Yi H.

Product Manager
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About me

Yi H.
Management
Management with Business Finance
Taught Postgraduate
Wentworth
2011
China

My employment

Product Manager
China Citicbank
China
Finance and consultancy
2011
£150000
£250000

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A day in the life of a Product Manager in China

Studying in the UK improved my communication skills and gave me an international vision

How I looked for work

I entered my current company started as a trainee.

How studying in the UK affected my job seeking

How I searched for jobs:
I guess most Chinese graduates get job information from this webpage: www.chinahr.com, I get a lot of job information from that website as well, including my current job. I just uploaded my CV to the webpage, pick up a job that I am interested in, fill up the questionnaire provided by the company, and then I was invited to several exams. It is hard to say how easy/difficult it was, as I said above, luck is very important. Once I just ran into the HR’s office of a company (which is not a small one) and talk to their manager, and then I got an offer in just 10 minutes!

Attitudes to study in the UK:
It depends on what kind of job are you looking for, if it is a civil servant position, I think students from local school are more popular, but if it is a job in a multinational corporation, HRs may like us (UK educated applicants) more.

How I found out about the job

Employer's website

The recruitment process

Saw the ads of a company looking for graduates on the webpage; submited a CV to the company through the webpage; was informed of the date of a written test for recruitment; passed the written test and entered the job interview (2 or 3 rounds); got the offer as a internship; get a job if I performed well during the internship

Where I hope to be in 5 years

To learn more, do more and get more.

My advice to students considering work

I think the weak point for international students who are studying abroad and looking for work in their home country is that they may not be very familiar with all the elements of recruitment of the companies in their home country. For example, Chinese companies’ HR departments are big fans of “Leaderless Group Discussion”, and the written exams of recruitment are always administrative aptitude tests (AAT), so the candidates should prepare those things before graduate.

What I do

My job is to help our clients (most of which are very big companies) to issue bonds in the inter-bank market of China. My duties as a product manager are to make sure that all the projects are running smoothly from marketing, to product transaction structure designing, materials preparing and submitting, bond issuing and follow-up management.

Skills I use and how I developed them

The degree and the level of that degree are necessary, and the subject and skills developed on the course helped with my work later on.

Extracurricular skills:
On one hand, the experience of having studied and lived in the UK helped me develope the skills to communicate with people from a variety of backgrounds. On the other hand, studying abroad gave me an international vision that I can easily accept new knowledge from outside

What I like most

When a project is finished, I feel so good that my hard work for about 3 months has paid off.

What I like least

Nation owned company, so many unnecessary things to slow you down

What surprised me most

Relationship with boss is the most important along with skill and loyalty

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