused my parents' persuasion, and I told them with certainty that I was looking for a job. I simply explained to my parents why I was determined to find a job:

1, my major is marketing, so it is easier to find a job in this year's environment;

2. If I take the postgraduate entrance examination, my chances of winning are only 50% (I believe that except those who walk to graduate school, they are all 50% sure). Instead of dispersing management personnel, I might as well do something wholeheartedly.

3. I don't like the domestic postgraduate education system;

My ultimate goal is to go abroad. It is definitely not possible to rely on parents, and there is little hope of getting scholarships by grades. So I want to earn my own money, but if I go to graduate school, three years of study will cost me 50 thousand tuition,1.20 thousand opportunity cost. In addition, many foreign universities do not recognize the master's degree of domestic universities (I have a brother at the University of Washington, USA, who graduated from abroad and will have to study for a master's degree again after going there, because people do not recognize his master's degree. ) So I have been losing 1.7 million for three years.

In addition, domestic universities and enterprises have the habit of following the trend, which major is popular to open that and want that. For example, when I was admitted to college four years ago, computer was a hot major. At that time, all universities offered this major. Today, four years later, there is a relative surplus of talents. The marketing major in Grade 99 recruited one class, but after Grade 2000, there were all three classes, so if I wait for another three years, my professional advantage will be gone. Probably like computer science.

6. This year is the first batch of students who have expanded their enrollment and entered the society. I am facing a competitor of 65,438+0,000. If I take the postgraduate entrance examination, I will face 3 million competitors in three years.

After listening to my analysis, my parents finally put their hearts at ease, and I will handle what they promised me. But I asked them to support me in the rear. I choose my own place and job type.

Parents are very important. Many students have not made such a decision. As a result, it is very troublesome to find a job. Many students looked at the company and were ready to sign the contract, but because one of the parents disagreed, it was very troublesome. So I feel that after communicating with my parents in the summer vacation, I have saved a lot of trouble and can let go of what I want to do.

I started preparing after I returned to school in September.

Get your resume ready.

The first special job fair in our school was held in June 5438+065438+ 10, and a private network equipment company came. The day before the job fair, the students in our dormitory searched everywhere for templates and scrambled to use computers to make resumes-they were as busy as a bee. But I'm not nervous at all. Go home during the Golden Week and prepare your resume at home. I carefully designed the form and format of my resume, and asked my parents and neighbors to give me advice, read my resume and give me advice, because I think a resume that can impress my parents will definitely impress my interviewer.

On the day of looking for a job, I confidently submitted a resume to my favorite department. That night, I received my first interview call. From that day on, as long as I submit my resume, the company will give me an interview ... My resume is successful. Do you want to hear my experience?

First of all, you should understand the function of resume.

Many people think that resume is a personal "great achievement" to fill in. Actually, it's not. The real function of a resume is a stepping stone. Looking for a job, what is it? One thing I started spelling was my resume! Because the first thing you have to do when you go to any recruitment unit is to submit your resume, which is the first window for those units to know you. Therefore, your resume becomes the first channel for you to communicate with the company. The most important thing is to arouse the employer's interest in you moderately.

Secondly, you need to know what to write on your resume.

Some students tried to list his achievements and advantages in his resume, with 5 or 6 pages, including his awards, best achievements, favorite quotations and so on. Actually, I don't think it's useful for you to list it.

Because the resume readers of the general unit will not read your resume carefully. I remember one time I had a senior recruit from school and received more than 500 resumes. After returning to the hotel at 6: 00 pm, I want to review my resume one by one, and then inform the interviewer before 10 in the evening. Because of the shortage of manpower, he asked me to help him screen his resume (I didn't apply for this company for professional reasons, and my brother knows me better). That time, I really realized what is called sate. There are more than 500 resumes, and it takes three people four hours to read them. Counting a person will finish reading a book in two minutes, and there is no time or leisure to see your "great achievements".

Finally, you should do your resume seriously and responsibly.

Many students are not serious and responsible for their resumes. They just apply some ready-made resume templates and make their resumes rigid and have no creativity at all. Some students' resumes are simply a hodgepodge, with everything and no professionalism at all. The most amazing thing is that some students fabricate facts and experiences in order to increase their "great achievements". Some students even tamper with their grades? ! Scanning the report card and then processing it by computer ... is actually futile. Because the people who come to recruit are also college graduates and have been to college, it is useless to lie to them.

