January 15, 2008, home from school vacation.
After a few days of rest and recuperation, when the excitement and coziness when I first came home gradually faded away, I thought back to my own learning life in the past six months, although the life in the school is calm and happy, but I saw the "crisis" --- the crisis of employment. -Employment crisis. In this relatively free world of the university, students are working hard through various opportunities to sharpen and enrich themselves, hoping to learn more things to help their future into society. However, the university is only a bridge between the campus and the society, it is a "deep processing plant" for us to continue to enrich our knowledge before entering the society. Ultimately, we still have to face the relentless competition and elimination of society and the market, and it is not enough to rely only on the knowledge on campus. So, I began to think: how can I make myself in the winter vacation this short time to learn some campus can not learn things, so as to spend a meaningful winter vacation.
After a lot of thinking, I told my parents about my idea: to apply for a job at a nearby decoration company alone. Because of the consideration of their own aspects of the actual situation (a no experience; two no education; three time is limited), decided to carry out a period of 10 days of unpaid voluntary labor, the main purpose is to experience and learning, in order to adapt to the social work environment as early as possible. After getting my parents' approval, I decided to go out the next day to look for a unit to apply for a job.
(2) In practice---action
After having breakfast outside with my father early in the morning of the 20th, I started my first job search in my life with my only ID card and student card in my pocket.
While I've seen people applying for jobs on TV, I'm prepared to be hit, but it's the first time I've ever done so, and I'm still nervous about standing outside the door of the unit I'm applying for and beating a drum. Has been on the sidelines of the father saw my mind, said: "or I'll go to help you ask to see if people want people, you go in again." "No ...... no need, I go ask myself, not I change another one, you ...... you still go home first." I refused my father's "help", because I know, since childhood I have been living in my parents help, now I if I don't take this first step of independence, then this application will lose its meaning, even if I get the job, there is nothing substantial for me to gain, because I've lost at the starting line. After my father turned away, I stabilized myself, took a deep breath, and walked into the door of the Aidil Decoration Company ......
More than half an hour later.
"It worked!" I walked out with hard to hide the elation, because of the eagerness to tell the good news to the family, the footsteps home also seem to be much lighter, but I did not expect to look up and found my father waiting for me not far around the corner. It turned out that he was both supervising me (for fear that I would run away halfway) and concerned about me (for fear that I would suffer a blow), and I immediately realized my father's good intentions. After determining that I was successful in this solo application, he only said to me lightly, "It really seems to have grown up." Yes, at this moment I found myself really grown up, is no longer that everything has to wait for the parents to arrange properly before going to do the child. This again can not help but remind me of just before leaving the company, the manager returned my student ID card said to me: "The reason why I hired you, because I appreciate your awareness of the employment crisis and the courage to go alone to the community to sell their own courage, for a freshman girl such as you, to be able to do these two points is not easy." Thinking about this, once again, I was glad that I hadn't asked my father to go scouting for me before, or else I might have lost the job, and I would have had one less chance to test my confidence and courage.
The same afternoon 2:00 I came to the company on time, and office colleagues greeted, see everyone is busy with their own things, I looked for two books on the home specializing in the basic knowledge of the book to see, because the morning and the manager discussed, due to my ability and time is limited to some complex and long-term work I can not do, and then arranged for me to do a little office (including bathroom) cleaning work, and a simple morning So I was arranged to do a little office (including the bathroom) cleaning work every morning, as well as simple customer reception work, the other time on their own to read and learn or see other colleagues how to make computer rendering. And to be able to deal with general questions when receiving customers must first increase their knowledge in this area, so decided to look at the book to familiarize themselves with it. I took the book flip look, I do not know has been almost 5:00, this time has been busy outside the manager came back, see my book is almost finished on the said: "fast finished ah, speed quite fast well, see how it is? Finished reading I want to check, you have to be able to repeat it." "Ah!?" I can't help but be shocked: how to do ah, I turned too sloppy, repeat I'm afraid ...... the manager ignored my surprise to go busy themselves. At this time I realized that the manager said on the one hand to test my ability to absorb learning, on the one hand is to require me to do whatever must be serious and careful, reading the same, never go through the motions, to be responsible for their own. Especially some seemingly insignificant small things, but also can not be sloppy, as the saying goes: details determine success or failure. And let me y realize this truth is the next day's cleaning work.
