51job's Job-hunting Suggestions for College Students

by ijgdrlabj on 2012-02-28 11:13:20

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 man depends on his clothes, a horse on its saddle," college students need to learn how to "package" themselves into sought-after talents. In Chongqing recruitment, students must seize every opportunity to "show off."

According to a survey conducted by 51job's Campus Recruitment Channel titled "The Most Troublesome Issues College Students Face When Making Resumes," 26.83% of respondents were troubled by the lack of practical experience during their studies, which ranked first in voting rates in Nanchang recruitment. However, while many students are stuck in this dilemma, they fill their ivory tower lives with "home-dormitory-cafeteria-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 into schools comprehensively. Traditional school-enterprise cooperation is not only limited to the level of talent delivery; some companies also hope that universities assist them in formulating and conducting talent training plans, which is an opportunity for every relevant major student.

Additionally, activities like the annual "Internship Boot Camp" hosted by 51job provide a good channel for students to understand the job market. Furthermore, commercial simulation competitions and career planning contests sponsored or supported by enterprises or institutions are currently gaining popularity across universities. Lastly, even two years of experience in the student union or clubs can be considered a qualification. Those who spend three to four years in confusion, only to lament at graduation when making resumes about their lack of social practice experience, will find themselves in a difficult situation.

Grasp the networking resources around you

Even without a deep "background," teachers and classmates within the school are still reliable. First are the teachers (counselors), who, during the graduation season, will mostly introduce jobs to students, even if it is just to complete a task. HR netizens from the 51job forum introduced the process of corporate campus recruitment, particularly pointing out that "corporate representatives leave materials with teachers after the recruitment fair for students to continue submitting resumes." Secondly are the senior students, as we often find clusters of employees from the same school in many companies because, for companies, "recruiting juniors and seniors of current employees" is also a relatively reliable shortcut. Therefore, asking more questions to seniors during school might have unexpected effects on future employment. Moreover, classmate relationships must not be broken, as there is a significant chance that classmates in the same major will work in related fields after graduation. Who doesn't need help sometimes? Especially, if you have internship experience, then your colleagues during the internship should definitely be listed in the "benefactor" list, of course, under the premise that you left a good impression during the internship.

Make full use of professional employment service agencies

Everyone knows 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 - needing to listen more 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 offer a broad platform. Taking 51job itself as an example, apart from a vast amount of job information and powerful job-hunting tools, students can also obtain first-hand information from the "Career Information" channel and the "Campus Recruitment" channel. There is also the 51job forum open to everyone for sharing insights. If needed, you can even read some authoritative market prospect analysis reports provided free of charge by the 51job Human Resources Research Center. Nowadays, employment service platforms represented by 51job are developing towards diversified information and business, which cannot be compared with search engines or classified information websites that only provide job positions. If you are still just coming to 51job to submit resumes, isn't that too outdated? University students must broaden their horizons so that they won't lament during graduation job hunting due to "no one guiding, tough to navigate alone."

In 2012, as graduates enter the workforce, the media has been promoting the concept of the "90s Entering the Workplace Year," meaning that according to the regular schooling timeline, people born in 1990 will formally enter the workplace as fresh graduates in 2012. Recently, during the "2011 Model Human Resources Enterprise Selection" event held by 51job, the HR industry also took "How to View the Professional Attitudes and Orientations of the 80s and 90s Generations" as one of the discussion topics. Borrowing a famous quote from Chairman Mao, "The world is yours, it is also ours, but ultimately it is yours," any thing needs renewal to last, and the workplace is no exception. But at least for now, the "90s" generation of fresh graduates are merely "rookies." In the process of "rookie" evolution, besides needing "veterans" to lend a hand, "rookies" must also strive hard themselves, and this striving must begin with "opening their eyes to the world."