Many college students lament that popular majors, high-paying jobs, and well-known companies have nothing to do with them. What should they do? As the saying goes, "A person depends on clothing as much as a horse depends on its saddle," and college students need to learn how to "package" themselves into sought-after talents. Grasp every opportunity to "show off."
According to a survey by 51job's campus recruitment channel titled "The most perplexing issues for college students when making resumes," "No practice during school" troubles 26.83% of the respondents, which ranks first in voting. However, while many students are stuck on this issue, they fill their ivory tower lives with "home-dormitory-canteen-classroom" + "love-games-classes." In fact, today's university campuses are very colorful. Companies, in order to establish a talent supply chain, have already extended their reach comprehensively into schools. Traditional school-enterprise cooperation is no longer just about talent delivery; some companies also hope that universities assist in formulating talent training plans and conducting training, which is an opportunity for every related major student.
In addition, activities like the "Internship Training Camp" held annually by 51job are also good channels for students to understand the job market. Furthermore, business simulation competitions and career planning competitions sponsored or supported by enterprises or institutions are currently very popular across universities. Lastly, even two years of experience in the Student Union or clubs can be considered a qualification! Those who confuse their way through three or four years and then lament their lack of social practice experience when making resumes at graduation must feel quite regretful!
Hold onto the networking resources around you
Even without a deep "background," teachers and classmates in school are still reliable. First are the teachers (counselors), who during the graduation season will mostly introduce jobs to students, if only out of a sense of duty. HR netizens from the 51job forum have introduced the process of corporate campus recruitment, particularly pointing out that "corporate representatives leave materials after the job fair for students to continue submitting resumes." Secondly, senior students, in many companies, we find employees graduating from the same school clustered together because for companies, "recruiting juniors and seniors of existing employees" is also a relatively reliable shortcut. Therefore, consulting more with seniors during school might have unexpected effects on future employment. Moreover, classmate relationships must not be severed, as classmates in the same major have a significant chance of engaging in related work after graduation. Who doesn't need help sometimes?
If you have internship experience, colleagues from your internship should definitely be included in your list of "important people," of course, provided that you left a good impression during your internship.
Make full use of professional employment service agencies
We all know that attending university relies on self-study ability, and the role of teachers is just to help you avoid detours. Finding a job as a university student is actually the same principle, requiring listening to the experiences of those who have gone before. Where can these experiences be found? Besides the previously mentioned teachers and seniors, various professional employment service agencies provide everyone with a broad platform. Taking 51job itself as an example, besides a massive amount of job information and powerful job-hunting tools, students can obtain first-hand information from the "Career Information" channel and the "Campus Recruitment" channel. There is also the open-to-all 51job forum for sharing insights. If necessary, you can even freely read some authoritative market prospect analysis reports provided by the 51job Human Resources Research Center. Nowadays, employment service platforms represented by 51job are developing towards diversified information and diverse businesses, something that simple job search engines or classified information websites cannot compare with. If you're still just coming to 51job to submit resumes, isn't that a bit outdated? University students need to broaden their horizons so that when looking for jobs upon graduation, they won't lament having no guidance and the hardships of going it alone.
The graduation of the Class of 2012 was also a concept heavily hyped by the media: the "Year One of Post-90s Entering the Workforce." This means that according to regular schooling timelines, people born in 1990 would enter the workforce as fresh graduates in 2012. Recently, in the "2011 Model Human Resources Enterprises Selection" activity hosted by 51job, the HR industry also took "How to view the career attitudes and orientations of the Post-80s and Post-90s" as one of the discussion topics. Borrowing Chairman Mao's famous saying, "The world belongs to you as well as us, but ultimately, it belongs to you." Any thing requires renewal to endure, and this is true in the workplace as well. But at least for now, the "Post-90s" generation of fresh graduates are merely "rookies" in the workplace. In the process of "rookie" evolution, besides needing "old hands" to lend a helping hand, "rookies" must also strive hard, and this striving must start with "opening eyes to see the world."