Alex Jiayi G.
About me
| Alex Jiayi G. | |
| Sociology | |
| Social Informatics and Management | |
| Undergraduate | |
| 2012 | |
| China |
My employment
| Retail Real Estate and Development Project Specialist | |
| Apple Inc. | |
| China | |
| 2012 | |
| £15000 | |
| £18000 |
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A day in the life of a Retail Real Estate and Development Project Specialist in China
Where I hope to be in 5 years
I hope to get a managerial role and start to look at the work from a different level.
My advice to students considering work
Get a TV licence and a second hand TV from charity shops, watch news and talk shows more instead of movies from the internet without subtitles.
Improve your spoken English by talking to as many local students in York as possible.
Do as much volunteering work as possible in the weekend.
Retail is booming in China but it's difficult to get into the corporate sector. A few months of part time work experience in retail stores can definitely help.
My advice about working in my industry
Retail is booming in China but it's difficult to get into the corporate sector. A few months of part time work experience in retail stores can definitely help.
What I do
My role involves managing the project budget, managing vendors, and reporting to line managers on the status of different matters.
Skills I use and how I developed them
A UK degree does give an edge when HR is filtering the CVS but the subject I studied and the skills I developed are really what got me hired.
Extracurricular skills:
Communication skills which I developed in several ways - I watched news everyday, joined squash club and made friends with a lot of local students.
What I like most
I have a great working environment. What I have learned before is helping me progress steadily in my work.
What I like least
Working in a global organisation means have to work with different times zones, this can be quite difficult and lead to long working hours.
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