Internship 2004

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Internship2004

• Percy Dias

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Where to look for internship jobs

• Job folder of Joint Institution Job Information
  System (JIJIS) at http//www.jijis.org.hk/jijis
• Submit app. letter resume according to
  instructions listed on the job notices
• Emails from ISMT or SBM (some companies approach
  Dept or School for nominations directly)
• Submit App. Letter resume to ISMT or SBM
  according to email instructions
• Vacancies usually announced in Jan-May
• Some companies will come and conduct briefing
  sessions to give further info
• Check which ones are suitable before applying

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Application letter CV

• Help provided by SBM Communication Tutors
• Review English in job application letters CVs
  for graduate jobs one-year internship jobs
• Conduct mock interview and/or general English
  conversation sessions to improve confidence
• Contact Mr. Patrick Megan at pmmegan_at_ust.hk early
  to set up an appointment for the above services

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Selection Process

• Selection processes (interviews offers) are
  done by the recruiting companies themselves
• If you are given an internship offer and you
  decide to accept it, you should submit the
  application for leave from study to Dept for
  approval
• - Attach a copy of internship contract
• Dept will approve if the internship job is deemed
  to be relevant to your study and the company well
  recognized

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Status during internship year

• Your student status will be suspended during the
  internship year
• Can't use some university facilities like the
  sports facilities or check out books from library
  (a 1-yr library card can be issued at a cost of
  150 upon application)
• Cant apply for the MTR student travel card
• Your email accounts will be kept active to get
• News and info preparing you to come back to your
  study the next year
• Info about application for grant/loan, extension
  of student locker, scholarship application, FYP
  planning and other course offering info, etc.)

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Benefits of Internship

• Gain real work experience
• Chance to learn about communication skills
• Become a more mature and responsible individual
• Help you formulate or fine-tune your career plan
• Enrich your CVs to make you more competitive in
  job search in graduating year
• May have a better selection of FYP
• Many C or B- average student come back becoming
  A average students in final year because they can
  make better sense of whats taught in class

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Drawbacks of Internship

• Graduate one year later with different classmates
• May end up learning very little things during
  that internship year if one does not actively
  take initiative to learn from the work
  environment
• There's always the risk that the duties assigned
  to students may differ from what are promised
  initially
• Should try to find out more about the job during
  interviews before committing to the offer

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Companies (1994-2004)

• Hong Kong Electric
• Hong Kong Jockey Club
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Hospital Authority
• IBM China/Hong Kong
• Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Security and Futures Commission
• Time Warner Hong Kong

• China Light Power
• Compaq Computer
• DBS Bank (HK)
• Freescale Semiconductor (Motorola)
• Fiji Xerox
• Hewlett Packard Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals
• Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation

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Positions offered

• Co-op Student
• Engineering/Professional Trainee
• Industrial Placement Trainee
• IT Intern
• Placement Student
• Programmer Trainee
• Project Trainee
• Solution Specialist Trainee
• Software Student Trainee
• Student Trainee
• Technical Support Assistant
• Technology Student Intern
• Temporary Programmer

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2003/04 IS Internships

• - On average 15-20 students join 1-yr internship
  each year since 1994
• - In 2004/05, 15 students joined the following
  programs
• DBS Bank (HK) Ltd Project Placement (1)
• Freescale Semiconductor (Motorola) Co-op
  Student (3)
• HKMA Temp Programmer (3)
• HSBC Co-op Student Trainee (1)
• IBM Placement Student (1)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd Technical Support
  Assistant (3)
• SFC Industrial Placement Trainee (1)
• Time Warner Hong Kong Ltd IT Annual Intern (1)
• Yun Choy Ltd IT Intern (in Dongguan) (1)
• With monthly salary ranges from 6,500 to
  8,300

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Commitment to offer

• Students must make careful considerations before
  committing to accept an offer
• Students are strongly discouraged to revoke
  commitment once it is made
• It may breed ill-feelings for companies and give
  them bad impression on our students
• Other students may be deprived of the chance to
  get a good offer

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Linkage with Dept

• Contact Percy if encounter any study-related
  difficulties while in internship program
• Regular feedback of internship program progress
  to Dept is welcome (to imwinnie_at_ust.hk)
• Check UST Dept emails regularly for latest Dept
  announcements which may be of interests to intern
  students as well