Sharing experiences in the workplace

Experience sharing in the workplace, a person with rich experience in the workplace will always appear calm and generous when dealing with interpersonal problems encountered at work. When you are most desperate, you still have a choice. You can choose to be impetuous, or you can try to change the status quo. Here is an article about workplace experience sharing.

Workplace experience sharing 1 Let me talk about my situation first. My undergraduate major is Japanese, and my master's major is enterprise management. I have been engaged in management consulting in consulting companies since my master's degree. If you know something about this job, you will know that consulting is a hard job. I chose the consulting industry because I took a fancy to the development potential of this job, the relatively good income (not exempt from customs) and the opportunity to increase my knowledge. Although the daily work is not as high as expected, it basically meets my expectations, so I have been working until now and intend to continue.

I believe many students and friends will be confused when choosing a job, especially our language students. In my junior year and senior year, there is always a saying that "language is just a tool". The implication is that language alone is not enough, so many people choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination and take one more professional course before re-employment. As will be mentioned later, it does not mean that language learners can only do translation work, and they should fully consider their hobbies and what they are good at when applying for a job. So as a Japanese major, I want to talk to you about how to choose a career through my own experience.

For the choice of career, I think there are three things that need to be done, which can be summarized as: 1. Clear goals; 2. Choose the right method; 3. Keep working hard. I will explain them one by one below.

First of all, clear objectives.

The goal here is the direction of career planning, that is, what industry to engage in in in the future, that is, "industry" and "job category". It should be noted that these are two dimensions, such as manufacturing, retail, finance, logistics and so on. Job categories, such as human resources, finance, legal affairs, etc. Many people can't distinguish these two dimensions and ask him what industry he is. He said, "I work in the human resources department." Human resources also include manufacturing human resources, financial human resources and so on. Although the job titles are the same, they also have different job contents and characteristics in different industries. Why should we emphasize this point? Because when applying for a job, you have to choose the industry and job category. They all study Japanese, and they may all be translators or administrative assistants after graduation, but in manufacturing, commerce, finance, professional services (law firms, Big Four and so on), the nature of work, working environment, income and treatment, and growth opportunities may vary a lot, so it is very important for everyone to find out where they want to work.

Error in target setting. What I want to share here is that we language learners should not set limits on our career choices. I walked into such a misunderstanding at that time. When I graduated from college, I felt that I was studying languages. Naturally, I want to go to a Japanese company and try to use Japanese as much as possible, so I set the scope of looking for a job in a Japanese company. In fact, there are many places where Japanese can be used. For example, I later entered the Big Four, and the Big Four also recruited Japanese graduates. I have several sisters and brothers who also graduated from Japanese and went directly to do auditing and taxation. I have been to the financial industry around me and have no training background. Go in and study again. In fact, many companies may not require you to have a strong professional background when recruiting graduates. On the contrary, they pay more attention to basic quality, learning ability and so on. So if you have no special preference when applying for a job (for example, you want to do translation and simultaneous interpretation), I suggest you look more and practice in some industries, from which you can find your interests.

10 years ago, our generation seemed to have little internship experience and many 2-3 companies. Look at the interns around me now, almost everyone has 6-7 internships. Everyone has been looking for internships since their sophomore year. Maybe each job lasts only 2-3 months, or just a summer vacation, but they can experience many different jobs and have a superficial understanding of various industries when they are students, which is very helpful for career choice. Of course, it is also important to learn professional courses well and participate in community activities to exercise yourself. It is necessary to manage time well.

Second, choose the right method.

If you have chosen your career goals, the next step is to start job hunting in a reasonable way. The first is to know what kind of knowledge and ability you want to engage in.

Take my consulting work as an example. For Japanese majors, the ability required for this job may be higher. For example, consulting work pays great attention to structured thinking. Everything should be logical and organized. Make clear the problems in advance, and then analyze and solve them. This way of thinking can't get much training in our language courses, which can be said to be our disadvantage. Consulting companies tend to recruit students from science, engineering and business backgrounds when recruiting people, because they are more logical and organized in controlling and handling problems. In addition, because consulting projects often involve market forecasting and business analysis, they also have higher requirements for modeling ability and data analysis ability, which is what our language students are not good at.

