点击上方“lolapola” 发现生活中的一万种可能：）
暑假已经开始很久了，关注我的不少是学生（大学生居多，当然最近跳出来很多中学生也是让我十分的猝不及防🤦♀️）或者刚毕业不久的年轻上班族，相信大家都会很关注的如何提高自己的职场竞争力。
所以就想到做这个【假期变好小论坛】系列，之所以取名为论坛，是希望能够百家争鸣，我作为博主仅仅做到分享经验抛砖引玉，也想看到大家各抒己见，一起打卡一起变好。
我一路走来的成长历程相信你们也都差不多知道了，真要平心而论，我觉得我实在是太特立独行不具有普遍意义，所以请了我的基友，一个在美国和中国都待过一阵子的德国小哥，以两种文化两种视角，来为大家呈现这样一个小小的变好论坛。德国🇩🇪中国🇨🇳两位笔者，用双语的形式撰文，既能让大家锻炼到英语，又能获得一些不同的启发。
我们的目的并非是想让你一定按照我们的路走，但是希望能让你看到一个不太一样的世界。
开篇写介绍一下客座嘉宾David同学吧
“金发绿眼睛的日耳曼土著，本专业是供应链和商科管理，对奔驰和戴姆勒有着谜一般的爱，曾经在美国交换了一年，最近在上海待了半年，刚回德国开始写硕士论文。”
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在如今的职场竞争中，积极地随时更新简历应该说是每个人的必修功课。虽然说学校的绩点依然是非常重要的一部分，但是求职者的实际经验对于招聘者来说也是一大考量标准，而且，大部分大公司也会对实际经验有一定的要求。所以今天这篇推送就来谈谈我个人对于充实简历的一些心得。4
海外学期
海外学期一般都是简历上的亮点，不仅对你的职业规划有益处，而且也能让你跳出自己的舒适区看到外面更大的世界（我就是这么认识你们漏啦老师的！），所以有机会的话尽量去争取。
一般来说你的大学都会有不少海外的合作伙伴，最简单的办法就是在学校主页上找相关的信息，或者干脆就去问辅导员。在来中国之前我已经在美国交换过一年，所以后来就想要体验一下跟西方完全不一样的文化，于是呢，得知我的学校和上海大学有合作关系后，我就决定来中国啦！
来了之后才发现上海比我想象中的要更现代、更有创造力并且也非常发达。中国人民也真的是很热心开放，可以说是被惊艳到了。虽然我的中文水平基本等于没有，但即使比手画脚鸡同鸭讲在这个国际化大都市里也根本不是问题。小杨生煎啦，火锅啦，各种上海小吃啦都超喜欢，而且我还学会了用筷子，还试了一次绍兴黄酒，无数次仰望上海美丽的天际线，这些都是我脑海中珍贵的记忆。
在上海的这一学期交换生活绝对让我见识到了和德国美国全然不同的世界，所以，如果你还在纠结要不要去国外做交换学期，别犹豫了，一。定。要。去。啊！这绝对会是你一生中最难忘的一段经历！（最后要立下flag，我爱中国以及热情的中国人民！）
高质量的实习
实习应该说是获得实际经验最普遍的一种方式了，通过实习，你可以接触商业世界中的某一特定领域（比如说物流、市场营销、人力资源等等），从而更了解自己的长处在哪里，继而深入发展这一方面的才能。实习也是建立人脉网络的大好机会。
就我个人来说，我在戴姆勒（人民群众喜闻乐见的奔驰背后的母公司）做过很多次实习，对于我（一个学习供应链和国际商务的学生）来说这是把学校的理论知识实践化的大好机会，因为我的专业主要在物流领域，所以我在戴姆勒实习期间基本把供应链的每一环节都走过了一遍。这对我来说不仅是实操的过程，更是坚定了我对未来职业规划的方向，也证明了我确实是非常擅长这一方面的工作，当初专业选的一点没错。
除了在本国实习以外，海外实习也是不可错过的好机会，所以我在本科和硕士的间隔年就去了美国。抱着想体验一下除了自己本专业物流以外的其他部门是怎样运作的心态，我最终选择了美国奔驰公司的控制部门。因为我自己的背景是商务管理，在这期间根本没想过能在一个偏金融的部门工作的那么开心。
回头看在美国的这七个月，我可以拍胸脯说这绝对是我人生中最精彩最有趣的一段日子。除了工作经验外，在美国期间感觉自己的英语也溜了不少。很多大企业对于本国实习已经有硬性要求，所以如果你有海外实习的经验，绝对能使你在众多应聘者中脱颖而出。
在公司里写论文
其实我并不知道在中国是不是流行在公司写论文，但是在德国，这样的趋势越来越明显。因为大学期间给戴姆勒做了很多次实习，所以我的本科论文就是在他们公司写的，所以啦，论文的题目也就跟如何改进奔驰的物流体系有关了。
在公司写学术论文的好处首先是论文的走向会非常偏实践，写的时候能够利用到公司的一些内部资源和信息，最后的成果也会对该公司有很大的帮助；其次，写论文的过程也能受到公司正式员工的帮助，让过程变得更轻松；最后，一般这种情况下公司也会支付你写论文的工资，是一笔小小的零花钱；最后的最后，你的论文还非常有可能被公司采纳而投入生产，从而极大地提高你被这家公司录用的机会，何乐而不为呢。
兼职学生
再次声明一下，我分享的只是我个人在德国的经验，不过一个礼拜工作固定时间的兼职学生现在还是非常多的。这样做的好处是，你不用再操心出去打工，因为除了学习以外你已经通过做兼职学生获得了一笔可观的收入。和实习不一样的是，作为兼职学生，你的工作期限不仅仅限于3-6个月，甚至可以延续到整个学习期间。比如说，我从硕士阶段一开始就在一家叫做Kühne + Nagel的物流公司做兼职学生了，时间越长，你就真的越来越有是这个公司一部分的感觉，也会越来越有工作的成就感。
助教
在西方，做助教也是非常受欢迎的一种增加实际经验的方式，而相比于上一段的兼职学生来说，做助教弹性更大，不需要每周工作那么多时间，所以适合除了学业还有其他事情要忙的学生。这种方式对于希望继续深造，尤其是想申请博士的学生来说尤为适合，可以早早地就跟想要申请的教授打好关系，展现工作能力。
