Workers must see that when a person reaches the age of 35, where is the way out?

I remember the days when I returned to Shanghai from my hometown during the Lunar New Year, Aiqiya was flooded with the news that "Huawei is purging its 34-year-old employee", although it was later proven that the news was false.

True and false, false and true! It is said that the matter of Huawei's layoffs was fermented from Huawei's own voice forum, and then appeared on various websites and media, attracting attention from all parties.

An article including one of the 35-year-old employees leaked out. He is 35 years old, older and younger. He owns two apartments in Shenzhen. His wife is a full-time housewife. He passively asked to resign, and his life is confused.

Further feedback is from Huawei employees that China has begun to focus on clearing out delivery engineering maintenance personnel over the age of 34. R&D has begun to expel employees over the age of 40. Some people have linked this expulsion with the expedition of 2000 R&D soldiers. They believe that Huawei completed the expulsion in disguise by sending old employees overseas to naturally eliminate them.

In fact, as people who eat melons, it is estimated that many people have the same mentality as Aiqiya. They are not worried about Huawei, but thinking about themselves, now that they are old, where is the way out?

1. The age of 35 is a watershed

For most people, the age of 35 is undoubtedly a hurdle. For the civil service examination, young people aged 35 are basically no longer recruited; companies When recruiting people, especially for technology companies and emerging Internet companies, the “midlife crisis” comes earlier.

Aiqiya, many of my friends have already reached the position of director and senior manager. When we chat with young people who have just graduated, we often hear that many young talents have their own goals. "Achieving financial freedom at the age of 35".

However, in terms of probability, a very scary fact is: being unemployed at the age of 35-40 is much more likely than achieving financial freedom.

The Hurun Report released in January 2017 shows that China’s threshold for wealth freedom continues to climb, rising by 50% from last year, with 290 million in first-tier cities and 170 million in second-tier cities.

For most people, financial freedom is a mirage that is far away. Pursuing the other three types of freedom in another direction may be a better way to ensure that there are no worries in the second half of life.

Thirty-five is a limit. Those who have not reached the limit are still young people in their thirties, and those who have crossed the limit are middle-aged people who are in their fourth year.

2. At the age of 35, the change of mentality is more important

I thought that at the age of 35, I have gained experience, had a title, and even become a bit wiser, so I can relax a little Live life, walk in society with ease, and begin to feel the benefits brought by maturity.

But the actual situation is really not like this. The feeling after the age of thirty-five is more like the end of adaptive training, and life is about to give you something real.

When I was in my twenties, I felt like I was facing the world with open arms.

When you are in your thirties, the whole world is leaning towards you, you can hear the crackling of the joints in your body, and you can't hold your breath without letting up at all.

Pressure comes from all directions, but it no longer consumes your physical strength, or even your intelligence. It simply consumes your energy, causing white hair to grow wildly along your temples.

Aiquya is also a person who is about to run thirty-five. It is obvious that the change of mentality has changed from casual to focused, from restless to quiet, from emotional to gentle, without collision, without No more casualness, no more passion, more rationality, more opinions, and a little more tenacity.

3. Three major problems that 35-year-olds must face

In fact, Huawei’s personnel turnover has always been relatively large, and Huawei’s layoffs are no longer news. This is the first time there have been rumors of layoffs based on age, so it has shocked Huawei internally and externally.

On February 24, Huawei’s internal communication website Xinsheng Community published an internal speech by founder Ren Zhengfei. In this speech, Ren Zhengfei also responded to the recent rumors that “Huawei is purging 34-year-old employees.” responded to one matter.

"There are reports on the Internet that some employees are retiring at the age of 34. I wonder who will pay their pensions? Our company does not have pensions. The company buys social security, medical insurance, accident insurance, etc. for current employees. You Retirement must comply with national policies. Even if you leave your job, you must pay the pension yourself. Otherwise, if the country does not recognize it, you will have no pension in the future.”

