This report is from Wenhui Bao: a considerable part of the professional niche and cold graduates, always feel in the job search comes with "difficult mode". When he first started looking for a job, Yan Shuo, a recent master's student in textile composites at Donghua University, was also a bit apprehensive. However, in just a few months, he only put in twenty resumes but "harvest" more than a dozen job offers.

Graduation photo of Yan Shuo (first from left) and his classmates

In addition to his outstanding research ability, the secret of his high success rate is actually the "double insurance" job search strategy of "avoiding popular large enterprises + precise delivery".

"Freshmen in the job search, do not look too high. In addition to well-known large enterprises, some potential small and medium-sized enterprises also have a number of suitable positions worth considering." Yan Shuo in looking for a job, and not limited to Shanghai. With the help of this strategy, he was able to find a number of target companies in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Looking at the Yangtze River Delta

"Double insurance" resume submission to improve the success rate

"To find a job, you have to be goal-oriented and work towards whatever position you want." In the school research composites small success Yan Shuo, hope to continue the passion for scientific research to career. So, he soon targeted his job search for R&D positions in major research institutes or enterprises.

In the view of many graduates, staying in Shanghai and joining famous companies is the only way to live up to their high education and good grades. But Yan Shuo is precisely "not the usual way". This year, the employment situation is relatively severe, must stay in Shanghai after graduation? In fact, not necessarily, the development prospects of the Yangtze River Delta is very broad.

Yan Shuo, who started his job search in September last year, collected first-hand information about his professional counterpart by searching the school's employment website and communicating with his mentor, siblings and classmates. Shanghai, Nanjing, Ningbo ...... he carefully studied most of the enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region with composite materials research and development needs, and deliberately "bypassed" the traditional famous enterprises such as the Fortune 500, but filtered out the local research institutes and small and medium-sized enterprises as their The "key target". Then, he precisely aimed at the target unit and put out twenty resumes. As expected, the "double insurance" job search strategy proved to be successful: Yan Shuo voted for a small number of resumes, but to achieve the "target is not false", he received positive feedback from corporate HR almost every time.

Yan Shuo in the lab

After this year, just when he was repeatedly considering and indecisive among several job offers, a phone call from his parents invariably helped him to make a decision. "I am an only child, and I have to take care of my parents in the future. If I stay in Shanghai, I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of my parents back home." Yan Shuo is a filial child, after considering various factors, he chose to return to his hometown in Anhui, into the national focus on the development of environmental protection industry. At present, Yan Shuo has and Anhui Yuanchen Environmental Protection Materials Co.

"Group warming"

Join the employment "small group" together to solve the problem of applying for jobs

Looking back on his own job hunting experience, Yan Shuo said, compared to his own hard search, "group warming" is more efficient.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Yan Shuo read the textile profession is relatively niche, seems to be not a wide range of employment. This is also the reason why he initially lacked confidence in his job search. Fortunately, he was soon pulled by the college counselor into a "large group" of freshmen who are ready to find jobs and a "small group" of students in the major.

A group photo of Yan Shuo and his mentor

After joining these reliable job search information groups, Yan Shuo not only received timely job information and job search counseling recommended by the school, but also often exchanged corporate recruitment information and job application strategies and experience among the students. Yan Shuo is often here to others to "learn from the experience". For example, to discuss their own interview "problems", lessons learned from experience, for the next interview to do more fully prepared. He said that in order to deal with the professional interview of the company, in addition to the content related to their own subject and research field should be well "reviewed", some related fields of questions, the latest research results of the industry, etc. should also be prepared. At this time, a "wise man" often needs the help of "three wise men".

One of Yan Shuo's most impressive corporate interview questions was, "What composite materials are used in the C919 aircraft?" After he shared this question in the group, many students selflessly shared the content of their professional papers and professional public websites they had found. In the full discussion, we also came up with a lot of new ideas to solve the problem, and everyone's interview skills were all improved.

"Recently, we have been getting good news in this small group, and many students have gotten job offers and found more satisfactory jobs." Yan Shuo said.