Resume, as its name implies, is a concise written introduction to a person's education, experience, specialties, hobbies and other related information. Resume is a standardized and logical written expression of targeted self-introduction. For candidates, resumes are the "stepping stone" to job hunting. The following are the skills and specialties that I should highlight in my carefully written resume. Welcome everyone to learn from them, I hope it will help you.
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"Those with basketball expertise are preferred." A few days ago, a state-owned enterprise explicitly asked candidates to have basketball skills at a special job fair in colleges and universities, because enterprises often hold cultural activities with more than a dozen brother units and need employees in this field to add luster to the enterprise. The reporter found that similar "additional terms" in the recruitment information include "driver's license is preferred" and "singing host is preferred".
Compared with the "hard certificate" of CET-4 and CET-6, skills such as basketball, driver's license and singing are often ignored in job hunting, and at most a little is added at the end of the resume. However, these "soft skills" are sometimes most easily recognized by HR and become an important embodiment of competitiveness in job fairs for master's and undergraduate students. As long as you skillfully display your "soft power", it can also bring you an Offer.
Resume: Clever display of "soft power"
"Grey skills" have gradually become a necessity for job hunting.
Xiao Xia, a Japanese major in China Normal University, was forced to learn to drive by her father at first, but now more and more college students are learning to drive. She feels that driving has become a necessary skill, just like English and computer. In some colleges and universities, driving lessons have been regarded as one of the elective courses for students, even as part of employment practice, and social practice credits are given to those who have obtained driver's licenses.
Liu of Punong Driving School told reporters that there are no more than three reasons for students to learn to drive: First, it is convenient to find a job in the future; Second, students arrange their time reasonably to avoid the inconvenience of re-reading on the job; Third, some people learn because others learn and they follow suit. According to incomplete statistics, 80% of college graduates have participated in various pre-job "warm-ups", hoping to "add weight" to job hunting. Xiao Min, a major in applied psychology at Guangdong Peizheng College, took a driving test, studied accounting and practiced yoga.
Entertainment is a knowledge in the workplace. As a result, "being able to drink a lot" has become a recruitment requirement of some enterprises, and some enterprises require candidates to sing, dance, rub hemp and play cards. These special recruitment requirements are called "grey skills". "Grey skills" has caused controversy, but in the controversy, more and more college students accept and learn "grey skills". According to a survey conducted by the Social Investigation Center of China Youth Daily (with 2,298 participants), 70.7% people think it is very important to have "grey skills" in the workplace competition, and 20.0% of them say it is "very important". Among the interviewees, 64.6% said that they have "grey skills", which is not unrelated to China's human society and fierce competition in the workplace.
"From the perspective of enterprise types, the demand for grey skills of state-owned enterprises and government agencies is higher than that of foreign enterprises, and the public relations of domestic enterprises can not be separated from China culture, such as KTV and dinner. From the perspective of posts, it is mainly public relations, outreach, secretary, sales, etc. " Wang Shengjun, director of human resources of Zhuoyue Huashang International Group, believes that "grey skills" are not the main factors of recruitment, but the learning ability, club experience and professional ethics of college students are the most important. But for college students who are about to enter the workplace, adding some skills to cope with the future can also add points to the workplace.
Resume highlights skills, not seeking more but improving.
Xiao Zhang, majoring in communication in South China Normal University, got a driver's license and learned many swimming strokes such as backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. In her view, if you apply for the media in the future, your driver's license may become a competitive advantage, and swimming is an escape skill. Xiao Zhang also took a photoshop certificate and a teacher's oral examination certificate. She hopes that these skills certificates will help her choose another path in the future.
Soft skills help to improve employability. Teacher Li, the counselor of China Normal University, believes that modern society needs talents with high comprehensive quality, and various skills will help students improve their comprehensive quality and add weight to their future abilities. But the impact on soft skills should not be overestimated. Jony J of Guangzhou Modern Information Engineering Vocational and Technical College believes that college students nowadays have utilitarian psychology in learning skills. If they are not interested in learning, they are either not good at learning or not good at learning. Even if they get dozens of skill certificates, it's useless.
