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After spending a long time in the workplace, you not only learn some principles of interacting with others, but you also gain knowledge specific to changing jobs. Recently, a top professional in the workplace outlined several key principles for changing jobs. Let’s take a look: 1. When looking for jobs online, it’s especially important to be cautious of those companies that post job advertisements on the internet all day long. Such companies are usually divided into two categories: one is the scumbag companies, such as certain insurance companies and intermediary firms with ulterior motives. Such companies aim to obtain your personal resources and information. The second category consists of some moderately well-known companies; however, due to their strict hiring requirements and salary expectations that don’t match those standards, they are constantly looking for employees throughout the year, yet they never manage to find anyone who meets their demands. There are also some well-known companies that, with advertising as their goal, use recruitment as a pretext; they can list a shoddy job online for a year or two. 2. Choose a headhunting company carefully. 3. Companies that only send you emails instead of calling to invite you for an interview should be ignored. They are usually some low-quality companies that don’t have the capacity to meet your basic requirements. They’re not even sure they can afford to hire you, so they’ve waived the phone call fee as well. 4. If, on the first phone call, they tell you to go to a certain company for an interview at a specific time on a certain date, you must refuse immediately. Because when you get there at that time, you’ll see a bunch of young people who have just graduated a couple of years ago, climbing on tables to fill out resumes. Competing with these people means that your salary can at most be twice theirs – at most 5,000 to 6,000. So how should one respond? Tell the HR manager that I’m not available; I’m only free at a certain time on an afternoon. Otherwise, it’s unnecessary to go – it’s a waste of time, and it’s definitely a low-level position. 5. Avoid companies that ask you to bring your academic certificates and degree documents for the first interview – it’s obvious, without even asking, that it will be a low-level position. 6. Before going to an interview at a company, make sure to find out who will be interviewing you. If it turns out that it won’t be the general manager or the deputy general manager, I advise you to reject that position right away. Because if the person you report to is a lowly middle-level manager, then your position will surely be an even more inferior one. In short, dressing up nicely just to show it to pigs is a waste of money and time. 7. Companies that make you fill out a bunch of forms as soon as you enter must be left immediately. Because this is a common trick used in recruiting low-level employees, especially by those companies that like to create nonsense test papers; never waste your time on them. Moreover, in order to get the job, candidates simply cannot answer such tests based on their true capabilities; the results are nothing but worthless. Those responsible for hiring don’t understand human resources management or how to make the best decisions when changing jobs. The first approach is to blindly seek jobs with higher salaries. Many people become interested as soon as they hear about positions that offer much higher pay than their current one, without considering whether they are qualified for those roles or whether it will be beneficial for their future career development. In fact, if the salary offered for a new position is 2 to 3 times higher than your current salary, the risk of changing jobs at that point is quite high. If the salary offered is high, it indicates that the company has high expectations regarding the responsibilities of this position; those considering a job change should be cautious and consider whether they will be able to handle these responsibilities in the future. The second approach is to blindly \"jump to higher vocational positions.\" Career advancement is a goal that many professionals aspire to achieve by changing jobs. However, high positions often come with many problems; some companies present their job openings as being at high levels, such as director or deputy general manager, etc. However, the actual responsibilities of these positions are not as broad as those of department managers in other companies; in some cases, external executives are hired to act as the \"bad guy\" in order to resolve internal conflicts that cannot be dealt with internally, such as layoffs. Other positions are essentially \"oligarchic roles\" – positions that are already on the periphery of the company or relate to business units that are set to be separated. If any of the above situations occur, everything behind a high position is meaningless, as it offers no benefit to personal growth. Third: Blindly \"jumping to well-known companies.\" It’s not true that the larger a company is, the better; the more renowned it is, the greater the challenges. Many large multinational companies or Fortune 500 firms are well-known, but their business operations in China do not go smoothly; they do not achieve good results there. In the coming years, they will surely make strategic adjustments, and some of their business units may be shut down. If one inadvertently ends up in such a situation, they could face layoffs within one or two years, which is not an opportunity for career development for those looking to change jobs. Experienced professionals, when changing jobs, should first be clear about their career direction, and choose different job opportunities based on the two paths of specializing in a particular field or pursuing management roles. Factors for a successful job switch Planning ahead Many people are aware of the close relationship between media and public relations, but achieving a significant rise in position or salary when switching industries is by no means easy. Mr. Mao’s career change represented a successful transition between the two fields; in his view, his 8 years of experience in the media sector laid a solid foundation for him to become a partner in a public relations firm. When he graduated from the Department of Journalism at Fudan University 9 years ago, Mr. Mao, like most of his classmates, entered the media industry and started working at a television station; two years later, he moved on to work in online media. However, the direction and nature of the work remained largely the same; I was still in charge of covering sports news, and I was promoted to content director at the website. Unlike other peers who focused solely on being media professionals, Mr. Mao believes that he began paying attention to the public relations industry quite early on and was also actively involved in various public relations-related planning activities. For example, during the Tennis Masters Cup, he was not only a reporter but also involved in its planning. Over time, Mr. Mao became a familiar face in the field of public relations. Later, at the invitation of a public relations company, he joined it and is now one of its partners. “\"Supplies first.\" 6 years ago, Mike graduated from the Department of Fluid Machinery at Jiangsu University and went to Shanghai on his own to look for a job. With no one he knew there, his first job was in pump and valve sales. Although he is not highly familiar with pumps and valves, thanks to his background in fluid machinery and some additional study, he is able to explain the various technical aspects of pumps and valves in a clear and organized manner. Thanks to his expertise and dedication, he stayed at this company for three years until he reached the position of sales manager. By chance, Mike met with a senior executive from a pump and valve company. After closing that deal, this executive, who was looking for talented individuals, brought Mike to his own company to handle sales for pumps and valves. A year ago, a headhunter extended an offer to him. His consistent efforts in improving his English proved to be very helpful; compared to other professional managers with similar technical skills, Mike stood out and was able to join this larger American-owned pump and valve company. Furthermore, this job also provides Mike with the opportunity to work in the United States for a year starting in 2006, allowing him to gain more experience in the pump and valve industry. Know yourself and know your enemy. At a human resources seminar, Lei Martin, Executive Director of IWNC in China, shared his journey from a Finnish manufacturing company to his current role at IWNC, a human resources consulting firm. Lehmann worked at a Finnish manufacturing company for five years, while also having a three-year collaboration with IWNC. When he first arrived at the Finnish company, communication between the managers from Finland and China was difficult; moreover, he was responsible for taking care of a major client from France. With the help of IWNC Company, they had the opportunity to learn about French culture*. Another time was during the SARS outbreak; the Finnish company was a supplier to many well-known manufacturers. At that time, business trips and meetings were not possible, but with the help of IWNC, this emergency did not hinder their market development. Years of cooperation have enabled Le Martine to realize that the expertise of IWNC can truly help so many companies and individuals; he finds this very meaningful. As a country with rapid development, China has an extremely high demand for talent, and IWNC, as a human resources consulting firm, holds great promise from his perspective. The final decision to join this company was driven by the expectation of bright prospects. At that time, Le Martineau had reached the position of Global Quality Director at that Finnish company. Although it was one of his preferred roles, he was unable to exert a decisive influence on the company’s global development strategy. However, at IWNC, which was relatively smaller in scale, he was able to implement his various plans. Under his leadership, IWNC set the goal of going public by 2010.