As for whether Huawei is forcing old employees to do so. Ren Zhengfei did not respond directly to his resignation, but he said, "Huawei has no money. If everyone doesn't work hard, it will collapse. It is impossible to pay anything for those who don't work hard. He is young and strong in his 30s. If he doesn't work hard, he just wants to lie in bed. Counting money, is it possible?"

Finally, Ren Zhengfei also said, "I encourage you to strive, and I will practice it myself."

1. The issue of balance between family and responsibility

Most people, at this age, must consider family issues. If you have already started a family, you must be clearly aware of: How should your career develop to ensure that you can support the burden of the entire family?

This includes not only your spouse, but also your children. and parents (especially when both parties are only children, you have to bear the support of the four elderly people of both parties).

At this stage, your pressure has increased exponentially, but if your growth in the workplace cannot be doubled, or is even regressing in some form, then your future career development will You will face more pressure. And this kind of pressure, more often than not, will leave you with no energy left to seek better development.

2. The problem of matching between ability and age

Why do many companies clearly stipulate similar work experience requirements such as 5 years of experience, 10 years of experience, etc. when recruiting talents? ?

Because working hours implies a matching level of ability.

For the same job, the abilities accumulated by 5 years of experience and 10 years of experience are different, and the responsibilities they can bear are also different. The longer your working experience, the stronger your ability is. There is a positive multiplication relationship between the two. But if you violate this relationship, you will not be recognized by the employer and will lose better career development opportunities.

When Aiqiya recruits, one of the more difficult situations is the mismatch between ability and age. Many people who have worked for 3 or 5 years, or even those who have worked for one year, do not have much difference in ability from those who have worked for one year. Therefore, when they want to make breakthroughs in their careers, they will encounter a lot of resistance.

There are two reasons for this situation:

First, frequent job-hopping, no accumulation in one direction, and no skills;

Second, although It is a long-term accumulation in one direction, but only the first year is growth, and the remaining years are spent doing repetitive work and standing still.

Therefore, for those friends who are 35 years old, from now on, you must carefully examine a question: How many years have I been working since graduation? Are the abilities I possess consistent with my current job? Does my age match? If not, then you must establish a sense of crisis early and run forward to bridge the gap with those who are prophets and foreknowledge, and ensure that you will not be squeezed out by others during the competition.

3. Issues about the construction and improvement of knowledge structure

Aiquya once interviewed a candidate for a regional sales manager. He had been in sales for five or six years and had accumulated considerable experience. practical operational experience.

During the interview process, he was able to answer all the specific operational-level questions fluently, but when it came to system-level and strategic-level questions, his mind went blank.

I believe that people who have worked in the workplace for five or six years have this feeling: they feel that they can master the specific operational level, whether it is processes, techniques and methods; When looking at problems from a higher level, they often don’t know how to start.

In the workplace, people at different job levels do different things, and their vision and thinking patterns are also different.

A most basic salesperson thinks about how to maintain the terminal. This is something at the tactical level and also his responsibility; but if a marketing director has a role like a salesperson, he still thinks about it every day like a salesperson. If he doesn't know how to deal with the terminal boss, it would be his dereliction of duty.

The operation of every enterprise will be composed of strategy and tactics. Big strategies will be subdivided into small strategies, and small strategies will be subdivided into execution tactics one by one, which will be implemented by grassroots personnel. People at different levels are responsible for different levels of work and perform their own duties. This is also the meaning of teamwork.

Similarly, people at different levels also have different knowledge structures. The higher the level, the higher your vision and thinking of looking at problems, and the level of your overall knowledge structure must also develop and break through.

Otherwise, your abilities will always remain at the specific grassroots level of operations, there will be no big development, and there will be no promotion in your position.

In addition, in terms of communication, the higher your position, the closer you are to your boss, and the more opportunities you have to contact the company's top leaders.

If your way of looking at problems cannot be highly consistent with your bosses, then your abilities will not be recognized. In this case, your chances of promotion are slim and your career will stop there.

4. How to seek Rupo after the age of 35?

Career development after the age of 35 should no longer remain stagnant. If you want to achieve greater development in your career after the age of 35, you must make breakthroughs in both ideological concepts and practical actions.