In today’s fast-paced society and economy, it is vital that you actively work on your CV and already seek to improve it during your studies in order to increase the chances of getting an attractive and well-paid job upon graduating. Obviously, it is still very important to achieve good grades at the university. However, practical experiences have become just as necessary when thinking about persuasive and salient CVs nowadays. Most of the successful companies expect you to have a certain degree of practical experience. Therefore, this post aims at highlighting some options you can make use of in order to polish your personal CV.
Semester Abroad
A semester abroad definitely looks very good on your CV. It does not only boost your career, but also enables you to think out of the box, experience a different culture and meet interesting people from all over the world – this is how I managed to meet Lola by the way! :) Usually, your university should have a decent amount of partnerships with other universities, which you can make use of. Simply browse the website of your home university or inform yourself by visiting their international office. Since I already gained some experiences in the United States of America, I wanted to experience something completely different to my own culture and the American one. Luckily, my home university turned out to have a partnership with some schools in Shanghai and I was able to successfully apply for one of them.
Shanghai turned out to be so much more innovative, modern and technologically advanced to what I pictured it to be like before. The warm-heartedness and openness of the Chinese people was overwhelming and deeply impressed me. Although the language was definitely a problem in the beginning since I am not even close of being fluent in Chinese, it was always possible to work your way around that by using gestures and a lot of pointing. Eating dumplings and hot pot, discovering traditional Shanghainese and Cantonese food, learning how to eat with chopsticks, giving rice wine a try and spending countless hours looking at the beautiful skyline of Shanghai at night were experiences I’ll never forget. The semester abroad helped to broaden my horizon and I would love to return for work one day in the future. If you’re still struggling and hesitating to decide for a semester abroad, I can only motivate you – it’s definitely worth it and an experience, which I will never forget. Thank you so much for having me and for making my stay in China that incredible.
