Graduates who have just entered the workplace still do not feel the pressure of survival, but are more eager and ambitious for the future.
Here are three suggestions for newcomers, for reference only, hoping to help workplace whites broaden their thinking and avoid detours:
1: Define the purpose of the first job. After graduating from school, most of us will submit resumes again and again, waiting for the company to choose.
However, we need to establish a cognition that this kind of job choice is two-way. The company can choose you, or you can choose whether to join this company.
Then it involves a question of selection criteria: do you choose a high salary or bring rich experience to career planning? Choose a big company with fierce competition or a small company with many opportunities?
My suggestion is to take out a piece of A4 paper, draw four spaces and make a SWOT analysis of yourself:
Ask the following questions:
What are my advantages in applying for a job?
Advantages can be divided into academic qualifications and internship experience, language skills, communication skills, etc., which are also helpful for writing resumes and interviews.
My situation is quite special. I studied economics abroad and want to transfer to the field of cultural media when I return home. It is difficult to find a job across majors. I must explore my advantages in changing majors, such as:
I used to be a reporter during my college years, and I have experience in interviewing. I worked for China paper media abroad for some time. His writing is acceptable, he has keen insight and analytical ability on events, is fluent in English and French, and has an international perspective.
W: What are my disadvantages in applying for a job?
Disadvantages can also start with academic qualifications, internship experience, etc., so that you can be prepared for the interview. Some interviewers may ask relevant questions.
Take my experience as an example. I want to apply for a job as a TV reporter, but my major is not suitable, which is my disadvantage. In addition, the experience of being a reporter is also aimed at the field of economics, and there is not much room for choice.
At this time, my psychological construction for myself is that if a unit is willing to give me a job, I will accept an interview.
Know your own disadvantages and reduce your job-hunting expectations reasonably.
O: What are my chances of applying for a job?
This question is to give the employer a reason to want you, and my advantage column will play a very important role.
When a company or unit sends out recruitment information, there will be an urgent and scarce problem. This is a problem that many job seekers tend to overlook.
Many newcomers will only start from their own needs, ignoring what the employer's needs are. Clearly recognizing this is your opportunity and opportunity.
To put it bluntly, it is to choose the right time.
If possible, you need to have a deep understanding of the unit you are applying for.
On the one hand, recruitment information, what is the top demand of the unit?
On the other hand, I do social surveys, which is my experience as a reporter. Need to know the operation, advantages and disadvantages of this unit. If you understand this thoroughly, there will be no disadvantage in the interview.
Especially when the boss is interviewing, he especially likes to ask relevant questions.
When I was applying for the job, I realized that the demand of the unit was an urgent need for a reporter with international vision and language ability, so this was an opportunity for me.
T: What are the threats and challenges for me to find a job?
Threats and challenges can be seen as skill challenges from competitors and future positions.
As a small white job seeker, we need to be clear that the challenge comes not only from competitors, but also from your future leaders and bosses.
So in fact, in the opportunity column, you have played a role in the social investigation of the unit.
On the one hand, what value can you bring to the company compared with other interviewers?
On the other hand, how do you prepare to overcome difficulties in your future work?
For example, during my study abroad, I kept practicing, broadened my horizons, and traveled to European countries with the money I earned from working, which accumulated rich knowledge for me and observed different social perspectives, so I have ruled out more than half of my competitors.
In addition, rich social experience and good communication skills, coupled with a deep understanding of the unit and unit culture, also laid a good foundation for me to enter the workplace.
Finally, from your own point of view, do you have the ability to learn and solve problems? This is also a question of self-exploration.
SWOT analysis is a process of knowing ourselves and ourselves, the basis of Sun Tzu's art of war and a very useful basic skill in our workplace.
In order to facilitate understanding, I present the process of this analysis in a table, hoping to help everyone:
Then, the purpose of the first job was clarified, and the advantages and disadvantages of self and the demand characteristics of the employer were understood. We will have a good screening standard and a strong benchmark for the first job.
If you don't have too much pressure on economic life and want to gain more platform experience and customs clearance skills, you can choose a big company. The advantage is to know the working experience of a certain link in the production line, but the disadvantage is that you can't learn the experience of the whole production chain.
