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Each of us has needs. The need for family, friends, home, work, hobbies… But I would like to talk about one of the most important and always relevant:
the desire to live well and earn well. This need is present in most people. Everyone tries to satisfy her through work and career. And it seems quite logical to achieve this goal through professional development and self-realization. Who among us would not like to become a highly qualified specialist, an international professional? Recognition, respect, high incomes, great opportunities - it sounds great. And what is the action plan for millions and billions of future high-class workers? Quite often it looks like this: we graduate from school, get ready for a university, enter a university, study, graduate from a university, find a good job, work, make a chic career, go on a well-deserved rest. This plan only seems right, but it's not.
A good plan differs from a wrong one in that the right plan leads to the goal, and the wrong one does not.
The above plan does not take into account so many things from real life that I do not know how to call it: primitive, outdated, or simply wrong. What does this "world's most common plan for success" not take into account?
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1. Winner takes all
Some companies are looking for a better employee, while others are looking for a cheaper one. The former are not afraid to overpay, but they want to get the best for the money they have. The latter want to pay the smallest money for the minimum quality that suits them.
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You will start your career/professional path from the leftmost point of the graph. And it is best to be in the rightmost part of it. You have a long way to go. You need to get over at least to its right half as quickly as possible. The specialist from the right side of the graph differs from the specialist from the left side by the presence of experience, moreover, qualitative experience. As long as you are in the left half, the number of specialists like you in the labor market is much greater than the demand for them. So this is the market of the buyer (employer). And you have to compete with the likes of you for the lousiest job. But once you've gained enough experience and moved into the right half, the rules of the game begin to change. Demand begins to exceed supply and wages begin to rise. 5 years of good experience can result in a 10-fold increase in salary. So think look around and learn. But even better is to enter
5% of the best specialists. Here your fees will be limited only by the stock of money from your clients/employers. If he wants to hire the best, let him pay the best. Just like the auction. A smart and hardworking person is able to enter the top
20% of specialists in 5 years. And over the next 5 years - in
5% of the best specialists. Here, of course, you need to do a lot of self-education and often change jobs. Sometimes and work beyond measure. But it doesn't take much (long) work.
The best specialist does not do more work, he does better work. The best. Therefore, it cannot be replaced by ten average workers. If in the presidential elections you received
48% of the votes, and the second contender
47%, you have not received the support of the majority and have not surpassed your competitor twice. You beat him by one, just one percent! But you become president and get everything, and he remains nobody and gets nothing.
2. The loser gets nothing
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If you have already applied to a university, you may have heard about the “competition of 5-10 people for a place”. Out of 1000 applicants at the competition of 10 people, only 100 people will become students for a place, the remaining 900 will receive nothing. What do you think will happen when you graduate and look for a job? The competition will skyrocket! Let's say you're graduating from the Faculty of Law in Moscow this year. Suppose there are only 10 universities in Moscow, which together annually graduate 1,000 lawyers. There are two vacancies on the market with a salary of
$3,000 , 8 vacancies with a salary of
$1,000 , and thirty vacancies in the state. organizations with a salary of
$300 .
Bummer 1:1000 "lawyers" and only 40 vacancies. That is, only 40 out of 1000 lawyers will get a job by profession, and the remaining 960 people who spent 5 years studying at a university will go to work as “sales managers”.
Bummer 2: You are one of the top 40 graduate lawyers, what are your chances of getting a job? Much less than
100% , because there is still cronyism, family professions, getting a job through an acquaintance, etc. Most of these 40 jobs will be filled by sons, nieces and grandchildren of top managers of these same companies.
Bummer 3:You are the best graduate of your year, but you do not yet have real practical experience. But people who have been working in their specialty for 3-5 years will also apply for good vacancies in the market. They acquired experience, reputation and connections. So you might have to start from the bottom.
Bummer 4: You will have to work for 3 years in “free” jobs for the sake of experience and educate yourself along the way, and only then will you be able to compete for good jobs with a perspective, valuable future experience and a high salary. It was this stage that should have taken place at the university. But you went to our “good but useless university”, so now you have to do all this yourself.
3. You have nothing
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All you have is a diploma, and in the eyes of your future employer, it is not worth the paper it is printed on. Most often, the employer knows the "real value" of your diploma and its microscopic benefits compared to real experience. Do you have higher education? Who doesn't have it? We have half the country with higher education. It's like a certificate that you're not a fool, that's all.
There is no use for "useless outdated education".Driving license makes more sense. "Crust" does not guarantee anything. But self-development is important. To get into the top 20% of specialists, and then into the top 5%, it is important to become better day by day and educate yourself. Maintain interest in trends in your field of activity, take courses that will help you improve any useful skill, communicate with high-level specialists.
