It’s time to decide on a direction for your dreams—for someone, a city, a sense of nostalgia, or a longing.
From Beijing to Shanghai
At 28, I’ve been left with... Since graduating from junior high, I’ve worked as a waiter at a hotel in Beijing, and now it’s been 12 years. I’m currently the Front Office Director at the hotel. The hospitality industry is a tough one to stick with. During this time, my colleagues have come and gone in waves, and I’m almost becoming one of those golden singles who never settle down.
Starting at age 20, every year when I went home, I had to do one thing—go on arranged blind dates. Over the years, I’ve met a few people, gone through a few relationships, but they all ended unhappily. I’ve also been too busy with work to seriously pursue a relationship. Maybe my educational background has limited my career options. So far, I feel that I can only truly thrive in the hospitality industry. Many people ask me why I’ve stuck with it for so long, and I guess that’s the reason. To seek better development, last year I even squeezed in time to take the Certified Food & Beverage Manager qualification exam.
During the learning process, I joined a hospitality and F&B study group and got to know many people in the industry. That’s how I met him. But I’m in Beijing, and he’s in Shanghai. Our jobs don’t offer much time off. How can a long-distance relationship work?
Maybe it’s time to decide. Women always crave a family more, especially someone like me. Time to switch jobs—I’ll go to Shanghai for him.
I want to go home.
When I graduated 11 years ago, my family suggested I take the civil service exam. I strongly opposed it. As soon as I got my diploma, I went to a city far from home to make my way.
After trying out many careers, I’m now a Lobby Manager at a hotel, and things are going well. My family has started to accept my job and no longer brings up the civil service exam. I’m 26 now. My parents had me late in life, and they’re now approaching their seventies. They love the land where they’ve lived for decades. Every time I bring them to live with me here, they can only stay a few days before wanting to go back.
“While your parents are alive, do not travel far.” Maybe it’s time to decide. The hotel industry back home is doing well too. I want to go home.
Graduation and departure
I’m a tourism management student about to graduate. I don’t have much experience, and I really lack confidence during job hunting.
Our career paths have two directions: one is to develop our own interests and do something related to our hobbies, so my classmates have ended up in all kinds of industries and departments.
As for me, I’m the type who grows to love whatever I study. Although my classmates say the hotel industry isn’t doing too well this year, after four years, the major still makes me focus on hotel recruitment.
Maybe it’s time to decide. I’ve already gained the professional knowledge for the hotel industry, and I want to get a job in it.
Starting anew
I’m a waiter at a high-end hotel in Fuzhou. Recently, the cleanup and regulation of high-end hotels and private clubs in parks led to me and my colleagues losing our jobs. Many people are now facing the need to choose again.
I plan to go home and see my parents first, then head to Beijing for work. I dropped out of school in middle school, so I don’t have many job options. I’ve sent out resumes online, mostly for waiter-type jobs. Maybe it’s because I’m still based in Fuzhou—most places didn’t even reply to me. Or if they did call, as soon as they found out I wasn’t in Beijing, the interview just fizzled out.
In mid-June, I’ll be going to Beijing. I hope to secure a few hotel interviews before I leave.
Maybe it’s time to decide. Starting anew, venturing out in Beijing.
On June 9th, Zhaopin.com (BestEast), together with nearly 40 hotel enterprises, is waiting for your resume. We promise: HR will reply to you within 24 hours, so you won’t have to wait any longer. If “one resume is one dream,” then realizing that dream might just take 24 hours. The future is bright because of dreams.