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找工作虽然谈不上人生的大事,但对于我们这些海外游子来说,一份称心如意的工作至少能让我们不再漂流,同时也是对自己学历/人身价值的肯定. 但话虽然说的好听,除了个别红运当头的LUCK GUY之外,找工之路布满荆棘,困难的程度往往大于自己的想象.
作为AOBO一员,我愿意和大家一起分享一些我的找工经历,希望对大家有帮助.
首先说说,找工途径吧.
SEEK.COM.AU就不用说了. 最大的寻工媒体.但基本上70%-80%都是大大小小的中介公司刊登的广告. 是否真的有这个工作,画个大问号! 中介需要大量填充自己的人材资料库,这样一来才有实力去找雇主拿工作. 所以收集各位的资料也是每天他们的主要工作. 只要他们发布招聘信息,自然有人上钩. 所以工作的真实性,大打折扣. 不过不管真实与否,还是要投简历,争取到面试机会,即使是假工作,但多一次面试的实战机会,也不亏Y~
至于公司直接发布的招聘信息,一定要看反复研究,逐字研究. 尽量把别人需要的技能,经验都用能在简历上体现.特别是大公司,HR有
专门的软件来初步筛选简历,如果那几个关键的字没有被软件
搜索到,很可能失去面试的机会.所以一定要看清楚,研究,研究,再研究.
其他的找工作网,信息没有SEEK多,也可以尝试一下.
报纸(悉尼晨锋报周3.周6).大量的工作信息,基本上都是用人单位发布,真实性高.因为中介不可能为了拉人而花昂贵的广告费. 特别是LOCAL PAPER, 往往会带给你意想不到的惊喜.
中介公司:登门拜访虽然不是不行,但接待小姐往往不知道把你的CASE给谁好.因为HR是要拿回扣的,办公室里的竞争也很激烈..还是看好工作,再投简历吧.再说HR基本上每天都要面试N个申请人...登门拜访不一定会是有好的效果.
直接联系公司: 如果你的工种属于技术类,不妨直接打电话问公司是否需要请人.翻开电话黄页,开始行动吧.不行就算了.特别是拿了PR的朋友, 福利社会介绍你到政府的找工中心,那里的电话,传真,上网全部免费!
朋友介绍: 很重要的找工手段.多联系联系曾经的同学,特别是已经工作的同学/朋友.也许公司真有请人的意向.
1.简历
一份好的简历能让HR给你一个良好的印象分.其重要性不言而喻. 在SYD这样的大城市,一份工作很可能有10+或几十份应聘简历.假如你的简历不能吸引HR的眼球,面试的大门就基本上关闭了. 简历页数不要求多,但一定要求精! 从单词拼写,语法,用词,标准格式务必要做到精益求精. 我个人认为, 宁愿少投300份简历,也要花3天时间修改简历. 最好能自己做成WORD形式模板.准备投简历时,根据每个职务的不同,再在一个副本文件上做修改.保存在专门的文件夹里,以备后用.切不可在原WORD模板上改动.否则在到后期大量投简历后,很容易迷失.
简历的第一页是重点中的重点,很多人把学历放在第一页,除非你是刚毕业,没有工作经验的菜鸟.否则很容易让HR认为你是新手,第一印象不深刻! 工作经验按照时间日期,最新的工作经验放在最前面.不要具体写明月份,这样一来HR会觉得你一直都在工作,是个闲不住的勤奋人.
网上有很多关于简历的文章,模版.大家不妨可以多多参考.
2.面试
收到面试的电话/邮件后.祝贺你迈出了成功的一步. 面试可能是一轮定终身,也许还有第二轮,所以千万不可能掉以轻心.面试前需要做大量的准备工作.常见问题,比如说:
Please tell me about yourself …
· Why should we hire you?
· What are your plans for the next year? Two years? Five years?
· What do expect to get from this job?
· What are your biggest weaknesses?
· What are your biggest strengths?
· Why did you leave your last job?
