Choose the right industry, choose the right company

@ Dabao-dabao (Tencent senior visual designer): If the university is to design professional, most students will have such a feeling, when the majority of girls in the class, after graduating most of the students are engaged in and design is not Related industries, to insist on doing the design of the students in the girls are few and far, in the school set a few years of professional ideals may be graduated to be defeated by reality.

This line of design can not have a well-known school background, nor is everyone able to enter the famous enterprises before graduation internship smoothly after graduation, most of the students who have the honor of internships should also know that the last turn is almost negligible, especially in foreign companies.

There are more than a hundred colleges and universities in China with thousands of colleges and universities offering various kinds of design directions. There are over a hundred colleges and universities thrown away. Some design institutes opened in elite schools are thrown away. Most of the students do not enjoy bringing the schools to themselves , Some people say that when they just graduated to see most of the famous enterprises where the requirements will be written, for example, three to five years of work experience, fluency in English, bachelor degree or above, elite background priority, etc., any one of them In fact, I would like to say that it is not these rigid requirements to open the doors of these large enterprises. Some are basically prepared to take full advantage of this opportunity.

First, familiar with the industry you want to enter

When you enter the design circle, you will find that most of the people around you are non-scientific students, some are students who have studied photography, some are of photographic origin, and others may be news media or professions that have nothing to do with design , They may mistakenly enter the industry, but at the beginning of the job search at least concerned about the industry more than some so-called science students.

Familiar with this industry, at least to know that you want to choose some of the big cattle companies in the industry, if it is a simple design company, at least casually say a few domestic first-line company name, the industry's few masters There are several events that are more recognized in this industry.

Second, there are several masterpieces of the student age

If you are a koban also found to be a first-line company's designer, at least in the last year of university to prepare a representative, this masterpiece can be your upcoming graduation work, but also in the school to participate in the country or Chinese college-level competition works, the best award-winning, did not win anyway, can spend money to participate in the competition works at least better than usual work. If you are a non-academic students majoring in art-related majors may not have so many works, then the most basic is to learn to use the relevant software, there is no corresponding works also does not matter, the hand-painted skill demonstrated, do some prototype creation or Is a resume on the show at least several times more than the hand-painted skill of designers may be in the big brother or HR resume when they look brighter.

Third, find their own professional idol, social media as much attention to them

Let your own professional idol to influence yourself must be the best way to learn. Pay attention to them as much as possible, their personal or company Weibo, WeChat public account or official website, etc. Learn about their activities, their preferences and recommended books or articles here Own "fans" do too much preparedness. As much as possible to interact with them, although they are idol in your eyes, but not as stars in the entertainment industry as there are millions of fans, more often, their identity is the industry "experts" When expressing their opinions, they hope to get the recognition and interaction from others. They can participate in it themselves or often raise their own questions and opinions. If more questions and answers are answered, chances are they will become friends and vote with others Resume ratio, you do not know how many times the advantage.

When I was in that year, I also knew the Guangzhou advertising circle first-line companies and big brothers, one day I used to be an idol big brother who interviewed himself, perhaps he is sincere enough to get him after the interview to give the opportunity.

Fourth, "create" your own resume

No matter what the field of designers, his work is inseparable from the "creative" before beginning creative path, resume is their best work, if you are a senior designer, you can use the work to speak, but Being a beginner designer, writing this piece seriously is more important than anything else, and the details of your resume, the writing, and the visibility of some of the necessary information are places where your potential interviewer is most concerned, and I've taken with myself Intern said, the content of the resume to a sentence change, change to every punctuation can clearly explain the meaning of existence, and even sent a message can not be a mass, must be one by one, imagined the interviewer saw his resume Is one of the dozens of people in your group again, the resume content also says "I'm interested in your position, I hope you get your reply," the mood can be good. If you happen to be a user experience design ... it may be the first round will be PASS lost. Believe it or not, I pay close attention to these details of job seekers.

Fifth, in a highly active professional website to publish their own work or point of view

Before graduation or just debut, to find active in this area of ​​the site, create some works, one can be used as an accumulation of their own works, but also as a showcase of their own opportunities, as the current good Chinese voice, if you The work is outstanding enough, the mentor will become your fan, the opportunity is so earned himself.

Such as domestic advantages, station cool, ui China, foreign dribbble, behance and so on. With good words and even Douban will be a good platform for the show.

Six, dealing with the headhunting

Compared to the first few active methods, this one is relatively "passive" because few people come into the workplace to get in touch with headhunters, and some even have the same job experience as I did in the workplace. I do not know what the headhunter is and want One important way to deal with a headhunter is to get acquainted with senior people, who are not necessarily first-line companies, but it is best to have years of work experience in the area where you are about to work. After a few years in the circle, there are some headhunter resources on hand. Although you are not as "valuable" as a newcomer, they do not exclude the fact that you are attached to the past when you are recommending talents to a large company. As many as possible online, their school seniors, and even some design QQ group to make some veterans (including me). They may not know you, and when there are headhunters looking for recommenders, you may think of it.

A person can really love the industry, that method is not so important, there will always be a way, this Internet age, the most indispensable is the information dissemination platform, how to do their own show, how in this circle It's getting easier and easier now to dig into useful information about yourself.

Back to the original intention, the key is still the love of this industry, impetuous can not resist laziness, greed and temptation. Repeat the first few articles I have been repeating, we put aside impetuous, can sank heart to think about what they lack the most, and then strive to replenish enough. Can also put aside the topic, we talk together.