Advise after Advise
This is the day of harvest, spiritly insteady of physically; lunch with Alex, a recruiter turn friend who I contact a few days ago invite me to a Japanese Lunch. I share with him my learning from the past year, he shared with me the delima he's facing , I learn a lot from the conversation we did; when asked him " Intergrity " always put in one person's criterial whenever I process with executive recruiter, but why it turn out to be a " not so important " attribution when working in one company, he reply with " integrity " can't never be a rating element for professional recruiter, because it is hard to trace and it won't guarentee for good. as people changed, yes, so they simply make the " Integrity " a deal maker or breaker. this is the first thing I learnt from him. second is how to close a deal, he mentioned it it how strong the trust base built, not the deal negociation. especially when you are new or new in the industry, Track record is the only credit you can prove yourself. I learn it again.as for career development, he told me, as a friend. he will encourge me to stay for another year before turning back for the corporate latter, as the first 2 years are the toughtest and he don't see any down side if someone tried to start his own company but fail. then decided to return to his comfort zone. Alex mentioned this is the candidate issue, not a corporate issue, in most cases, corporate prefer to recruit a man who have the experience of failure or frustration. I am not in such a bad situation and I should not let me drop to the deep hole.
Calling wife, she told me never showing my feeling on my face, she sensed I was too quite last night when having the Forum family dinner, she said the poker face will never put me in the roll of my so call forum buddies, tried myself to fit in the enviroment when in the situation, be and mingul, otherwise, no man will dear to enter deal with me. this is what I should learn from her, don't show my inner feeling ourside. when in the enviroment, be the man suit it.
afternoon session with Dr. Yang, the guy who inventing communication board, he disclosed his background with me - a CIA who participant on 2 major international case - The Formosa Riot and Assisnation of auther Chang Yi-liang, these 2 case make him lost the passion to be in the political vibe, follow his heart with Buddalism and study Assitative Techonology - a very advacne technology in J. Hopkins which earn himself a PH D. he also reveal a secret about Dr. Chew - the founder of Eagle Fly - how he was force to leave Faculty position. well, my function as consulting fall in 3 catalougies : raising fund for his foundation, find silent partner to his company or forming a JV with him techonology team, third , identify project for him to keep his engineering team. I discussed with my wife, her instict is we should not take the consultant role, as we may not deliver the result or fulfill his expectation. which I agree.
Mrs. Chen and Mr. Lu was the 2 persons I arranged to co-chair the social session of this year's new year discussion, the one and half hours conversation make me deeply believe this is a good combination, good arrangement .
Yuping came to see us without a prior notice. I didn't spend time with her, my flu is with me, I need to go home earlier, however, I still accompany my wife to the ginger duck hot pot.
posted by Roger @ 12/26/2006 11:25:00 下午
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