If you develop the habit of learning on your own and, most importantly, meaningfully , and not relying on outdated university knowledge, you will always be in demand as a specialist. So stay tuned for new knowledge!
Each of us has needs. The need for family, friends, home, work, hobbies… But I would like to talk about one of the most important and always relevant: the desire to live well and earn well. This need is present in most people. Everyone tries to satisfy her through work and career. And it seems quite logical to achieve this goal through professional development and self-realization. Who among us would not like to become a highly qualified specialist, an international professional? Recognition, respect, high incomes, great opportunities - it sounds great. And what is the action plan for millions and billions of future high-class workers? Quite often it looks like this: we graduate from school, get ready for a university, enter a university, study, graduate from a university, find a good job, work, make a chic career, go on a well-deserved rest. This plan only seems right, but it's not.
You will start your career/professional path from the leftmost point of the graph. And it is best to be in the rightmost part of it. You have a long way to go. You need to get over at least to its right half as quickly as possible. The specialist from the right side of the graph differs from the specialist from the left side by the presence of experience, moreover, qualitative experience. As long as you are in the left half, the number of specialists like you in the labor market is much greater than the demand for them. So this is the market of the buyer (employer). And you have to compete with the likes of you for the lousiest job. But once you've gained enough experience and moved into the right half, the rules of the game begin to change. Demand begins to exceed supply and wages begin to rise. 5 years of good experience can result in a 10-fold increase in salary. So think look around and learn. But even better is to enter5% of the best specialists. Here your fees will be limited only by the stock of money from your clients/employers. If he wants to hire the best, let him pay the best. Just like the auction. A smart and hardworking person is able to enter the top 20% of specialists in 5 years. And over the next 5 years - in 5% of the best specialists. Here, of course, you need to do a lot of self-education and often change jobs. Sometimes and work beyond measure. But it doesn't take much (long) work. The best specialist does not do more work, he does better work. The best. Therefore, it cannot be replaced by ten average workers. If in the presidential elections you received 48% of the votes, and the second contender 47%, you have not received the support of the majority and have not surpassed your competitor twice. You beat him by one, just one percent! But you become president and get everything, and he remains nobody and gets nothing.
If you have already applied to a university, you may have heard about the “competition of 5-10 people for a place”. Out of 1000 applicants at the competition of 10 people, only 100 people will become students for a place, the remaining 900 will receive nothing. What do you think will happen when you graduate and look for a job? The competition will skyrocket! Let's say you're graduating from the Faculty of Law in Moscow this year. Suppose there are only 10 universities in Moscow, which together annually graduate 1,000 lawyers. There are two vacancies on the market with a salary of $3,000 , 8 vacancies with a salary of $1,000 , and thirty vacancies in the state. organizations with a salary of $300 . Bummer 1:1000 "lawyers" and only 40 vacancies. That is, only 40 out of 1000 lawyers will get a job by profession, and the remaining 960 people who spent 5 years studying at a university will go to work as “sales managers”. Bummer 2: You are one of the top 40 graduate lawyers, what are your chances of getting a job? Much less than 100% , because there is still cronyism, family professions, getting a job through an acquaintance, etc. Most of these 40 jobs will be filled by sons, nieces and grandchildren of top managers of these same companies. Bummer 3:You are the best graduate of your year, but you do not yet have real practical experience. But people who have been working in their specialty for 3-5 years will also apply for good vacancies in the market. They acquired experience, reputation and connections. So you might have to start from the bottom. Bummer 4: You will have to work for 3 years in “free” jobs for the sake of experience and educate yourself along the way, and only then will you be able to compete for good jobs with a perspective, valuable future experience and a high salary. It was this stage that should have taken place at the university. But you went to our “good but useless university”, so now you have to do all this yourself.
All you have is a diploma, and in the eyes of your future employer, it is not worth the paper it is printed on. Most often, the employer knows the "real value" of your diploma and its microscopic benefits compared to real experience. Do you have higher education? Who doesn't have it? We have half the country with higher education. It's like a certificate that you're not a fool, that's all. There is no use for "useless outdated education".Driving license makes more sense. "Crust" does not guarantee anything. But self-development is important. To get into the top 20% of specialists, and then into the top 5%, it is important to become better day by day and educate yourself. Maintain interest in trends in your field of activity, take courses that will help you improve any useful skill, communicate with high-level specialists. If you develop the habit of learning on your own and, most importantly, meaningfully , and not relying on outdated university knowledge, you will always be in demand as a specialist. So stay tuned for new knowledge!
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