How should college students face employment?

Career design and interview skills for college students

Choosing a career is a major event in life, because career determines a person's future. The blacksmith hammers the anvil, and the anvil hammers the blacksmith; the shells of sea clams are transformed in the deep brown and black ocean, and the human soul is also dyed by the process of life, but the impact is subtle and complex and difficult for people to detect. Therefore, choosing a career means choosing your future self.

——Russell

1. Misconceptions about career choice

1. Finding a job is equal to finding a career

Finding a job is not a one-time choice. Some data show that less than 5% of the total number of people will not change careers throughout their lives. Therefore, there is no need to be too demanding or picky. For your first job, the key is to find a standardized company.

2. Opportunities and social connections are the most important factors in finding a job

An open society is not about nepotism but meritocracy. Only state-owned enterprises with rigid mechanisms will value social connections.

3. Test scores are the best indicator of intelligence.

Scores at most reflect IQ, but cannot solve the problem of ability. Emotional intelligence is more important.

4. Professional counterpart

An undergraduate degree is only an education in learning methods. As a modern college student, you should broaden your horizons, use the basic knowledge you have mastered, and continue to learn professional knowledge after working.

5． Government agencies are the best choice

Government agencies are currently facing downsizing, and I am afraid there will not be a large demand for personnel in the future. In addition, you need to know yourself and determine whether your personality is suitable for working in a government agency.

6. Big cities have many employment opportunities and good remuneration

Big cities have a high level of development and are home to elites. Compared with remote cities, the latter have more development prospects and more opportunities to succeed there.

7. Large state-owned enterprises are reliable

Large state-owned enterprises are facing various difficulties during restructuring. To work there, you must be fully mentally prepared.

8. Finding a job means the end of education

Usually, formal companies will have a human resources department, which will be responsible for employees’ career design (Career designing) and successor training plan (Manage development).

2. Talents in the 21st century

— Comprehensive, balanced, expertise, and learning talents

Balance includes the following types:

IQ and EQ, passion and reason, expression and silence, intuition and reflection, divergence and concentration, image and personality

3. Job search procedures

1. Measure yourself

There are three types of self: the ideal self; the self in the mirror (in the eyes of others); and the self in reality. To measure yourself correctly is to find the integration point of the three selves.

2. Look for opportunities

Cast your net broadly, don’t limit yourself to your major.

3. Application of experience

4. Put it into action

4. Analysis of the interview process

The interview is divided into the following four stages:

1. Warm-up

At this stage, the examiner will ask some questions that are not related to the interview. The purpose is to stabilize the interviewer's mood and avoid tension in the atmosphere. At this time, don't be too rash, pay attention to your identity as an interviewer, keep your eyes on the opponent's triangle, sit three-quarters of the way on the chair, and don't lean back. It is best to bring a folder with you during the interview and put your resume and company profile in it. This will not only prevent your hands from being confused, but also prevent mistakes when answering.

2. Clarify the applicant's background information and relevant details

The examiner will mainly ask about the information on the resume. Pay attention to answering quickly and not making mistakes. You can make some additions to the exciting parts of the information.

3. Determine whether the applicant's personality traits are suitable for the position.

If the examiner wants the interviewer to introduce several courses he has studied, usually two or three will be enough, preferably no more than five, and the professional focus should be highlighted. . In addition, some small modifications need to be made for interviews with different companies.

4. Whether the salary level is reasonable (usually only appears in the final interview)

Don’t worry about the conditions offered. It is best to get a feel for the market first and understand what the average salary of the position you are applying for is. If the other party The asking price is far from the psychological price. You can pretend to be surprised and think that this is just a part of the package salary. If the other party confirms that it is a package salary, you can ask about the company's benefits and other non-wage benefits before making a decision.

5. Factors leading to interview failure

1. Late

2. A careless attitude

3. Know nothing about the institution you are applying for

4. Pessimistic, negative, passive

5. Speaking harshly and nagging endlessly

6. Arrogance

7. Rude and disrespectful

8. Be informal

6. How to deal with difficult interview questions

1. Why did you choose this major?

Answerable: It will be helpful for work and future development.

2. How do the courses you have studied relate to the job you are applying for?

These courses are based on theory and will bring great convenience to future work. (Please note the full name of the course)

3. How do you think you learned? Did you try your best?

To avoid subjects with unsatisfactory results, you can report the ranking of individual subject scores in the class. For undistinguished results, it can be interpreted as insufficient attention.

4. Have you worked before? What did you learn from your previous work?

Pay attention to ambitious goals. You can say: from work, you have learned to communicate with others, learned about the external world, etc.

5． What factors do you pay most attention to when choosing a job?

Demonstrate a strong focus on personal development and potential value.

6. Where do you think you will be in five years?

Don’t be too sure or too directionless. It can be said that I have a general direction. The specific plan for the next one or two years is to lay a solid foundation, become familiar with the business, and make progress with the company.

7. Why should you join this organization?

You can answer this: Your company's development scale and working environment are very attractive to me. I am also very interested in the company's main business, and the company pays great attention to the needs of its employees.

8. Why should we hire you?

"I am energetic, and your company needs young people. I can push the company to break through tradition and continue to advance and develop."

9. What are your hobbies and interests outside of work?

Don’t talk too broadly, be realistic.

10. Please honestly introduce your strengths and weaknesses?

When talking about shortcomings, say something innocuous that can be said to be both a shortcoming and an advantage. For example: lack of patience, informality, stubbornness, insistence on one's own opinions, etc.

11. How do you get along with people?

It is more appropriate to say this: In life, I get along relatively well with people who have the same hobbies; at work, I take my career as my starting point and can get along with all kinds of people.

12. What salary do you expect to receive?

Understand the market conditions beforehand and don’t go too far.

13. Do you have any more questions?

Try to take up the examiner's time to reduce the possibility of answering difficult questions later.

14. Did you apply for other jobs at the same time?

Don’t deny it unrealistically, and don’t answer too complicatedly. Generally, it can be said that you have applied for two or three other jobs at the same time.

15. Other questions that make you nervous - such as commenting on recent events in local social news, international current affairs, bad phenomena in schools, etc.

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