Sunlight shines through the glass window of the coffee shop on the laptop in front of Xiao Wang's desk. Xiao Wang has just participated in the consultant recruitment briefing held by the human resources company, and he is full of longing and expectation for this job.
Xiao Wang is a fresh graduate who has just entered the society and has been looking for a suitable first job after graduation. He had heard that counsellors not only paid well, but also had challenging jobs that allowed them to develop their interpersonal and business acumen. However, the recruiter made it clear that the candidate needed to have some experience in consulting.
This made it difficult for him. After all, as a newcomer with zero foundation, Xiao Wang has no practical experience as a consultant at all. Faced with recruitment requirements, how can he accumulate the required experience in a short period of time?
Xiao Wang fell into deep thought. He knew that in the application stage, a little practical experience would be better than a complete blank. The question is, how do you get valuable hands-on training without a formal position?
First of all, Xiao Wang decided to take the initiative and find someone to conduct a "reverse consultation". He posted a post on Moments, saying that he could provide a free consulting service for friends in need to practice and accumulate experience. Soon, several friends expressed interest, including Xiao Li, a designer friend who had just opened a studio.
Xiao Wang quickly seized the opportunity, made an appointment with Xiao Li, and conducted a comprehensive consulting service on his studio operation. He helped Xiao Li sort out the positioning of the studio, formulate a product pricing strategy, and design a marketing plan. During the whole process, Xiao Wang listened attentively, conducted logical analysis, and made targeted suggestions. Xiao Li was very satisfied with this "free consultation" and said that he benefited a lot.
Through this practical operation, Xiao Wang not only accumulated real consulting experience, but also obtained a case that can be used in resumes and interviews. This increased the leverage for his application.
Next, Xiao Wang decided to participate in some public welfare consulting activities. He found a non-profit organization in the industry A and signed up for their "College Student Entrepreneurship Consulting Service" program. In this project, Xiao Wang, together with other volunteers, provided professional counseling and guidance to some entrepreneurial college students.
Through this project, Xiao Wang was exposed to a variety of entrepreneurial plans, involving catering, e-commerce, education and training and other fields. He has learned the characteristics of different industries and entrepreneurial stages, and has accumulated a wealth of consulting cases. Although it is not a formal commercial project, these valuable pro bono consulting experiences have also become his hard skills when applying for the job.
After the first two steps of exercise, Xiao Wang has a more specific understanding of the position of consultant. But he realized that in order to enter a professional consulting firm, it is not enough to have experience in pro bono projects, and some practical practice in business projects is needed.
So he found an entrepreneurial mentor program B. The program matches startups with mentors for paid consulting projects. Xiao Wang passed the screening and became a project consultant for a start-up e-commerce company. In this project, he combined the characteristics of the e-commerce industry, helped improve the business plan of the entrepreneurial team, and designed the product promotion strategy. After the end of the project, the founders spoke highly of it.
Through the practical practice of this business project, Xiao Wang has mastered the whole process and method of providing professional consulting services. This case can not only show your strength in your resume, but also conduct a case analysis during the interview to prove that you have the initial ability to consult on business projects.
After three steps of tempering, Xiao Wang has gradually transformed from a fresh graduate with zero foundation to a practitioner with certain consulting experience and cases. When he opened the door of the human resources company again with his worry-free resume, Xiao Wang was full of confidence. He believes that through active learning and hands-on exercises, he has accumulated the practical experience of being a consultant for interviews.
During the interview, Xiao Wang introduced his learning process and project cases in detail. The interviewer nodded repeatedly, not only impressing him with his consulting skills, but also affirming his spirit of active learning.
A month later, Xiao Wang successfully obtained an offer of employment from this well-known consulting company. He understands that he still has a long way to go when he first enters the industry, but with this valuable practical experience, his career as a consultant will surely become broader and broader.