No matter how old you are now
No matter how desperate you are about college
No matter how much you don't like your major
Please ask your friends to read this article well anyway
I can't guarantee how much you will gain from it
But I can guarantee that every friend who has read it carefully will benefit from the whole college life
He will teach you to take fewer detours and detours, and compared with other confused students, you are just gone. No matter how impetuous you are now, calm down and finish reading him
I promise that your college life will be brand-new from now on
All your thoughts should be acted upon!
only actions can help you succeed!
In this way, I encourage myself to do five important things from freshman to junior.
In fact, the resume of senior year is not written in words, but by the actions of freshman to junior year. An impressive resume comes from five important things you have been busy with from freshman to junior: academics, skills, clubs, internships and textual research. This section revolves around these five major events.
1. Academics: What can you prove your "learning ability"
Well-known employers generally regard academic performance as an important screening criterion. The following question is almost a necessary question in the network application form of famous foreign companies:
Please indicate your academic standing during each period of education that applications to you.top 1% of students? Top 25% of students? Lower half of students? What is your academic performance ranking? Is the comprehensive ranking in the top 1%, 25% or below average? )
Why do employers attach so much importance to your grades? The reasons are as follows:
(1) Your grades prove your "learning ability". Learning ability, like leadership, creativity and other important qualities, is an employee quality that any big company attaches great importance to. The famous Siemens Company lists "learning ability" as the first of nine workplace qualities that new graduates must possess (learning ability, communication ability, customer-oriented ability, result-oriented ability, strategic ability, ability to guide and help subordinates, environmental sensitivity, hands-on ability and team ability).
(2) Your grades prove your competitiveness. Students with excellent grades have higher quality, which is correct at least in 9% cases.
(3) Your grades prove your "self-motivated". If you don't have the mentality of striving for the upper reaches in your studies, how can you strive for the upper reaches in the workplace?
(4) Your grades prove your sense of responsibility. The duty of students is to study. If you don't care about your study duty now, how can you care about your work duty in the future?
"I want to speak!" When I talk about this in class, there are always students who raise their hands to interrupt, or they are angry, helpless or frustrated:
Angry girl: I am from South China University of Technology, majoring in polymers. I don't like my major. I hate it. How can I learn it well? Don't foreign companies know the phenomenon of "high scores and low abilities"? Her logic is: I don't like polymers, so I didn't get a "high score". It's not my fault! )
Helpless girl: I'm from Sun Yat-sen University, majoring in CGA accounting. My grades in my class are average, so naturally I can't get any scholarships ... Is there any hope for me to apply for the Big Four?
frustrated boy: I'm from Sun Yat-sen University, and I studied computer. I failed two courses at once because I fell in love in my freshman and sophomore year. I didn't know that I had to make my report card look better until I found that I was looking for a job in my junior year, so I studied hard and got a first-class scholarship. However, the day before yesterday, when China Construction Bank applied for a job, the recruiter saw that I had failed two courses and didn't accept my resume at all. What should I do ...
Author's comments:
To Angry Girl: At least 5% of my students "hate and hate" their major. Because I don't like it, my grades are not good and reasonable! The question is: you didn't study this major, so what is your "optional interest major"? Are you "expert" in your field of interest? If you have a lot of experience and achievements in another field, it fully proves your very strong "learning ability", especially your self-study ability! You said you like marketing, ok, how to prove it? What courses have you taken? Have you ever participated in the "Golden Idea Creative Competition" organized by New Oriental School or the marketing department of other companies? Have you ever participated in the marketing promotion held by enterprises on campus?
To helpless girl: who says you are not strong enough? Being admitted to Sun Yat-sen University proves that you have a strong "learning ability", and getting a medium grade in four favorite CGA (accounting major taught in Chinese and English by Chartered General Accountants) classes once again proves your "learning ability"! Keeping the middle reaches among the best talents already represents a very strong "learning ability"!
To frustrated boy: Actually, the recruiter doesn't care which subject you failed. People who can be admitted to Sun Yat-sen University can't have problems with their learning ability. The reason why the other party wants you to provide your report card is mainly to know whether you are a person who is very responsible for your studies. The reason is simple. You are smart but failed in some subjects, which only shows one problem: this person does not take the grades seriously, that is to say, he is not very enterprising! This is fatal. Then what you can make up for now is to nail the certificate and transcript of the first-class scholarship together, and at the same time note beside the certificate: only 1% of the places can get the first-class scholarship of Sun Yat-sen University! Or provide a detailed explanation at the back, explaining why I failed in two subjects at that time.
If you are a freshman or a junior now, think about this question. What can you prove your "learning ability"?
Second, skills: "tailor-made" for the workplace
Most college students are passively learning various skills. Since the school requires me to pass Band 4 or Band 6, I naturally have to study hard to pass the exam. Since the school has arranged a computer course for me, I naturally have to learn how to use WORD, EXCEL and PPT ... < P > Passive learning may lead to your skills being derailed from the market, or not being closely integrated with the market. For example, when you struggled to get the CET-4 certificate, you found that the recruiter required "CET-4 and fluent oral English"; When you think that EXCEL is quite good, Watson's sales assistant actually asks you to use the data of two EXCEL tables for calculation, and then automatically generate a third table!
The workplace always asks for skills clearly:
* Guangdong Mobile Recruitment Operator: Typing speed is 3 words/minute
* Citigroup (Citibank) Recruitment of "Credit Card Customer Service Specialist": Being able to speak Cantonese
* China Mobile Recruitment of Human Resources Assistant Intern: Being able to use SPSS statistical methods
If you study recruitment notices from freshman year, then you have. If you start preparing from your senior year, you may only have a month or even a day to prepare!
