What preparations should you make before applying for a job?

I remember when I entered my senior year, I heard such an interesting metaphor: "Those who find a job live like a pig; those who are looking for a job live like a dog; those who take the postgraduate entrance examination live like a pig. A worse life.” I was born in the 1980s. I entered the campus in the last year of the old century and became a class 99 student - the first batch of students in the university's expanded enrollment. After four years of study, I said goodbye to the campus with more than 1 million classmates in 2003. Start your journey in society. When we entered school, we were full of ambition, laughing and speaking with heroic spirit. The scene at that time is still vivid in our minds. But four years later, when we are about to enter the society, we are a little more sad and bitter than our senior brothers and sisters - there are 20% more students than in previous years, and the economy is more depressed than in previous years. At a loss for another choice in life. At job fairs and recruitment special events, we rush around and work hard like going to the market; smiling again and again, waiting again and again, anxious again and again, and smiles turning into bitter smiles and depression again and again - this is the best portrayal of our senior life. .

I - I am honored and happy. After several interviews and showing off my talents with interview bosses from various units, I finally lived a "pig's life" in December last year. . Although the job I found is not the best, it is the envy of many students in our school. I had a lot of thoughts about applying for a job in college, so I took three months to sort out my thoughts and write down my experience of applying for a job, hoping to communicate with my friends who are living a "pig-like life"* **Reviewing old poems, I also hope to share my experience with those students who are living a "dog-like life".

Go through my parents first

After I entered my senior year, I decided to find a job - this decision was made after thinking about it over and over during the summer vacation. When I said I wanted to find a job, my parents didn't agree very much because they thought it would be best to continue studying after taking the postgraduate entrance examination. Of course, I had the idea of ??taking the postgraduate entrance examination when I was in college, and starting from my junior year, I began to prepare subjects for the postgraduate entrance examination, and spent nearly 3,000 yuan in materials fees and tuition fees for the postgraduate entrance examination. My parents repeatedly persuaded me that I could study for the postgraduate entrance examination and look for a job at the same time. But I still forcefully refused my parents' persuasion and told them for sure that I wanted to find a job. I simply explained to my parents the reasons why I am determined to find a job:

1. My major is marketing, and it is easier to find a job in this year’s environment;

2. If I take the postgraduate entrance examination, the chance of winning is only 50% (I believe that except for those who recommend postgraduate students, everyone is 50% sure). Instead of distracting managers, I would rather do something wholeheartedly.

3. I don’t like the domestic postgraduate education system very much;

4. My ultimate goal is to go abroad, which is definitely impossible to rely on my parents. I rely on my grades to win scholarships. It’s not big, so I have to make money by myself. But if I go to graduate school, three years of study will cost me 50,000 yuan in tuition and 120,000 yuan in opportunity costs. In addition, many foreign universities do not recognize domestic A master's degree from a university (I have a brother at the University of Washington in the United States. He graduated from the University of Washington and went abroad. After he went there, he had to re-study for a master's degree because his graduate degree was not recognized). In this way, I will lose a total of 170,000. funds, and 3 years.

5. In addition, domestic universities and enterprises have the habit of following the trend. Which major is popular, and which one is required. For example, when I took the college entrance examination four years ago, computer science was a very popular major. At that time, every university offered this major. Today, four years later, there is a relative surplus of talent. There is one class for the 99-level marketing major, but after the 2000 level, there are only 3 classes. So if I wait another 3 years, my professional advantage will be gone. Most likely it will be something like a computer science major.

6. This year is the first batch of students from the expanded enrollment to enter the society. I am facing 1 million competitors. If I take the postgraduate entrance examination, I will face 3 million competitors in 3 years.

After listening to my analysis, my parents finally relented and promised me that I would handle the matter myself. However, I ask them to strongly support me from the "home front". I choose the place and type of work myself.

Parents are very important. Many students did not make such a decision. As a result, it was very troublesome when it came time to find a job. Many students looked at the company and were ready to sign a contract, but because of their parents, I don’t agree and it’s very troublesome. So I feel that after communicating with my parents during the summer vacation, I have saved myself a lot of trouble and can now do what I want to do.

I started preparing after returning to school in September.

Get your resume ready

Our school’s first job fair will be in November, and a private network equipment company will come. The day before the job fair, all the students in our dormitory were looking for templates and scrambling for computers to make resumes - they were very busy. But I was not nervous at all. I took advantage of the Golden Week to go back home during the National Day and prepared my resume at home. I carefully designed the form and format of my resume and asked my parents and neighbors to prepare it for me. Consultant, read my resume and give me suggestions, because I think a resume that can impress my parents will definitely also impress my interviewer.

On the day I was looking for a job, I confidently submitted my resume to the department I was interested in. I received my first interview notification call that night. From that day on, any company that submitted my resume would give me an interview opportunity... I succeeded in the resume aspect. Want to hear about my experience?

First of all, you need to understand the role of your resume.

Many people think that resumes are used to fill in personal "great achievements." Actually no, the real function of a resume is to serve as a stepping stone. Looking for a job, what are you fighting for? The first thing to start putting together is your resume! Because the first thing you have to do when you go to any recruiting unit is to submit your resume, and your resume is the first window for those units to understand you. Therefore, your resume becomes the first channel for you to communicate with your unit. The most important thing is to appropriately arouse the employer's interest in you.

Secondly, you need to know what to write in your resume.

Some students try to list their achievements and strengths in their resumes, which last for 5 or 6 pages, including the awards they have won, best results, favorite quotes, etc. In fact, I think your list is not very useful.

