Talk to current and former employees
与现任和前任员工交谈
This once again go linkedln type in some key words
同样地,还是去linkedln网站,输入关键词
Find someone who works at the company or previously worked at the company
找到这家公司的现任员工或者前任员工
And get the ground level the strict opinion of what is like to work there
直接精确地了解他们在此工作的感受
You can go the website
你也可以去网上
go have their espoused missions and values
了解他们信奉的使命和价值
What they are about and the great thing that we do for the world
具体内容是什么我们都为世界做了什么了不起的事
But they may or may not actually be having those practiced in reality
但也许在现实生活中这些并没有被付诸实践
So who's gonna know better than the people who have worked there
谁会比那里的员工更了解真实情况呢
I tell you that I had an interview last year where I contacted a girl who used to work for the firm I was interested in
告诉大家,去年一次面试我联系了一个女生 她之前在我感兴趣的那家公司工作过
It was a small firm
那家公司很小
They had bear bones information other than their website
他们只提供了很少信息,除了网站什么都没有
So I had to find a girl who used to work at the position I was interviewing for
所以我就找了那个女生 她之前在我面试的那个岗位工作过
She has lived in the east coast
她住在东海岸
So I had to contact her through the link of the facebook
因此我通过facebook联系到她
Talked to her for 30 minutes
和她谈了半个钟头
She told me exactly what the challenges of the job were
她告诉这份工作的难点是什么
What they were being hiring for
他们需要什么样的人才
What those like to work there
那里的工作情况如何
How quickly you can expect promotions at it
多久可以晋升
She gave me like the run down
她一一回答了我这些问题
And it was valuable for me for two things
这些信息的重要性体现在两方面
One I was able to learn what they are looking for
第一我得知他们需要什么样的人才
So I knew their business needs
由此了解他们的商业需求
I knew what they are hiring for
了解他们招聘的目的
I knew some of the challenges
了解这份工作面临的挑战
I knew it made a successful applicant and candidate in that position
所有信息成就了一名成功的求职者
Secondly I was able to determine basically what I knew I about myself
第二,我对自己有了清晰的定位
It would be a good fit
这是份不错的工作,很适合我
And all the things and challenges they said
他们说得这些难题和挑战
All the challenges I know I could do
我知道自己都能解决
And I was very confident that it would be a good fit position based on the job description I had and talking to her
因此我确信这是一份适合我的好工作 我判断的依据是职位描述和与她的交谈
And that for me was the most valuable
对于我来说,这两点非常重要
When I had the actual interview
当我真的去面试时
Talk to current and former employees
与现任和前任员工交谈
This once again go linkedln type in some key words
同样地,还是去linkedln网站,输入关键词
Find someone who works at the company or previously worked at the company
找到这家公司的现任员工或者前任员工