My goodness! I wish I could have brought my work experience from the previous life after being born, but God doesn't allow it! Not having work experience is not my fault; it's a process that everyone must go through - from nothing to something. We respect those who have work experience and life experiences, but you can't look down on us just because you have what we don't, and then ruthlessly reject us. I encountered such a situation while job hunting. During an interview at a company, the supervisor and I had a great conversation, even feeling like we met too late. This was because during the interview, when discussing industry conditions, we discovered that we had worked for the same company before and shared many common views. I basically assumed that I would definitely get the job this time. However, just as the interview was about to end, he said to me, "Let's be friends," and sincerely gave me his card.
Job hunting right out of school with little maturity and lack of work experience became a high threshold for me. I remember someone once told me shortly after graduating: "Living is easy, dying is easy, but life is not easy!" At that young age, I couldn't fully understand the bitterness hidden in those words. After experiencing employment, unemployment, love, marriage, entrepreneurship, failure, and re-employment, looking back at the road I've traveled, I couldn't help but feel as if I were Liu Dehua (famous Hong Kong singer/actor) and ask: "How many ups and downs are there on this road? How many rugged paths?"
Encountering workplace black whistles is unavoidable for everyone entering or about to enter the workplace, and this is one of the laws of the talent market. Based on some black whistle actions I've experienced in the workplace, I will summarize them:
For those born in the mid-70s, just after the famine ended, adept at solving basic hunger issues during the early stages of economic openness, where everything had to be fought for with our own hands, we are much luckier than the previous generation (we didn't starve or experience political darkness), but compared to the post-80s generation, we are so lost and helpless (in a relatively closed-minded society lacking guidance, information, and ways to obtain information, with relatively fewer opportunities). When we present ourselves as commodities in the talent market, participating in fierce market competition, all the rules of the market become apparent.
Black Whistle One: Arrogance: "You're still too green!" —— Losing your chance to participate
It wasn't until I was on my way back that I realized, "I've gone through so much, and you call that experience?"
When I first started applying for jobs right out of school, I encountered a vice president in charge of sales interviewing me. I had passed all the previous rounds. The HR lady led me into the room, and I saw a middle-aged man with slicked-back hair sitting there, not even bothering to look up. He was smoking and casually flipping through my resume. I greeted him with a "Hello!" and he barely nodded, probably aware that someone had arrived. I sat down opposite him. As soon as I sat down, he threw my resume onto a nearby low file cabinet with a "slap." Then, raising his head slightly with disdain, he asked, "Are you fresh out of school?" I nervously replied, "Yes." There was a moment of silence. I didn't know what he was thinking, but I noticed his facial expression change from disdain to embarrassment. I tentatively explained some of my relevant experiences and understanding of the position I was applying for. His eyes were half-closed (almost completely shut), possibly due to small eyes, or maybe he was listening to me, though his contemptuous attitude was evident. After I finished speaking, I heard him mutter, "What can students learn in school these days?" Remembering only a few sentences, he dismissed me by saying, "Go home and wait for our response!"