I remember that time when I was asked by my senior brother to read my resume, we found that many students claimed to be "President of the Student Union" and ministers. At that time, I selected more than a dozen such resumes, and then my brother asked me to help him read them. Because there is only one real student union president. So which one I chose, all the other resumes went into the trash can. ...

When every enterprise comes to the school for recruitment, many recruiters are graduates of the school. Sometimes I will find some students from our school as the most "jurors" to test some resumes-I am one of them. Therefore, a true resume is the most important thing, because a person without integrity is equal to nothing. In addition, I have to be responsible for my resume. "A person who is not responsible for his resume can be said to be not responsible for his life and future, nor for the enterprise"-this is what my teacher said to me. I think this represents the criteria for many employers and recruiters to screen resumes.

The above is my job-hunting experience, so I'll talk about how I made my resume, hoping to help some students.

When doing my resume, I know exactly what kind of resume I want to do-however, the recruiter is interested at first sight and wants to interview me, beautiful, generous, concise, creative and cost-saving-this is the basic idea of my resume. Later, I made a 16 page resume according to this idea. Let's see what's in my resume first:

One cover letter, one resume, one copy of CET-4 certificate, one copy of computer certificate, five pages of work certificate, five letters of recommendation (pages) and one single subject score (two pages).

I made six copies of these things 16 pages of resumes. These six resumes brought me six interview opportunities. It's simple. The recruiter is very interested in my resume. This is due to my letter of recommendation.

The word recommendation letter may be known to students who have applied for and are preparing to apply for studying abroad. It is those schools that want to get to know you as a student through your teachers and friends. Then I introduced this thing in my resume, which was my own creation. I have five letters of recommendation: one from the dean of our department, one from the deputy director of our department, one from my tutor, one from my friend and one from my mother. With these five letters of recommendation, I laid the foundation for passing my resume, especially my mother's one. Later, during the interview, I found that the interviewer seemed particularly interested in my mother's letter of recommendation, so I heard the same thing six times: "We read your resume, and the director, deputy director and tutor of your department all wrote letters of recommendation to you, proving that you are an excellent student. But I found that you still have a letter of recommendation from your mother. I am very interested. Can you tell me why you put your mother's recommendation letter? " Say you don't believe it, that's what my boss said when he interviewed in six units. And my answer is almost always the same: "Hehe, thank you for your interest in my mother's recommendation letter. Actually, that's what I thought when I put this letter of recommendation. Isn't there an old saying in China called "knowing a child like a mother"? I think all units want to know more about the employees they want to recruit, so try to let you know more about me, which is my reason. "

Attractive content can bring you an interview, but what can attract the CEO who screened the resume to stay on your resume for a while? Where is the resume made?

In last year's job search, I felt that many students spent a lot of time on the production of resumes. They print the cover with color printing, then spend money to buy the best "resume cover" and post the most beautiful photos ... The average production cost of each resume is at least 10 yuan. I once saw an architecture student do four resumes, each of which was 300 yuan!

My resume is very simple. I made six copies and spent a total of 15 yuan. I can say that such an "economic" resume is the most unique and compelling.

In my resume, my resume is printed in black and white by computer, and no photos are attached. The photos are directly scanned and typeset in WORD, so I also print photos when I print my resume, which leaves me money to develop the photos. My resume uses a form, and the whole form is made by myself, which is very unique. I used the method of gray-white application to color some places that need to be highlighted so that readers can see it at a glance and understand it.

The cover of the resume, many people are white+color picture style resume cover, and then install a transparent resume cover folder outside. I didn't follow others with that transparent cover clip. I bought blue 16K professional art corrugated paper binding in an art shop.

These special productions make my resume very special and compelling. I have done such an experiment. After I submitted my resume to a company, I observed that all the resumes they received were bound in a transparent "resume cover folder", while mine was a pure blue paper resume cover, which was obvious from the side. These also became the talk of my later interview:

"Your resume is very special. I heard that many students use templates to make resumes. Really? "

"No, the content and appearance of my resume are all designed by myself. I don't apply for the template because I need the company to know my proficiency in these office systems. I believe you should have seen it by now. And I can say responsibly that many people have cloned my resume as a template ... My cover is not in the same style as others, because I think my resume is something that reflects one's creativity and artistic sense, so I do it differently from others. Besides, I did it to save money. A resume like mine costs less than 3 yuan ... "

laugh ...

Author: (India Tiger)