Tips for successful career

After having a meaningful conversation with Dr. Rossi, the career advisor of our program, and recalling other conversations about career topic before, I think I need to summarize how to walk on a successful career.

1. Contribution:
Capitalist is not philanthropist. An organization open one position because they want one people could do the job. If a worker does not give contribution, layoff is closing to him/her.

Tips: Actively creating job is a skill to make contribution.

2. Attitude:
Interviewer, employer, or colleague, will judge a candidate by “would I like him/her?” So, possessing a positive, energetic, collaborative attitude is critical element for someone wants a successful career.

No job is done totally independently. Good interaction between people increase working efficiency. Employer appreciates team worker. Showing this attitude and making employer like you.

3. Communication
Keep communication open. There are hundreds and thousands of Chinese working in large company, but barely see Chinese working in senior management level. I think they are not communicative enough. “Talking 10 times more than what had been done” is also applicable in capitalism society.

Tips: Tell your boss your opinion, but always with evidence. In a better situation, make something before speaking out.

4. People skill
Keep a good relationship with boss and colleague. Effect of good people skill will embody when you leave. Good mouthing and bad mouthing lie on relation. It may change everything

Tips: Ask for someone’s business cards all the time. At appropriate time point, ask them if they are willing to be a reference.

5. Knowledge
A thirty minutes interview is not long enough for interview make a full assessment, but they could see candidate’s potential by judging:
- Knowledge on the whole industry. How much does he know about what is happening?
- Knowledge on the company, including its mission. Where is the job coming from and where is it going to?

These tips make a good employee. How to make a good boss? to be continued!

Film: An American Crime

I just watched this film, An American Crime and had a heavy heart. The film is adapted from real crime case occurred in Indiana in 1965. It tells true story of Sylvia Linken's misery and death.

Sylvia's parents were carnival workers. They went on tour all the time and have to leave Sylvia and her sister, Jenny to Ms. Gertrude Baniszewski to take care of them. Ms. Baniszewski, will get 20 dollars every week as return. She whipped sylvia first time because the check from Sylvia's parents did not arrive on time. Later, she begin to torture her for no clear reasons and scared Jenny not to tell the truth to their parents. Gertrude abet her kids to torture Sylvia, too. Finally, Sylvia died at one night.

The neighbors listened what happened, but they did not even try to stop it. Sylvia's parent left their kids to a stranger for living. Jenny did not call their parents, becasue she was afraid of getting the same treatment. How stoniness are these people!