Chapter 1 Required Courses for Job Search
"If you want to attack something first, you must first sharpen your weapon." Every person who fights on the battlefield with bare hands has the fearless heart of the ignorant and the courage of a man. The spirit is commendable, but unfortunately most of them have a bleak end, and they are the main characters in the TV series who will never survive the second episode. In this chapter, I will talk about the precautions that we must know before applying for a job.
What is the company's job search process like?
- The company's R&D department submits a recruitment application to HR and puts forward specific employment requirements.
- Human resources (HR) publish recruitment information on recruitment platforms such as Zhilian, Liepin, and Qiancheng.
- You submit your resume on a job site.
- HR will screen the resumes received, and those who meet the requirements will be invited by phone.
- You receive a call from HR to set an interview time.
- Go to the interview location on time and fill out the interview registration form at the front desk.
- Get the test paper for the written test.
- Technician/Human Resources conduct initial test.
- The supervisor conducts a re-examination.
- The two parties entered into a cooperation intention, and HR issued a letter of appointment (Offer)
- At the designated time, go to the company to go through the entry procedures and sign the labor contract.
- Entering the trial period, the company and the individual conduct a two-way assessment.
- Everything went well, and Zheng Zheng became a regular employee.
The "bottom line" in the job search process
You who are motivated to become a "software engineer" will encounter various doubts in the process of applying for jobs. It is no exaggeration to say that the choice of your first job directly affects your future. After 10 years, "marrying the rich and beautiful" or "being poor and white" is directly related to your first job. Therefore, at the beginning, I will list some "bottom lines" that cannot be touched.
Don't go to any company that asks you to pay or doesn't pay
The job is to use my time to exchange value with the company's interests, and then achieve a win-win behavior. If a company has said in various names "you have to pay XXX security deposit" or "we only take care of the rice", it is a hooligan.
Jobs not related to development will not be considered
I applied for a software engineer position in a company and went to the company for an interview. HR tells you that the R&D engineers are full, and we also have the same salary for the positions of operation and maintenance engineers and test engineers. Do you want to consider it? You think, well, after being abused so many times, finally a company wants to take me in, so let’s test it. Anyway, the money earned is about the same. If you have experience in the future, you can transfer it back to development.
Trust me, don't do this. Compared with testing and operation and maintenance, R&D has much better development space. Once you give up on research and development, after a period of testing and operation and maintenance, all the knowledge of development is forgotten, and you have entered the "comfort zone" of a new position. Unless you have extraordinary perseverance, you will start over again. The career path is basically stereotyped.
The first job determines your destiny, don't go astray, remember to make an appointment with Qi Laoshi if you don't understand something.
Jobs with outdated skills and too niche are not to be touched
You are going to interview a Java engineer. The interviewer is very satisfied with you in all aspects. Before the end, he said to you with joy: "Your Java basic skills are really good, and now we have some outsourcing projects to Japan, which need VB development, and can work in Japan. , I think you are very suitable, the language is interoperable, I believe you can learn it soon, do you want to think about it?" At this time, will you agree? I think you will agree with a high probability, the high salary, going abroad, and being able to experience the "specialties" of the island country in person are all beautiful, so why not go.
Don't go, you will be unemployed when you return home! First of all, it is necessary to know that VB is hardly adopted by domestic companies. VB was eliminated ten years ago, and it is even more difficult to find a job by relying on VB. Secondly, it is good to go to English-speaking countries such as Europe and the United States. At least, your foreign language skills have improved by leaps and bounds. This can also become your personal highlight. Finally, the Japanese economy has declined in recent years, coupled with political factors, the market for outsourcing to Japan has become smaller and smaller. After returning to China, you will find it difficult to find similar jobs.
If you want to know whether the technology is outdated, you can search for the keywords of this technology in Zhaopin Recruitment and see the number of positions offered.
Choose a promising + profitable industry
The software industry is essentially a service industry, and it helps traditional industries to solve problems. "Office Automation System OA" solves the problem of collaborative office and uploading. "Customer relationship management system CRM" helps sales to tap the potential needs of customers more effectively. "Enterprise Resource Planning ERP" penetrates into every detail of enterprise production management, and conducts informatization and data management of enterprise resources, so the industry you serve determines your future development and wallet, and some people can buy it after 5 years Audi, and you have only bought Alto for 5 years, which has nothing to do with the future of the industry.
When you are looking for a job, it is best to aim at industries with a high degree of informatization such as e-commerce, mobile Internet, government, banking, telecommunications, insurance, securities, funds, new materials, new energy, artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and new media. , There is a "money" way and a promising industry. With the prosperity of the industry, your personal value is also rising.
In traditional industries, labor-intensive industries such as textiles, water conservancy, mining, metallurgy, and agriculture have relatively low levels of informatization and technological content, which is detrimental to one's work in the long run.
One of my students went to a "nephrology hospital" to do the registration system after graduation. I repeatedly communicated with him and hoped to change the profession, because this system is a icing on the cake for the hospital, and a doctor with superb medical skills is the foundation. , your work here will not be valued, and the technology will hardly improve. But he didn't listen and insisted on continuing to work. He felt that his colleagues in the hospital treated him very well, and he was unwilling to change the environment. As a result, he took the initiative to find me two years later, hoping to recommend a position. There is no company in the application market that recruits people who can only do "registration system".
stay in first-tier cities
A seed needs fertile soil and its own efforts to become a tree in the sky. As software people, this is even more necessary. First-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen provide us with opportunities to fully display our talents. The most elite people in China are concentrated here, and you have goals to grow and pursue.
Some people think it's too hard to squeeze the subway, eat waste oil, and live in a partition every day in these places, and I can't stand it. Then I just want to tell you that I can't bear the pain, so hurry back to my hometown. A few years later, a friend who became a technical director of a well-known Internet company drove a luxury car and bought a luxury house in his hometown, accompanied by his beautiful wife. On the other hand, if you look at your 100KG wife, the whole family is still under one roof. Don't be envious and jealous. This is what people struggle for. Everyone has the right to choose their own life, right?
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