The professional interview was killed by seconds. During the interview, many people made a choice in ignorance. They don't know whether they are suitable or not, and they don't know their potential and interests. Later, they will pay for their wrong choices. Let's share a professional interview and learn!

The professional mismatch interview was killed by 1. From the beginning of the division of arts and sciences in high school, many people have made choices in ignorance. They don't know whether they are suitable or not, and they don't know where their potential and interests are, so they fill out the form in such a hurry and give it to the class teacher. Later, in almost the same situation, amid confusion and various opinions, I filled out something called a volunteer form. After four years in college, how many people really like their major and want to continue their studies in this major?

I won't know until I go to work. It's not just to fill in a job column and hand it over to HR to pass the customs smoothly. Recently, Emily came to the career planning center. She is in the math department. I was killed by HR during the interview and wanted to cry without tears.

The pride of the past has become a sad memory of today.

"How cool it is for girls to learn math. Other girls are often confused by formulas, numbers and complicated calculations, but I can easily solve these problems. I haven't failed in four years, but I have done better than many boys. But now these proud things are worthless. When I walked out of the math department and campus, I felt that the state of ignoring others and calming down to solve problems was completely lifeless, and the beauty and liveliness of youth were still consumed in numbers and formulas.

This can't be done. I need to have a flexible and smart mind, be active in the circle of interpersonal communication and be good at communication. This is what I want to pursue. From looking for a job, I must make a big change in my life! Emily, who just left school, had this idea and went to apply happily.

Emily wants to enter the marketing industry, which is a dynamic and challenging job. She was very clever, and she left out her major in her resume, and barely got an interview, but you know, she can't escape being asked about her major during the interview.

"Your resume doesn't seem to mention your major. What's your major? " The interviewer asked politely, with a sense of detection.

Emily was too nervous to show her guilt, but there was nowhere to hide. She replied, "Math."

/kloc-after 0/0 seconds of silence, Emily couldn't help adding that she was the head of the propaganda department of the student union when she was in college. She organized some student activities and enjoyed dealing with people very much. But when she finished, she felt that these words were pale and powerless.

"Your major is a little behind the position we want to recruit." The interviewer paused for a moment, looked at her and continued, "Well, I have a basic understanding of your situation. If there is no problem, that's it. Thank you for coming for an interview today. If I have any news, I will inform you to come for a second interview within one week. " The interviewer ended the interview politely but coldly.

A week, two weeks, three weeks, a month and two months passed, and Emily and others didn't wait for the second interview call from this favorite company, and there was no news from two or three companies interviewed later.

"Several interviewers frowned as soon as they heard this major, as if all the girls in the math department were monsters." Emily was very sad when she told CCDM career planner about the sadness of this scene in Xiangyang. Where is the future and where to go?

Mathematics+marketing, there is always a place for you.

Maybe it's because Emily's grades have always been excellent. Even though many girls have difficulty in math, she won easily, so she didn't think about the employment problem after graduation, and subconsciously felt that everything was natural. As Emily herself said, she is lively, outgoing and willing to communicate with others, which is consistent with the results of a series of professional personality tests. In the interview, experts in Xiangyang's career also found that she is actually a very cheerful and talkative girl. The key to help Emily is to explore her core competitiveness and enhance her comprehensive competitiveness.

Combining Emily's professional expertise-data calculation and interest-marketing, she released a career planning plan that is very suitable for her development. The development channel given by Xiangyang career planner Yan Ling is: market data investigator->; Assistant marketing manager->; Market planning > market development manager->; Marketing director. This will not only enable her to develop her professional expertise, but also skillfully cut into the marketing industry.

The career planner gave Emily three pieces of advice:

First of all, calm down and learn some marketing knowledge to increase job search capital;

Secondly, when making resumes, research positions according to market data and highlight your own advantages. The background of mathematics major will definitely add points to job hunting;

Third, during the interview, show natural self-confidence and actively show your ability to do the job. Don't worry about the troubles caused by your major, turn passivity into initiative, and believe that your professional background is the weight to be superior.

