NOVEMBER 2012 | Issue 1 BEACON | WHKS CPT NEWSLETTER | [email protected]| 1 Newsletter BEACON About CPT Who we are and what we do Page 2 Career Presentations & Firm Visits Page 3 Internship & Graduate Schemes Banking, Law, Others Page 4 -8 Advice & Tips Page 9 INSIGHT WGAHK x CPT Mentorship Programme Page 10 Words from Chairman Dear Reader, I am glad that you have picked up this Careers Guide. BEACON is a brand new initiative of WHKS Careers Promotion Team, hoping to serve as a guide to your job-searching process. We recognize that academics cannot stand-alone. Our new Alumni Mentor Program- INSIGHT is dedicated for you to prepare your future career path. Hong Kong Warwick students will be matched with an alumnus who will provide you personal guidance and advice on career choice. Our team will further support you by gathering information on the opportunities open to you. With the concerted effort, we managed to get hold of a record of over 10 firms from across the fields providing us with career presentations, firm visits and special internships. Knowing that there is simply no "one size fits all" timeline for the internship search process, we sincerely hope that the Careers Calendar will aid your daunting job-hunting process. (Find out more in p.4-8 and p.11) Furthermore, we have created a dropbox for PCLL Conversion notes and materials so that law students can be better prepared for the exams. (p.11) This inaugural issue of BEACON is an important resource to you and will be available as an electronic copy on http://www.warwickhksociety.com/#!cpt . We hope you will find this guide both informative and useful. Feel free to send us any comments on [email protected]. Thank you. Yours Sincerely, Hilda Wong Chairman of Warwick Hong Kong Society Careers Promotion Team 2012-2013 Don’t want to miss out? Like ‘WHKS Careers Promotion Team’ on Facebook for more details of each opportunity! ‘WHKS Careers Promotional Team’ www.facebook.com/ WhksCareersPromotion Team FOLLOW US!
I am glad that you have picked up this Careers Guide. BEACON is a brand new initiative of WHKS Careers Promotion Team, hoping to serve as a guide to your job-searching process.
We recognize that academics cannot stand-alone. Our new Alumni Mentor Program- INSIGHT is dedicated for you to prepare your future career path. Hong Kong Warwick students will be matched with an alumnus who will provide you personal guidance and advice on career choice.
Our team will further support you by gathering information on the opportunities open to you. With the concerted effort, we managed to get hold of a record of over 10 firms from across the fields providing us with career presentations, firm visits and special internships.
Knowing that there is simply no "one size fits all" timeline for the internship search process, we sincerely hope that the Careers Calendar will aid your daunting job-hunting process. (Find out more in p.4-8 and p.11)
Furthermore, we have created a dropbox for PCLL Conversion notes and materials so that law students can be better prepared for the exams. (p.11)
This inaugural issue of BEACON is an important resource to you and will be available as an electronic copy on http://www.warwickhksociety.com/#!cpt. We hope you will find this guide both informative and useful. Feel free to send us any comments on [email protected]. Thank you.
Yours Sincerely, Hilda Wong Chairman of Warwick Hong Kong Society Careers Promotion Team 2012-2013
Don’t want to miss out? Like ‘WHKS Careers Promotion Team’ on Facebook for more details of each opportunity!
ABOUT CPTWho are we?The Careers Promotion Team (CPT) is a subsidiary of the Warwick Hong Kong Society, aiming to improve the careers prospect of Hong Kong students and graduates studying in Warwick. With the full support from the University, the Warwick Hong Kong Office and the Warwick Graduates Association Hong Kong, we strive to be the premier source of career information and opportunities within the Warwick HK community.
What we do?We act as a platform for members to explore career prospects in the many fast-growing and increasingly influential fields such as: Accounting, Banking, Consultancy, Engineering, IT, Law and Management.
We specifically help in 1) providing career insight, 2) updating job opportunities and 3) strengthening career skills, hoping to enhance the career prospects of students, as well as to serve as the channel for firms to recruit graduates of the highest caliber.
1) Careers Insight‣ Organise or promote on-campus career presentations
‣ Organise or promote firm visits both in United Kingdom and Hong Kong
‣ INSIGHT- Warwick Alumni Mentorship Programme
2) Job Opportunities
‣ Provide internship details (programme description, deadline, application website etc.)
‣ Remind and promote students about upcoming opportunities through mid-year newsletter and online event calendar on WHKS website
3) Career Skills‣ Post related articles or information (ie. CV, interview skills, communication skills etc.) online via CPT
Facebook, email and WHKS website
‣ Promote events and workshops hosted by University (Warwick Career Skills, MyAdvantage)
Advice & TipsSell your work experience skillsOnce you’ve worked out what skills your work experience provider is likely to be looking for, you need to identify specific examples that show you’ve got what they need, and highlight them in your application wherever possible. Draw your examples from your studies and academic achievements, extracurricular activities, part-time or casual jobs and any previous work experience.
