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paulinshanghai
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Nov 14, 2008 - 12:40 PM |
 
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Hi All,
Im nearly completing my MBA (Well, doing the dissertation) and was wondering about the best ways to find work here. Im already doing some HR and training, but what are the best ways to at least get a foot in the door of companies here.
Interships, part time etc are all ok.
How did everyone get work here?
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paulinshanghai
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Nov 14, 2008 - 02:07 PM |
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Im Australian, with over 5 yrs experience in China.
Would that help? |
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paulinshanghai
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Nov 14, 2008 - 03:33 PM |
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Thanks.
Im interested in any company, foreign preferred but Im flexible.
Is it hard to get a start in a company here? Even an entry level position for some more experience!
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underh20
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Nov 14, 2008 - 08:36 PM |
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MBAs are a dime a dozen.
Large foreign firms almost never hire in-country. |
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leidelaohu
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Nov 14, 2008 - 08:50 PM |
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| Large foreign firms almost never hire in-country. |
Well, they do, but not jobs with much future ... aiyi, guard, driver, receptionist ... |
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underh20
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Nov 14, 2008 - 09:09 PM |
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SHstormtrooper
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Nov 14, 2008 - 11:32 PM |
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Wow you have an MBA. Take a ticket and join the queque............ |
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massiv
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Nov 15, 2008 - 03:23 AM |
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Yes there are many people with "married but available" degrees in Shanghai. |
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paulinshanghai
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Nov 15, 2008 - 01:34 PM |
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Yeh I know MBAs are a dime a dozen and I should get in the queue etc, so thats why Im wondering about any companies that take interns etc. |
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foodcoma
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It also depends on where you got your MBA, as it's very much a door opener / networking tool more than anything else. If it's not from a top tier university, then it's doubly more difficult in this economy, depending also on what you want to do. Stuff like the school is ranked top 10 in some region by some magazine in a field that no one cares about is next to useless. |
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L.M.
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^ Agree. Unless your MBA is from one of the top 20 MBA schools then your MBA isn't worth the paper it is written on. Seems that people are even getting MBAs online these days or from schools that are not even in the top 100. Since you are from Australia then I am guessing that your school is in the top 40-60, not bad but your MBA is not going to be worth much in China especially since you are competing against Chinese and other foreign talent who got their MBA from CEIBS in Shanghai, which is ranked #11 by the financial times. Other top level expats have MBAs from Thundebird and Harvard etc. If, however, you have an MBA with a few years of specialist experience then that it another story. |
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leidelaohu
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MBA's have always been a joke. Harvard invented the fricking things so that people who couldn't get a real degree would have a palce to spend their money. Guess where ? When they first came out everyone snickered at the very mention ... Harvard should be ashamed of itself. Even whores have some self-respect. |
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underh20
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Nov 15, 2008 - 04:32 PM |
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Well, except those whores who do the KFC circuit. |
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armie
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Nov 16, 2008 - 02:34 PM |
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| leidelaohu wrote: |
| MBA's have always been a joke. Harvard invented the fricking things so that people who couldn't get a real degree would have a palce to spend their money. Guess where ? When they first came out everyone snickered at the very mention ... Harvard should be ashamed of itself. Even whores have some self-respect. |
Too right. A year or two wasted and 40 grand if you're lucky just so that you can land an internship making 3800 rmb per month re-filling the photocopier. The big unis were smart to pull this con job out of their arses. |
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samclaxton
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Nov 18, 2008 - 11:17 PM |
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i need to find a work or intern placement in China for my degree between jan 2010-august 2010, any ideas where to find one? if i dont then i cant graduate. kind of stressful. any help in job searching would be appreciated |
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Shangstar
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Nov 18, 2008 - 11:27 PM |
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any educational course heavily avdertised in the press is always going to be a pile of horse manure, such as MBA's. Business adminstration? Common sense and shrewd thinking is all you need, not letters after your name. |
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