Both offers are called data analysis, and the treatment is the same. Can you choose at will?

Xiaohong, a student majoring in e-commerce, after more than 2 months of hard work, finally got two offers that seem quite satisfactory.

As a result, I "happily" entered the "power reversal moment" of job hunting - the OFFER selection stage.

Of course it is a good thing that we have the initiative! However, the choice itself is not easy: because to choose one is to give up the other, and what you give up is the opportunity cost. Therefore, "how to choose a relatively more satisfactory offer" is a very tangled matter.

Both offers are called data analysis, and the treatment is the same. Can you choose at will?

First of all, let me introduce these two offers to you. If it were you, which one would you choose?

These two OFFERs are indeed very good. The job title is data analysis position, and the treatment is similar (7,000 yuan + some subsidies). The auxiliary information such as corporate environment, atmosphere, and address are also similar. The specific job information is as follows:

The first OFFER: is the data analysis of the sales department of the pharmaceutical company. The job responsibilities are: analyze the sales data, count the completion of the performance, upload the company system, sort out the sales profits of different products, and connect the profit accounting methods of the administrative and human resources departments to carry out Department-related accounting.

The second OFFER: It is the data analysis of the operation department of the e-commerce company. The job responsibilities are: analyze various data of the platform, establish data models for customers, cooperate with product managers to report data, and provide customers with operational suggestions.

Both offers are called data analysis, and the treatment is the same. Can you choose at will?

Well, it's time to choose! When you read the introduction of these two offers, if you were Xiaohong, which one would you choose?

If you were Xiaohong, which one would you choose? radio

A. Select the first OFFER

B. Select the second OFFER

C. I have not yet understood the difference between these two OFFERs.

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Next, let's talk about how to analyze positions and choose more suitable opportunities based on our own characteristics.

Seriously, although these two offers are called data analysis, they are indeed very good job opportunities for Xiaohong. In theory, both are acceptable (otherwise, they will not take the initiative to submit resumes and interviews) . Since I was lucky enough to get two opportunities, I can't just choose.

First, the two OFFERs, although they are both called data analysis, are fundamentally different.

As the division of labor within the company becomes more and more refined, although many positions have the same name, the responsibilities of positions in different companies are very different, especially for some emerging positions. When the word "operation management" was just popular, the company where Ms. Mendao worked set up a project operation department, and Ms. Mendao successfully became the director of project operations, but the operations here were more about the management of project quality and standards, which was similar to that of Internet companies. Operations are a completely different concept.

Therefore, if you search on the Internet, you will find many positions such as operations, data analysis, marketing, planning, business assistants, project specialists, etc., but if you look carefully at the recruitment information, you will find that each company will set up different positions for different companies due to their own operating frameworks. The specific responsibilities are not even like a post at all.

Both offers are called data analysis, and the treatment is the same. Can you choose at will?

Therefore, we cannot fully understand a position just by looking at the job title. We also need to analyze it from the following three aspects:

1. Which department is the position in? That is its ecological location.

The department settings of each company are completely set according to their own needs, there is no standard answer, and there is no difference between who is better and who is better.

For example, you think that the position of "user research" is likely to appear in the marketing department or the operation department in most cases, but as far as I know: many daily chemical companies will set it in the research and development department. It makes sense if you think about it carefully. Of course, research and development also needs to be carried out according to user needs. Emmmm, it is impossible to refute it.

For another example, the position of business assistant sounds quite high, it may be in the sales department (the "business" here means the commercial market), but it may also be located in the administrative department (the "business" here is business office means). Therefore, you need to understand what department your position is in by reading job advertisements and interview inquiries.

Well, in terms of the case we shared today, the two data analysis positions Xiaohong got are in different departments (I have specially underlined the front)——

The first OFFER is in the sales department; the second OFFER is in the product department. In different departments, it is natural to work around different modules. Therefore, the first OFFER revolves around the act of selling, while the second OFFER revolves around specific products.

2. Who do you serve? For whom.

Who you serve is to whom you are responsible. In theory, all positions in the company are responsible for customers; but in fact, the specific responsible object of each position is more of its own next link.

For example, the operation positions of some companies are oriented towards their own branches, that is, the operation of the headquarters is oriented to the branches; while the operation positions of some companies are actually oriented to customers. will be obviously the same.

Then, let's go back and look at the two OFFERs that Xiaohong got. Obviously, the objects oriented and served are different.

The first OFFER: serving the sales department, similar to the logistics of the sales department, for the sales department personnel, administrative and financial personnel.

The second OFFER: for brand customers.

3. Look at the tools used and the skills required.

To analyze whether a position is suitable for you, another important point is what tools and skills you need for this position.

For example, some product managers need to focus on prototyping software, while some product managers must be proficient in programming languages ​​such as Java; for example, some company finance requires a specific software, while some companies must be proficient in programming languages ​​such as Java. is not required.

These different requirements, on the one hand, reflect the company's business model from the side, you can know the company's management style, operational focus and other important information; The key information of the ability.

Then, judging from the information obtained from the interview, Xiaohong's two offers are also very different in skill requirements - the offer from the sales department of the pharmaceutical company requires the use of the company's internal software; while the data analysis of the e-commerce company needs to establish Model (visually, there is prototyping software).

So far, we have analyzed Xiaohong's two offers from three aspects: position, who they are facing, and what tools are used. The summary is as follows:

The first OFFER: The data analysis of the sales department of a pharmaceutical company is more like the back office of the sales department. Although there is also data analysis, it is more likely to use the company's software and analyze it under the framework of administration and HR.

The second OFFER: The data analysis of e-commerce companies is more inclined to products and markets. It cooperates with product managers to analyze platform customers and brands, and is completed under the framework of market and product design.

Both offers are called data analysis, and the treatment is the same. Can you choose at will?

Second, which OFFER should Xiaohong choose? This must look at Xiaohong's career plan.

Through the analysis of the three dimensions above, I believe that you must have a clearer understanding of what these two offers are.

However, the purpose of these analyses is to gain a better understanding of the jobs so that better choices can be made, rather than saying which jobs are good or bad. Because "the shoes fit or not, only the feet know".

Therefore, to choose which OFFER is more suitable, you also need to combine Xiaohong's own characteristics and career planning (career planning is not a strict plan for your life, but guides you at key moments).

For Xiaohong, based on my communication with her: her major is e-commerce, and she likes her major very much. In the future, she hopes to go in the direction of products and markets, so she is more inclined to engage in Internet and product-related , and I hope to learn more professional knowledge in modeling. So, obviously the second OFFER is more suitable for her.

However, if Xiaohong prefers the pharmaceutical industry, or prefers a well-organized internal control work, or wants to transfer to an administrative or financial position in the future, then the first OFFER will be more suitable.

Both offers are called data analysis, and the treatment is the same. Can you choose at will?

What we share today is that when choosing a job opportunity, even if other conditions are similar, you can’t choose it casually. You must figure out what job this is and which one is more in line with your own characteristics and career planning.

Have you mastered all the above 3 job analysis methods? If it were you, which would you choose in the end? Analysis of positions is one of the core skills necessary in the workplace. Try to analyze your favorite positions.