If life is stressful, you can choose a small company, and the salary is generally higher. The disadvantage is that you may have to do every link. The advantage is that you can understand the logic of the whole production line and adjust your career orientation conveniently.
As for the salary, I think it can be adjusted according to the target. Make appropriate high or low expectations in this regard, so it is easier to get the job you expect.
2. Observe more, do more and talk less. Unless it is necessary to join the job, we will still follow the principle of "know yourself and know yourself, and fight every battle".
After joining the job, some newcomers are eager to show themselves, some are at a loss to be assigned, and some are dissatisfied with the work content, thinking that this is not their original intention of joining the job.
However, when entering a job, there is usually an inspection period and a running-in period. The leader is also examining your working ability and potential, as well as your understanding and attitude towards this job.
So it's not good to be too positive and too negative to enter the workplace, so how should we deal with it?
The first point: be familiar with your own work content and master the working tools and workflow.
Asking these three questions to leaders and colleagues with an open mind will generally not be rejected, and will also show enthusiasm for work without being excessive.
The second point: don't rush to shirk or blindly obey the work beyond the scope of job responsibilities. You should be proactive and be good at observation and analysis.
Some newcomers are dissatisfied with the simple task of printing and distributing materials. Even some people who are sent to buy coffee think it is a chore. Similarly, newcomers in the workplace will often encounter unreasonable demands and even difficulties from senior colleagues and even customers.
In fact, most leaders or colleagues will use some trivial things to observe the personality and attitude of new colleagues, whether they are easy to get along with, whether they are patient, whether they can bear hardships and stand hard work, and so on.
At this time, we should be good at observing words and deeds, whether these unreasonable demands are beyond our working ability, and whether there is room and possibility for us to improve in this process.
The most important thing is whether you can restrain your emotions and calmly analyze whether the other party is doing this for the purpose of crowding out or testing. If it is to crowd out reform, then we should show our neutral position with our working attitude, not with people. If it is a test, you should use your work attitude and ability to gain recognition.
As mentioned above, this is a process of observation and running-in. And this process is also a process of establishing relationships with leading colleagues.
If the customer is making things difficult for you, don't make a decision in a hurry, consult your predecessors modestly in time, and it is easier to narrow the distance between colleagues in this process.
The third point: don't rush to justify your mistakes, and don't rush to deny yourself.
This is to advise everyone to deal with the problem calmly. Everyone inevitably makes mistakes in the workplace, but there is a big taboo in the workplace, that is, he immediately defends himself and even throws the pot to his colleagues.
When leading criticism, first listen carefully to whether the criticism is reasonable. If you criticize at the meeting, don't admit your mistake unless the leader asks you to speak.
But afterwards, I still have to check my work again, review the whole process and find out where the mistakes are.
Find out the cause and effect, and then take the initiative to report to the leader when he is angry. This is your own problem. Just frankly admit and clarify and point out the mistakes to be avoided in the future.
If it's not your own problem, then explain the facts clearly and put forward the problem of communicating with your colleagues.
This is very important. Some newcomers don't understand why they should take the initiative if it's not their own fault.
This is a technical job in the workplace, and it is also a reflection of whether a person is broad-minded. If you are the first time to work, you will not be liked by leaders and colleagues. The future work may be difficult.
3. Pay attention to internal and external workflow. Workflow is generally the most effective way summarized by predecessors. This is a place that must be paid attention to, and it is also a necessary skill for you to lay a good foundation for your future work.
On the one hand, do a good job in internal process docking, avoid throwing pots at each other between colleagues, and clarify responsibilities and rights.
For example, many people will despise the mail culture.
Mail sending columns include cc, bcc, etc. There are different differences, so we must distinguish them.
In addition, the content of the email must be communicated in advance before the email is submitted. If it is a mobile phone message exchange, you must use the text version, and don't try to save the voice.
When communicating with the outside world, mail culture should also be applied to avoid the other party not recognizing the agreed conditions. To some extent, emails communicated with the outside world should be reviewed repeatedly, and the written approval of internal leaders must be obtained before sending.
To sum up, these three suggestions for newcomers in the workplace are: know yourself and know yourself, be cautious and patient. Putting the above three points into practice, I believe it can help you overcome most of the difficulties when you first enter the workplace, avoid some unnecessary troubles and obstacles, and make the road to customs clearance in the workplace smoother.