Perhaps a successful consultation brought Emily confidence and courage. Soon, just three months later, Xiangyang career customer service staff received a phone call from Emily. She successfully entered a foreign company doing fast-moving consumer goods, and did market data investigation and analysis. Although she is busy at work, she is very happy.

Case enlightenment

Eradicate the three root causes and say goodbye to "spike"

According to statistics, recently, more than 60% of the individual clients who came to the career planning consultation center asked for simulated training in job interview at the end of the consultation. Indeed, resume making and interview skills are the weakness of many job seekers. According to the analysis of career planners, there are three "roots" of similar situations:

First of all, the career orientation is not done well. The data shows that 80% people have no clear understanding of what they want to do and lack a clear understanding of themselves. Blindness and aimlessness, from making resumes to interviewing, make you lose at the starting line.

Secondly, resume making lacks skills, and I don't understand that the function of resume in the whole job hunting process is to attract the attention of the interviewer and get the interview opportunity. Concise and to the point, highlighting advantages and characteristics, this is the key point. People who can make a good resume can basically be said to be half the battle.

Finally, the interview did not convey enough comprehensive ability. Comprehensive ability includes not only your commercial capital, but also your psychological capital. Many people feel that they are very experienced and capable, and the questions they answer seem to be all right, but there is often no news behind them. Job seekers don't know whether you really care about this job, whether you are passionate about it, and so on. During the whole interview, they will be revealed in every detail. If you are not fully prepared or careful enough, then the opportunity of a good job is likely to pass you by.

Maybe you are experiencing or have had the experience of being killed by seconds. In that case, you were embarrassed, and when you came out, you looked ashamed and felt that your future was gloomy. Remind job seekers not to lose heart, there are still many jobs waiting for you to fill. Being "killed" doesn't mean you don't have strength. Do a good job orientation, pack your resume and interview, and show your "unique skills". A good job belongs to you!

China has ushered in the biggest wave of returnees, and a large number of overseas students have returned to China for employment. In 20 18, the number of returned overseas students increased by 38,500, an increase of 8%! On the one hand, the anxiety of returnees comes from the fact that their income level is lower than expected; On the other hand, the aura of returnees has gradually faded, and there is no obvious core competitiveness; It may also be that it is not suitable for the domestic working environment, and the professional ability and experience are still lacking. ...

As HR said above, there are actually many:

Aaron completed his master's degree in England for one year. I worked in England for one year after graduation, and now I choose to work in China. Although it is not a top university in Britain, it is also a university recognized by the Ministry of Education, and even ranks high. I thought that with overseas study and work experience, I should be less worried about finding a job.

As a result, I submitted a lot of resumes, all of which sank into the sea. HR, who interviewed him, declined. "Our company thinks you are not suitable for this position. On the one hand, your undergraduate and postgraduate majors and work requirements are not particularly compatible, and you don't have much relevant experience. These comprehensive abilities are difficult to reflect from past experiences, but I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you in the future. "

Part 2 School selection and employment are closely linked.

From the spit before HR, we can see the importance of choosing schools and majors. However, these questions can be prepared before studying abroad! Choosing schools and majors accurately according to the needs before studying abroad, combined with our actual needs and the purpose of studying abroad, can help us avoid the embarrassment of "mismatch between supply and demand" at first.

If you want to concentrate on your studies, continue to study for a doctorate.

Then the following factors can be given priority: professor education/academic level >; Professional ranking > comprehensive ranking > geographical location > other factors. If you devote yourself to studying PhD and doing academic research, and have the tutor of Daniel, the development prospect will definitely be better.

Secondly, most of the top research scholars in the industry have rich resources, which can take you to the forefront of knowledge and information in the industry and devote yourself to the first-line research projects. Newspapers and periodicals are in sight.

If you want to emigrate or stay overseas for employment,

Then the following factors can be given priority: geographical location >; Among them, alumni graduation > professional ranking/comprehensive ranking > curriculum setting > other factors.

Because geographical location and employment opportunities can be directly linked, the local industrial environment in the United States largely determines the humanistic environment, employment resources and development potential of a profession or industry. Therefore, for some industries, the geographical location of the school is even more important than the professional ranking. At the same time, you can also pay attention to the graduation destination of alumni and make good use of school resources and alumni resources to help you "push back".