· What would your former employer say about you if I called them today?
· Why did you get into this line of work?
· What make you want to apply to this company?
如此的问题有极大的可能发生被问及到,所以一定要做足够功课.反复背诵熟练后,还要做到自然/自信.
除去这些常见的面试问题, 谈论个人的工作经验/学历背景时必须也要和简历上的一致. 特别是专业知识/工作经验是HR最想了解的问题.至于哪个学校毕业的,不是绝对重要的.
大家都说CQU是烂学校。我的上司就是CQU毕业，专业知识，业务水平，我真是自叹不如。
回答大部分面试问题的时候,一定要使用STAR模式.换句话说:
S = Situation: A specific situation that addresses the question.
T = Task: The tasks associated with the situation.
A = Action: The actions taken to address the situation.
R = Result: The results of your actions. Don't forget this, as it's very important.
用具体的事件/解决办法来支持你的回答,比说一大堆空话更能证明你自己的能力!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
例如:
问：谈谈你处理过的最难的问题?
答：我被提拔管理一个新的部门。那个部门有一位职员一开始就对我很反感。很快我知道了原因：她的好朋友刚刚从我现在做的职位离开。我当面与她谈这件事；我解释说我也曾让友谊面临考验，因为我与一位朋友工作交往过于密切，我们俩甚至花业余时间谈工作。谈话过后几周，她承认她没有想过与私人朋友工作交往过密潜在的后果。从那以后，我们把工作关系处理得很恰当。谈这样的问题要说得简练，重点谈你采取的措施和取得的成果，要坦率，为何这样的问题对你来说难以应付？如何保持客观并具有专业水准？
Q:Tell me about the most difficult problem you've ever dealt with.
A:I was promoted to manage a new department.A coworker in that group resented me from the beginning.I soon learned that her best friend had been turned down for the position.I actually confronted her about it;I explained that I had once put a friendship to the test because Id worked too closely with someone and we found that we spent our leisure time talking about work.A few weeks after our talk,she admitted that shed never thought about the potential results of working too closely with a personal friend.Our working relationship was fine after that.
我这里收集了几十道面试问题.大家不妨参考参考.
WARM-UP QUESTIONS
· What made you apply for this position?
· How did you hear about this job opening?
· Briefly, would you summarize your work history & education for me?
WORK HISTORY
· What special aspects of your work experience have prepared you for this job?
· Can you describe for me one or two of your most important accomplishments?
· How much supervision have you typically received in your previous job?
· Describe for me one or two of the biggest disappointments in your work history?
· Why are you leaving your present job? (or, Why did you leave your last job?
· What is important to you in a company? What things do you look for in an organization?
JOB PERFORMANCE
· Everyone has strengths & weaknesses as workers. What are your strong points for this job?
· What would you say are areas needing improvement?
· How did your supervisor on your most recent job evaluate your job performance? What were some of the good points & bad points of that rating?
· When you have been told , or discovered for yourself , a problem in your job performance, what have you typically done? Can you give me an example?
· Do you prefer working alone or in groups?
· What kind of people do you find it most difficult to work with? Why?
· Starting with your last job, tell me about any of your achievements that were recognized by your superiors.
· Can you give me an example of your ability to manage or supervise others?
· What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why?
· In your previous job what kind of pressures did you encounter?
· What would you say is the most important thing you are looking for in a job?
· What are some of the things on your job you feel you have done particularly well or in which you have achieved the greatest success? Why do you feel this way?
· What were some of the things about your last job that you found most difficult to do?
· What are some of the problems you encounter in doing your job? Which one frustrates you the most? What do you usually do about it?
· What are some things you particularly liked about your last job?
· Do you consider your progress on the job representative of your ability? Why?
· How do you feel about the way you & others in the department were managed by your supervisor?
· If I were to ask your present (most recent) employer about your ability as a____________________, what would he/she say?
EDUCATION
· What special aspects of your education or training have prepared you for this job?
· What courses in school have been of most help in doing your job?
