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I need help with the job hunting, please...

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I need help with the job hunting, please...

Postby Nadine1708 » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:38 pm

Hello,

my name is Nadine, I come from Germany and I am 28 years old. I came to Shanghai in November 2011 because my partner is now working here in Shanghai.
In Germany I worked as Accountant and I thought it would be easy to get a job like that here.
I wrote applicaions, and I contacted a head hunting company.
Unfortunately my English is not perfect for Business, so that could be a problem for most companies.

I'm be pleased if someone could give me some tips, more head hunter names or anything else...

Thanks a lot, Nadine.
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Postby gino » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:48 pm

Maybe you can check this site for some jobs http://www.schanghai.com/
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Postby Chavster » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:28 pm

Nadine, Your best bet is to find a German company that needs someone to ride herd on their accounting department. Try the many many German companies here. I suggest starting with SAP. You might not find your dream job but someone in your position should be useful in some capacity. It's just a matter of beating down doors til you find something.
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Postby chineseexpatpudong » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:36 pm

If you haven't already, make sure you have a Chinese version of CV & Cover letter, even if the job doesn't require Chinese. Have it reviewed by a native Chinese speaker.

Cos sometimes HR don't know much English/German so will be too lazy to try to figure out what to make sense of it.
If I sent in a CV all in Chinese to your HR dept. back in Germany I suspect it would end up being deleted.
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Postby jLee89 » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:31 am

you need to get on linkedin.
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Postby Klick » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:06 am

Try contacting your consulate and see if you can find out any information about your local chamber of commerce, they sometimes have jobs listings for (in your case, German) national companies in Shanghai.
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Postby beducation19 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:13 pm

I think everyone has already given you a good advice. But how do you find a german company? Well i think i have a solution for you. I recently came across an app that helps you find jobs in China and you can automatically apply for the job for interview and so on. The app is ChinaJobsApp and it is available on iPhone and Android and it is FREE! you can download it http://chinajobsapp.com/?utm_source=shanghaiexpat&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=BBforumpost
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Postby minyanville » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:37 pm

jLee89 wrote:you need to get on linkedin.

THIS!
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Postby tao_tao » Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:39 pm

minyanville wrote:
jLee89 wrote:you need to get on linkedin.

THIS!

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