雙語財經新聞 第54期:如何拋開履歷找工作?(1)

I am in my mid-thirties, and, as you can imagine, I have changed and looked for jobs many times in my life. No matter how successful was in my job hunting research, I realized that there are certain ground “rules” that need to be respected; otherwise, we will not get what we want from our careers.

我今年35歲，正如你所想的那樣，在我的生命歷程中，我曾更換過許多次工作， 也有過多次求職的經歷。無論在求職過程中多麼成功,我始終知道,有一些基本“原 則”是需要注意的；否則，我們就會得不到我們想要的工作。

First of all, forget about your resume.

最重要的是,要志掉細履歷。

A resume can’t get you a job. Research proved that for 1,400 resumes sent out, there is only one job offer! The percentage is very low so instead of worrying too much about the structure, the layout and the type of fonts you will use to create a fantastic resume, do the following:

一份履歷並不能爲你找到工作。調查表明，每1400份送出的履歷中，只有一份 能夠得到錄用通知!這個百分比如此低，因此，你不應該爲用什麼樣的框架、層次和 字體來設計一份美輪美奐的履歷表而煩惱,而應該做下面的事：

Find what you really want to do in life.

弄清楚你生命中真正想要的是什麼。

By saying that, I Don’t only imply a job title. Yes, you would like to be a marketing executive, an editor, an IT consultant or a flying attendant; however, It’s the nature of the job you will have to think of, in the first place. Do you like nine-to-five roles, well structured and in an office? Do you prefer to work in the outdoors? Do you mind getting up at dawn to work and taking afternoons off? Would you mind being on a plane or ship, or do you think that is a fun way to get a pay check? If you feef that you do not have the answer to these questions, think twice.

我這樣說,並不僅指一個職位。是的，你很想成爲一名營銷總監、編輯、信息技 術顧問，或者是空中服務員;然而,你首先必須考慮一下這份工作的性質。你喜歡那 種朝9晚5、按部就班、坐辦公室的工作嗎?你願意在戶外工作嗎?你反對凌晨就要起 牀而下午可以休息的工作嗎？你是否介意在飛機上或船上工作，或者你認爲數錢是 —件很有趣的事嗎？如果你感覺無法回答這些問題的話，那就要好好想一想了。

Make lists with things you enjoy in life: your interests, your hobbies, your passions. Then ask your friends or family. What do they think about you? Very often, we do not have a very clear idea of what we fike in life, as we are very much “into it”. Our closest people, though, can help us by identifying areas, hang-ups or paths we ignore or are unable to see. Just give it a go, play around, ask people and move on. By the end of your research, you will know, for example, that you are the person who enjoys working on his own, prefers the unstructured life style, and works well at night, then, a career in writing or painting might not sound like a bad idea.

將你生命中所喜歡的事列出清單:你的興趣、愛好和熱情所在。然後問問你的 朋友或家人，他們對你是怎樣想的？由於“當局者迷”，我們常常並不非常清楚自己 生命中喜歡什麼;可是,我們最親近的人卻可以通過對我們所忽略的或無法看到的 環境、障礙和道路進行分析，來幫助我們。不妨去試一下,想一想，問問別人，然後繼 續下去。例如,經過一番研究之後,你就會知道,你是一個喜歡自由自在工作、無拘 無束生活的人，在夜裏工作會更有效率。那麼,一份寫作或繪畫的職業聽起來是一 個不錯的主意。