From a 'student tyrant' in the college entrance examination to a 'student scum' in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
In 2007, I took the college entrance examination and was admitted to a 211 university. My classmates regarded me as a scholar and a role model for the villagers in educating their children.
At that time, I had a kind of self-confidence, and I felt that I finally got rid of the fate of facing the loess and back to the sky with my hard work, and my life would be on the road of prosperity.
During college, like many of my classmates, I lived a very relaxed life and passed the exams easily. After four years, I successfully got my degree.
However, when I was looking for a job after graduation, I ran into obstacles everywhere. I also submitted dozens of resumes. Other classmates would have a few interview calls, but all of mine were lost. I was not willing to be inferior to others and was eager to find a job. In a big sales position, my performance was at the bottom again and again, dragging the team down every month, and was repeatedly used as a negative teaching material. In the eyes of my boss and my colleagues, I became a scumbag.
From a "student tyrant" in the college entrance examination to a "student scum" in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
The success of the college entrance examination changed my destiny, but it did not decide my life.
Looking back on it today, compared to successfully entering a university through the college entrance examination, having a strong skill, a state of lifelong learning, and a well-managed network can determine the quality of life more. These things should not wait until after graduation to know.
- Universities provide expertise, but not skills
I majored in marketing in college, and I learned the professional knowledge in a confused way for four years, and I was full of theories. After entering the workplace, I found that these theoretical knowledge did not bring advantages. After many years, I was still the most ordinary employee. I was not satisfied with my career development, but I didn’t know how to change it.
At the tenth anniversary party of graduation, I met Xiaoxue, a high school classmate. She failed the college entrance examination, but now she is the owner of the most popular chain of beauty salons in the area. She has a house and a car and has dozens of employees. She has grown from ordinary rural girls to young people. Entrepreneurial bosses rely on their own skills.
This incident made me understand that success in the college entrance examination gave me the opportunity to learn higher-level professional knowledge, but in the fierce workplace competition, mastering skills is a real and reliable advantage, which can bring more choices.
Developing any skill requires proper direction and deliberate practice.
From a "student tyrant" in the college entrance examination to a "student scum" in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
- The right direction determines the value of skills
Whether entering college or not, everyone should constantly adjust their course to market conditions and acquire valuable skills.
Wang Guangmei, CEO of Yunchuang Interactive, an educational consulting agency, once gave an example. In the past, a large number of students chose accounting majors, relying only on the basic knowledge learned in college, and the threshold for employment was too low, and they may face the elimination of AI in the future. However, people in the accounting profession who can provide tax declaration services to individuals or enterprises are still very popular, and those with corresponding specific qualification certificates are not under great employment pressure.
This example tells us that national policies and industry trends are always changing. Only by polishing the skills that meet the market demand can we form the unique competitive advantage of "people who don't have me, who have talents, and who have talents who I specialize in".
- Deliberate practice determines the level of skill
The level of skills affects the competitiveness of the workplace, and this "long" can only be achieved through deliberate practice.
When I was in college, I loved writing, and I really put in a lot of effort, reading famous books, excerpting classics, arranging cases, analyzing model essays, and finding teachers to learn from. After a few months of persistence, my writing ideas became significantly smoother and my writing became more fluent. Writing became my strength, and I learned later that it was also a process of deliberate practice.
Later, writing became my most useful tool in the workplace, and there have been several brilliant grades related to writing, which brought me more direct benefits than professional theoretical knowledge in college.
From a "student tyrant" in the college entrance examination to a "student scum" in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
College expertise is not the same as skill, and this is the first lesson many college graduates teach in the workplace.
- University changes the state of learning, but does not mean the end of learning
Before the college entrance examination, exam-oriented education has created a high-pressure learning atmosphere. After entering the university, many people relax all of a sudden, and may even have no motivation to study for a lifetime.
Xiami was my high school classmate. We both got into 211 in the college entrance examination, but after four years of college, she became a graduate student in a well-known major in 985 University, and I began to encounter obstacles in the interview. Ten years after graduating, she is a manager of a well-known enterprise in a first-tier city, and I am doing the most labor-saving job with a meager salary.
Xiami told me that after she was admitted to university, she always had a sense of crisis and never stopped studying. Not only has she continued to improve her workplace skills, including social, financial, and emotional intelligence, she has also been involved.
Entering the workplace, the cruel competition has just begun, and only those who keep learning can have the last laugh.
If you don't have the motivation to learn, and you can't find a grasp for a while, you should take interest as the guide and practicality as the direction.
From a "student tyrant" in the college entrance examination to a "student scum" in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
- Guided by interest
The most ideal state, of course, is to choose the major you are interested in and master the professional knowledge and skills required for the major.
But if what you have learned is not what you love, on the premise of successfully graduating, you should try boldly, get in touch with areas of interest, and explore your career path in practice.
My college classmate, Xiaomei, discovered that she liked law more during her school days. She often went to law school to attend lectures. An accomplished lawyer.
Students like Xiaomei are actually not uncommon. They are not bound by their majors in the past, and they follow their interests and enter a field that is more suitable for them. Without exception, they have the ability to learn for life.
From a "student tyrant" in the college entrance examination to a "student scum" in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
- Focus on practicality
No matter how good the book knowledge is, it is empty if you haven't practiced it.
In the workplace, practicality is the best learning. During school, social practice should be arranged as much as possible, on the one hand, it can consolidate professional knowledge, on the other hand, it can contact the society.
Swallow has started marketing-related practices since her sophomore year, such as salesman, store clerk, event planning, advertising copywriting, etc. She has done it. Development direction, and soon joined a very wrong company to do the job of a marketing event planner that you like.
Entering university means changing from heteronomy to self-discipline. We should change our mentality as soon as possible and take the initiative to study in the direction of the workplace. Don't wait until after graduation to regret it.
From a "student tyrant" in the college entrance examination to a "student scum" in the workplace: some things should not be known until after graduation
- University has changed the foundation of the network, but it cannot change the nature of workplace social interaction
The success of the college entrance examination brought me from a small county to a big city. In the past, apart from teachers and classmates, the people I met were my parents and relatives, and most of the conversations were about firewood, rice, oil, and salt; but after the college entrance examination, I came into contact with classmates from all over the world, and met many excellent friends, some of whom are in the workplace. Give me a lot of support.
Last year, the company needed to urgently customize 500 tote bags. The 40 or 50 channel manufacturers we looked for said that they could not do it. In the end, Xiaogang, a classmate, made a connection to ensure the smooth progress of our event. And Xiaogang helped me because I once gave Xiaogang some industry advice, and successfully helped him avoid pitfalls and reduce unnecessary economic losses.
According to statistics, the proportion of the population of Chinese undergraduates is only less than 8%, which means that it is not an exaggeration for the people who enter the university to be called the elite group. The quality of the network base.