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One for All or All in One?
Because of the trend that more Chinese overseas talents are returning to China, Chinese employers are aware of the value of recruiting Chinese returnees. Compared with overseas talents, Chinese returnees could take the locational advantages and communicate with employers face-to-face. The most popular face-to-face recruiting forms are campus talk, career fair and open day.
Career Fairs could be seen as an opportunity of “One for All”: Job seekers could have “Cold Talks” with HRs directly on the fair and introduce themselves. HRs will forward some outstanding candidates to related departments and arrange further interviews – the formal first round interview. It is regarded as the most efficient way for recruitment.
However, its result is not always satisfying: employers usually could not meet any “qualified” candidates. And the recruiting process will last long due to internal organisational communication. With help of the matching system, job seekers could check the position lists and employers could view the applications in advance, which changed the “Cold Talks” to the first round interview. As a result, recruiting becomes more efficient.
Open Days are becoming more popular in China. Employers invites job seekers to their headquaters and arrange some events like company visit and company presentation. After that, candidates will be devided in different groups and be interviews by different departments.
Through Open Days, job seekers could not only develop direct conversations with their future colleagues, but also get to know the corporate culture of employers. For employers, they could meet with candidates matching with the most of their vacancies in one time. For both sides, it saves a lot of time. Meanwhile, Open Days could cover more locations besides Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Employers in other first-tier cities in China prefer holding Open Days for recruiting.
Last but not least, Open Days are becoming more efficient. Take the Open Day of Sohu.com for example. They met with around 200 candidates in June and sent over 30 job offers, while the average interview success rate of career fair was about 9%.
EVENT INFO
Review of 2016 Chinese Returnees Career Development Fair
In April 2016, three career fairs for Chinese returnees were held in Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai. 107 companies provided 1285 positions, attracting 13,680 job applications from fresh graduates and job seekers with junior working experiences.
For the offline part, 4115 visits were counted in total, 1017 of whom in Shenzhen, 1632 in Beijing and 1466 in Shanghai. 1538 Candidates got into the second round interview after the job fair. China Merchants Bonded Logistics Shenzhen sent the first job offer and Didi Taxi, Sohu.com, Decathlon, TCL are the employers sending the most offer letters to the candidates.
All of the GUCDC participating universities, such as the University of Adelaide, UNSW, UIUC, the Ohio State University and ESADE Business School etc., got a booth on the career fair Shanghai and built direct connections with employers. They also got good feedback from their job seeking alumni
Prepare for the Fair – 15th Feb & 22nd Feb
Direct your Career – Prepare for the Spring Graduate and Placement Fair with Atos
15th Feb 11.00am – 11.50am CC013 James France
22nd Feb 2.00pm – 2.50pm J001 James Herbert
How can you ensure you get the most out of your fair experience?
Co-hosted by Atos, Careers Network are running two informal sessions that will give you the opportunity to find out:
- How to prepare for the fair – what to wear, what to say, CV or not to CV, utilising social media
• What you can do on the day to maximise your opportunities to network and make contact with employers
• What you do afterwards to capitalise on the contacts you’ve made and the experience you’ve had
Please note the fair is open to all students and approx. two thirds of employers at the fair will be open to recruiting students from any course of study.
To find out which employers may be appropriate for your needs, the programme can be accessed here from early February or you can visit Careers Help Point (Bridgeman Building Mon-Fri 9.30-4.30) to speak to someone in person.
To book your place, please visit:
15th Feb: https://lboro.targetconnect.net/leap/event.html?id=3899&service=Careers+Network
22nd Feb: https://lboro.targetconnect.net/leap/event.html?id=3901&service=Careers+Network
Direct your Career – SME – Big opportunities in small companies
Presentation on Working for Small Companies – 7th Feb 6pm – 7.15pm J002 Edward Herbert.
Don’t want to work for a large company? Why not look at the Big opportunities in Small Companies!
Loughborough University is looking to provide you with the knowledge to look at an alternative job market, why not come along to find out more.
The SME workshop will cover why small is beautiful looking at the following:
- Current Labour market trends within the small to medium sized businesses.
- Benefits and Challenges of working for an SME
- Find your SME, methods and tips to find an SME in your area of business and location
Small businesses are the engine drivers of the UK economy and offer hands on experience, real responsibility and the opportunity to make a positive impact. In this presentation we aim to inform you of the advantages of gaining industry experience within a smaller employer, as well as providing what to expect from an internship or placement.
We will also discuss the types of skills and experience that a smaller employer will look for and how to strengthen your application to increase your chances of securing a role.
There will also be a question and answer/drop in session after the presentation so that we can expand on certain industry sectors that you would like more information about. You will also get the opportunity to meet real employers!
Details and to book your place please visit: https://lboro.targetconnect.net/leap/event.html?id=3881&service=Careers+Network
Civil Engineering opportunity at Tiong Seng Group, Singapore.
Please see below links to selected international opportunities sourced by Sophie Kanabar from the Employer Engagement Team.
Reporting to the project manager, you shall assist him in overseeing the construction activities and progress, planning, implementation and monitoring work schedules in accordance to the master plan and detailed work program. You will be required to liaise with consultants for technical issues and coordinate the site activities with subcontractors.
Mock Assessment Centre 9th Feb – now open to all students
Assessment Centre Practice – 9th February 6pm – 8.30pm James France CC021. Now open to ALL students, including Engineering,
With 3M, CIMA, PwC, EY and Careers Network
- Practise some elements of an assessment centre with Careers Network and recruiters
- Have a go at the types of interview questions you may encounter
- Experience a group activity
Delivered by Careers Network and staff from a range of top recruiters, you’ll hear first-hand what to expect and learn how to prepare effectively. Come along and gain as much practice as you can before your first real assessment centre.
There is a STEM specific mock assessment event on 16th February, but if you have an upcoming assessment centre with an employer before that day then attend on 30th January to get some more practice in.
IF you have a PREFERENCE for a particular employer, please arrive at 5.45pm
This event has kindly been sponsored by Enterprise Rent-a-Car.
Book your place by visiting: https://lboro.targetconnect.net/leap/event.html?id=3533&service=Careers+Network
Talk Sport 9th February
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/careers/students-and-graduates/meet-employers/
Thursday 9th February 2017, 11am – 3pm
James France Exhibition Area
TalkSport is the annual sports industries careers fair, and it is an opportunity to network with sports, leisure, health, fitness and exercise employers, find out about the skills required to be successful, and about opportunities in their companies. In 2016 32 employers from a range of sectors were represented from sports marketing to sports psychology. TalkSport is aimed at SSEHS but open to all students. The company list will be updated below as companies are confirmed.
Loughborough University Careers Network
Loughborough University Lboro Connect
Loughborough University London
Marcos Quay Sporting Excellence Company
The David Ross Education Trust
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Stryker – SPONSOR
New Careers Network brochure on how to find a placement
our new guide to “How to secure a placement or work experience” is now live on the website at the top of this page: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/careers/students-and-graduates/placements/.
This is a new 24 page A4 brochure (in the same style as our first guidebook: “How to excel in applications and interviews”) supported by RateMyPlacement, and replaces on the A5 leaflet used previously.
It provides ‘generic’ advice designed to be read by all students planning a placement year and/or seeking other work experience and editorial has been included to support a student’s journey through the process. It also recognises that there are variations across Schools and that students must engage with their own placement teams.
The benefits of having a mentor
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