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(July 16, 2021, Hong Kong) The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and rapid technological advancement have caused drastic changes to businesses. It also prompts Human Resources (HR) professionals to evolve their roles in nurturing talents and enhancing employee well-being under the new working environment. HKU Business School MBA Career Development and Training team organised an HR Leaders Forum and invited over 20 prominent leaders in the field to share their insights on latest HR trends and new strategies in talent acquisition.

More than 50 HR practitioners from large corporates, industry experts and scholars participated in this inaugural HR Leaders Forum, which was co-hosted with Deloitte in partnership with Human Resources Online, LinkedIn and Cyberport. During the forum, a wide range of topics, spanning across latest industry development, upcoming challenges and opportunities, remote working, employer branding, talent sourcing, and the role of technology in talent acquisition, were covered. Speakers and participants had a thorough discussion on the HR trends, challenges and strategies to cope with the new working normal and tap into new talent acquisition needs, aiming at building up a strong and diverse talent pool for Hong Kong to maintain its competitiveness in the future.

Professor Yuk-fai Fong, Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate), HKU Business School said, “HKU Business School is committed to fostering close relationships with corporate and recruiting partners, preparing our students to join the workforce, and bridging to success for both parties. I believe this forum not only strengthens our close relationship with partners, but also provides value to corporates to help them with their talent acquisition needs. Looking ahead, we will continue to work together with our corporate partners in building their talent pipeline with dynamic international professionals, to achieve new heights and to create positive impact on society.”

Mr. Samuel Tsang, Partner - HR Transformation & Technology Leader, Deloitte, who spoke at the first session of the forum, pointed out that creating a compelling journey from candidate to employee is crucial amid the war for talent. "Just as numerous consumer-facing processes and interactions have been retooled and simplified to provide a more satisfying customer experience, HR begins to shift its approaches as well. The idea is to move from a process-driven mindset to one that always begins with the experience for the HR customer, who could be a candidate, employee, contingent worker, or even alumni."

Professor Jin Li, Area Head of Management & Strategy, HKU Business School identified some trends and opportunities in the HR industry. “We have seen a rise of jobs requiring social skills and teamwork in recent years”, he mentioned. “It will be essential for the HR leaders to identify creative interview methods for assessing the candidates’ social skills and their ability to work as a team. At the same time, professional interviewers who are well-connected in the network should be hired for a better assessment of an individual’s capability, and hence to recruit the best talents and build up a strong team in the company.”

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HKU Business School strives to nurture first-class business leaders and foster academic and relevant research to serve the needs of Hong Kong, China and the rest of the world in the new Asia-led economy. As Asia’s premier international business school, we engage leading scholars from all corners of the globe and they instil in the students global knowledge with an Asian perspective. HKU Business School attracts top students from Hong Kong and beyond. It admits the highest proportion of non-local undergraduate students amongst all Faculties at HKU. Three of its undergraduate programmes are ranked among the University’s top 10 programmes.

Our full-time MBA programme has a strong Asia and China focus, and the programme has been ranked Asia’s no. 1 in the World MBA Rankings released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for nine consecutive years from 2010 to 2018. Students can opt for an overseas exchange opportunity to supplement their campus learning in Hong Kong: a London track at London Business School, a New York track at Columbia Business School or a Hong Kong/China track at Fudan University.

HKU Business School also offers an elite EMBA-Global Asia programme, jointly with CBS and LBS, for globally-focused senior executives and professionals. Its International MBA Programme, delivered in Shanghai in collaboration with Fudan University, was the first of its kind when it was launched in 1998. The School collaborated with Guanghua School of Management of the Peking University and offered a DBA programme and the HKU-PKU EMBA Programme in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

HKU Business School is fully accredited by the European Quality Improvement Systems (EQUIS) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

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