I have always thought that cleaning is a very simple job, and I only do it once in a while, so I don't think it's a big deal. But this time, I changed my mind about cleaning. After the office health, I started the bathroom cleaning work, the water on the floor after sweeping clean, wiping the walls and mirrors, see nothing to get, ready to go out to read a book, suddenly remembered the "details determine success or failure": since I am out of the workout, we need to get the boss's approval to work, and such as me, I have to get the boss's approval. Who can do the cleaning work, how can I make my work better? It's just more meticulous cleaning! From a new look at the entire bathroom, I realized that my previous work was indeed not thorough enough: there are still small water stains and dirt on the wall tiles, there is also a lot of dust under the sink, and the most serious problem is the dirt on the commode. Seeing that the "task" was still so "difficult", I took off my jacket and prepared to do a big job. To be honest, I have never been so diligent in my own home, but I decided to "sacrifice" for the sake of my work. "Fortunately, there is no odor, but the heart is still a little uncomfortable, in the face of some stubborn stains, I do not care about clothes will be splashed with sewage, take the brush to brush, do not realize that the time has passed two hours, looking at their own cleaned up a new bathroom, forget about the sore arms and shoes on the water stains. Although this is not noticed by the manager, but I myself have gained, that is, on the "details determine success or failure" deeper understanding: people and people in the intellectual and physical differences are not imagined so big, a lot of small things, a person can do, another person can do, just do out of the effect is not the same, is often the case of Some details of the work, determines the quality of things done.
Gradually work into the right track, I also slowly adapted to my work, but time passes very quickly, more than 10 days of practice work is coming to an end, the manager especially for me to open a short meeting:
1). Check the study of "Home Advice"; (because the day the manager said to check, the next day I prepared a notebook, the book again from the beginning of the serious and made notes, but the manager asked me not to only talk about the knowledge of the book, but also to talk about with their own views, so as to improve and gain.)
2). Talk about their respective shortcomings and deficiencies, *** with find out the corresponding solutions; (with the same office Wang and Zou get along for a period of time, we also have a certain understanding of each other, by talking about their own shortcomings to a clearer understanding of their own, correct the shortcomings to make up for the shortcomings, *** with the progress.)
3). Learning "basic marketing etiquette"; (receiving people everywhere is learning, communication with people in addition to language expression, the most important is the body language that is etiquette, in order to give customers a better impression of the service, the smooth development of the next work, the basic marketing etiquette is necessary to master.)
4). Listed to analyze the philosophical short story; (many interesting philosophical short story is the golden key to enlightenment of life, work in the do not understand a lot of things can be found in such a short story.)
5). A summary of their recent studies. (Although on the surface I seem to be reading some books, made some reading notes, but I think I have gained far more than that. First of all, a regular work schedule, so that I can still have a normal work schedule in the winter vacation, rather than just sleep. Secondly, a little common sense in the home has helped me develop healthier habits. Furthermore, it has made me more aware of what I still lack in the face of employment, so that I can make up for it in my future study and life.)
My short practice life ended like this, in addition to the harvest left behind is more thinking ......
(C) after the practice - feelings
First time to participate in the Social practice, let me understand the college students social practice is to guide our students out of school, to the community, contact society, understanding of society, into the community in a good form; is to promote college students to join the reform and opening up, to the masses of workers and peasants to learn, cultivate and exercise the ability of a good channel; is to enhance the thinking, cultivate the body and set up to serve the community of the idea of an effective way. Through participating in social practice activities, it helps our college students to update their concepts and absorb new ideas and knowledge. This social practice, a flash, but let me from the realization of a lot of things, and these things will let me life-long use. Social practice has deepened my feelings with people from all walks of life, brought me closer to the society, and also allowed me to expand my horizons, grow my talents, and further define my own goals. Society is another learning and education classroom, in that vast world, not only can we let the value of life is reflected, more fierce competition in the future to lay a more solid foundation. Tao Yuanming said, "The prime of life will not come again, one day is hard to morning, in time to encourage themselves, the years do not wait for people." I hope that there will be such opportunities in the future, so that I can get exercise from the practice.