G9-10 | Career Day Talk

Career Day Talk

On the afternoon of April 3rd, the Zhongxing building was honored to welcome 20 guests, most of whom are parents of 9thand 10thgraders, from diverse occupational backgrounds to give the students lectures about career development. The careerfieldswere very diverse, ranging from architectural design, artificial intelligence, healthcare, real estate, stage design, psychological counseling, financial investmentand so on. They share one commonality — their eyes gleam with passion and excitement when talking about their jobs. Within the roughly two-hour time span, each student could attend 3 lecture venues to learn about 3 different occupational directions. With such a precious opportunity, students started to discuss their intended occupational areas with excitement. For those students with a wide variety of interests, this wasthe perfect time to gain a more profound understanding of the details of a specific career.

The contents of the lectures were diverse and brilliant. A psychology expert led the students on a journey towardunderstanding themselves. By looking for colored cards that correctly described themselves, the students eventually found that theircharacter was also vibrantly colored:some belonged to the reasoned red, some whimsical yellow, and some were gentle green. Most importantly, through more self-awareness and communication, the students recognizedthat theircharactershould not becomean indication that limitsone’sbehavior, but rather help onebetter accept themselves and others and find the best way to communicate.

Dr. Henry, a pediatrician from a well-known hospital, gave the curious attendees a motivating lecture about the “noble mission of a doctor.” Within the short span of the lecture, Dr.Henry frequently referenced insightful quotes. The image of a respected, daring doctor is now crystal clear inthe minds of all the students.

A guest who has worked in the human resource fieldfor more than 20 years shared a variety of work anecdotes with the students, such as the challenge of doinglaid-off, the bustle of opening a new factory, and so on. What the students obtainedmostwas that in addition to theirdaily work, a HR officer attendsmany business meetings to know the demandsand business prioritiesof the team, and how to assistemployees in balancingtheir work and familyflexibly.

There were many such wonderful lectures, each of which provided the students with a unique perspective on understanding the world.After the lectures were over, the hallway was filled with serious discussionsamong the students. One said, “It seems like investment management is an attractive occupation, but the risks are also quite high. ” Other similar conversions continued throughout the building. The annual Career Day event provided a rare chance for the students to find their own interests, expand upon their abilities, and plan for their course selections in the future.

We extend asincere thanks to the guests that took their precious time to open up a window and shed light onto theircareer paths forthe students at SHSID.

4月3日下午，是9-10年級(jí)的職業(yè)日活動(dòng)，我們迎來了20位來自各個(gè)行業(yè)的嘉賓。這些嘉賓多為學(xué)生家長，他們受邀來到中興樓為9-10年級(jí)同學(xué)開設(shè)關(guān)于職業(yè)發(fā)展的講座。講座包含的職業(yè)方向非常多樣：建筑設(shè)計(jì)、半導(dǎo)體、人工智能、醫(yī)生、地產(chǎn)、舞臺(tái)設(shè)計(jì)、心理咨詢、金融投資等。講座嘉賓他們身上有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)——都閃耀著對(duì)自己職業(yè)的熱愛和激情。在近兩個(gè)小時(shí)里，每個(gè)學(xué)生可以前往3個(gè)講座現(xiàn)場了解3類不同職業(yè)。

嘉賓們都是各個(gè)行業(yè)的佼佼者，講座內(nèi)容精彩紛呈。一位心理學(xué)專家?guī)ьI(lǐng)學(xué)生進(jìn)行了一場認(rèn)識(shí)自我的旅程，通過尋找能正確描述自己的卡片，同學(xué)們最終發(fā)現(xiàn)，性格也是有顏色的，有的屬于理智的紅色，有的是異想天開的黃色，而有的則是處事溫和的綠色等。最重要的是，通過更多的自我認(rèn)知和交流，同學(xué)們都認(rèn)識(shí)到顏色不應(yīng)該成為限定個(gè)人行為模式的暗示，而是幫助個(gè)人更好地接受自己和他人，尋找到與他人交流的最優(yōu)方式。

來自某知名醫(yī)院的兒科專家Henry醫(yī)生給學(xué)生們上了一堂鼓舞人心的“論醫(yī)生的職業(yè)使命感和成就感”課。短短一場講座，演講者金句頻出，而一位受人尊敬、具有很高成就感、勇于接受挑戰(zhàn)的醫(yī)生形象則在每個(gè)學(xué)生的心里都無比清晰。

一位從事人事工作20余年的嘉賓跟同學(xué)們分享了各種工作趣聞，如比較有挑戰(zhàn)的裁員工作，新開一個(gè)工廠時(shí)的各種忙亂等。同學(xué)們收獲最多的是了解了人事工作除了處理在職人員的問題外，還要實(shí)地參與諸多商務(wù)會(huì)議，來了解企業(yè)對(duì)人才的需求，如何人性化地幫助員工，以及平衡自己的工作和家庭等。

這樣精彩的講座還有很多，每一個(gè)都給學(xué)生提供了一個(gè)理解世界的獨(dú)特角度。講座結(jié)束后，走廊里聽到不少同學(xué)在很認(rèn)真地討論，有位同學(xué)說：“聽起來投資是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的職業(yè)，不過風(fēng)險(xiǎn)性也很高。” 類似的討論還會(huì)繼續(xù)，一年一度的職業(yè)日講座為學(xué)生提供了絕佳的機(jī)會(huì)，讓大家更好地尋找自己的興趣，拓展能力，也可以在修讀課程時(shí)提早做好規(guī)劃。感謝嘉賓們?cè)诎倜χ衼淼缴现袊H部為同學(xué)們打開了解職業(yè)發(fā)展的一扇窗。

Written by Mindy Choi10(1), Andrew Cheng 10(6), John Zou 10(8)Pictures by Grades 9 and 10 students and teachers

Supervised by Dandan Zhou

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