1. Complete the construction of its own professional brand.

How to build your own personal brand. After we reach the age of 35, it is definitely not possible to change jobs frequently. The biggest disadvantage is that our professional knowledge growth will always stay at a relatively low level, and this will affect your job promotion and salary. increase.

What we should do and what we are suitable to do should have a clear and definite position at this time, and use the few remaining time to accumulate.

Kenichi Ohmae, the "Father of Japanese Strategy", also put forward this point of view in his monograph "Professionalism": "Why do you win? What will affect the general trend of the world in the future is competition between individuals. Can you dominate the world stage and create core competitiveness that others cannot surpass? Your only reliance is professionalism. ”

Are we first-class business people or ordinary office workers? Here is the difference!

Giving ourselves a professional positioning and establishing our own brand image will add more valuable chips to our future career development. Aiquya once met people who changed jobs 10 times in 5 years and had contact with more than 20 industries. If we were like this, there would be no professionalism at all.

Of course, in order to support our "professional" brand image, we also need to make efforts in the following two aspects:

The first aspect is what we mentioned earlier To solve the problem of knowledge structure, you should break away from the specific operational level issues, look at the problem higher and further, and become a person with "foresight" rather than "short-sightedness". You have to look up to the best people in this industry and target them as examples for your own cultivation and growth, step by step to bridge the gap with excellence. At this time, on-the-job learning, further education, etc. need to be put on the agenda, and you must learn to enrich your mind with new knowledge.

The second aspect is to establish one's influence in the industry. Excellent talents in every industry have their own circles where they gather. Why do some people pay tens of thousands for a lecture? Why can some people use their own power to promote the development of an industry? The reason is that their influence is too great. If we want to become excellent professionals, we must also be like those who are the best, establish influence in this industry, and use our thoughts to influence others.

2. Seek the help of headhunting consultants

Generally speaking, headhunting consultants favor working people around 35 years old, especially successful people who have made certain achievements in the workplace. They not only have They have rich information on mid- to high-end positions and have good communication channels with enterprises. They understand what kind of talents the enterprise needs most so that they can find the best match. The most important thing is that they have rich skills in identifying people and are able to be professionals. Being targeted by a headhunter means that he will have the opportunity to move to a higher level.

Generally, headhunting consultants will make a detailed assessment of the talents they want to recruit, including professional abilities, professional values, personality characteristics, behavioral styles, career compatibility, and career development planning and design, etc.

Remember that this is a neutral third-party evaluation, which is a fair evaluation of you. When a person is confused about his career, it is crucial to seek evaluation from professionals (and your information will be kept confidential) ), not only can help you clearly position yourself, point out your shortcomings and areas that should be filled, but also provide pros and cons analysis and suggestions on what to jump and what not to jump, allowing you to avoid many detours.

If you pay attention to high-paid people in the workplace and do a little analysis, you will find a pattern. Most of their careers are step-by-step jumps. Generally, with each jump, their workplace value will increase. Level 20-30, this is the main reason why current mid- to high-end professionals are willing to deal with headhunting consultants.

When we have career confusion, remember that consultation from professionals can get twice the result with half the effort.

3. Cultivate the determination to focus on the professional field

The main reason why success is very simple, but for the vast majority of people, they cannot enjoy the joy and pride that success brings. It’s just that many people have no determination and do not have a workplace behavior of “locking the target, focusing on repeating”. That is to say, he has not "refined" the expertise and abilities he has worked for many years.

If people in the 35-year-old age group have to make adjustments, try to follow the principle of "changing jobs without changing careers" or "changing careers without changing jobs", regardless of whether they choose other positions in the same industry or work in other industries. Those who are engaged in their original positions in other industries can learn from the experience they have accumulated before, shorten the correction time, and get themselves back on the track of career development as soon as possible.

Therefore, 35-year-old professionals must cultivate "professional concentration". If they still change jobs frequently, because their behavior is not solid enough and they are eager for success, they will change jobs and leave when they are not able to get a high salary. It will only make your career path more bumpy. And when a crisis occurs, we are unable to face it calmly and understand ourselves correctly, so we take unnecessary detours.

