Storms and rainbows on the road to job recruitment

When applying for a job, show your true self

“Let the interviewer speak first during the interview”, “Always smile”, “ "Be firm and strong when shaking hands before leaving to infect the other party"...I believe that students who have done homework on interviews have collected these tips. In my opinion, although skills have a certain supporting role, showing a true self is more important.

At the beginning of my job search, I collected a lot of interview skills. For a while, I applied some of the skills I could remember to the interview. Even though I was a little nervous, I still had to put on an almost stiff smile. , did not express himself well at all.

During an interview at an information company, the examiner suddenly asked me: "What do you think is the biggest difficulty in your interview?" It turned out that the examiner felt that I was a little unable to talk freely. I said frankly that I always recall various techniques during interviews for fear that I would make any omissions. The interviewer said, "I have been working in human resources for a long time, and I often encounter this phenomenon. Different interviewees have exactly the same answers to the same question, or they are very similar. We know the answer as soon as we hear it. The interviewer may have memorized some answering routines, and it is obvious that such an interview cannot be passed."

Although this interview failed, I finally figured out what an interview is. The face-to-face process between us and the interviewer is actually a process of getting to know each other. If you present a carefully packaged and completely out of shape version of yourself to the other party, you may get away with it.

However, in the future, the employer will be disappointed to find that you are not the person they need; and you may also feel unsatisfactory about your job. Being rejected by the company you want to go to is not a bad thing. It means that you are not suitable for their position at the moment, and you also have the opportunity to rethink and choose. Therefore, I would like to advise all students to be true to themselves.

10 mentalities that you should not have on the way to job hunting

Fraudulent psychology: Fake academic qualifications, fake certificates, fake honors, etc. are not life-saving straws that knock on the door of employment. Fake ones will not last long. , but will only ruin your own future.

Shyness: People who drop their self-recommendations and run away at the job site, stammering and blushing when faced with recruiters, are unlikely to be appreciated by employers.

Relying on psychology: Some college students lack a sense of independence. They always like to accompany their parents and classmates when looking for a job, or a group of classmates apply for the same unit together, hoping to take care of each other in the future. This kind of unintentional graduation Students generally will not be hired by employers.

The psychology of official career: "If you are good at learning, you will be an official." I feel that being an official is the right way, and I will try hard to get into the "yamen", but most of the results will be a bloody blow.

Comparison psychology: Some students feel that if they have good grades, many honors, and a big "official position" in school, they should also be good at work. Little do they know that employers do not use this as the only criterion for judging talents.

Attachment psychology: If you are not in a hurry to find a job, you will spend all day thinking about building relationships with relatives and friends, and spending some money to "buy" a position. The job you get in this way may not last long.

Rural psychology: Some college students are unwilling to travel far away and only want to work in the "one-third of an acre" in front of them; other college students board the love ark early, hoping to stay in the same trench with their significant other after graduation. And if you stick to one side, it will be difficult to make a difference.

Conservative psychology: People who lack the sense of competition and dare not meet challenges, or who cling to the "virtue" of humility and dare not show off their strengths and characteristics, will naturally not be favored by employers.

Competitive mentality: Contrary to the conservative mentality, these people always feel that the competition is fierce and their skills are inferior to others, so they are willing to be inferior and dare not "clearly mark the price" for themselves, but find a "buyer" to hastily "sell" "out. We also signed unequal agreements issued by some units, leaving hidden dangers for future work.

Pretending to be "cool": Some people have radical ideas and act "cool" everywhere. They are unwilling to go out to find a job. They think the wages here are low and the treatment there is not good. When it comes to finding a job, they want to be their own boss. In the end, instead of finding a job, I was in debt.

Don’t hide your professional issues when applying for a job

“No excuses” is a code of conduct pursued by West Point Military Academy, which emphasizes that you should try your best to complete the task, rather than justifying the lack of it. Find excuses to get things done, even if they seem reasonable. Later, this principle was widely used in business management.

In the job search process, most companies hope that job seekers can show their true selves, and do not like job seekers to use far-fetched excuses to cover up their flaws. When applying for a job, you might as well learn from the spiritual core of the principle of "no excuses."

Don’t hide professional questions

Scenario 1:

The interviewer received a satisfactory resume. After looking through it briefly, he asked a professional question. Job seekers are asked to respond.

"..." The job seeker was at a loss for words and didn't say a word for a long time.

"This is a very basic question. As a senior, you should master it." The interviewer seemed a little dissatisfied.

"I learned this question when I was a sophomore in college. It has been a long time and I have forgotten it. I have been busy looking for a job recently and have not systematically reviewed the knowledge I have learned before. If I review it, I will be able to do it right away. Remember." The job seeker explained stumblingly.

