The beginning of each year is the most frequent season for job-hopping in various industries, as if animals whose hibernation has ended are beginning to come out for food. This example is not appropriate, because not hopping does not mean that there is no need to forage to survive, and not hopping still requires continued struggle and dedication in the position you have always held. Regardless of whether you have the intention of changing jobs or not, doing these three things will be of great benefit to your own improvement.
A great colleague has always maintained a habit of updating his own resume at a fixed time each year, regardless of whether he has plans to change jobs. He said that this has very obvious advantages: First of all, it can summarize and examine one's own growth and progress in the unit of the entire year. Secondly, the process of updating your resume can also increase industry-related knowledge and force yourself to learn and improve.
When I heard him say this for the first time, I didn't take it seriously. On the other hand, I found that I would only update my resume when I had a job-hopping plan — why would I update my resume if I didn’t quit? I believe this is also an extremely normal reaction of most people. But at the same time thinking about what he said, there is some truth, but it is a bit overstatement. In my opinion, updating your resume can indeed examine your own growth and progress, but it is a bit exaggerated to say that it has the effect of compelling learning and improvement. Is it because when you update your resume, you find that you have too little growth and are embarrassed, so you work hard What? Until he further elaborated:
Although your resume is a brief introduction of yourself, it usually includes basic personal information, educational experience, professional expertise, industry/company/project experience, but more essentially, it is a stepping stone when applying for a job. It is very important to know what kind of talents an enterprise needs. The so-called knowing oneself and the enemy can survive all battles. This is the truth...
Before he finished speaking, I suddenly realized that when he updated his resume, he was not only truthful (the resume is usually slightly modified in language description, but the whole should be objective and true), and his growth and progress should be reflected in the resume. Will also:
By looking at the description and requirements of your favorite position, you can summarize your own growth and gains, career strengths and weaknesses, and future learning directions and concerns. By referring to the job description, the text description on the resume can also be optimized to make the skills and abilities valued by the company more prominent. Especially by looking at the descriptions of multiple positions released by first-line companies and star companies, you can also know the general technological development trend and related talent needs. More importantly, it can let you know some tools, knowledge and skills that you didn't know. Imagine that among all the things that hinder your progress, the most terrifying thing is not that you are not good at being unfamiliar with something, because it can be improved through repeated learning, deliberate practice, and timely review. The truly terrifying thing is-you I don’t know what you don’t know, think about it, don’t you? Of course, to solve the problem of "you don't know what you don't know", it is not enough to just look up what the company needs. However, this method is extremely low cost, has obvious results, and is very practical. Why not do it?
So, at a certain time at the beginning of last year, I also updated my resume, and I also read all the job descriptions and requirements of different levels of job positions in my occupation on a job site, and I read what I needed Knowledge, skills, and experience have been classified and summarized, and a table has been sorted out, which is called the skill stack. I have to say that all of the above benefits can be experienced by updating your resume and reading job descriptions, not to mention the classification and summarization into a table, and there are further advantages in organizing the table, and the space is limited, this article is temporarily omitted .
These three things seem ordinary and costless, but there is a difference between what you do and what you don’t, especially the accumulation year after year will exacerbate this difference.
1. Update your resume at a fixed time every year;
2. Check the requirements of your favorite position, and know your friends even more.
3. Organize the "skill stack" in the industry field;
By persisting in doing these three things, you can also avoid being a frog at the bottom of the well and avoid the tragedy of "boiling frogs in warm water". Therefore, there should be a broader vision and a stronger desire for self-shaping. The world is so big, even if you don’t go out and look at it, you have to know what is happening outside, what kind of talent the market needs, and how you should improve. Skill stacks have different meanings for people at different career stages, especially for those who are new to the industry but have not yet planned their career development.
Having said so much, I forgot to tell everyone that I am a software testing practitioner. I did not specifically emphasize my career because these three things have nothing to do with the industry and occupation, and they are universally applicable. Regularly updating your resume + knowing the needs of the company + organizing the "skill stack" in the field should become a professional habit for you and me in the future. Of course, what should become a habit is to constantly seek knowledge and practice.
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