面试问题：你该怎么在大公司发展自己，而不只是局限于本职工作？

五百丁小编每日问答：

在个人发展方面，你应该把大公司视为提供资源和机会的环境。在更大，而且发展得更好的平台工作的好处是，你能接触到经验丰富的人，并在过程中进行学习。不过，你想要或需要别人的时候，他们并没义务提供帮助。

很多就职于大公司的人会犯的大错误是，他们太过依赖他人来管理自己的职业发展。他们希望老板或管理层为自己安排培训或是机会。但是，如果是在小公司中，你会学着主动。你会学着开口要求并且主动获取自己想要的东西，而不是等在那里。你会学着把握并利用身边的环境和机会。

因此，我的建议是，把同样的想法应用到大公司的环境中去。积极地参与、参加到你能接触到的环境中去。通常，你的老板或管理层并不告诉你该做什么，但他们也不会告诉你不该做什么。他们不会说你不该参与这个或参加那个。在很多情况下，这都取决于你。

更具体地说，在你这样的情况下，我会做的第一件事是努力了解所在公司关键的成功要素以及高层管理者重视的是什么。因为如果你表达了想要参与到这些方面的意愿，其他人很有可能会帮助你达成。他们为什么让你参与到在公司看来对于获得成功非常重要的方面呢？

我要强调地另一点是，和老板进行交流，让他或她知道你有兴趣做更多。如果我的下属用这种方式向我展示了他的积极性和兴趣，我当然会想着为他提供更多机会。

因此，如果你想得到更快的发展，就将你的发展利益和老板以及公司的关键成功要素进行统一。然后，变得更加主动地去追求你想要学习的东西。正如我常对员工所说的那样，你会对开口要求所能得到的东西感到惊讶的。

Today' Topic  

How to develop yourself in areas that are outside of your job description and responsibilities, especially within a big company?

Wang & Li Career Expert Answer:

When it comes to your development, think of a big company as just an environment of resources and opportunities. The advantage of being in such a larger, developed situation is there are experienced people and processes for you to access and learn from. But they’re not necessarily going to just offer themselves to you when you want or need them.

The big mistake that many people who work in big companies fall into is that they rely too much on others to manage their career development. They expect their boss or management to arrange for their training and opportunities, whereas in a smaller company you learn to be more proactive. Rather than wait around, you learn to ask for and go get what you need. You learn how to go after and take advantage of the situations and opportunities around you.

As a result, my advice to you is to apply this same mindset to your big company situation. Be proactive to get involved and participate in the situations available to you. Often, your boss or management may not tell you what to do, but they’re not telling you what you cannot do either. They don’t say you can't get involved in this or participate in that. In many cases, this is more up to you.

More specifically, the first thing I’d do in your situation is to really try and understand the key success factors of your company and the priorities of your top management. Because if you express your interest to support these areas there's a good chance that others will help you to do so. Why wouldn’t they help you to participate in an area that the company views as very important for its success?

I also highly recommend that you talk to your boss and let him/her know of your interest to do more. If a subordinate of mine showed his motivation and interest to me in this way, I’d definitely put some thought into identifying more opportunities for him. 

So if you want to develop faster, align your development interests with the key success factors of your boss and company. Then, just be more proactive to pursue what you want to learn. As I always tell my staff, you’d be surprised what you can get just by asking for it.