不喜歡現(xiàn)在的老板或公司,但你一定要賣力工作,為什么?
我們每個(gè)人可能都會(huì)有這樣的時(shí)候:你討厭自己的工作,不喜歡老板,或者你的公司對(duì)的個(gè)人發(fā)展和未來不利。你覺得不快樂,沒有動(dòng)力,很想辭職。那為什么還要在現(xiàn)在的公司繼續(xù)努力工作呢?為什么要為根本不在意你的人做嫁衣呢?
我是個(gè)職業(yè)獵頭,在這一行干了很多年,見到過很多有這樣想法的人。其實(shí),既然你都已經(jīng)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(jī)會(huì),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(gè)更好更多的工作——被糟糕的工作困住時(shí),更好的工作機(jī)會(huì)不會(huì)從天而降。要想找一個(gè)好的多得多的工作,你必須有一定成就,能給好公司、好雇主留下深刻印象。
2)在與潛在雇主面試時(shí),你打算講什么?——假設(shè)千載難逢的工作機(jī)會(huì)出現(xiàn)了,你要在面試中講什么呢?你就是去抱怨前任老板和前公司的嗎?一直吐槽別人的錯(cuò)誤會(huì)讓他印象深刻嗎?當(dāng)然不會(huì)。能讓對(duì)方印象深刻的是你在前一份工作中鍛煉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(gè)很大的亮點(diǎn)——你知道還有什么能給別人留下更為深刻的印象嗎?在極具挑戰(zhàn)、不理想的工作環(huán)境中依然能完成工作,做出成果。這展現(xiàn)出你的成熟度、職業(yè)精神、主動(dòng)性、上進(jìn)心和自我管理能力。
因此,扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢(shì),化消極為積極吧。當(dāng)然,這并不容易。你必須克服重重障礙,比起在一個(gè)更好的工作環(huán)境中達(dá)到同樣的結(jié)果,你要付出更多的努力。但正因如此,潛在雇主才會(huì)更對(duì)你提起興趣。如果你只是消磨時(shí)間,什么都不做,就不能在求職面試中給對(duì)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,這并不是為了他們,而是為了你自己。對(duì)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(dāng)重要。
你做的一切都有利于對(duì)你和你的未來。你鍛煉的所有能力,取得的每個(gè)成就都會(huì)與你緊緊相伴。它們會(huì)日積月累,成為你身體的一部分,讓你變得更加成功。
有時(shí),工作情況并不會(huì)如你所愿
事實(shí)上,在我職業(yè)生涯早期,也做過自己不喜歡的工作。公司派我從美國去臺(tái)北,支持銷售部門推銷公司最新的技術(shù)和產(chǎn)品線。公司告訴我,臺(tái)北是這條產(chǎn)品線最大的海外市場(chǎng)。我很激動(dòng),因?yàn)槲铱梢越璐藱C(jī)會(huì)將咨詢式銷售訓(xùn)練派上實(shí)際用場(chǎng)。
但在見了幾個(gè)客戶后,我發(fā)現(xiàn)情況和我想的很不一樣。對(duì)于市場(chǎng)上的大多數(shù)企業(yè)而言,我們的技術(shù)太過于先進(jìn)了。只有政府客戶能買我們產(chǎn)品系統(tǒng),但即便如此,他們也不得不用上剩余的年度預(yù)算,或削減來年的預(yù)算。因此,他們基本只會(huì)把它當(dāng)作一項(xiàng)新奇的技術(shù)購買產(chǎn)品。
我不能說上司不好,但他不知該拿我怎么辦,因?yàn)榕晌襾砼_(tái)北是總部的決定。局勢(shì)已顯而易見,我有預(yù)感接下來的兩年會(huì)荒廢掉。
當(dāng)自我激勵(lì)、主動(dòng)和隨機(jī)應(yīng)變的能力成為必要
我自怨自艾了兩周,但隨后發(fā)現(xiàn),我依然可以做我來臺(tái)北要學(xué)習(xí)和要做的事情,只要更主動(dòng)一些就好了。市場(chǎng)還沒準(zhǔn)備好,但我依然能吸引客戶,提高臺(tái)北辦事處的銷售能力。于是我開始行動(dòng)了。
我找到客戶,向他們介紹技術(shù)解決方案,并說服他們?cè)试S我評(píng)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(jié)束時(shí),我向臺(tái)北總經(jīng)理提交了一份關(guān)于客戶建議和案例研究的產(chǎn)品手冊(cè),他對(duì)此非常滿意。如今我使用的許多咨詢和解決方案銷售技巧都源于這段經(jīng)歷。我還學(xué)會(huì)了如何積極主動(dòng),自己想出解決方案,推動(dòng)自身發(fā)展。我的整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯也因此從中受益。
如果更好的機(jī)會(huì)找到了你,那就忘掉我剛才說的一切。辭職前行,不要把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在糟糕的工作上。但如果你不知道什么時(shí)候會(huì)出現(xiàn)更好的機(jī)會(huì),那就要做好準(zhǔn)備,在它出現(xiàn)時(shí)抓住這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。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(huì)讓你喪失動(dòng)力,不愿努力工作。但要想得到更好的工作,進(jìn)一家更好的公司,你就需要繼續(xù)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。
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 company's 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 can't 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.
來源:王承倫, 王職商網(wǎng)及王李亞洲資源創(chuàng)始人。