应届毕业生怎样追寻幸福
How to Find Happiness as a Recent Graduate
College doesn't always prepare you for life after graduation. The food, friends, and structure that you had relied on for four years are all immediately taken away from you. You are thrust into the world and tasked with the challenge of figuring out how to live on your own.
大学并不能为你毕业后的人生做好万全准备.四年来你赖以为生的食物、朋友、体系一下子离你而去.你被推到一个新世界,要迎接挑战,学会独立生活.
There are any struggles that graduates face. Finding a job, finding a place to live, and figuring out how to pay the bills are just a few of the economic difficulties that alumni are forced to embrace and figure out. On a social level, graduates often need to establish a new network of friends and acquaintances. This is much more difficult than it was during the days when you could walk down your dorm hall and bump into a few friends.
毕业生需要努力克服的困难可不少.找工作、找住处、付各种开支……这些只是他们不得不接受并解决的经济困难中的一小部分.在社交方面,毕业生通常需要建立新的人脉网,结交朋友,认识熟人.这比在学校的时候要难得多,那个时候,你只要在宿舍走廊里走一遭,就能撞见几个朋友.
While post-college life can certainly have its struggles, there are many useful strategies to help make this transition as easy and painless as possible. Here are a few tips for recent graduates to think about as they make the transition into their adult life.
尽管"后校园时代"必然有种种艰辛,但很多实用的应对方式会使这样的过渡变得简单轻松.下面的几条建议,准备过渡到成年人生的应届生们可以参考一下.
1. Discover your passions
发现你的激情所在
Your early twenties are a time to take risks, try new things, and discover your passions. Don't worry so much about having a concrete plan, now is the time when you can experiment and find your true skills and interests. While making money immediately might seem important, your early twenties are one of the best times for exploring different career paths and planning out a roadmap for your future.
你刚刚20出头,正是去冒险、去尝试新鲜事物、去发现激情的时候.不要太过担心没有一个具体的计划,现在正是你多做尝试、发现你真正才能和兴趣的时候.尽管赶快挣钱看上去很重要,但你刚刚20多岁,是探索各种职业道路、规划未来路径的最佳时机.
2. Network
拓展人脉
Throughout your entire career, networking will be very important. One of the most important networking times in your career will be right after graduation. You are fresh in the job market, and you don't have a long resume of experience. Now is a time when connections will matter more than ever. One of the biggest benefits of being in college and being a recent graduate is that you have access to a gigantic network of like-minded people. Take advantage of your existing school network and reach out to people who went to your school. These don't have to be people you knew very well, or even people that you have much in common with. Simply having gone to the same school is usually enough of an affiliation to compel another fellow alumni to speak with you. Your alumni network is a natural resources which you can tap into to find job opportunities and connections.
