Yu said that "small cities make it difficult for irrelevant people to stand out, and big cities can still rely on their abilities." What do you think of this statement?

I think this statement makes sense. Compared with big cities, small cities do pay more attention to the relationship layer, and big cities can have more choices.

Yu, the founder of New Oriental, mentioned this sentence in a speech: Small cities make it difficult for people who have nothing to do to stand out, while big cities can still rely on their own abilities. One sentence broke the current social phenomenon and caused a lot of discussion.

A small city itself is a relatively closed environment. For example, most of our hometown is a fourth-and fifth-tier city. In such an environment, resources and opportunities are limited compared with big cities, and the way of the world is especially valued in small cities. If you have a good education and a little background, you are really popular. Even if your education is average, it is very important. You will always have an advantage over people with high education.

This is a very realistic social situation. After all, in small city enterprises, people in their own homes or around them will definitely give priority to recruiting talents. The interest chain is complex. Since ancient times, interpersonal relationship has played a very important role in our country, especially in small places. To give the simplest example, going home to visit relatives on holidays is actually human feelings. Even if you don't like a relative very much, you should do it well on your face.

I grew up in a small rural city. From an early age, I saw the gap between people who have relations and people who have nothing to do. People with connections can invite people to dinner or even talk, while ordinary people who don't care, even if they beg for something, have nothing and are busy everywhere.

Like my brother, who just graduated a few years ago, wanted to work in a local well-known enterprise, but his secondary school education could not reach the threshold, so when he was young, her father found a related elder sister-in-law and invited the manager of the enterprise to have a meal, and it was done. There was no "background", and even those with a bachelor's degree were brushed away.

On the other hand, in big cities, although the competition is fierce, it is quite inclusive. There are not many relatives between them, and there are more development opportunities and resources. People with strong abilities do have more room for development. Companies in many big cities will pay more attention to your academic qualifications and personal abilities when recruiting. If you have the aura of a prestigious school or excellent working ability, you will be more favored by HR, because these enterprises are strong enough, have their own contacts and operating mechanisms, and want to attract talents to innovate when recruiting.

Of course, we need to rely on relationships in big cities, but for us ordinary people, we can't touch this layer at all, which leaves a relatively fair space for most of us. In this space, you can climb up step by step on your own, and only you can understand how difficult the process is. In this high-pressure environment, there are more and more competitors, and sometimes your personal abilities and efforts are easily overlooked/overwhelmed. This phenomenon exists everywhere.

It doesn't mean that you have to get ahead by connections in small cities, nor does it mean that you can get what you want in big cities if you have the ability. It's good to have both relationships and personal abilities, but most of us are just ordinary people. We don't have so many relationships to rely on, we can only rely on ourselves, so we should pay more attention to our own development, improve our personal ability and adapt to the needs and changes of society so as not to be eliminated prematurely.

For college students who are about to find jobs, they must plan their future development prospects. Don't come out to work completely blind at that time, which is completely out of step with the society. I, a social animal, give you some advice for your reference:

Taking the postgraduate entrance examination to improve one's academic qualifications is equivalent to preparing more employment options for oneself, and a high degree of education will be a plus item.

Kao Gong. The country's iron rice bowl guarantees a stable job and income in the future, that is, there will be great competition in the early stage, and I have to pay great energy to face this exam.

Direct employment. If you can't reach the above two, then make a choice between big cities and small cities. Small cities are suitable for stability, with little work pressure, but low income and little room for development. Big cities are the opposite.

Start a business. No one can guarantee success in starting a business, and there are not a few failures, but young people have unlimited possibilities. If they fail, they will have to start over. Entrepreneurship tests a person's courage and judgment of the market to see if he is willing to take a break.

As for how to choose, we should comprehensively consider all factors, combine our own abilities and social relations to evaluate, and sometimes don't make too many comparisons with others. What suits us is the best.