不喜歡現在的老闆或公司,但你一定要賣力工作,為什麼?
我們每個人可能都會有這樣的時候:你討厭自己的工作,不喜歡老闆,或者你的公司對的個人發展和未來不利。你覺得不快樂,沒有動力,很想辭職。那為什麼還要在現在的公司繼續努力工作呢?為什麼要為根本不在意你的人做嫁衣呢?
我是個職業獵頭,在這一行幹了很多年,見到過很多有這樣想法的人。其實,既然你都已經打算離職了,不想努力工作也是人之常情。但如果想要得到更好更多的工作機會,即便再想辭職,你也得好好工作。以下是四大理由。
1)這樣你才能擺脫目前的工作,找到一個更好更多的工作——被糟糕的工作困住時,更好的工作機會不會從天而降。要想找一個好的多得多的工作,你必須有一定成就,能給好公司、好僱主留下深刻印象。
2)在與潛在僱主面試時,你打算講什麼?——假設千載難逢的工作機會出現了,你要在面試中講什麼呢?你就是去抱怨前任老闆和前公司的嗎?一直吐槽別人的錯誤會讓他印象深刻嗎?當然不會。能讓對方印象深刻的是你在前一份工作中鍛鍊出的能力和得到的成就。
3)能在困難的處境中做出好成果是個很大的亮點——你知道還有什麼能給別人留下更為深刻的印象嗎?在極具挑戰、不理想的工作環境中依然能完成工作,做出成果。這展現出你的成熟度、職業精神、主動性、上進心和自我管理能力。
因此,扭轉局勢,化消極為積極吧。當然,這並不容易。你必須克服重重障礙,比起在一個更好的工作環境中達到同樣的結果,你要付出更多的努力。但正因如此,潛在僱主才會更對你提起興趣。如果你只是消磨時間,什麼都不做,就不能在求職面試中給對方留下深刻印象。
4)所有的成果都是你自己的!為你不喜歡或看不到未來的人努力工作,做出成果,這並不是為了他們,而是為了你自己。對你而言,他們未來的成功可能根本不重要,但你未來的成功卻是相當重要。
你做的一切都有利於對你和你的未來。你鍛煉的所有能力,取得的每個成就都會與你緊緊相伴。它們會日積月累,成為你身體的一部分,讓你變得更加成功。
有時,工作情況並不會如你所願
事實上,在我職業生涯早期,也做過自己不喜歡的工作。公司派我從美國去台北,支持銷售部門推銷公司最新的技術和產品線。公司告訴我,台北是這條產品線最大的海外市場。我很激動,因為我可以藉此機會將諮詢式銷售訓練派上實際用場。
但在見了幾個客戶後,我發現情況和我想的很不一樣。對於市場上的大多數企業而言,我們的技術太過於先進了。只有政府客戶能買我們產品系統,但即便如此,他們也不得不用上剩餘的年度預算,或削減來年的預算。因此,他們基本只會把它當作一項新奇的技術購買產品。
我不能說上司不好,但他不知該拿我怎麼辦,因為派我來台北是總部的決定。局勢已顯而易見,我有預感接下來的兩年會荒廢掉。
當自我激勵、主動和隨機應變的能力成為必要
我自怨自艾了兩周,但隨後發現,我依然可以做我來台北要學習和要做的事情,只要更主動一些就好了。市場還沒準備好,但我依然能吸引客戶,提高台北辦事處的銷售能力。於是我開始行動了。
我找到客戶,向他們介紹技術解決方案,並說服他們允許我評估他們的流程。我展示了工作流程和成本/效益分析。兩年任期結束時,我向台北總經理提交了一份關於客戶建議和案例研究的產品手冊,他對此非常滿意。如今我使用的許多諮詢和解決方案銷售技巧都源於這段經歷。我還學會了如何積極主動,自己想出解決方案,推動自身發展。我的整個職業生涯也因此從中受益。
如果更好的機會找到了你,那就忘掉我剛才說的一切。辭職前行,不要把時間浪費在糟糕的工作上。但如果你不知道什麼時候會出現更好的機會,那就要做好準備,在它出現時抓住這個機會。所以不要把視線局限在目前的情況上,想想怎樣做才能讓你獲得更好的工作。
的確,糟糕的工作會讓你喪失動力,不願努力工作。但要想得到更好的工作,進一家更好的公司,你就需要繼續努力,尋找提高能力、獲得成就的方法。否則,你的另一份工作,也是半斤八兩。
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Why You Should Work Hard For People And Companies You Don』t Like
Many of us experience this at some time. You hate your job, don』t like your boss, or your company isn』t providing much value to your development or future. You feel unhappy and unmotivated. You plan to leave. So why put any more effort into your current situation? Why continue to work hard for the benefit of others who seem to care little about you?
