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HKU Students Build a Foundation Now To Fulfil their Future Career Aspirations

09 Mar 2009

 

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The Centre of Development and Resources for Students of HKU will hold a Careers Fair from March 10 to 13, 2009.  During this economic downturn, our approach is to help students to build a solid foundation now, by preparing in advance, thinking out of the box and learning-through-serving.  

For the four-day fair, the Centre has organized different lunch-time activities and seminars with specific topics. One of the most popular events, "Apprentice@HKU", has been organized for four consecutive years.  For the past three weeks, 32 short-listed students attended group discussions, of which 4 candidates were selected for the final stage of competition. The finalists will meet again on stage to give a short presentation on "A Smarter Planet", which is a designated project of IBM Global Technology Services.  Additionally, they will also be challenged with questions from the judging panel and other contestants.  

The panel of judges for the competition consists of IBM Global Technology Services representatives - Albert Wong, Manager of Service Management, Seron Lo, Service Delivery Manager, and Herman Chan, Director of Careers and Placement, HKU, will select two winners who will be awarded 2-month IBM internship contracts.    

Media are cordially invited to attend the fair, and we will offer a session especially for press interviews, the details are:

Date:        March 12, 2009 (Thursday)

Time:        1:00pm

Venue:      Shaw Podium

For programme details, you can visit: http://cedars.hku.hk/careersfair/09/

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Joanne Yung, Manager (Media) (Tel: 2859 2600/Email: hkumedia@hku.hk)