So, freshmen and juniors should study the recruitment notice from today, and then, according to the requirements of the recruitment notice, "tailor-made" to master various skills!
Third, mass organizations: strive to be "big and specialized"
College students in the 21st century are no longer satisfied with being bookworms, but pay attention to developing their own interests and publicizing their own personality. Stimulate youth and enjoy yourself! This gave birth to numerous societies and organizations on the university campus: love society, DIY studio, E-era dream studio, web page making enthusiasts, and young volunteers association; And campus activities with various popular themes: environmental protection handicraft design competition, "PHS Cup" DV competition, going to the countryside, Avon campus agent, NOKIA mobile phone road show ...
Looking at the job resumes of new graduates, everyone lists a lot of club activities, which is dazzling. So, what club activities do recruiters value?
1. Being big is always the last word
Since everyone can list a lot of club activities, the appetite of employers is naturally growing. The interviewer will repeatedly ask you about the scale of the planned activities, the number of participants, the number of people and resources you have mobilized, and the social impact. In contrast, interviewers are more inclined to hire applicants who have planned large-scale projects. In contrast, "inviting Indian experts from Beida Jade Bird to give lectures in our school" is certainly not as attractive to recruiters as "cooperating with Guangdong Development Bank to hold a fundraising event for" lighting up love ".
2. Professional clubs are better.
No matter what kind of club activities can exercise college students' leadership ability, communication ability, organization ability, etc., but in the eyes of recruiters, the clubs you join often represent your personality, interests and even job-hunting trend.
Here are two true stories, and I hope you can be the protagonist of this kind of story in the future:
Successful case 1:
Xue Lin, a master of communication from Sun Yat-sen University in 26, was the vice chairman and lecturer of Cisco Network Technology College (a campus training institution) at CUHK. Mainly relying on this background, Xuelin was hired by IBM's ITS department as a representative trainee of Systems Services. The following are some excerpts from his interview:
Recruiter: Did you undertake the work in a larger project? If so, what kind of work did you undertake?
Xue Lin: I have been working in Cisco Network Technology College, from teaching assistant to lecturer, and finally I was elected as vice chairman.
recruiter: have you ever been innovative in the project?
xuelin: yes. I organized the "Cisco Eight Schools Tour Exhibition" for the first time, which doubled the number of students who signed up for training. Before that, we only promoted it within CUHK, and did not take the initiative to promote it in other schools.
recruiter: how do you organize your team?
Xuelin: I have organized and recruited more than 6 student employees. Regarding organizing a team, I think we should first set an example and ask team members to do what they want, even if it is small things like not being late or leaving early. The second is to have technical authority, so as to win everyone's trust and respect. The third is communication and listening. Many of our team are top students in the class, with high IQ, and they are all willing to express their opinions. I must adopt what is right, otherwise he may quit! Undergraduate students are especially young and energetic. If he is wrong, I have to find evidence to convince him ...
During the whole interview, Xue Lin basically told the interviewer about his activities in Cisco Network Technology College. As both belong to the IT field, the interviewer agrees with his experience very much. Imagine if his main club was the "Sports Department", would the interviewer have the same sense of identity?
successful case 2:
Wang Zhigao, graduated from South China Agricultural University in 27, majoring in software. The first time I saw him, I was filled with kindness at once. He is short, black and thin, just like me at first glance, and he must come from an unknown mountain village. When he doesn't speak, he will be mistaken for a migrant worker or a foreman. At the same time, I was immediately filled with frustration, because I couldn't imagine how I could help him get a good job. However, after he introduced himself, the whole class immediately began to look up at this 16cm boy:
"I come from Chaozhou, and you may be a little surprised, because my appearance deceived you, and I look like a native countryman. However, I do have a relationship with the countryside. I graduated from South China Agricultural University, and my greatest character is simplicity, sureness and honesty, which are all good qualities of farmers. In my class, my professional courses are in the top three. In social practice, I have been working in the school's work-study club' Flying Bird Computer Service Center' for two years. Because I look honest and reliable, I have been responsible for the procurement of accessories. Therefore, I am very familiar with the knowledge of computer hardware, and have established close contact with the engineers and distributors of ASUS. However, I personally prefer to work in software development. I have been a major member of the Software Association since my freshman year. In my junior year, my teacher invited me to cooperate with several other members of the Software Association to develop the' Hatching Assistant System' for Wenshi Group, the largest breeding company in South China, which improved the efficiency of diagnosing bad guys (eggs and eggs) by 5%! I hope to be able to engage in software development after graduation and realize my personal value. "
Up to now, I still remember clearly that Chigo's dark face shone with handsome brilliance because of his self-confidence, and a little love flashed in the girls' eyes. Although it was fleeting, it was exciting. My worries about Chigo's future have been swept away: clear career orientation and several years' practical experience in professional associations make him stand out among a group of boys who are 1.8 meters tall!
college students should purposefully choose some professional associations related to their future positions according to their future job hunting direction. For example,
students majoring in secretarial science can consider joining:
(1) public relations etiquette association
(2) radio station
(3) organizing lectures and training in well-known enterprises
students majoring in computer science can consider:
(1) associations such as website design or computer hardware maintenance
(2) joining a certain major. Marketing students can consider:
(1) Speech Debate Association
(2) College Students' Entrepreneurial Action Association
Students who want to be teachers can consider:
(1) Speech Society
(2) Debate Group (New Oriental will never refuse a job seeker who used to be the main force of a speech group or a debate group, and he will get at least one audition! )
3. Being a leader is better than being a member
This is a typical written topic of foreign companies: How many times in total are you president or leader of.