P.S. 我个人的世界观是赞同去尊重他人的,包括那些和你持不同观点的人。所以,尊重在国内的优点,和正视在国外的缺点也是有必要的;选择国内或者国外,case by case,是不同,很难说殊胜殊优,个人感受而已。这也让我想起,有个全职妈妈曾今自豪的说她对小孩如何如何,是我们这些上班妈妈不能比的;然后我在家做全职妈妈了,事情又反过来了。其实,我想说的是,无论你做全职妈妈或者决定回去上班,你一定会为你自己,孩子和家庭,做出你最好的判断的,如果我是你的朋友,我都为你高兴。我有在国内国外的朋友,有混得好的和不好的。但这都没关系,都是我的朋友。
我有一段时间,也老是到处飞来飞去的,每次都是苦哈哈的,每晚$200澳元左右的酒店,公司付了钱,希望你可以带来经济效益,没经济效益,你也就不用出差了。然后去challenge一堆的business unit owner, 每次meeting前都要定strategy,摆数据,列事实讲道理,口舌费劲,别人还未必踩你,然后又要下去杀死无数脑细胞,让别人接受我的方案和流程。出差回来,我一般都要直接睡半天,精神才恢复过来。有一段时间,体重下降非常快,搞得我爸,每次电话尽关心我体重了。
做财务会计的,big4-> big corporation,是条出路,光明大道,我不否认。但我看到的现实的几个终极PK的例子,大区FD-公司的graduate scheme起来的人完胜big4 background的人,然后到了VP-functional, big4的人胜出,最终到了全球财务老大,还是有深厚业界背景的那个候选人稳坐江山。
回头说说毕业的出路吧,早些年,第一阶队的人,去投行,毕业生薪水比四大高20%-50%;然后下一阶队,去咨询公司;第三阶队才是四大,薪水一般,工作极苦,很多人干两年都撤了。我相信这里有很多非常聪明的中国人,我想说的是,四大非常好,但还有其他很多很多的选择,你的潜力在哪,你的优势在哪里,去拼一拼吧,everything is possible。我毕业的时候,是很迷茫的,没有做过很好的职业规划,所以现在看到那些年轻的有朝气的中国人的面孔,格外兴奋,我相信这一代的中国人可以做得更好,祝福所有的在做职业规划的年轻人。
Ps:听说现在国内的牛人毕业都去大型国企了,比如最富盛名的中金。
Enc: 有志于投行和咨询的天才们,推荐你们去看powerapple的工作版,那里有一群天南海北的中国人,分析他们如何走进世界的顶级公司。记得看过一个帖子,那些去顶级公司的牛人,最后assessment day,都是头等舱飞去欧洲,公司要的就是那种感觉,那种舍我其谁的霸气,we play big game, starting from today- Good Luck!
故事二:
Carolyn Creswell是 winner -the Telstra Business Woman of Year 2012
你知道她怎么开始的吗,18岁的时候读大学,Monash 大学学艺术的,兼职的地方要关门大吉,她也即将失业。她凑了1000澳元,买了这个business,然后今天,这家企业A$50 million operation explorting to 32 countries.
http://www.carmanskitchen.com.au/about-us/founder
Usually when the average 18-year-old manages to scrape together $1,000, you might expect them to put it towards a car, or perhaps blow the lot on a trip to Bali. Not Carolyn Creswell.
Unbelievably at 18, Carolyn found herself offering her life-savings to buy out her employer.
"It was a small business that made home-made muesli for a few cafes and delis in and around Melbourne", Carolyn says. "I worked there one day a week while I was at Uni, and I loved it. When the owners put the business up for sale, I thought my job would be in jeopardy so I offered them $1,000 which was initially dismissed, and then finally they took up my offer."The subsequent growth of Carman's is the stuff of entrepreneurial dreams.
Carman's now exports to over 32 countries"I am not an overnight success", Carolyn says. "I have been chipping away at this for 20 years now."Some would disagree with Creswell's self assessment. Only 20 years from cottage industry to a multinational, trusted Australian brand is akin to overnight success, especially if you consider Creswell's youth and inexperience in the beginning.
Career tip from Carman: “You have one life, so you need to ask yourself: ‘What do I want my life to look like? What do I want to do with my life?’ Don’t just sit back. If you’re unhappy in your job, go and do work experience or try something different.” 简单翻译(非专业): 你只有一次生命,所以你必须要问自己,我想我的生活看上去像什么?我的人生我想做的是什么。不要只是坐在后面, 如果你不开心你的工作,前行和得到工作经验或者尝试一些不同的事情。
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