I was turned into a 'proper brick' by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

Xiaohong (pseudonym) operates in a large-scale human resources outsourcing company, and is responsible for the statistics of personnel assignments and salary and social security. Now, it has been more than two years, and the work has been well established but there is no room for advancement, so she plans to quit this intensive and repetitive job.

Because she likes the cultural atmosphere of Internet companies very much, Xiaohong's job search goals are also very clear - Internet company operations or human resources related positions. However, after submitting resumes and interviewing for more than a month, she was repeatedly rejected because the other party said that her experience was not good!

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

At this time, Xiaohong was sad and confused——

My work has always been very hard, and I have the data of more than 1,000 expatriate employees. I rarely make mistakes. It is very good in the same position. However, it was only when I switched jobs that I realized that I had become a brick of the company before I knew it, and it was difficult to find a suitable job other than this position? !

"Could it be that I can only be old in this back-office data position?" Thinking of this, Xiaohong's inner sadness turned into a river.

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

Xiaohong's experience is not an exception. For some positions, because of their too narrow or monotonous skills, you may become a skilled worker for this position, but skilled skills suitable for this platform do not equal transferability. Once you want to leave voluntarily or leave passively due to environmental changes, it is easy Encountered a bottleneck - as if being instrumentalized by a position.

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

The reason for this is that the workplace is a place for division of labor and cooperation, and division of labor and cooperation itself will bring higher efficiency, but at the same time, too fine division of labor will also make people in this position too rigid and reduce adaptability. . Next, let's take a serious look: Which positions are prone to this situation? Are these jobs impossible to do? What should I do if I already feel crisis and stress?

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

First of all, which positions are prone to such a crisis of too narrow capacity?

In fact, in the workplace with division of labor and cooperation as the basic logic, any position will leave traces on people. A programmer, after working for 10 years, may also feel that "now my life is only programming, and I can only program".

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, the programming ability is still popular in society, in high demand and high in compensation, and it is not easy to create a sense of crisis and urgency. Therefore, when this sense of crisis occurs, it is often a position with a low technical threshold and low social demand. Based on my own experience, the following 3 types of jobs are relatively prone to such a sense of crisis:

1. Posts with very fine division of labor often appear in large companies.

For example, in a small company the HR director may be responsible for all six modules, while in a large company the HR director may only be responsible for payroll, social security or files.

For another example, some of the students I tutored recently entered the Big Four and central enterprises, and their company will set up a special letter production center (that is, each department provides content, edits it, and uses the company's legal format and header to produce it). I coached two girls to enter the correspondence production department. The workload was not small, and it was common to work overtime until 10 o'clock.

2. Industries with a relatively small audience.

In some industries, the overall audience is relatively small, and the corresponding positions are often very small. If you keep doing it, it will be fine, but if you want to change jobs, you will feel very narrow.

For example, I tutored a classmate who was studying nuclear reactions. After leaving the research institute, he felt that he could not find a direction other than being a physics teacher; another friend, for example, was in charge of refrigeration at the Astronomical Research Center, which is specialized in astronomical science. The language, materials and methods used in general industrial refrigeration are completely different. So, now I feel very confused when I want to change jobs.

3. There is a certain monopoly nature, but the skill points are not strong.

Such positions often appear in administrative and public institutions-related positions. A typical example is: In the past two years, there was a 35-year-old lady at a toll booth. After the toll booth was cancelled, she cried in despair and confusion: "I can only charge and do nothing else."

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

So, isn't this kind of job worth it? of course not!

Although, jobs with highly repetitive work content and their own systems and operating platforms are prone to problems of social adaptability. However, these positions are of course necessary to exist, and their working environment and treatment are likely to be quite tempting, and they do not need to be "cut out" in our careers.

In other words, in the case introduced above, the classmates I know are very competitive when they enter the job, and they all have thresholds in terms of academic qualifications, ability, and comprehensive quality. Moreover, this type of position often requires strong comprehensive ability. If you can adapt well in this type of position, your IQ, endurance and sense of responsibility are all very good.