Because the resume readers in general units will not read your resume carefully. I remember one time when a senior brother school came to recruit and received more than 500 resumes. After returning to the hotel at 6 pm, I had to review the resumes one by one, and then I had to notify the interviewer before 10 pm. Because there were not enough manpower, he asked me to help him screen resumes (I did not apply for this company due to professional reasons, and my senior also knew me well). That time I really experienced what it means to manage everything every day. Three people have to read more than 500 resumes within 4 hours. It takes 2 minutes for one person to read each resume. There is no time or leisure to look at your "great achievements".

Finally, you must prepare your resume carefully and responsibly.

Many students are not serious about their resumes and are not responsible. They simply apply some ready-made resume templates and make their resumes very rigid and not creative at all. Some students’ resumes were simply a hodgepodge, with everything in them and not professional at all. The most lamentable thing is that some students fabricated facts and experiences in order to increase their "great achievements". Some students even tampered with their grades? ! Scanning the transcripts and processing them on the computer...actually all this is in vain. Because the people who come to recruit are also college graduates, they have also gone to college, so lying to them will not work at all.

I remember that time when my senior brother asked me to review resumes, we found that many students claimed to be "student union presidents", ministers, etc. At that time, these resumes were picked out, and there were more than a dozen of them. , and then my senior brother asked me to help him read it. Because there is only one real student union president. So which one I picked out, all the other resumes went into the trash can...

When every company comes to the school to recruit, many of the recruiters they send are graduates of the school.

Sometimes, some classmates from the school will be used as "jurors" to review certain resumes - I am one of them. Therefore, the resume is the most important, because if a person does not have integrity, then he has nothing. In addition, you must be responsible for your resume. "A person who is not responsible for his resume can be said to be irresponsible for his own life and future, let alone for the company." This is what my senior brother said to me. . I think this represents the criteria used by many employers and recruiters to screen resumes.

The above is my experience on resumes when applying for jobs, so let me talk about how I make resumes, hoping to be helpful to some students.

When I was making my resume, I knew exactly what kind of resume I wanted to make - but the recruiter was interested and wanted to interview me as soon as he saw it. It was beautiful, concise, creative, and cost-effective - —This is the basic idea of ??my resume. Later, I made a 16-page resume based on this idea. Let’s take a look at what’s in my resume first:

One page of self-recommendation letter, one page of resume, one page of copy of Level 4 certificate, one page of copy of computer certificate, 5 pages of work certificate, letter of recommendation 5 envelopes (pages) and one transcript (2 pages).

With these things, I made 6 copies of the 16-page resume in one go. These 6 resumes brought me 6 interview opportunities. Quite simply, my resume attracts the interest of recruiters. This is thanks to my “letters of recommendation”.

Students who have applied for or are preparing to apply to study abroad may all know the role of a letter of recommendation. It is those schools that hope to get to know you as a student through your teachers and friends. So I introduced this thing into my resume, which can be considered a self-creation. I have 5 letters of recommendation: one from the dean of our department, one from the deputy dean of our department, one from my supervisor, one from my friend, and one from my friend. From my mother. With these 5 letters of recommendation, I laid the foundation for passing the resume level, especially the letter from my mother. During the subsequent interviews, I found that the interviewers seemed to be particularly interested in my mother’s letters of recommendation, so I heard the same words six times: “We looked at your resume, and the director, deputy director, and mentor of your department will write recommendations for you. This letter proves that you are an outstanding student. But I found that you also have a letter of recommendation from your mother. I am very interested. Can you tell me why you want to include your mother’s letter of recommendation?” I believe this is what the bosses from the six units who interviewed me said. And my answer is the same every time: "Haha, thank you for your interest in my mother's letter of recommendation. In fact, this is what I was thinking when I put this letter of recommendation. Isn't there an old saying in China that 'a wise child is like a mother'? , I think all units want to know more about the employees they want to hire, so I try to let you know more about me, this is my reason."

Having attractive content can bring you interview opportunities, but what can you use to attract the CEOs who are screening resumes to stay longer on your resume? That's where the resume is made.

During last year’s job search, I felt that many students spent a lot of effort on making resumes. They used color printing to print the cover, and then spent money to buy the best “resume skin”, and then Paste the most beautiful photos... On average, each resume costs at least 10 yuan to produce. I saw a classmate who studied architecture make 4 resumes for 300 yuan each!

My resume is very simple. I made 6 total resumes for 15 yuan. For such an "economical" resume, I can say it is the most unique and eye-catching.

In my resume, the resume is a black and white resume printed by a computer. There is no photo attached. The photo is directly scanned and typed into the resume using WORD, so when printing the resume, the photo is also printed. , which left me with money to develop the photos. The resume uses a form. The entire form was made by myself. It is very unique. I used the method of gray and white to express some places that need to be emphasized in color, so that the readers can see it at a glance and understand it clearly.

Many people use a white + color picture style resume cover as a resume cover, and then put a transparent resume cover folder on the outside.

I didn't follow others and use the transparent cover clip. I bought it in an art store and bound it with blue 16K professional art corrugated paper.

These special productions make my resume very special and eye-catching. I once did such an experiment. After I submitted my resume to a company, I observed from the side that the resume they accepted was full of... The resume is bound with a transparent "resume cover folder", but mine is a pure blue paper resume cover, which is obvious when viewed from the side. These also became the topics of discussion for my subsequent interviews:

"Your resume is very special. I heard that many students use templates to make resumes. Is this true of you?"

" No, the content and appearance of my resume are designed by myself. The reason why I don’t use templates is because I need the company to understand my proficiency in OFFICE systems. I believe you should have seen it by now and I can be responsible. That said, many people even cloned my resume form and used it as a template... My cover did not adopt the same style as everyone else, because I think a resume is something that reflects a person's creativity and artistic sense, so what I do is different from others. , In addition, I also do this to save money. A resume like this only costs less than 3 yuan..."

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Author: (Huabuhu)