In the view of Cao, majoring in machinery and automation in South China Agricultural University, the help of soft skills to employment is just icing on the cake. Xiaocao is a bicycle lover. He has been to Hainan Island, Shantou, Xiamen and Zhuhai by bike. This bicycle-loving travel experience has exercised his planning ability, team writing ability and communication ability, but it is only a little help to find a job, and employers pay more attention to substantive professional ability.
"Mastering skills is the need of the information society. It is understandable that enterprises require students to master some soft skills while completing academic education. " Liang, general manager of China Labor Relations Online, believes that "grey skills" make it easier for marketing and other occupations that need to communicate with the outside world to integrate into society, but not all occupations need this feature. Even in the marketing team, people who are eloquent may not be successful.
The more common view is that "grey skills" can only be a stepping stone and lubricant, or they need real ability to support the function of "grey skills", otherwise it will be difficult to be recognized by leaders and colleagues for a long time.
So, how to skillfully embody soft skills in your resume? It is understood that many graduates have "hobbies" or "skills" in their resumes, some simply fill in a few hobbies, and some list several certificates. Professionals suggest that the filling of soft skills should be "not demanding more, but improving". It is best to fill in one or two items according to the recruitment requirements of enterprises, and explain the significance of this skill to the applied position and its influence on yourself.
Interview: the perfect presentation of "potential quality"
The reporter learned that the investigation of college students' "potential quality" is becoming the requirement of more and more enterprises. The human resources departments of well-known enterprises will establish large and small quality models, and judge whether students have certain qualities through behavioral structured interviews in the process of telling cases. Therefore, for students, carefully preparing short stories in advance has become the key to successful interviews.
"Potential quality" is not empty.
The quality requirements of enterprises for college students in recruitment are not as real as the thresholds of academic qualifications and certificates, but the actual needs of enterprises. For example, after the financial crisis, enterprises tend to be cautious in recruitment and put more emphasis on "hard work"; There are also companies that are very concerned about the "stress resistance" of employees. An HR told reporters that the more well-known enterprises, the less ostentatious these quality requirements are. These companies will examine candidates by establishing various quality models, such as P&G's "Eight Questions", and each question points to a kind of ability, which is designed according to the quality model.
"Potential quality" has different requirements in different enterprises. Jony J, a business English major, believes that communication skills and sense of responsibility are the most important things for an enterprise. These qualities should be shown in the usual practice, for example, in the internship period, so that employers can see them, and then they can be transformed into competitive advantages.
What "potential qualities" do you value most?
Teacher Li, a counselor of China Normal University, believes that enterprises value the quality of students in life and work, including honesty and team spirit. Students should be good at turning "potential quality" into competitive advantage. Teacher Li pointed out three methods. First, treat others well in practice, practice and work, giving employers a feeling of easy contact; Second, be practical in your work and don't cheat; Finally, young people should hold their breath. Sometimes employers may not give you a chance. At this time, you should hold your breath, keep a low profile and don't be too ostentatious.
"When I was interviewing graduates in a university, there was a labor minister of the student union. When he introduced himself, he didn't come up with any skill certificate. He just said that every time the school organized a large-scale activity, he packed all the broadcasting equipment himself. Although he is unknown, I see the quality of hard work from him. This is very valuable for college students after 80 s and 90 s. " Liang, general manager of China Labor Relations Online, gave an example of personal experience.
Workplace experts:
Carefully prepare the case before the interview.
Different positions have different quality requirements, and HR will generally establish a quality model to test whether candidates have such quality. Wang Shengjun said, for example, when recruiting customer service staff, HR should first establish a quality model. In the quality model, the position has eight core competencies, including honesty and integrity, communication skills, hard work, conflict management and the ability to withstand pressure. Then design the problem according to the core competence. Wang Shengjun said that in the interview, every question needs to be answered by the applicant with past study, work and life experience, from which HR can judge whether the candidate is qualified for the job.
In the face of this kind of interview, how do college students prepare their cases carefully? Wang Shengjun thinks, first of all, you should know yourself, your education from high school to university, your advantages and abilities. The second is to understand the company. Different companies have different businesses and different backgrounds. Know yourself and yourself, and choose the most convincing case around different "potential qualities".
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