如何做好职业选择
一个适合你的好职位,可以通过各种场景来体现。比如,我遇到许多来自小公司的候选人,他们的能力水平甚至比那些更大的、知名公司员工更高。那是因为,他们的上司都具有良好的商业培训背景,通过与之密切工作,就得到了更好的锻炼机会、更开阔了眼界。这样的机会使他们能够成功应对高水准、国际级的商业环境。做你自己的质量监控如今各种职位机会很多,你就必须做好质量把关,判断哪些是好机会哪些不是。寻找新工作是双向的,你与公司承担着同样的风险。你的首要目标就是“推销”自己,让这家公司对你产生兴趣。然而,接下来你就必须问好问题,了解这一职位能为你提供何种技能、接触面和经历,你又该怎样得到。在面试过程中,尽可能在合适的时机多了解这家公司和职位的情况。这并不是说你太过主动,这些问题是能够帮助你确定找到合适你的工作的唯一方法。如果雇主不愿意或者不能回答你的问题,那就恰好说明他们不是最好的选择。你的上司应该能支持并回应你的职业利益和需要。先工作,后赚钱考虑一份工作时,不要将报酬看得最重。尤其当你还处在一个比较早的发展阶段(比如:开始的7-8年),先找能为你增加专业知识并培养技能的工作。找一份能使你积累经验,培养胜任力的工作。接下来,考虑这家公司管理团队的质量/资源,以及你在这个职位成功的可能性。最后考虑的才是薪资。不幸的是,太多年轻职业人士考虑的主次恰恰相反。当然,有一笔高薪报酬几乎是每个人的目标。但是赚很多钱不是一个计划,而是一个目标,你需要不断发展并显示你的能力,证明你的价值,让雇主相信你是值得他们的投资的,这样才能实现目标。我们见到不少杰出候选人在换工作时宁愿减薪,为的是提升长远的发展前景。他们得到更多在职责、接触面、和工作环境质量方面的改善,他们换的工作能提供更多。这种情况下需要非常成熟的心态,把目光放长远。即使许多时候经济上的回报在短期并不明显,但只要你能正确评估一个职业机会,并自信能在这职位上出色表现,在长期就一定会有很大的提高潜力。在做重大职业转换时要现实、灵活有一次,我们向一家跨国包装成品公司推荐一位销售经理职位候选人, 这位候选人在Marketing方面的背景相当好 ,虽然她没有销售经验,我们的客户非常欣赏她的热情和智慧。这个职位能让她学习新的工作职能,证明她在销售岗位上的能力,并为她的职业发展增加价值。这就是她所寻找的机会。在面试前,我告诉这位候选人大致的薪资范围,就她的工作经验而言这是一个公平待遇。另外,我也强调这份工作提供给她非凡的机会,她能够获得业务发展、业务盈亏、以及管理经验。这位候选人认可这一薪酬标准,也将找到一份有利于她建立杰出业绩的工作作为首要考虑因素。面试进行得很顺利,客户也对她很有兴趣。然而在面试的最后,这位候选人还是忍不住回到了最初对自己价值的估计,她以为自己已稳操胜券,因此就告诉公司如果能提供一份高工资她才会接受这份工作。在她眼里,如果她将放弃现在的工作,做出重大职业转折,公司就应该给她一份高福利。 就着这种“你能为我提供什么”的态度反映了她缺乏承诺,对自己价值和这个机会的不现实评估。如果她也能分担这一风险,客户公司就愿意给她这个机会。但他们完全不可能为一个没有操作这一重要业务经验的人提供高薪酬福利。不出所料,客户公司对此候选人的好感到此结束。今天的决定影响你的将来选择进入一个行业、一家公司、一个职位,可以对你的将来,甚至你的整个人生产生重要影响。做好职业选择会影响到你是否喜欢这份工作,是否能成功,甚至是你的人生总体走向。因此,确保在正确动机下做出你的职业选择,这一动机的个人因素也很重要的。 这能为你日后再寻找合适理想的工作省下不少精力。对于你的职业选择,你需要尽可能确立清晰的个人职业目标,然后努力追求它们。即便只有一个大概的计划或指导标准,也会有利于你选择职业,决定你的长远成功和快乐。How To Make Good Career DecisionsThe following document offers some fundamental, sound advice regarding what you may what to think about when pursuing a new opportunity or considering an offer from a company that is interested in you. The viewpoints and information shared come from our years of working with successful candidates of all backgrounds, and from what we have seen as common in their approach to making excellent career choices that are likely to add value and turn out well for them.The Right Career MovesOver the past ten years of advising professionals in Greater China, we’ve seen many careers stagnate as individuals hop from job to job. Or they will take a job for the money that ultimately does not help them build the type of skills and offer the type of exposure that will lead to their success in the long run. In these cases, the jobs and companies they chose did not lead to where they expected. To avoid a similar situation, it’s important to always keep in mind that the choices you make today have an impact on your future job marketability and ability to reach your long-term goals. Therefore, make each career decision using deliberate, sound judgment. When contemplating a career move, think about how it will fit into your overall career plans. Ask yourself, “does this new opportunity bring me any closer to my long-term career objectives?” In China, where people are easily influenced by outside factors, we see many professionals enter certain industries for no other reason than they hear you can earn a lot of money in it. For example, there is always a strong interest among MBA mainland graduates I meet to pursue an