Therefore, if you want to work in an aspiring consulting company, you need to make practical preparations to improve these abilities. For example, in terms of knowledge, you need to know the basic knowledge of business, including how the company operates, which departments are there, what is the industrial chain, what indicators are generally used to judge the company's performance, how to do business analysis and so on. These intellectual preparations are the most basic.

Speaking of which, I remember that when Japanese consulting companies recruited people, there were written tests and interviews. (it should still be like this now. The written test mainly measures IQ to see if the brain is smart enough. I still remember a book named "Judgment and Reasoning" designated by the consulting industry as a set of written test questions at that time, which contained many topics similar to those of our primary school Olympics. For example: "A, B and D, only 1 person is telling the truth, while A says he is telling the truth, B says C is lying, C says A is wrong, and D says all three are lying". If you haven't been trained in this kind of topic in advance, you will easily panic and make mistakes on the spot. So it is very necessary to prepare in advance, because the written test is the first level.

By the way, the information resources of consulting industry that can be used when applying for a job are listed below, and interested students can make corresponding preparations. Of course, as a person who has been away from school 10 for many years, he can't keep up with the trend, and there may be mistakes. Students, forgive me.

Text materials, network resources, all kinds of micro-signals, this is too common, so I won't elaborate. If you want to work in a consulting company, but you don't know McKinsey's famous golden pyramid principle, you haven't read McKinsey's method, and you haven't carefully studied the practice of case, you will be caught off guard.

OB, OG, that's your predecessor. If you have access to alumni in this industry, you can talk more about your work experience and inquire about internship opportunities. Maybe you will get an offer through an internship. In the past, when looking for a job in Japan, "ob, OG interview" was a fixed link, that is, before the interview, the company would help the applicant get in touch with the alumni who worked in the company and learn about the job content and the company through the seniors. These seniors have a certain amount of activity funds, so they can take their younger generation, that is, the future candidates of the company, to eat and chat, which is also a means for the company to attract talents. Domestic enterprises don't seem to arrange this as a fixed process in the recruitment process, but it seems that everyone will take the initiative to consult their predecessors and collect various interview strategies.

Some schools have organizations similar to "investment banking consulting clubs", as far as I know, such as university of international business and economics and Zhejiang University. These organizations regularly engage in offline activities, invite seniors to introduce their work experience and experience, and invite Daniel to give lectures from time to time, which broadens their horizons and is beneficial and harmless. If there is no such club in your university, you can search the connections around you and ask other students to pull you into the group.

Of course, the most direct understanding of an industry is to go in person. So, find an internship! Find the feeling through internship.

Third, keep working hard.

As we all know, job hunting is not an easy task, especially when you want to find a job that everyone wants and is highly competitive. I don't think a job with fierce competition is necessarily a good job, but at least it is not a bad job, otherwise there will be no competition. There is no shortage of outstanding talents in China. How to make yourself stand out among outstanding people is a more difficult thing.

Of course, everyone has different choices. Some people think that to live this life, you must be the social elite at the top of the pyramid. Some people think that changing the world with your own strength is the greatest value of life. Others believe that taking care of parents, cultivating children and living a quiet and happy life every day are the greatest wishes of life. Different values, I think they are all good life designs. But no matter what kind of life design, you need constant efforts. This kind of effort must be firm and will not give up easily.

Everyone should have seen the story of deaf frogs climbing the tower. The frog who climbed to the top of the tower in the questioning and ridicule of everyone was actually deaf. Just because he couldn't hear everyone's doubts and ridicule, he strengthened his confidence and finally climbed to the top of the tower. I also failed in an interview with a consulting company in Japan, and was questioned by more than one good friend, saying that you, a China native, can't speak a foreign language as well as the Japanese, so why should people use you? I think so too. Why would anyone want to use me? Therefore, they have been thinking about the added value they can provide-being familiar with China's business environment and culture, and "selling" it appropriately, which, as their comparative advantage, really came in handy later. Look, isn't this simple? The key is to have a good attitude and firmly believe that the goal can be achieved.

