VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

I don’t know but every job time is very short.1 year 1 job. I think next work if no special conditions I will stay longer.
Many HR ask me why you stay short time in your last company. I just say I want change a new environment.
but my mother push me. Give me huge pressure.  My next company kind of last my last company. Just a brand not a group. But my next job. their company has stores in the shopping mall. A real store in the China, many cities. So maybe I want to try the new retail. Means you link offline and online and some events. advertising. But I want to learn about offline.  Pop up stores.

many luxury brands on JD it sells very well.
JD not have many small sellers, just brands or groups. but on taobao has many sellers from everyone.

I just care the brand have money, because a brand if they have many funds they can develop more and more fresh things for this brand but if you not have money the brand is difficult to popular.

They say they are from NYC but the product is from China. The boss wants this brand popular not care their style and design, It is business. Not my last job. My last job our boss had an idea but our sales data is not great.
They don’t have designer, they have a temporary team. so this is different than my last brand.
So they have money to do some cool things, they don’t care budget. I think….

They want to hold a show in NYC fashion week, they did it.


I don’t know every job experience / time I stayed at the job is very short / the duration of each of my jobs was quite short. 1 year 1 job/I changed job every year. I think for my next job if there is nothing wrong I will stay longer.
Many HR managers asked me why did you stay such a short time in your last company?. I just said I want to change to/for a new environment.
but my mother was pushing me. She gave me a huge pressure.  My next company is kind of like  my last company./ is similar to my previous company . It is just an independent brand,not a group/it doesn’t belong to a group. But this brand has stores in the shopping mall / has physical stores / is not just online. they have real stores in China in many cities. So maybe I want to try/to get into the new retail. It Means you link offline and online and have/organize some events. It’s  advertising. But I want to learn about offline and pop up stores.

many luxury brands sell better on JD.
JD does not have many small sellers / individual stores, it is mostly brands or groups. but on taobao there are many sellers from everywhere.

I just care about the budget the brand has  / I just care about whether a brand has money or not.
If a brand has a good a reputation they have a big budget in marketing but if they don’t it is difficult to make the brand popular

They say they are from NYC but the product is from China / the product is made here. The boss wants this brand to be popular and does not care about their style or design, It is just business. Not like my last job. In my last job our boss had an idea/a vision but our sales data was not great.
It seems they don’t have a designer, they only have a temporary team/ they hire temporary designer / they outsource the design process. . so this is different from my last brand.
So they have money to do some cool things, they don’t care about the budget.

They want to hold a show in NYC fashion week this year, they did it in 2016.

Vocabulary

without a plan
Next time I won’t resign without a plan/ without the next job lined up. It is too hard.

duration : how long something is (time)
What is the duration of the flight. it is 2hours long.

job content : what you do in a certain position
My job content includes managing social media accounts and looking for collaborations with KOLs.

Job description: What you are supposed to do if you accept a job.
The real job content was totally different from the job description

to outsource 外包
We outsourced the design to an agency.

probation 试用期
I was hired as a manager and the probation period was 3 months.

small sellers ï¼Â small stores ï¼ individual sellers : shops managed by only 1 person.
There are many individual sellers on eBay and taobao.

fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) : like toothpaste, shampoo. …
P&B is a big name in FMCG.

target : the people you want to sell to>
our target are young men in their 20s who like Hiphop.

street wear: a brain with influence in the street culture.
Supreme is a famous street wear.

brand ambassador : 代言人
We hired a celebrity as our brand ambassador.

brand image: how people perceive the brand.
Many brands change their logo to change their brand image

KOL ; Key Opinion Leader : an influential person especially on the internet.
We found some Weibo KOLs to cooperate with us.

it gives me a headache 让我头痛
This new job gives me headaches.

ironic讽刺的
Fashion can be ironic.

arrogant 傲慢的
A lot of stars can appear a little arrogant.

to care about something.
I don’t care about the details, I just care about the result.

Pronunciation

hire (Hi er)