investment banking career. But when asked why, they have only a limited understanding of what investment bankers actually do, or what skills they possess that would make them successful in this industry. Many are interested simply because they hear that MBAs abroad actively pursue this profession. This is referred to as “herd mentality”, or blindly following the course taken by those around you.One candidate came to us with a resume showing four jobs with four different companies in five years. He was quite proud that he had received title promotions with each job change, which now placed him as a marketing director. The candidate thought that his career moves indicated how highly sought after and, therefore, how good he was. Unfortunately, our clients did not view it in that way. They questioned his ability to remain with an employer for little more than one year, as well as his “value” given his high salary level and lack of significant accomplishments in any one position. The candidate had reached a point where he had to defend the moves and decisions he made every time he interviewed. Many candidates who rush into a career decision can find themselves wondering later if they made the right choice. Making any good career choice requires being thorough and making careful considerations of the overall impact to one’s future.Choose A Job For The Right ReasonsIn China, the quality of work environments and what they offer varies greatly. Therefore, it is particularly important to get into a good development situation early in your career. This means finding a company and position where you will be given opportunities to learn and grow, and where you will be under the guidance of strong professionals. The most important factors to weigh when considering a new position are the people you’ll be working under and learning from? What is the scope of responsibilities that the job offers? What other internal and external business areas does the position expose you to? What is the likelihood you will be successful at performing the job? What skills will you learn from the position? Will the experience you gain help lay a strong foundation for your long-term career development? You should also look at the company’s commitment to growing its business in China. Is the operation an established or a start-up one? What is the company's position within its industry?
我们在选择职业和企业的时候,必须关注自身价值在岗位上是否能持续地增长。我们要找的工作,是那些随着时间的推移不仅能让我们提升在企业组织内的价值,还要能让我们提升经验,让我们变得“越老越值钱”。
我们都听说过“兴趣是最好的老师”,所以,不管是学习还是工作,兴趣都特别重要,但这不是全部,不代表你对某个行业、某个领域有很大的兴趣,就一定会去从事。兴趣毕竟是“老师”,不是自己。俗话说得好:师傅领进门,修行靠个人。所以说,光有了兴趣还是不够的。
我们先看看美国一位经济学教授曾经和他的同事组织过一个有名的“乐高实验”。
这个实验的参与者都声称自己是“乐高迷”,他们被人为分成了两组,分别是A组和B组。
A组和B组的规则几乎一样,那就是每完成一个机器人就能得到相应的报酬,唯一不同的是,A组完成的机器人都会被妥善保存,而B组参与者组装机器人时,实验人员会宣称积木不够用,当着他们的面把做好的机器人拆散。
实验的结果是,A组不论在结果还是积极性方面明显高于B组,并表示下次还想玩;B组中的大多数人都表示,下次再也不想参加这样的活动了。
这缘于我们对职业有着太多的期许和要求。你希望一份职业能给你带来不错的收入、体面的职位、舒适的工作环境,这些属于外在动力;而一份职业能否给你带来成就感,则是更为重要的内在动力。
通过“乐高实验”我们不难发现,A组的人能够看到自己完整的作品,这让他们身心愉悦,同时还能获得一定的报酬,在内外双重动力的驱动下,每个人都动力满满,表现优良。
B组的人则不同,他们费心搭好的积木经常被拆掉,这让他们体会不到一丝半点的成就感,这种破坏大大降低了他们的成就感。
从上述分析中我们不难发现,即便在兴趣明确的前提下,如果一份工作无法给你带来足够的成就感,你根本就没有意愿继续前进。
新年新愿望。找到一份工作很容易,但找到一份不错的、使自己满意的工作并不容易。小编建议大家一定要好好考虑下自己的兴趣点在哪里?通过什么渠道可以实现自己的兴趣并获得足够的成就感?
总之希望大家都能在自己喜欢的领域里实现择优就业~