"Professional ideal" does not mean high salary

When multiple job seekers are asked about “career ideals”, the answer is: monthly salary is over 10,000, or enter the global top 500 companies.

We often believe that ideals are the realization of certain material benefits, such as money, reputation or status. One of my colleagues, after thinking that they had earned enough money, said "bye bye" to enjoy his round-the-world trip. He was only in his thirties at the time. However, a few months later, he found that his original decision was wrong. He didn't have to worry about food and clothing, but he was not happy. Because true happiness comes from the process of work, not the rewards it receives.

Therefore, this premise should be taken into consideration when establishing a career ideal: high salary is not equal to professional ideal. The value of our lives is not in how much money we have, but in how much meaningful work we do. There are also some studies that tell us that those who pursue their ideals will earn more money after many years than those who only pursue money.

Therefore, I hope that all job seekers will remember one sentence: career is more important than money, opportunity is more important than stability, and the future is more important than today.

Taking career planning for four years in college

Many job seekers say that there are still goals when they first start looking for a job. Now, the more they find the more standards, the more they feel confused. What I want to say is that if the university has not cultivated its own ideals in four years, then confusion is normal.

The goal of studying for more than ten years is to go to college. This is the "ideal" that parents set for you. Now that I graduated from college, in the face of job hunting, no one told you what to do, so the confusion came into being. So how do you get rid of this confusion? Of course, do life planning and let yourself have a goal. However, this is not a step in the process of reaching the sky. The ideal can not be established in one day.

I have always suggested that the university should be used for life planning for four years, and of course, to establish professional ideals. Big one is a process of understanding oneself: what you like and what to do, these problems should be solved. When I was in college, I chose a lot of unscrupulous and strange classes, which have nothing to do with my major. But these classes let me know where my interests are. This is my biggest achievement and the basis for my establishment of professional ideals.

When you are in the third year of junior year, your doubts should not point to yourself, but should be more understanding of the outside world. For example, to what extent does the industry I want to develop now? Which companies can provide relevant job opportunities? What do I need to do if I want to get these jobs? In fact, in the process, you gradually establish your own career ideals. And initially explored a path to ideals.

Employment first and then career choice is not a compromise

In view of the tense employment situation, I suggest that job seekers “first get employed and then choose a job.” The first job is important, but it is not important to decide on a lifetime. It is normal for a person to change to four or five jobs in a lifetime. In many cases, professional ideals require a process of twists and turns.

Many people said: "I must achieve my goal no matter what, I can't do it if I can't do it." In fact, this is not necessarily a good thing. I suggest that you adopt a "two-step plan" to achieve your career aspirations. If you set a goal, don't want to realize it as soon as you graduate. It seems that you can't do it in this life. You should tell yourself that this ideal is very good and how likely I am to achieve it. If the current possibility is not great, then what should I do to make me one step closer to it.

Here, I will give an example. There is a student who is studying in the United States. His school is not very good. His grades are OK. He decided to work at Google and asked if I had this possibility. After asking him some basic knowledge, I found that he is very smart, but the professional knowledge is not solid enough. I don't think he has the opportunity to enter Google. So I said to him: "It's still hard, but if you try harder, it's possible." He continued to ask: "What can I do to maximize this possibility?" So I suggested that he go to the master's degree. And recommended to him a university that Google likes very much - the University of Waterloo in Canada, because its computer school is pragmatic, and it is easy to enroll, and the tuition is not expensive. He got a master's degree two years later and has now entered Google.