美國工作面試的問題

最近我發現，我們亞洲人在美國面試跟外國人的差別最大的就是，我們永遠不知道我們在說什麼。面試的時候，我們總是在想我們說的好還是不好，其實這是錯誤的。應該是我們在表達什麼。舉一個最好的例子，想必很多人寫文章或是報告都會說

There are a lot of reasons, many opportunities, so much information or very good. When American listen to it, they always have a question in their minds "how many? how good? what information? what opportunities? Please tell me more specific details" <=We always fear that listeners judge us while listening to us, but it is not true at all. They don't want to listen to us just because we always say "general" stuffs. We should say something more specific. For example, when Human Resource asks if  he/she should hire you. Probably majority of Chinese immigrants would say that we are smart, we always work hard and are willing to learn new things from work; thereafter, your eyes look at Human Resource and your ear listens to next questions.

We should respond

"I am a smart person. For example, when I work as a sales person for a beverage company,  I did market research on Queens county and Manhattan county in order to analyze the market situation. At the end, I realized that buying three cases to getting one case free was the best case our company can maximize profits. I used this bottom line to negotiate with vendors and eventually I had opened 42 accounts in two weeks. Hence, I think that I am a smart person".

American wanna know that you have experience of what you say instead of general stuffs.  Human Resource don't want to know that you are a human being. They want to know you are a knowledgeable employee and be ready to work for them.

So, please remember saying specific details to your Human Resource or Vice President if you are successfully moving to second round or third round. 

Journal

This week is the final week of Baruch College. Almost every students have been studying in the library for at least one day of the week. Although I have no final exam in this week, I still get so many papers to write. Because of this experience, I learn that I should have taken few major courses last semester and then I would have chosen rest of them in this semester. Therefore, I wouldn't spend my whole semester looking for bibliographies and read around 1000 pages. Hopefully, my term paper could be worth an A or A- and that would ultimately increase my GPA up to a level that I am able to apply for Master Degree in Baruch College. If not, I would be probably going to other universities, such as Binghamton, NYU, or Pace. These universities usually charge more than City Universities of New York. And, when I move to upper state, I would have no opportunity to be working at private equity firm and studying in school simultaneously. Then, I lose the comparative advantage that I am supposed to own if I live in New York and attend to Baruch College.

For those who haven't decided which colleges you wanna go, Baruch College would be a great opportunity for you to spend less amount of money, but receive a great quality of academy in business field. Trust me, Baruch College is very competitive and famous in accounting and finance major. If you can graduate from here with a good GPA, you gotta great chance to work in the New York with either H-1 Sponsor or benefits when you work.

來紐約前需要準備的事項

想必大家對於來到紐約讀書是一件非常美妙和期待的事情。不瞞您說，六年前，我就是帶著這樣的心情來到這裡。說實話，美國的教育制度的確在國際上是數一數二的。美國教育給學生的，不只是單方面的課本內容，它所強調是總體的自由發展，跟對知識的尊重。每個人都有足夠的空間自我發展。

所以各未來紐約之前，除了學校申請跟住宿的尋找之外，找尋自己的所喜歡的領域是一件很重要的事情。在台灣，大部份的小孩從小被灌輸考試考好成績就夠的情況下，往往長大之後，卻喪失的一個人類最大的長處，那就是思想。所以來到紐約之前，如果能夠找尋到自己的思想那最好不過，因為這將會讓你的美國生活多采多姿。

在美國機會絕對不會少，教材方面跟設備方面，樣樣不缺。所以找到自己的思想，在美國藉由充分的資源好好發展自己的思想，將會大大提身自己在社會上的競爭人力。別成為制式化的讀書機器跟家長的玩具。

（每一天登入nytimes.com 讀一篇文章)<=關於自己思想所喜歡的文章，讓你在未來的學習過程中，更容易瞭解到別人的思想。　當然這也會大大的提升自己的單字能力。

Job Hunting and wonderful trip

Recently, I have applied to as many positions as I can since one and half months ago. I just received few interview opportunities and screwed up three of them. Right now, I am doing an intern at an non-for-profit organization. My boss, Robert Tolmach, is a very good President and willing to teach and to guide me in the work. He also gives me opportunity to see and to learn while he does business with other companies. It is my pleasure for me to work there, and hopefully, I can learn a lot of things from him during the intern period. By the way, I am doing job-hunting right now. Wishfully, I am able to receive a finance job from private equity firm, which I am truly dedicated to.

Besides, I just finished my first road trip one week ago. I had a great fun in this trip even though I didn't see a wild bear in the National Park. I can still recall the view of Blue Bridge Parkway while I was driving. I am more willing to say that Blue Bridge Parkway is the most beautiful driveway in the US. While driving only 30 mph, my friend and I have enough time to take a pictures and stop by every overlooks. That is a totally different view from New York City.

I realized that I couldn't visit every places in my life, but I would do my best achieving my wish. As a Taiwanese, I've never traveled around Taiwan yet, but I still have opportunities to do it because I am a Taiwanese. Although I would become an American citizen at the end of this year, honestly I preferably work at and live in Taiwan for my whole life.

"By the way, how could I upload pictures in my existed article?"