(Eng Subs) 荷蘭 | 第一份工作的心路歷程 | 我的求職過程 | 完全可以用慘烈來形容

Hallo Hallo When you have finally graduated become a grown-up in the society Isn't it a great feeling? We don't have to write thesis anymore We don't have to go to class anymore The next key issue is probably finding a job Job hunting is a very realistic issue What I want to share with you today is As an expatriate My first job in the Netherlands I am Little Cloud I'm here to share knowledge of daily life personal experiences, growth and learn and tips integrating into foreign country life on a weekly basis When I first started looking for a job in the Netherlands I wanted to find some big multinational companies So my first job in the Netherlands I worked for an Italian telecommunication company I travelled a lot to and from Italy The starting salary was about three times higher than in M'sia You may be asking Do I need to make it sound so good? Yes, because that's the only way to show the difference between the end result and what had actually happened in reality Can you imagine how big the difference is? The reality of my situation is I've been looking for a job for months It was a really difficult process Either I got rejected at the first interview or I got a second interview and then being rejected again Or I didn't even get an interview At that time I was rejected till I started to doubt my life At that time, my idea of finding a job was still rather naive I wanted to work in a large multinational company With not much work experience My first choice was Heineken, Akzo, Nobel, ABN, Amro, etc Those large companies after reading their requirements and submitted my resume multiple times I was dissuaded from only wanted to work in large multinational companies because I kept receiving job rejection emails I didn't even get an interview at that time It was a big blow to my self-confidence After that I started looking for smaller companies like some holding companies in the Netherlands They were here because of the Dutch CIT benefits so they set up an office here But unfortunately No matter how many times I submitted my CV I was still not blessed by the gods of luck In the meantime I received either a rejection email or I had an interview but I was rejected at the first interview Anyway, I was in a pretty bad situation When I first started looking for a job, I was very confident And I was a little bit arrogant I don't know where I got that confidence from at that time I felt good about myself in all aspects So when I was putting in my resume I would make sure that I was applying for the kind of jobs If I was lucky enough to be accepted I would be willing to do the job It was a completely redundant thought I soon realised that this was not the way to go Because a month and a half later I still hadn't found a job Then I started to broaden my search I didn't limit my search from any location Any city in the Netherlands would do I applied to all the companies that I could submit my CV But this change didn't bring me any good news After two or three months I still hadn't received any offer from any companies I started to get very anxious and panicky I started to ask myself how could this happen? And then I just started submitting my resume around It didn't matter what industry or what position It didn't matter if it was related to my degree I put in all of them It just came to to the point that It didn't matter what job or what position As long as you accept me I'll take it all I just want a job In fact, two months into my job search I got nervous breakdown I was very depressed I went from being very confident to the point where I started to doubt myself I would think Did I write my CV wrong? Is it because I didn't write it well enough? Is it because I don't have enough work experience? Is it because I don't speak Dutch? I spoke broken Dutch at that time I was just thinking about it all the time I found all sorts of reasons for myself By the end of the fourth month I still hadn't found a job My mind became completely negative Every morning I was ready for the disappointment of the day Every day I turned on my laptop with no goal in mind I kept putting in my resume I treat it as my daily routine It was a very bad feeling to be honest I was in a very low mood every day I remember I was in my fifth month of job hunting only then I started to re-examine myself What I really wanted Which direction I wanted to go Once I had these two things figured out the first thing I did was to revise my CV and then focus on jobs that were related to my degree and also from the bottom of the ladder I started applying for jobs again In my sixth month of job hunting I started to get more interviews I didn't really think much of it at that point Because of all the previous failures In subsequent interviews I just didn't put any expectation When the interviewer asked me questions and opinions I just blurted them out Maybe because I wasn't expecting too much I was not that nervous At that time I was approaching every interview with an easy mind Even so, during that time I was still getting rejections It took me 7 months to get my first job in the Netherlands At the seventh month I was lucky enough to be accepted by a company I remember during the interview When they were introducing their company They told me they were a multinational company headquarter based in Italy I would need to travel to and from Italy from time to time would this be a problem for me? I'm sure you can guess my answer Of course I said no problem at all For someone who has been looking for a job for so long I couldn't have asked for anything more The day after the interview I received my job offer letter I can still remember how I felt I was overwhelmed with emotion I worked there for five years Then I moved to a Dutch multinational organisation After that I moved to an American multinational organisation After the first job It's inevitable that we will change jobs But the important thing is that when we change jobs Did we take something with us? Did we learn anything there? Or was it just a waste of time? The main thing I want to share with you today is What may seem like a very well planned life Often we just have only a direction The so-called opportunity It's just a chance encounter in these directions I hope that I can encourage those of you who are still looking for a job or confused in life In fact, you are not alone Because most people are the same In real life There's really no such thing as a smooth sailing story So if your life isn't going as well as you'd hoped You can really relax and not stress about it Maybe if you make a turn you'll see the light at the end of the tunnel Please believe me We're all bound to see the point of perseverance one day I hope you all find A first job that you love Well, that's all for today what's your first job? how was the work experience? good or bad? You are welcome to share with me in the comments section I'm LittleCloud, your weekly sharer of knowledge in daily life If you find this video helpful, please give it a LIKE You are also welcome to share and forward it to more friends who you think would find it helpful See you next, Bye Bye...