Help you find a job

Author: (Australia) Egan (Egan/T.R.) / Zhang Yonghui / Nie Lingling
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
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Facing this book, as a college student book review, I guarantee you will exclaim: "Why didn’t I get this sooner?" The lingering fragrance of ink conveys the authors' heartfelt sincerity and genuine care for job seekers. Unlike other "career quick-start" books that merely teach interview or resume-making techniques, the authors draw on decades of experience in human resources and their deep understanding of China to teach you not only the finer details of skills but also, subtly, how to shape your personal qualities and develop your career plan, enriching your life.
When job recruiters and students face each other, it’s often like a battle between two knights wielding swords and shields. The recruiter wields a long spear, employing all sorts of tactics to test whether the candidate, after years of study, has the qualities to face such a battle. The candidate’s shield must not only defend against attacks without flaws but also seize the opportunity to showcase their strengths. Unfortunately, as fresh graduates who lack an understanding of recruiters’ psychology, we often act like Don Quixote, unable to tell when to advance or retreat.
By reading this book, you will gain confidence and come up with clever strategies to win this battle. Because in addition to the ability to fight, you will also understand the game.
— Ma Yiyuan, Tsinghua University
The regret caused by the comparison between the book’s analysis and myself has accompanied me throughout my reading. No matter which aspect of the book I focus on, I feel I’ve benefited greatly. The positive meaning of life is hope, and hope lies ahead. The future gives life its brilliant colors. Before every spark of hope blooms, we must firmly grasp the future. At any stage of life, there are some courses we must take. For a student about to graduate from college and full of dreams for the future, reading this book, Helping You Find a Job, should be helpful. Through its analysis and solutions for application forms (APPLICATION FORM), self-assessment (SELF-ASSESSMENT), and goals (GOALS), you can fully understand the true purpose of recruiters and targeted general principles that job seekers need to improve. This will allow you to face your future life path with caution and preparation.
As the saying goes, "Don’t wait for luck to come knocking." The characters in the book represent several typical types of modern college students. Abe is always plagued by problems and lacks the ability to summarize and assess himself, while David’s success comes from his clear self-positioning and positive mindset. Their different attitudes determine their different paths—either failure or success.
The significance of this book lies in the authors’ step-by-step guidance through a series of logical questions and exercises that encourage you to challenge your limits. This will help you achieve a strong and lively performance in your job applications and interviews. Most importantly, these personalized elements are entirely yours.
— Han Xiaoyan, Peking University
This is a book that is both enjoyable to read and highly beneficial. In today’s market, it’s rare to find a book that balances these two aspects. It introduces readers to solutions for many problems they may encounter in job hunting in a lively and engaging way. The experiences of Abe, Hamei, and David are both amusing and relatable. The analysis of these cases and the summary of lessons learned offer a unique perspective, inspiring readers to think about problems in new ways and discover insights that can only be gained through personal experience or even beyond. This helps job seekers save time and energy by finding a job they are satisfied with and walking the right path in their career.
If you are just starting to look for a job or are frantically searching, after a day of running around, lying down lazily and opening this book, you will feel as if you are reading your own story. In your rest, you will gain unexpected rewards.
— Peng Jiangnan, Tsinghua University
I am Abe, you are Hamei, and he is David. We are facing the greatest challenge after the college entrance exams—finding a job. No matter whether this journey is full of surprises or frustrations, you must admit: to reach the final destination, you need a bit of luck and skill. With almost no experience, we clearly need a guide who is both a teacher and a friend. Terence and his Helping You Find a Job are exactly what we need.
Combining his experience in international human resources with years of living in China, the book has become a local wisdom, with only the humorous and relaxed writing style reminding readers of a familiar foreign teacher. Therefore, you can see Helping You Find a Job as a bitter pill with the taste of coffee, or a comic battle guide, a companion on the job-hunting journey, making the trip less lonely.
— Wu Tai, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communications
If you had to choose between being a general or a soldier, which would you pick? If your answer is the former, this book is worth reading. The workplace is like a battlefield, and the outcome of each round is crucial—the performance in the interview directly determines whether you get the chance to show yourself further. As the saying goes, "Don’t fight without preparation." But how is the right way to prepare? You might quickly list a bunch of words: proper attire, confidence, calmness, modesty, elegance. But will you remain as composed when the interviewer suddenly poses a difficult question? How do you handle unexpected situations? After reading Helping You Find a Job, you can give your answer.
— Wu Yan, Minzu University of China
The job-hunting process is essentially a self-presentation process. In today’s tough job market, job seekers need to fully showcase their strengths to the recruiters. As industries around the world are increasingly aligning with global standards, the job market in China is no exception. Since the introduction of the two-way choice system for college graduates, China’s job market has gone through decades of regulation and refinement, establishing standardized and patterned requirements for job seekers. In addition to following these rules, job seekers need to highlight their unique qualities and unleash their potential. These skills are rarely covered in Chinese university classrooms.
Facing the increasingly severe job market, the rapidly growing pool of job seekers urgently needs guidance on how to succeed in the workplace. This book is tailor-made for students about to enter society, a job guide specifically designed for students with no work or job-hunting experience. Through the realistic portrayal of the job-hunting processes of several representative characters and accompanying training exercises, it provides targeted guidance for college students seeking jobs.
In addition to reminding readers of some basic issues to pay attention to in the job market, the book’s greatest feature is not just teaching you how to find a job but also helping you plan your life during the process, clearly understand yourself, and maximize your potential to stay competitive in future career challenges.
What sets this book apart from the numerous job-hunting guides on the market is that it doesn’t just stop at a superficial discussion of job-hunting techniques and teachings but instead, through various responses during the job-hunting process, helps you maximize your potential, recognize yourself, and achieve the ultimate goal of self-development. This ensures that you always have a clear direction and plan for your career.
As the Chinese saying goes, "Give a fish, or teach how to fish." This perfectly captures the essence of this book. Helping You Find a Job is divided into ten chapters, offering practical advice on details like interviews, resumes, and attire. Notably, the book’s greatest feature is not just teaching you how to find a job but also helping you plan your life during the process. It includes numerous exercises and tests to help you clearly understand yourself and maximize your potential, enabling you to stand out in future career competitions.
The book is written in a humorous and witty style, especially its optimistic and positive attitude toward problems, making it both entertaining and enlightening to read. Additionally, some parts of the book are in Chinese-English, which can improve readers’ English skills and familiarize them with the English expressions of simple workplace terms. The book also uses three vivid and representative comic characters to realistically portray job-hunting stories, allowing readers to laugh while learning how to behave correctly in the workplace. The highlights of the book are too numerous to mention here—more await your discovery.