CAREER- GOALS
· What is your long-term employment or career objective?
· What kind of job do you see yourself holding five years from now?
· What do you feel you need to develop in terms of skill & knowledge in order to be ready for that opportunity?
· Why might you be successful in such a job?
· How does this job fit in with your overall career goals?
· Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with your career objectives?
· Can you pinpoint any specific things in your past experience that affected your present career objectives?
· What would you most like to accomplish if you had this job?
· What might make you leave this job?
SELF-ASSESSMENT
· What kind of things do you feel most confident in doing?
· Can you describe for me a difficult obstacle you have had to overcome? How did you handle it? How do you feel this experience affected your personality or ability?
· How would you describe yourself as a person?
· What do you think are the most important characteristics & abilities a person must possess to become a successful ( )? How do you rate yourself in these areas?
· Do you consider yourself a self-starter? If so, explain why ( and give examples)
· What do you consider to be your greatest achievements to date? Why?
· What things give you the greatest satisfaction at work?
· What things frustrate you the most? How do you usually cope with them?
CREATIVITY
· In your work experience, what have you done that you consider truly creative?
· Can you think of a problem you have encountered when the old solutions didn't work & when you came up with new solutions?
· Of your creative accomplishments big or small , at work or home, what gave you the most satisfaction?
· What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve? Tell me what you have devised.
DECISIVENESS
· Do you consider yourself to be thoughtful, analytical or do you usually make up your mind fast? Give an example. (Watch time taken to respond)
· What was your most difficult decision in the last six months? What made it difficult?
· The last time you did not know what decision to make, what did you do?
· How do you go about making an important decision affecting your career?
· What was the last major problem that you were confronted with? What action did you take on it?
RANGE OF INTERESTS
· What organizations do you belong to?
· Tell me specifically what you do in the civic activities in which you participate. (Leading questions in selected areas. i.e. sports, economics, current events, finance.)
· How do you keep up with what's going on in your company / your industry/ your profession?
MOTIVATION
· What is your professional goal?
· Can you give me examples of experience on the job that you felt were satisfying?
· Do you have a long & short-term plan for your department? Is it realistic?
· Did you achieve it last year?
· Describe how you determine what constitutes top priorities in the performance of your job.
WORK STANDARDS
· What are your standards of success in your job?
· In your position, how would you define doing a good job? On what basis was your definition determined?
· When judging the performance of your subordinate, what factors or characteristics are most important to you?
LEADERSHIP
· In your present job what approach do you take to get your people together to establish a common approach to a problem?
· What approach do you take in getting your people to accept your ideas or department goals?
· What specifically do you do to set an example for your employees?
· How frequently do you meet with your immediate subordinates as a group?
· What sort of leader do your people feel you are? Are you satisfied?
· How do you get people who do not want to work together to establish a common approach to a problem?
· If you do not have much time & they hold seriously differing views, what would be your approach?
· How would you describe your basic leadership style? Give specific examples of how you practice this?
· Do you feel you work more effectively on a one to one basis or in a group situation?
· Have you ever led a task force or committee or any group who doesn't report to you, but from whom you have to get work? How did you do it? What were the satisfactions & disappointments? How would you handle the job differently?
ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS
· Have you ever done any public or group speaking? Recently? Why? How did it go?
· Have you made any individual presentations recently? How did you prepare?
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS :
· Would you rather write a report or give a verbal report? Why?
· What kind of writing have you done? For a group? For an individual?
· What is the extent of your participation in major reports that have to be written?
FLEXIBILITY
· What was the most important idea or suggestion you received recently from your employees? What happened as a result?
· What do you think about the continuous changes in company operating policies & procedures?
· How effective has your company been in adapting its policies to fit a changing environment?
· What was the most significant change made in your company in the last six months which directly affected you, & how successfully do you think you implemented this change?
STRESS TOLERANCE
· Do you feel pressure in your job? Tell me about it.
· What has been the highest pressure situation you have been under in recent years? How did you cope with it?
