I See 800 Applications. Here's What Gets Hired. · Ali Abdaal
分享求职经验，提醒不要因不符合要求而放弃申请。适合练习职场、成长、生活类话题。
So I've been speaking to a lot
所以我一直在和很多人交谈。
of students recently and I hear that
最近有学生离开了学校，我听说了这件事。
there is a general feeling of dread
人们普遍感到恐惧。
when it comes to applying for jobs and so in this video I am going to give my honest advice
当涉及到求职等方面时，在这个视频中我会给出我的真实建议。
to anyone who's applying for jobs.
致所有正在求职的人：
Now if we haven't met, hello, my name is Ali,
如果我们之前还没有见过面，那么很高兴认识你！我叫阿里。
I'm a doctor turned entrepreneur so I'm
我原本是一名医生，后来转型成为企业家，所以我的经历比较特殊。
not an HR professional or anything like that but I run a small business where we currently employ about 20 people.
我虽然不是人力资源方面的专业人士，但自己经营着一家小型企业，目前公司共有约20名员工。
As an employer who has hired people
作为一名曾经招聘过员工的雇主……
in the last few years, I recently and in particular since the advent of AI in like 2022 and as someone who sees hundreds,
在过去的几年里，尤其是自 2022 年人工智能（AI）兴起以来，作为一个每天都会接触到成百上千个相关案例的人……
two thousands of applications for the jobs that we put out.
对于我们发布的那些职位，共有两千份求职申请。
I have some hot takes that I
我有一些非常大胆、直率的观点……
would like to share and this is
我想分享一下这个……
the sort of advice that I give to my friends like if I've got a friend who's applying for a job and they're struggling,
这就是我会给朋友们提供的那种建议——比如，如果我有一个朋友正在求职但遇到了困难，我就会给他提供帮助。
this is just my opinion but I hope this opinion is helpful.
这只是我的个人观点，但我希望这个观点能对大家有所帮助。
When you are applying for a job,
当你申请工作时，
I think one of the most important factors to keep in mind is that you don't want to give your prospective employer too much credit.
我认为需要牢记的最重要因素之一是：你不应过分夸大自己潜在雇主的优势或能力。
It's easy to think of job applications as being just like an efficient market, as being like a machine.
人们很容易将求职过程视作一个高效运行的市场，或者是一台精密运作的机器。
Let me tell you what my experience is as a business owner,
让我告诉你们，作为一名企业主，我的经历是怎样的。
as an employer when I am trying
作为雇主，当我试图……的时候
to hire people for a job and
为了雇用人员来从事某项工作……
I think one of the most useful skills you can have as a job applicant is empathy for the person who's trying to hire you.
我认为，作为一名求职者，你所能掌握的最有用的技能之一就是对试图雇用你的人怀有同理心。
This is what it's like in my life as a business owner.
这就是我作为企业主的生活状态。
All right, we've got this business, we've got these like somewhere between 15 and 20 team members, man,
好吧，我们有一个项目，团队成员大概有15到20人左右。
some of them are remote, some of them are in person.
其中一些是远程进行的，另一些则是面对面的（即需要亲自参加）。
Across these different departments, man, oh there's too much going on, we're just about able to do the marketing,
在这些不同的部门中，天啊，事情实在太多了……我们勉强还能完成市场营销方面的工作而已。
we're just about able to do the sales although, man there's so many things wrong with our sales process as well,
我们差不多已经能够完成销售工作了，不过说实话，我们的销售流程还存在很多问题。
and I saw an email this morning from someone asking for a refund and then today it's like,
今天早上我收到一封邮件，有人请求退款；而今天情况又发生了变化……
oh I've got this meeting and this
哦，我有个会议要参加……
other meeting with the team and then this other thing and then like we need to hire a director of marketing.
还有另外一次与团队的会议，之后还有一些其他的事情需要处理；另外，我们还需要招聘一位市场营销总监。
Hopefully what you're getting from this is
希望你能从这里了解到……
that I don't know what I'm doing and no person who is hiring knows what they're doing and so the first thing you should do,
我不知道自己在做什么，而任何招聘人员也同样不知道自己在做什么。因此，你应该做的第一件事就是……
do not rule yourself out of a job just because you do not meet the requirements that they have listed on the page.
不要仅仅因为自己不符合招聘页面上列出的要求，就认为自己没有机会获得这份工作。
The company that you are applying for a job with is held together by duct tape behind the scenes.
你正在申请工作的这家公司，实际上在幕后只是用胶带勉强维持着它的运作罢了。
It might look really polished from the
从外面看，这个项目可能显得非常完善、精致（或者说“打磨得很到位”）。
outside but on the inside it feels
外表看起来普通，但内在却充满独特之处（或：虽然外表普通，但内在却给人一种特别的感觉）。
like there are fires going on everywhere
就好像到处都在发生火灾一样……
and it feels like a total freaking nightmare on the inside for the people in the business and who are running the business.
对那些从事这项业务以及负责管理业务的人来说，这一切简直就像一场彻头彻尾的噩梦。
Like think of your mum or dad on a really, really chaotic day.
想象一下，在某个极其混乱的日子里，你的妈妈或爸爸是什么样子的。
Let's say to mum, any mum's had a really bad night,
我们跟妈妈说吧：每个妈妈都经历过非常糟糕的夜晚……