This is my 10th year in the workforce.  During my 10 years of career, I’ve changed among different industries, but I’ve always stayed in HR.  And being in HR, I’ve met many job seekers from diverse backgrounds and visited numerous supervisors; even though I am not considered experienced, I’d still like to contribute some thoughts from my personal professional career with you all. Some people might think capability is the most important in a working environment, and some might feel that tactics are the most crucial.  But from my point of view, neither of these is the most critical element – credit is. Credit is intangible – it can’t be seen nor touched, and we’d never know how much credit we’ve accumulated in other people’s minds.  What we can do is merely give great performance in each mission and strive to accumulate our credit.

When I first started working, I’d often wonder why I’d receive more questioning comments than my supervisor when we presented the same project.  And in fact, the reason is simply that my supervisor had already gained countless years of experiences and performance results.  In other words, my supervisor’s credit was more than what I had as an entry-level staff. One can interpret it as credit accumulation is simply building one’s own brand.  We should keep polishing our brands, presenting great quality work, and allowing everyone to believe in our output; then, our brand would gradually become more valuable. Honesty and integrity are one of Wistron’s four core values, complementing the “credit” above-mentioned.  Only by ensuring each of our output does not deviate from the framework of honesty and integrity, would we be able to build credit. Humans are social animals; all of our collaborations and establishment of relationships are basically the building of credit.  Therefore, credit is the most critical foundation in the workforce that would support us behind our brand.  I wish everyone would all be able to gradually establish their brands that they are proud of.

I remember that after I graduated from school, finished my military service, and first entered the workforce, I was eager and ready to show the skills I learned in school. But I didn’t realize that what my company required me to have was knowledge from all-new fields. Being an office rookie (fresh in the sense of my liver as well), I believe that it’s extremely important to humbly seek advice from senior colleagues. Most of the seniors I’ve met have all been willing to share their mindsets, as well as communication and response strategies. “I got to familiarize myself with the all-new environment and obtain a lot of information in a short amount of time,” I said to myself. Only by setting aside my prior skills and status would I quickly adapt to a different environment. And the resources that I’ve gained may also be applied to my professional fields in the future! 

Through continuously absorbing professional knowledge and expanding my horizon, I realized that my horizon had been too limited. Graduating from school is not the end of learning. Everyone has to continually learn and improve throughout their lives to reach higher; views at higher altitudes would also be different. 

At Wistron, my supervisors have given me whole new direction and opportunities for technical research. The company has been ceaselessly innovating, and I’ve also been continuously improving, discovering new interests from my job. As work and interest are combined, then it’s not easy to feel tired from work. Further, as our knowledge grows and surpasses others, then no one could easily threaten our status. Never be scared of learning and challenging yourselves!