In addition, after everyone enters the society and starts to work, they should also maintain this momentum of continuous efforts. Recently, some children around me frequently change jobs. After graduation, I worked in a consulting company for less than two years, and then I went to a company for attachment or promotion. Personally, I don't advocate this kind of job-hopping, because I really haven't accumulated any experience in two or three years. Personally, I think it is totally hooliganism to come out from Kan Kan to talk about industry trends without working in an industry for at least five years. Because the jobs in the next three years are basically odd jobs, some people may be very talented and take up high positions very early, but their experience is accumulated. Without a certain period of experience and precipitation, and without dealing with various problems and difficulties, it is impossible to exercise the overall situation and cultivate strategic vision. I suggest that you work hard in an industry when you are young, experience more complicated situations and improve your problem-solving ability. After you have a solid skill, you are not afraid of not having a good future.

Of course, if you try for a while and find that this job is not true love, you should make an early transition and find the job you really love. There are rumors that you should start a brand-new career before the age of 26 at the latest, so you have four years to try and make mistakes, which is basically enough. I just entered the consulting industry at the age of 26, which is a little late compared with the students who just graduated, but fortunately, it is not too late.

If you can do the above three things, I believe your job search will be very smooth. Finally, I hope everyone who reads this article, whether you are a student or a professional, can have a smooth career and realize their dreams. Work takes up at least 1/3 of our time every day. How can I be unhappy? !

Workplace experience sharing II. Avoid asking about the number of recruiters.

The most obvious thing is to ask, "How many do you want?" For employers, recruiting one is a trick, and recruiting ten is also a trick. The question is not to recruit a few, but whether you have this one or ten percent or unique strength and competitiveness. "Do you want a woman?" The woman who asked this question first gave herself a "discount", which is a sign of unconfidence.

Second, avoid dealing with urgent problems.

"How is your treatment?" "Do you eat and live? Will the telephone and bus fees be reimbursed? " Some applicants are eager to ask these questions as soon as they meet, which not only makes the other party disgusted, but also makes the other party have the bad idea of "asking for conditions when the work is not done well, not to mention that I haven't said I want you yet". It is your right to talk about remuneration, which is understandable. The key is to seize the opportunity. Generally, when both parties have a preliminary employment intention, they will put it forward euphemistically.

Three taboos are illogical.

The interviewer asked, "Please tell me about one of your failures." Answer: "I don't remember I failed." It doesn't make logical sense for you to say so. Another example is that the examiner asks, "What are your strengths and weaknesses?" Answer: "I can do all the work." This is also unrealistic.

Four taboos say that there are acquaintances.

During the interview, I was eager to make friends, regardless of the occasion, saying "I know people in your company", "I am a classmate with someone and have a good relationship" and so on. Such words will disgust the examiner. If the person you are talking about is his immediate superior, the examiner will think that you are bullying others; If the examiner doesn't have a good relationship with the person you mentioned, or even has contradictions, then the results you lead out are likely to be caused by yourself.

Five taboos are beyond the scope.

For example, at the end of the interview, the examiner asked the job seeker, "Do you have any questions for me?" The job seeker leaned over and asked, "How big is your company? What is your development plan for the next five years? " Questions like this. This is because the job seeker has not put himself in the right position, and the questions raised have gone beyond the scope that the job seeker should ask, which makes the examiner feel bored. The examiner may even think: Why are there so many questions? Are you here to apply for a job? Or to investigate the situation?

Six bogey improper rhetorical questions

For example, the examiner asks, "What are your salary expectations?" The applicant asked, "How much are you going to pay?" Such a rhetorical question is very impolite, as if it is a negotiation, which can easily cause the examiner's unhappiness and hostility.