Work experience application skills checklist• Communication skills. Any customer-facing experience; writing
articles for student publications; writing publicity material for your club or society; crafting academic essays, reports and presentations.
• Problem solving. Succeeding in creative aspects of your coursework; completing research projects; coming up with entrepreneurial ideas for a business competition.
• Teamwork. Group projects; taking part in a sports team, society, club or committee; working as a team in your part-time job to complete a particular task.
• Planning and organisation. Juggling academic work, social commitments and part-time work; arranging events or fixtures for your sports or social team.
• Thriving under pressure. Dealing with any crises in your part-time job or during your time at university; working to an important deadline.
Application forms for work experienceApplication forms are designed to extract the right amount of information needed to select or reject you. If you examine the questions thoroughly, you can work out exactly what the organisation is after and adapt your answers to demonstrate the required skills. The size of the space available is also a clear guide as to how much detail an employer wants in response.
Online applications are increasingly popular, but need to be treated with just as much care as a paper form. Make sure you don’t lapse into informal web or text speak and abbreviations – this applies to sending out speculative e-mails too. If in doubt, err on the side of formality. Be meticulous about your spelling and grammar, draft your answers, print out a copy, proofread it and ask a friend or careers adviser to proofread it too.
Taken and modified from TARGETjobs: ‘Application advice for work experience placements and internships’ Find out more: targetjobs.co.uk/work-experience/work-experience-and-internships-advice/274713-application-advice-for-work-experience-placements-and-internsh
10 tips for writing your cover letter
1. Research and preparation
2. Formal format
3. Structure Clearly
4. Less is more
5. Don’t rehash your CV
6. Tailor to the firm
7. Don’t sound over egotistical
8. Avoid technical jargon
9. Copy and paste at your peril
10. Check spelling and grammar
*Taken from the Gateway
Find out more: thegatewayonline.com/articles/applications/ten-tips-writing-cover-letter
INSIGHT – WGAHK x CPT Mentorship Programme is the biggest initiative of Warwick Graduate Association Hong Kong and Warwick Hong Kong Society Careers Promotion Team. It is the first of its kind at the University of Warwick. The INSIGHT will commence in December 2012 and draw a close in June 2013. This includes the kick-off event, an Easter gathering, the time spent communicating with your mentor and the evaluation gathering. Whether you need advice or a sounding board, a mentor can inspire and discuss professional and career-related issues with you. Our team will try the best to match you with the most suitable mentor based on your personal profile and we will remain as your first point of contact when problems arise. Students from all year are welcome!
The kick-off event will serve as an induction gathering between mentees and mentors. It will be a BBQ gathering taking place at SCAA 南華會 on Dec 16th (afternoon). Stay tuned for more details.
For more information about INSIGHT, please visit http://www.warwickhksociety.com/#!cpt/vstc6=alumni-mentorship-programme for the Mentee Booklet and details.
If you are interested in joining INSIGHT, please fill in the application form on http://tinyurl.com/insight-mentee-form on or before end of Friday, 23rd November 2012 (Friday). The results of your application will be notified in early December.
Other Features1. Law: PCLL Conversion Exams NotesTo all law students, to help you with your preparation for the conversion exams in christmas and summer, CPT has created a dropbox for you to upload and download conversion materials. Hopefully this way we can all help each other out.
1) Go to www.dropbox.com 2) Sign in! email: [email protected] password: PCLLoffer
2. Online Careers CalendarCPT has also created an online “Careers Calendar” displaying all the career events, as well as the deadlines for applications and their direct URLs. For Gmail users, you can sync the cal to your personal account, so you’ll always be up to date! See the calendar on: http://tiny.cc/careers_calendar
3. Printable Careers CalendarFor your convenience, CPT has also produced a printable version of the “Careers Calendar”, see: http://issuu.com/whkscareerspromoteam/docs/careers_calendar or http://tiny.cc/print_careers_calendar
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Date: Wednesday 14 November 2012Time: 4:30 pm Place: Ramphal Building, University of Warwick
DLA Piper is a leading international law !rm. With 4,200 lawyers located in more than 31 countries and 77 of!ces across Asia Paci!c, UK, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas, we are well positioned to help companies with all of their legal needs, anywhere in the world.
Come along to hear about who we are, how to secure a summer internship, traineeship position, and what it is really like to work in an international law !rm. Our Graduate Recruitment Assistant Manager and one of our Hong Kong Trainees (Ann Cheung – who is currently seconded to our London of!ce) will give some insight into the interview process and share some tips. This will be followed by drinks where you can talk to us in an informal setting.
To register for the event please respond by sending your resume & academic transcript before 9 November 2012 to Winnie Tong at [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you.
For further information, please visit www.dlapiper.com/hongkong/ and facebook.com/dlapiperhkgraduates.
Contact UsFor all general enquiries, please email us at [email protected]. Below are a few people out of the whole team you can contact for specific questions