“Your English resume seems to have a lot of mistakes.” The interviewer discovered a new problem.

“That’s right, you know I’m from **Province. We don’t have many foreigners there, unlike Shanghai where there are foreigners everywhere. Shanghai is an international metropolis, and the atmosphere for learning English is better than ours. It's nice there..." The job seeker was a little incoherent.

"Okay, you go back first and wait for notification." The interviewer frowned and said.

After sending away the job applicant, Mr. Li, the interviewer, had a look of helplessness on his face. He told reporters that when recruiting, it is most taboo for job seekers to make excuses to cover up their professional deficiencies. What the company cares about is whether the job seeker has real talents and knowledge and whether he or she is qualified for the position, but does not care about why the job seeker cannot meet the company's requirements at this stage. Giving far-fetched explanations for your shortcomings will not only not help you successfully apply for a job, but will also make people feel resentful.

“For example, the two reasons given by this job seeker are not convincing. As a fresh graduate, mastering basic professional knowledge is the minimum requirement, but he took too long. "To prevaricate, it makes people doubt his learning attitude and learning effect at school." Mr. Li explained, "As for the second question, our position does not actually require high English proficiency. I just reminded him in good faith to avoid him. When similar mistakes occurred when applying for other positions, he was busy making excuses and blaming all the reasons on objective circumstances, lacking proper humility and sincerity, which is regrettable."

The interviewer said, " Experts will know if they have it as soon as they stretch out their hands." The interviewer will know if the job seeker has real materials. Lack of professional ability is already a loss of points. If you don’t have the courage to face your shortcomings and find excuses to escape, the overall evaluation of the interviewer will be greatly reduced.

Experts believe that job seekers should pay attention to two points when facing professional questions:

First, strive to answer basic professional questions accurately. This type of question is intended to test the job seeker's entry-level work ability. If you can't even answer these questions, you will basically be given a negative answer, and any excuses will be useless.

Second, for professional questions of a high-level nature, try to give as many ideas as possible. If you can't even find an idea, you might as well answer honestly that you don't know. This type of question is intended to examine the job seeker's personal potential and thinking ability. Correct answers are not required, as long as the ideas are bright. If you really can't answer it, it may affect the company's arrangement of specific positions, but in general it will have little impact on the overall situation. If you make up various reasons to explain why you don't know, it will be superfluous.

Professional ethics should not be underestimated

Scene 2:

A job applicant was late, and the interviewer could not hide his displeasure: "We agreed It’s 9 o’clock, but it’s already 9:30 now!”

“I’m sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road today, and I was very anxious. I got out of the car and ran over, but your company’s location is difficult to find. So I was delayed for a while."

"Since we expected to be late, why didn't you make a phone call to explain so that we could make other arrangements?" The interviewer was still angry.

"Well, I also thought of calling you, but unfortunately I didn't bring the phone number with me, and I don't remember your office phone number, so..." the job seeker's voice became increasingly louder. The smaller.

Prioritize effective experience when applying for a job

Now is the peak period for college students to apply for jobs. The author learned from some universities that many companies pay special attention to graduates’ effective internship experience when recruiting, especially Reviews from experts. Some companies prefer to recruit through “internship drafts”.

College students have too little professional internship experience, resulting in the problem that many college students cannot connect their actual abilities with their employment positions. This is a common reflection of some companies. Therefore, many companies have to clearly indicate “experienced candidates are preferred” when recruiting. In an industrial competition held recently, the college students who came to participate showed confidence and fluent English. However, although the virtual cosmetics factory they designed was creative, it was difficult to operate in practice. On the other hand, foreign college students are just the opposite. Although the plan is not creative enough, the engineering operation process designed is very close to reality.

It is understood that the internship time of Chinese college students is too short. Most of them only start in their junior year, and the internship time is generally only about 3 weeks. Foreign university education pays special attention to practice. In the entire university training program, about half of the time is spent in relevant enterprises to experience work experience. It is self-evident that students who graduate in this way are familiar with employment positions.

At the same time, the recruitment personnel of some companies also warned graduates that too complicated internship experience will not be useful when applying for jobs, but will be counterproductive. A recruiter told reporters that some construction graduates had none or very little internship experience related to construction. Instead, they boasted that they were all-rounders with experience in IT, computers, sales, etc. However, the employer was not interested in I don’t buy this, because in highly professional industries, employers often hope to recruit some “specialists”, and professional knowledge and professional experience are particularly important in job hunting.

At present, many companies often recruit talents by recruiting interns first, hoping to select talents suitable for the company. This will not only give college students an opportunity to exercise, but also give companies more time. Students are inspected, and the remaining students have a certain understanding of the company during their internship, which shortens the running-in period required after entering the company.

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