‘What should I do? I’ll graduate in a few months and I don’t know what I’m going to do in the future.’ ‘How about getting a master’s degree?’ ‘Go be a soldier first and then think about it later.’ Graduation season is approaching. , are you feeling uneasy about entering the society? I feel even more anxious when I think that my entire resume is blank. In fact, for college students with no work experience, it is really a big challenge to find their first job in a short period of time. However, even if you feel that you have no experience to put on your resume, there are still some skills that can make the human resources department take a fancy to you!
1. Use SWOT analysis to find out personal strengths
First of all, look back on your four-year college career. In addition to the professional knowledge and skills learned in the classroom, have you participated in any off-campus activities? Please try to find out the experiences in which you are best at and perform best, and turn these achievements into your core competencies in the workplace, and you can also use this to get rid of the image of having no work experience.
For example, many companies will use the MBTI Occupational Personality Test to understand the applicant’s personal characteristics, job suitability, teamwork ability, etc. before the interview. Therefore, it is also recommended that graduates with no work experience can use SWOT analysis in advance to list their strengths (Strength), weaknesses (Weakness), whether their abilities are qualified for the job opportunity they are applying for (Opportunity), and how to face external challenges. Adaptability to competitive threats (Threat). Once you have a comprehensive understanding of your strengths and capabilities, you will be able to find a relatively suitable industry.
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The following is a SWOT analysis made by college graduate Xiao Sai who plans to apply for the position of ‘Western Restaurant Outfield Reserve Cadre’:
Strength: intrinsic, personal factors
● Enthusiastic and lively personality
● Good at communication
● Have experience working in a cheap steak restaurant
● Experience as a club cadre and publicity officer leading junior students
Weakness: internal, personal factors
● High-end consumer groups who are unfamiliar with Western restaurants
● Failure to understand the potential needs of consumers, because customers at cheap steakhouses leave when they are full
● I feel nervous when speaking English
Opportunity: external and industrial environment factors
● Western restaurants in the high-end consumer market have more return customers and have more opportunities to get real feedback from consumers.
● In the near future, the restaurant plans to hire overseas Michelin-starred chefs as chefs, and the restaurant may have the opportunity to obtain Michelin-starred certification in the future.
● High-end restaurants have greater consumer reputation in the catering market, which is beneficial to future careers.
Threat: external, industrial environment factors
● The higher starting salary for reserve cadres may attract senior grassroots catering industry workers to become competitors
● The epidemic has significantly affected the catering industry’s revenue
Finally, the following combinations are organized separately. In this way, you can understand how to present your career plan and competitiveness before writing a resume, writing an autobiography, or preparing for an interview. You can also gain insight into your shortcomings first. And prepare ‘solutions’ and rhetoric in advance.
(1) Advantages face opportunities:
An enthusiastic and sincere personality can help cultivate regular customers, and experience working in a restaurant can help you get started quickly.
(2) Advantages in the face of threats:
He once held the position of chief publicity officer of a society and understands the role of response and communication between the school and students. He can also provide community publicity suggestions to stimulate the promotion of takeaway discounts during the epidemic.
(3) Weaknesses face opportunities:
After being admitted, I will observe the way senior employees in the store greet and greet regular customers. I will also start taking online courses in English listening and conversation to accumulate my English skills.
(4) Weaknesses in the face of threats:
Observe more reviews and messages of high-end restaurants at home and abroad on the Internet, understand the needs of high-end restaurants from the perspective of high-end consumers, so that you can have more preparations than competitors in the labor market, and also understand the operations of other restaurants during the epidemic. situation.
2. Don’t have part-time work experience? List of community experience can also be substituted
Furthermore, if you have no work experience, you should make use of the club activities, internships, part-time jobs, etc. you participated in during your studies, such as listing the large-scale activities on campus that you have hosted, assisting professors in special research, or taking the initiative. Go volunteer outside of school. Although these may not appear to be workplace businesses at first glance, they actually require the use of work abilities to complete tasks and goals. Therefore, compared with other job seeker competitors, you can gain the favor of human resources and increase your chances of interviewing.
In addition to the above two skills, if college students can match relevant ‘professional certificates’ and ’language skills’ when looking for a job, it is also a good opportunity to add points to their personal resumes. Finally, what the editor would like to share with you is that I often hear people say that ’the first five years out of society are very important.’ It also shows that this period is not only a period of work exploration, but also a foundation for subsequent careers. critical period. Therefore, don’t be afraid that you won’t be able to find a good job without work experience. If you want to reverse the trend that graduation equals unemployment, it’s time to start preparing well in advance!
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