If you want to go back to China to find a job after graduation

Then you can give priority to the following factors: school reputation/comprehensive ranking >; Other factors

Because for the HR of many domestic enterprises, when recruiting fresh graduates, they will pay more attention to academic qualifications and relevant experience. If the overseas institutions studied are more comprehensive and well-known in China, they will naturally be more popular.

The order of the above factors is for reference only. You can sort out the priority of choosing a school according to your actual situation. However, there are still four factors that need to attract students' attention:

1. Confirm whether the curriculum of this project is related to your employment direction.

Inquiring about the curriculum of the major you intend to apply for through the school official website, one is to judge whether these courses are of interest to you, whether they are helpful for future employment development, and the other is to estimate whether the difficulty and density of the courses can keep up with you, which is also something that many students who change majors need to pay attention to. At the same time, we should also know the comprehensive background, teaching staff and domestic employment recognition of the interested colleges in advance.

2. Understand the employment direction of the graduates of this school and the average salary in recent years.

Take Duke University Electronic and Computer Engineering as an example. Official website will show the employment destinations of recent graduates, such as Airbnb, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. It will also show the employment statistics and total annual salary of recent graduates. Besides official website, you can also make good use of online resources to learn about the graduation destination and career development route of former alumni through apps such as LinkedIn.

3. refer to various rankings, such as the QS 2020 world university graduates' employability ranking.

Take QS 2020 world university graduates' employability ranking as an example. The indicators of this ranking are employer reputation (30%), alumni performance (25%), cooperation between colleges and employers (25%), contact between employers and students (10%) and graduate employment rate (10%).

Focus on the ability and achievements of colleges and universities in employment prospects and career development. It provides an objective perspective of employment competitiveness for the majority of international students and can be used as one of the reference factors for students to choose schools.

4. Is this school the target school of your favorite company?

Target school: the target school that will first consider or take the lead in putting in all kinds of recruitment resources of top famous enterprises, and will have the recruitment process and information release channels of the school. For example, the target schools of consulting companies include Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Yale University, Duke University, Northwestern University and University of Chicago.

The importance of choosing a school is self-evident, but it is also important to choose a major if you want to apply for a job smoothly. If your original major deviates from your future employment direction, it is expected that you will take some detours and hit the "South Wall", but how can you avoid it?

What major should I choose in the third part?

"In order to find a job easily, do you want to choose a popular major that you are not interested in?" This problem must be a headache for many students who apply for studying abroad when choosing a major.

The choice of major in studying abroad not only determines the knowledge you will learn during your future study abroad, but also the field you will contact, which is a big foundation for your future employment-the so-called "theory plus practice, make great efforts to create miracles" and "direct practice without theory is like an attic in the air".

So before choosing a major, students can ask themselves the following questions:

Am I interested in related fields/occupations in my major? Is the employment direction and development of this major recognized and accepted by yourself? With this professional degree, will I have more advantages in domestic/foreign employment?

When you think about these problems carefully, you will have a preliminary idea. Maybe you will choose your favorite or most suitable major among popular and high-paying majors; Maybe you will choose a major with a good career direction among the majors you are interested in ... but no matter what your final choice is, you should proceed from your own actual situation and don't blindly follow suit.

Share five factors in choosing a major for studying abroad for your reference:

1. Personal interests come first.

2. The future development trend of specialty and industry

3. Curriculum and teaching staff of this major.

4. Understand the employment situation of graduates of this major.

5. Refer to the professional ranking and the comprehensive background of the school.

In short, when choosing a major for studying abroad, we must combine our own interests and advantages and consider the connection with future employment and development prospects. In addition, we should also pay attention to the teachers of this major and the difficulty of application.

I believe that opportunities are reserved for people who are fully prepared, so international students must grasp their own advantages and position themselves according to their actual situation and future employment direction before applying for studying abroad.

While improving your academic background and language ability, you should also improve your personal ability and comprehensive quality to meet the job requirements, so that you have a better chance to get your favorite job offer. I also wish prospective international students a dream school offer!