Internships
Internships are probably the most common and classical way on how to gain some practical experiences. They enable you to dip into a certain area of business, for instance logistics, marketing or human resources, providing you with detailed insights and thus also help you to find out whether a specific department sparks your interest in the long-term. Moreover, they help you to build and grow your personal network.
Personally, I’ve been doing several internships for Daimler AG, which is the German multinational company behind the famous brand of Mercedes-Benz. All of the internships were within different departments of logistics, providing me with interesting insights from the business world and enabling me to put some of the learned theory from university into practice. For instance, I was able to work within the departments of logistics process planning, production supply and program planning. These domestic internships also definitely boosted my motivation and showed me that I made the right decision by studying business administration with my major in Supply Chain Management and International Management.
There’s also always the possibility of doing an internship abroad. This is what I have done in between my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. On this way you can actually combine practical experience with gaining some valuable experience abroad. I went for the controlling department of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in the state of Alabama in order to experience something besides logistics. I would never have thought before that I would have so much fun in a rather finance-based department. Looking back at the 7 months in the U.S., I can definitely say that it was one of the most exciting and interesting times of my life. Additionally, it helped me to improve my English substantially. Most of the bigger companies expect that you have already done an internship in your home country. Thus, your chances of getting accepted increase greatly if you already command some practical experience.
Write Your Final Thesis with A Company
I don’t know whether it is common in China that students seek to write their Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis along with a company – in Germany, it is getting more and more popular. Due to establishing some professional relationships during previous internships, I was offered to write my thesis with Daimler. The topic was all about re-designing the supply concept for a specific component of the convertible of the Mercedes-Benz E-class.
The major advantages of writing your thesis with a company consist of a more practically oriented topic, the possibility to actually create something which is relevant and of use for the company too, as well as being equipped with internal data, literature and information, which was very helpful for me back then. Moreover, you always have someone in the company to discuss your thoughts and the current state of the thesis with, since the company is really interested in your work too. This helped me a lot during the writing process as well. Additionally, you can generate some nice income as a side note, since most of the bigger companies pay you a salary for writing your thesis with them. Moreover, it’s really satisfying if your concept is actually being put into practice by the firm. On top of that, you might increase your personal chances of getting hired by the company if you have left a good overall impression.
Working Student
Once again, I can only speak about my own experiences that I have made in Germany, but over there it is quite common that students work as so-called working students for a limited amount of hours per week. The advantages are that you don’t need any additional side jobs because you’re already earning a decent amount of money besides studying. Once again, you get to put the learned theory from school into practice and you might also manage to gain a foothold in a company at a very early stage. Unless doing an internship, which is usually restricted to 3 to 6 months, the time as a working student can last much longer – in the best case for the entire duration of your studies. I have been working for a logistics service provider called Kühne + Nagel since the beginning of my Master’s degree. After some time, you really feel like becoming a stable part of the team and the more you contribute, the more responsibility you’re actually able to gain and the more interesting the projects get over time.
Student Assistant
Working as a student assistant for a specific chair at your university basically entails some of the advantages I have describes earlier within the working student paragraph. You’re able to benefit from some income, which is usually below the amount of money you can earn within a business though.
However, friends of mine who have been engaging in a position as a student assistant told me that this type usually enables slightly more flexibility and you do not have to work as many hours compared to the working student. If you are already quite fed up with your current studies, lacking free time to cooperate with a company, this might be an option for you, which is more realistic. On top of that, this type of engagement comes in quite handy if you plan on going for a PhD since you usually establish a relationship of trust with the professor you’re working for.
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Lola作为创业者/自媒体人/自由职业者
对于简历问题的看法
今日互动
你曾经做过让你觉得非常有意义的实习？
你曾经有过哪些令人难忘的海外游学经历？
Lola
独自踏遍欧洲的90后自媒体人，TEDx讲者，合伙创立素食餐厅，德国商科硕士在读，长居于上海和柏林。
在这里，你会发现生活中的一万种可能。