If you work hard in a field unremittingly, you will always get high rewards.

Just like some well-known companies at home and abroad, they always only produce products they are familiar with, strive for excellence, and eventually become the industry leader.

Around the age of 35, you should choose to stabilize in a professional field or a certain company. Both parties have a good understanding. As your abilities improve, income will rise and career space will naturally develop.

4. In-depth analysis of your own situation and repositioning

In the workplace, many 35-year-old professionals do not have a clear positioning when choosing a career. Most of them follow the trend or are tempted by high salaries. If you consider transformation under such circumstances, you will act blindly due to lack of comprehensive consideration. During the transition, many people have made serious preparations, such as skills and knowledge reserves. However, unfortunately, due to their own or other reasons, the preparations they made cannot really serve the workplace transition. Among them, the biggest The reason is that they don’t have a thorough understanding of the profession they are about to switch to. Lack of in-depth workplace and self-analysis can easily lead to confusion, low sense of value, lack of competitiveness, frequent job-hopping and other bad situations.

Many people in the workplace believe that by the age of 35, with certain qualifications, they have the capital to change jobs; their marriage and family have been stable and not so tiring; their economic conditions are relatively better, and their jobs have become easier. You can afford the ups and downs if job-hopping doesn't go smoothly; at this time, you need to grasp your positioning more accurately.

Unclear career goals and positioning are the biggest risks. Moreover, there is the possibility of repositioning and planning in this age group. Instead of choosing blindly, it is better to calm down and make your career positioning clearer, so as to guide you to "choose a career" according to your own career plan. In the process of work, if you are down-to-earth, serious and responsible, and can exert your professional abilities in your position, and do it with ease, your leaders will naturally be impressed.

5. Study and recharge in a targeted manner

Although in the mature period of the workplace, the experience and ability of professionals around the age of 35 have reached a corresponding level, and they can already handle the work skillfully and freely. various problems.

But for those around 35 years old who are facing the crisis of job-hopping, they still need to continuously strengthen their learning. If the "old people" in the workplace do not seize the time to keep up with the times, they will push themselves into the blind trend of falling behind.

The more crisis and pressure you feel, the more you should take the initiative to learn. You must constantly update your knowledge structure to keep your knowledge and professional skills "fresh"; at the same time, you should actively communicate with "newcomers" in the workplace so that you can integrate well into the spiritual team of young people, and at the same time, you can also see from the newcomers. own flaws.

35-year-old working professionals must be brave enough to learn and be good at learning.

Mainly proceed from two aspects:

The first is to combine the knowledge and experience before the transformation with the continued core resources within a certain degree of dependence, to lay a solid foundation and draw parallels;

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The second is to learn and discuss in practice and build learning resources. "Recharge" more at work and learn a technology or craft that can be used independently, so that you don't have to go to the talent market with young talents to squeeze in.

In addition, learn to decompose stress and treat work and life with a calm and calm attitude, which will make it easier to gain happiness and opportunities for promotion. As long as you adjust your mentality, continue to learn and make progress, you can safely and smoothly overcome the dangerous hurdle of job-hopping and job hunting, and maintain a lasting career in the workplace.

5. Finally, I will end this article with a quotation from Steve Jobs.

"You can't do too many things in this life, so do everything wonderfully. Your time is limited, so don't live for others. Don't be limited by dogma, don't live In other people's opinions, don't let other people's opinions influence your inner voice. The most important thing is to be brave enough to follow your own heart and intuition. Only your own heart and intuition know your own true thoughts. Everything else is. Secondary. "

When we feel that our income is not as good as others, we should not compare ourselves with others, because it is far impossible for us to know what others have paid for their income. In the same way, when our life is not as good as others' , and there is no need to be particularly envious, because the quality of our lives is created by our own efforts. If you feel that your life is not good enough, it means that your efforts are not enough.

In fact, we just need to persist. It is easy to persist for 21 days, but the difficult thing is to persist all the time! Come on, 35-year-old us.