The "counterattack" path from job hunting to entrepreneurship

One afternoon not long ago, we came to the alley near the Municipal Gymnasium as scheduled, and met Chen Yifan who was busy with renovations in front of a shop with an area of ??about 50 square meters. This young man born in 1992 wears a clean cartoon T-shirt, has neat short hair, and wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses. ?At dusk every day, the flow of people on this road is relatively large. According to my incomplete statistics, 18 people pass by every minute. ?At the door of the store, this young man with a typical science student mentality told reporters with a smile that he almost traveled throughout Zhangjiagang in order to find a high-quality store.

In June 2013, Chen Yifan graduated from Nanjing University of Science and Technology majoring in electrical engineering. Due to the employment advantages of his major, he successfully signed a contract with the National Southwest Power Grid at a job fair held by the school. However, in the envious eyes of many classmates around him, he made an astonishing decision. ?I was assigned to Changzhou by the contracting company, and my mother hoped that I could return to my hometown to work. ?Chen Yifan's father has been working outside for a long time, and his mother was laid off due to physical reasons. She occasionally does odd jobs at home. Taking into account family reasons, Chen Yifan, a filial piety, decided to return to Zhangjiagang to find another job.

Back in his hometown, Chen Yifan’s job hunting journey was not as smooth as before. Various ups and downs tested this young man’s self-esteem and confidence. Slowly, the intensive recruitment season has passed, but there is still no news about the many resumes that Chen Yifan submitted on the talent network and on-site job fairs. ?Only when you have a salary can you have an ideal. If you run around for food every day, the remaining ideals may not be worth more than canned sardines. Everything has a shelf life, including ideals. ?After repeatedly hitting the wall, Chen Yifan adjusted his mentality, relaxed restrictions, and decided to find a job first before choosing a career. He even considered starting from handing out leaflets or serving as a waiter in a restaurant.

After many twists and turns, Chen Yifan finally received an interview notice from a large manufacturing company in Jingang Town. Due to his mismatch in majors, he was stumped by questions from the interviewer of the corporate technology department. Opportunities are hard to come by. After Chen Yifan plucked up the courage to communicate with the human resources department many times, the company leaders agreed to let him try working in other departments. ?During the second interview, the leader of the company asked me whether I would choose to be in sales or technology? Maybe I was eager for success, so I did not choose directly. Instead, I showed that I could endure hardship and try my best to do my job as long as it was work. Unexpectedly, I left the leader with In order to avoid the bad impression of being insincere and lacking goals, he asked me to go back and think about it again. Chen Yifan knew that this was a polite refusal, but he still refused to give up. A few days later, he came back and made a last-ditch effort to get the job. After visiting the thatched cottage three times, he finally impressed the company leaders and was hired.

?The mismatch of majors and insufficient abilities can be made up for, and there is nothing that cannot be learned. ?Chen Yifan was assigned to work on corporate brand culture. Writing work is the bane of most science students, but Chen Yifan persevered. ?You have to make others feel that you can do a good job. When you impress the leaders, you will have a sky in the company. When you impress the customers, you will create a market. ?During that time, Chen Yifan studied business and not only learned photography and writing reports, but also had an article adopted by China Energy News.

My platform is not high. If possible, I would like to find a height that suits me. ?So, Chen Yifan officially said goodbye to his nine-to-five job and chose to start his own business. ?I want to do something different, I want to create my own brand!? Chen Yifan and his girlfriend chose to make new concept drinks after investigating the development trends of the local catering industry in Wuxi, Suzhou, Nanjing and our city.

Fruit Legend will be our first store, but it will definitely not be the last. I will open up the market and let more people join this brand. If possible in the future, I will set up a brand management company to manage these franchise stores. ?

Chen Yifan is not as taciturn as most people think of science students, but is very talkative, so the entire interview was conducted in a relaxed atmosphere. During the conversation, the reporter saw in him the spirit of young people who dare to venture and do something, and saw that he was more mature than his peers. This is the future that Chen Yifan describes to us: having realistic dreams, taking planned and step-by-step actions according to goals, and managing real life properly.