Case: Xiao Liu is a student of a famous university. He was recommended by his teacher to practice in an accounting firm. The boss has arranged some basic and routine work for him, such as sorting out information and checking figures, and I hope he can get familiar with the business as soon as possible. But in Xiao Liu's view, this is a "handyman", not an "internship". As an ambitious man, he should engage in professional work. As a result, Xiao Liu began to work with the mentality of "wasting talents" and dragged his feet, but he talked loudly at the meeting, hoping to gain the appreciation of the leaders. Contrary to expectations, Xiao Liu not only didn't get attention, but was "taken" to end his internship early.
"Zero mentality" means to get rid of arrogance such as school honor and family background in time, objectively analyze your strengths and weaknesses in professional knowledge and interpersonal communication, correct your mentality, put down your posture, uphold a modest attitude, see more, listen more and ask more questions, calmly deal with boring work, and then find the most suitable opportunities for your development.
Secondly, it is necessary to clarify the internship intention.
Case: Zhu Xiao is a sophomore. She has long smelled the "gunpowder smell" of employment pressure, so she began to look for internship units during the holidays. Eager to practice, she left her major and hobbies behind. As long as an intern was recruited, she submitted her resume without saying anything. The students joked that Zhu Xiao was "either being interviewed or on his way to interview". Finally, Zhu Xiao was admitted to a company, but after only half a month's internship, she found that the company's values were far from her personal values, and its operation was not standardized enough. Zhu Xiao regretted it and decided to leave the company and find another internship unit, but it was only a few days since he left school.
Although internship experience is better than nothing, it does not mean that you must go if you have the opportunity. Don't "grab watermelon and pick sesame seeds". Before the internship, we should fully understand the development of the industry in which the enterprise is located, carefully study the corporate culture and core values, and more importantly, we should make clear our employment direction and career expectations, and choose internship units according to our abilities and preferences, so as to lay the foundation for future employment.
Third, use their own advantages to find internship opportunities.
Case: As the holiday is approaching, students in Xiao Xu are busy looking for internship units, but instead of running around like the students, Xiao Xu picked up the phone and contacted her senior who had already taken part in the work, catching up over dinner. Xiao Xu and her sister used to work in the student union. They have a good relationship, just like sisters. In the process of chatting with her senior, Xiao Xu revealed her willingness to practice. Senior immediately said that her company was about to recruit several interns, and she could recommend Xiao Xu for an interview. As a result, Xiao Xu easily got the interview opportunity, and finally passed the interview with solid knowledge and sincere attitude, and began his internship career.
It is estimated that about 65%-90% of jobs are found through the Internet. Students should make full use of their interpersonal relationships and get internship opportunities through their younger siblings, relatives and friends who have already taken part in the work. Of course, the accumulation of interpersonal relationships is not achieved overnight, but a gradual process. Good interpersonal relationships may give you unexpected help when necessary. Extroverted students can participate in more activities, meet different people and collect all kinds of information; Introverted students, if they love writing, can usually make more contributions to the publishing house, establish good relationships and lay the foundation for future internships. In addition to contacts, internship information can also be obtained from other channels: school employment guidance center, recruitment website, student associations and so on. There are many channels and ways. As long as everyone makes full use of their own advantages, it is not difficult to find a suitable internship.
Finally, practice "low position".
Case: 65438-0989, Professor Yu Dan of Beijing Normal University, graduated from pre-Qin and Han Dynasties with a master's degree in classical literature. Her first job was in China Academy of Art Printing Factory in Liucun, a southern suburb of Beijing, wiping ink on the floor and moving coated paper. Romantic literary dreams and sweaty physical labor have brought a huge psychological gap to Yu Dan. Faced with this situation, Yu Dan put aside the past and rolled up his sleeves and worked hard for a year and a half. When talking about this first job, Yu Dan said: "I am very grateful for those years. If my first job went directly to the art research institute and sat in the office reading manuscripts, I might not be who I am today. I may be sentimental, fragile and vulnerable. I will be intoxicated with my romantic life and become cynical. I will complain that the world has given me too little and is unfair. "
Low position means lowering expectations, facing the grassroots, getting the first job, and striving to participate in workplace practice as soon as possible. For college students who are still in the training stage, they should face the reality, don't be vain, lower their position and look farther. The internship in front of you may be ordinary or boring, but as long as you are down-to-earth and diligent, you can learn the basic survival skills and life rules in the workplace, and you can also create wonderful things in the ordinary.
Study in the process of internship
If you get an internship, how to do this job well? First of all, master certain workplace etiquette. College students who live on campus for a long time may be lacking in dealing with people, which is easy to give people the impression of impoliteness. It is suggested to know more about workplace etiquette before internship and take fewer detours; The second is to demand yourself as a formal employee. Although I am an intern, I should be strict with myself according to the requirements of the enterprise and the standards of professional people, and I can't make excuses for myself by "I am an intern"; The third is to have a strong sense of responsibility. Be responsible for what you are responsible for, and explain the really difficult work directly to your boss, and never be vague and delay the work; The fourth is to actively complete the work. Internship is to experience the workplace, avoid passively waiting for work, and actively participate in the work; The fifth is to have good communication skills. Good communication skills can help interns adapt to work as soon as possible, realize their own shortcomings more clearly, and win the favor of superiors at the same time.
Everyone is practicing. Why do some people make remarkable progress and some people get nothing? The gap between the two lies in whether to turn experience into ability. Experience is just a process, a synthesis of things done in the past, and ability is a unique core advantage formed in experience. Selling a product and completing a copy is just an experience, but the sales skills and planning ideas behind it are really worth pondering. If you just stay in the experience stage, even if you do more internships, it is difficult to make great progress. In order to achieve long-term development, we must learn while doing, learn while thinking, gradually accumulate knowledge, be good at summing up the rules, turn valuable internship experience into our professional ability, and increase our employment chips.
Another important point is the protection of interns' rights and interests. You know, interns are also protected by labor law. When they practice in an enterprise, they must sign relevant agreements to clarify the rights and obligations of both parties. Relevant laws and regulations also have clear requirements for salary payment. College students should complain to the labor department in time to protect their legitimate rights and interests when enterprises refuse to pay internship fees. At present, some small companies take advantage of college students' eagerness to find jobs and engage in fraudulent activities to defraud high fees. Interns need to know something about enterprise qualifications before joining the job, and strengthen their legal awareness to avoid damage to their rights and interests.
Internship is a direct reflection of employment. The purpose of internship is nothing more than three: to be directly employed by the internship unit, to work in a similar institution, and to clarify what kind of work is not suitable for you. If your internship fails to achieve one of these three goals, you should reflect. Is your internship meaningful? Where is the crux?
Finally, I want to tell you an internship experience I saw on the Internet, which is humorous but true. "Learn knowledge like a sponge; Remember the names of everyone you meet; We should study interpersonal relationships like' eight bitches'; Work as hard as an ox; Activities around the company like flies. "