As a recruitment professional for many years, I』ve met many candidates who feel this way about their job situation. Actually, it』s normal to not want to work hard for people or a company that you plan on leaving. But if a much better job situation is your goal, then here are four good reasons to still work hard in a situation you intend to move on from.
1)This is how you get out of your current situation and into a much better one – When you』re stuck in a bad job situation, better opportunities aren』t going to just approach you. To get into a significantly better situation, there have to be things you』ve done or things about you that can impress good companies and employers.
2)What do you plan on talking about when you interview with potential employers? – So even if a great opportunity does come along, what are you going to say in the interview? Are you just going to complain about your former boss and company? Will sharing reasons that aren』t your fault impress others? Of course, it won』t. What will impress others is talking about the capabilities and achievements you』ve gotten from your previous job.
3)Delivering results in a difficult situation is very impressive – You know what is even more impressive? The ability to do things and get results in the face of very challenging, less-than-ideal job situations. It shows your maturity, professionalism, initiative, and ability to drive and self-manage yourself.
So turn your situation around and make a positive out of your negative. Of course, it』s not easy. You have to overcome obstacles and do more than what it would take to achieve the same result in a better situation. But that』s exactly why potential employers will be more attracted to you. However, if you sit around doing very little, you』ll have very little to impress others in your job interviews.
4)You take everything with you! – Working hard and getting results for people and situations you don』t like or see a future with is not about them. It』s all about you. Their future success may not be important to you, but yours should be.
Everything you do benefits you and your future. Every capability you develop, every achievement you attain, you take with you wherever you go. They accumulate and become part of what will make you more successful.
Sometimes, job situations just aren』t what you expected
Actually, I experienced my own undesirable situation early in my career. I was sent from the U.S. to Taipei to help our sales organization there sell our company』s newest technology and product line. I was told Taipei was the company』s top, overseas market for this product line.It was my chance to apply my consultative selling training to real client opportunities. I was very excited.
After meeting several clients though, I found a much different situation. The technology was far too advanced for most businesses in the market. Instead, products were mainly being bought by government clients who had to spend their remaining annual budgets or have it reduced the next year. So they were mainly buying our WIIS products for this purpose and as a novelty technology.
I can』t really say that I had a bad boss. But he had no idea what to do with me, since it was headquarters』 decision to send me to Taipei. When all these realities became apparent to me, I pictured two wasted years ahead.
When self-drive, initiative, and resourcefulness become essential
After feeling sorry for myself for two weeks, however, I realized I could still do what I came to Taipei to learn and do. I just needed to take greater initiative. The market wasn』t ready, but I could still engage clients and improve the Taipei office』s ability to sell our companys technology. So that』s what I did.
I approached clients, introduced our technology solutions, and convinced them to let me assess their processes. I performed workflow and cost/benefit analyses. When my two year assignment ended, I delivered a product manual of client proposals and case studies to the Taipei GM, which he was very happy with. For me, many of the consulting and solutions selling skills I use today I learned from this experience. I also learned how to drive my own development, be proactive, and deliver solutions on my own. All these have benefited me throughout my career.
Hey, if better opportunities are knocking down your door, then forget everything I』ve just said. Move on and don』t waste any more of your time in your bad situation. But if you don』t know or cant tell when a better opportunity will appear, then you need to prepare yourself to capture it when it does. So think beyond your current situation. Think about what will help you attain a better one.
Yes, a crappy job situation will kill your drive and suck the desire out of you to work hard. But continuing to do so and find ways to build your capabilities and achievements is what will get you into a much better job and company. Otherwise, you』re likely to just end up in another so-so or bad situation for your next job move.
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