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

So, the point of this article is, what should you do if you come across this type of position?

Confucius and his old man have a saying, which is particularly instructive for dealing with such situations. This sentence is "a gentleman is not a weapon" - the master said: a gentleman is not a weapon. What is metaphysical is called Tao, and what is below form is called utensils.

Tao is a system, and apparatus is a tool. Therefore, we must actively avoid becoming a tool from the very beginning. Therefore, on what to do, I have the following suggestions:

First, tap the mines of existing platforms and accumulate general skills.

According to the above analysis, the platform that allows you to be vertical to a fine division of labor is often not very small. Then this platform itself has mines, and it is recommended that you take the initiative to mine first.

1. Take the initiative to get out of your work station and take a look at this company. No matter how narrow your job is, as an employee, you can also see the business, core products, and customers of the company, understand the overall operation of the company, and pay attention to the operation of the company. Your knowledge will go from your position to this industry.

2. Take the initiative to get out of your work station and socialize with colleagues more. Large platforms often have annual meetings and interest group activities, so you can actively participate, use the most legitimate and fair platform of the company to show yourself, and make friends with colleagues from other departments. Moreover, as I said in my appeal, this highly vertical division of labor, such as correspondence production, data centers, etc., often provides support for multiple departments, making it easier to meet and understand colleagues in other departments.

3. Accumulate your general knowledge skills. Although the skills required by the position are very vertical, proactively communicating with other departments, proactively speaking at conferences, proactively writing data analysis reports, proactively asking about the needs of other departments, proactively optimizing working methods, etc. It allows you to accumulate more general skills, namely communication skills, copywriting skills and analytical skills, which are applicable to all positions.

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

Second, dig your own "mine", accumulate interest, and seek a slash path.

Not only the interest groups within the company, but there are actually many intra-city activities on weekends and nights in every city, such as literature, psychology, English, art... If your work itself is more difficult because you are already a skilled worker It's getting boring, so use your interest to accumulate the possibility of slashing yourself.

Maybe interest does not give you the possibility of realizing it right away, but interest can regulate emotions and improve your ability to cope with pressure, which is part of personal quality.

I was turned into a "proper brick" by the company, and I left with nowhere to put it. What should I do?

Third, if you plan to leave, how should you apply for a job?

If you already feel a sense of crisis and plan to leave, then don’t just complain. My suggestion is to do a deep review: a highly repetitive operating platform must also have common skills in the workplace. You can search in the following 3 directions:

1. For the same type of position, this must be there. For example, at the beginning of Xiaohong, who worked in the data center of HR outsourcing, in fact, if she looks carefully, I think many group companies have jobs similar to employee electronic file management. At this time, as long as you show your previous work achievements and skills, you can correspond.

2. Different positions in the same industry. This road is not difficult, or start with Xiaohong distance, then other HR outsourcing positions, Xiaohong can give it a try, although she has not personally designed salary performance, but she has a strong EXCEL table ability, and very familiar with salary performance. At this time, you should not only show your past achievements and skills, but also express your concern and learning about different positions.

3. Changing careers, this road is more difficult and requires more preparation and analysis.

Analysis 1 is your new direction, which is actually the most difficult. Because the field in the past was very narrow, you had less contact with other fields, and often you could only express that you didn’t want to do your old job, but you couldn’t tell where you were going. At this time, you need to collect information while giving yourself enough fault tolerance to try.

The second analysis is about one's own strengths. At this time, past experiences, interests, and own qualities should be taken out and analyzed, and a preliminary conclusion on what strengths you have. Then, when applying for a job, don’t forget to find someone to recommend you while submitting your resume.

After all, people are not tools in themselves. You take care of your abilities and needs, be proactive, and you will always find a way. I am very happy that Xiaohong, the first classmate, has already had two preliminary offers this week (e-commerce operation and IT company operation). Although it is not the most ideal, it seems that this step of job-hopping is feasible.