VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework


Write down bullet points about your education and work experience

Next Class Focus

Working on CV

Speaking exercise

I left my job for 2 weeks.
I don’t like it. Also I like traveling, I think this job is not very interesting. I feel it is a little boring. Contact with clients with WeChat is boring. I like contact with persons face to face,  I don’t like contact with somebody use WeChat or qq or other patterns. We have to talk about money with the clients, 90% of the people don’t believe us. the success rate is low.
I didn’t find a new job, I always have a rest. I want to have rest and to plan it clearly.
Maybe I will not continue this kind of job. I have 2 goals, I always consider it. One plan is to continue studying one is to do a new job.
If I go back to Uni I will major in scientific studies. My work didn’t have any link with my major / my work wasn’t related to my major
I like traveling so I wanted to do some different things. I think I am good at doing studies, bad at sales.
If you quickly 3 years, slowly 5 years. Need to your essay. I need to to take through an exam. Need to contact the professor.
Maybe I will do the job about make clothes. Before I will take a class to study make clothes. maybe design is a later goal.

5 years ago I hated my studies in school but now I want to go back to uni to study.
I think maybe I am better at studying.

When I was a school student, I was very interested in design clothes. But I didn’t chose this major.
I like beautiful clothes so I want to study making clothes. Also I didn’t do this kind of job. I can also make clothes for myself.
I think now clothes designer is so many. There is no one I like it.


I left my job, it has been two weeks already.
I didn’t like it. although I like traveling, I think this job is not very interesting. I feel it is a little boring. Contact with clients through WeChat is boring. I like contact with people face to face, I like to meet people directly/face to face,  I don’t like to contact somebody using WeChat or qq or other platform. We have to talk about money with the clients, 90% of the people don’t believe us. the success rate/conversion rate  is low.
I didn’t find a new job yet/for now,  I want to have rest and to plan the future clearly.
Maybe I will not continue this kind of job. I have 2 goals, I always considered them. One plan is to continue studying another one is to find a new job.
If I go back to Uni I will major in scientific studies. My work didn’t have any link with my major / my work wasn’t related to my major
I like traveling so I wanted to do some different things. I think I am good at studying, bad at sales
If you do it quickly it will take 3 years, slowly 5 years. You need to write a few thesis. I need to enter through an exam/ I need to take an exam to enter the University. I also need to contact the professor first.
Maybe I will do a job related to clothes. Before I will take a class to study how to make clothes/ I will take a class to learn the craft. Maybe design is a later goal.

5 years ago I hated my studies/studying in school but now I want to go back to uni to study.
I think maybe I am better at studying.

When I was a school student, I was very interested in designing clothes. But I didn’t chose this major.
I like beautiful clothes so I want to study making clothes. Also I didn’t do this kind of job. I can also make clothes for myself.
I think now clothes designer are so numerous / I think there are so many clothes designers now… There is no one I like.

Vocabulary

tourism: the name of the travel industry 旅游业
I don’t like working in tourism

to continue : to keep doing the same thing
I decided not to continue in tourism.

success rate: % of success
The success rate of cold calling is very low

cold calling: when you call someone you don’t know to try to sell them something.
Cold calling is very hard.

conversion rate: the success rate of turning a meeting into a sales.
my conversion rate on the phone was about 10% but when I met clients I could get to 25%.

thesis : the research essay you need to write in Uni.
My Ph.D Thesis was about materials.

a platform: it something that supports 平台
This platform is not good enough for our development, we need to find a more powerful one.

a pattern: something that repeats itself 式样
There are patterns in the way people write emails.
The pattern on your clothes looks great.

to be related to : to have a link
My job was not related to my major.

learn the craft: to learn a skill
I may work in tailor shop to learn the craft.

a craft: a manual skill
tailoring is a craft.

a craftsman :
My dad is a craftsman.

tailor : someone who makes clothes
Tom wants to become a tailor.

to tailor: to make clothes fitted to someone.
This suit was tailor made.

CV: the document detailing your previous work experience and education 简历
I applied for the job and they asked me to send them a CV before the interview.