my job-landing story It was the year 2009, when I was graduating from college and struggling to land a job. I was majoring in international trade and economics which was usually thought to be a hot major tailored for international trade market. However, a financial crisis broke out in 2008 in US and then swept the globe, producing huge negative impact on employment markets. My major, from which I always took pride, suddenly became nearly useless. I felt frustrated and even desperate. Fortunately, one of my best friends went out of her way to comfort me and advised me to take the state civil service exam. I took her advice and gradually adjusted myself to the preparing work. That was really a demanding task! Since I had wasted too much time in looking for a major-related job, I fell far behind most of civil service candidates. I had no choice but work hard day and night. There was a time when I slept only approximately five hours a day. I was so immersed in preparing for the exam that I was almost cut off from outside. As the saying goes, where there is a will there is a way. I eventually passed the exam and got a position in Guangdong provincial government. Anyway, those hard old days would be highly appreciated forever!