Fresh graduates want to be PM? The school's teaching is not enough for you

When doing public welfare consulting, many fresh people who want to be PMs, regardless of their background in business, liberal arts or engineering, will ask the following three common questions:

1. What skills are required?

2. How to write a resume?

3. No response to the resume

Required skills

1. Communication

At the student stage, it is easy to have a myth that those in the department or in the community who are more outgoing or easy to get along with everyone will be considered to be able to speak and be associated with good communication. But in the workplace PM communication is not the case at all. Explaining things clearly, persuading the team to move forward with bigger goals, and knowing how to deal with customers and stakeholders are the professional "communication" skills shown in the workplace.

2. From passive to active

The student period is always full of exams. For example, there are exams four weeks after the start of the semester. In the middle of the course, teachers will take classes, mark homework, and help students answer questions when they have questions. Students learn knowledge and take exams in a passive role. In the workplace, the concept is like the teacher saying that there is an exam, but if you don't teach the class or change the homework, you will only discuss it with you. At this time, you must find a way to find resources and pass the exam. Therefore, when you arrive at the workplace, you cannot wait for your colleagues or supervisors to answer you, but solve problems by actively seeking, thinking and discussing with others.

How to write a resume

There are a lot of articles on the Internet teaching how to write a resume, such as shortening the content to one or two pages, simple and professional introduction, speaking with numbers, avoiding typos, and presenting as much as possible. During the consultation, I found that many new people have handled the above-mentioned parts very well, but the following two points are often overlooked.

1. The content should echo the PM's work

When many new recruits apply for jobs, they try to show off the great things they did during their student days, but it's easy to lose focus on their own values. PM's work content (regardless of product or project), nothing more than mainly around the communication, organization and coordination of resources. It is suggested that fresh people can use their internship experience or experience in organizing activities as an entry point to become a competent PM.

2. Specific description

Try to be specific when describing your own experience. Take a look at the following two ways to present it on your resume.

A: I used to be the organizer of the graduation ceremony.

B: Used to be the organizer of the graduation ceremony, responsible for monitoring the progress, coordinating conflicts and risk control between groups.

Whether it is A or B above, a conclusion is that he has been the organizer of the graduation ceremony. But B's narrative style makes it clear what you've done, letting people who read your resume know your experience.

(Many resume articles will say that they should be presented in numbers, which I agree with very much, but new people who don’t have much work experience also don’t have too many figures to present, so it is very appropriate to describe their own experience in detail)

Submitted resume no reply

As mentioned above, it is easy for fresh people to make mistakes when submitting their resumes that the content of their resumes has nothing to do with the position they are applying for, spelling mistakes, and prose expressions. After solving these problems, it is best to customize the resume, and write the corresponding skills and experience according to the job content and job requirements of the vacancy. When the above is confirmed to be correct, follow the following three steps to make further adjustments:

The first step is to check your resume:

If you can't see anything, you can take it to the seniors or seniors you know and ask for their opinions.

The second step is to adjust your attitude:

The skills required by PM are comprehensive, and many college students are very good at writing programs, designing, etc. after graduation. However, almost no one is good at being a PM after graduation, because the skill tree involved is too broad, so companies will consider more when selecting PMs. Even experienced PMs will get a silent card when changing jobs. .

The last step, I believe that luck will come:

Don't get discouraged just because you have invested in one or two companies you like and get no response. Once you have set your goals, go ahead and believe that luck will come

in conclusion:

From the first year to the fourth year, the school has awarded a lot of professional skills, and general courses can also learn a variety of knowledge, but there are no courses to teach project management, which makes it difficult for many fresh graduates to get along with the school. The contact with the PM's work content finally caused the freshman to feel confused and have no direction about being a PM.

Before applying for a job, you can adjust your mentality first, and use activities or internship experience to think about your skills that overlap with the PM's job content. Then, present these contents on your resume and ensure that they meet the job content and job requirements of the application. Finally, keep a strong heart, don't be defeated by several rejections and become discouraged, and believe that luck will come.

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