STABILITY & MATURITY
· Describe your most significant success & failure in the last two years.
· What do you like to do best?
· What do you like to do least?
· What in your last review did your supervisor suggest needed improvement?
· What have you done about it?
INTEREST IN SELF DEVELOPMENT
· What has been the most important person or event in your own self development?
· How much of your education did you earn?
· What kind of books & other publications do you read?
· Have you taken a management development course?
· How are you helping your subordinates develop themselves?
以下是部分面试经典回答
Q:What are your strengths?
A:My
strengths are interpersonal skills,and I can usually win people over to my point
of view.Also,I have good judgment about people and an intuitive sense of their
talents and their ability to contribute to a given problem.These skills seem to
me directly related to the job.I notice that you require three years work
experience for this job.Although my resume shows that I ve only two years
experience,it doesn't show that I took two evening college courses related to my
field and have been active in one of the professional societies. I also try to
gain knowledge by reading the industry's trade journals. I'm certain that my
combined knowledge and skill level is the equivalent of that of other people who
actually do have three years work experience.I'm also currently enrolled in a
time management course;I can already see the effects of this course at work on
my present job.
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面试中有很多直接的问题,回答时需要讲究技巧性.
比如说: 薪水问题.
我个人认为,回答之问题前要对该职务/职业的工资待遇做全面的了解.做到心知肚明. 回答的时候,不要过早的露出底牌. 可以先表明:"My salary requirements are negotiable." 然后为了占到主导地位, 可以这样回答:"Well, I'd like to make as much as other employees with my qualifications." (Here you can repeat 2-3 of your most valuable skills or achievements, just to remind them howqualified you are.) Then add: "And what is a typical salary for this position?" 这样一来,球踢到了对方的脚下.工资待遇由他们提出,你不满意的话,还有商量的余地. 如果对方一定要你说明薪水要求, 也千万不要具体说个数,多给自己一些空间. 可以如此回答: I was thinking of a salary in the $35,000 to $40,000 range. 这个RANGE最好不要超过5000..不然的话等于没说.
例如一个应聘者是这样回答的:
Q:What salary would you expect for this job?
A:Based on your job description,which mentions that you prefer someone with a master's degree in engineering,I hope you consider the fact that my skills meet your highest standards.Therefore,I'd expect a salary at the high end of your pay range for the position classification.Can you give me some indication of your range?
但如果是在职业中介公司面试,一定要表明自己的工资待遇要求!!!
3.面试后
感谢信一定要的.不管是中介还是公司.这样给人一个好的印象:你是一个做事有头有尾的人.FOLLOW UP是很多公司的必要业务.HR希望你有这样的习惯.
THANK -YOU LETTER (样本)
Dear NAME HERE:
I want you to know that I am extremely interested in the position of INSERT TITLE we discussed
today. Based on the needs for INSERT JOB DESCRIPTION you outlined in our talk, I am sure that my
skills in INSERT 2-3 SKILLS can help you in this area.
In any event, I want to thank you for your time and consideration. It was indeed a pleasure to meet you
and INSERT ALL OTHER NAMES.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Please let me know if you require any additional
information to make your decision. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
虽然恶毒的91新政策,驱使很多学生为了身份不惜牺牲身价,来换取一年工作经验证明,甚至更有甚者宁愿付培训费,赞助费给用人单位.这样做的后果只有白害而无一利. 直接助长了白人盲目优越性. 更有极个别的小型用人单位居心叵测,既无合同,也没有任何合法文件,收钱不认帐.
以下是一个非常有用的简历/面试的PDF文件. 我个人花了3天时间仔细研究, 相当有用. 简历按照文章内模版修改后, 要求面试的电话/邮件比修改前增加4成多.
更多面试问题及其经典回答参考资料, 可查阅:
黑哥与您分享面试问题1000道及经典回答(第一季/第二季/第三季COMING NOW)
http://aobo.com.au/bbs/thread-89396-1-1.html
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