Monday, November 30, 2009

Citi Asia Pacific

Citi Asia Pacific is looking for students who are in their pen-ultimate year and are interested in a summer internship in Asia Pacific with Global Markets, Investment Banking (IB) and Capital Markets Origination (CMO) to apply online before December 4, 2009. For more information about our programs and to apply online, please visit our website at www.oncampus.citi.com or refer to the electronic job board at your school. We look forward to seeing you at our summer program.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wang & Li: "Pursuing a Summer Internship In China"

Wang & Li Asia Resources

Pursuing A Summer Internship In China

Although our limited resources make it difficult for us to line up summer internships, this document will help you in your approach to pursuing a summer internship in the mainland, from identifying job leads from the U.S. to landing here and meeting potential employers.

1) What To Know About Summer Internships In China

Although summer internships are also valued here, given China’s faster-paced, less structured environment, few companies make planned recruitment efforts in advance for internships as is done in the U.S. That doesn’t mean, however, that there is not the need or desire to hire what a high-caliber, U.S. MBA can offer.

On the plus side, the decision-making ability to bring on board a summer intern can be very quick, especially if you are approaching executives from small and medium-sized companies. In many cases, employers can create an internship for you if you can get them to recognize the value you can bring to their business.

2) Two Key Concepts For Pursuing Summer Internship Opportunities In China

l Nothing Beats Being Here – Pursing someone thousands of miles away is not an attractive scenario for China-based employers, no matter how good you are. Even if you have a good phone interview with them, it’s doubtful that they’ll send you a plane ticket based on just a call. And they’re not going to hire you until they meet you face-to-face.

Therefore, if you’re serious about finding a job in China, then you need to make the investment to come out and make yourself accessible to employers here (even if it’s just a weeklong trip over your Spring Break). The ability to meet with you face-to-face increases your chances of attracting the attention of employers by many times. Otherwise, it’s out of sight, out of mind.

l The Kindness Of Strangers - China is full of outgoing, young professionals with similar bilingual/ bicultural backgrounds as your own. At one point, we’ve all slept on someone’s sofa or gotten job leads or introductions from friends of friends and complete strangers. As a result, people here tend to be very generous and supportive of others who are going through a job search situation that they understand very well. Many will offer you whatever help they can. To access these resources though, you need to be proactive and clear about what you they can help you with.

3) Preparing For Your China Job Search Trip From The U.S.

l Tap Into Every Resource Available To You In today’s Internet Era, there is no excuse for not being able to pursue job leads and contact potential employers in China from the U.S., especially given the pool of contacts and resources available to you that can provide you with information and put you in touch with people and companies in China. These include alumni, your network of friends, and even friends of friends.

l Your E-mail Cover Letter You need a well thought out, cover letter that highlights your value and objectives to others, whether you are asking for assistance or approaching them for a job. Beyond expressing your career objectives for this market, emphasize what you can offer an employer that is competing in this dynamic and highly competitive market.

l When To Start Contacting People Out Here Start contacting people about 3-6 weeks before you arrive to China on your job search trip. If you contact others too far in advance, your email will likely be pushed to the bottom of their priority list. China is a here and now place where people focus on what will affect them right now.

l Check Out Helpful Websites: Check out professional organization websites that target foreigners working in China, such as: Shanghai Expat, Amcham, AsiaXpat, Zhaopin, Britcham, etc. These websites not only provide useful information, they also hold events that can help you get connected with many other professionals in this market.

Job Search Tip: Of course, Wang & Li Asia Resources is a great source of information and guidance for your China job search efforts. As such, we encourage you to visit our website (www.wang-li.com), as well as contact us just before you make your trip out to China and we’ll do what we can to help you make your job search trip a successful one.

4) Things To Do When Looking For A Job In China Today

l Stay close to your core, competitive strengths and what you have a track record of performance in China has long been a very “opportunistic” place to be for many businesses and individuals. Like everywhere else in the world, however, the hiring market here has tightened as well late last year. As a result, it is difficult to make a jump in market and job function or industry at same time.

Right now, you want to highlight to potential employers the things that you have a strong track record in. As you develop your achievements here and as the overall economic situation improves, you will be in a better position to pursue opportunities outside your current area.

l Clearly Identify The Value You Can Deliver - Landing a summer internship in China is about getting an employer to see what you can do for them. Executives of small to medium enterprises (SMEs), in particular, are typically short of top-caliber resources that can support many of their key projects and initiatives. In addition, they don’t get contacted by a lot of top, U.S. MBAs each week, so approaching them with a strong value proposition will often catch their attention. Particularly for executives of SMEs, the cost/benefit of bringing on a well-trained, highly motivated resource that can conduct research, perform analysis, or develop plans for critical areas of their business is very attractive.

l Experience Over Compensation - If you’re just starting to build your China work experience and capabilities, then your main internship focus should be on what you can gain from an internship here, rather than on what you can earn over the summer. Remember that employers can also hire MBA interns from top, local programs, and that middle managers in global companies here typically make from between RMB15K – 25K/month.

When asked what he’s willing to pay summer interns from a top U.S. program, one executive’s response was, “Well, we’ll feed them.” So if an employer is willing to cover your costs for the summer, then frankly, that’s pretty good, especially in this very tight job market. Again, keep in mind your long-term career objectives and place your emphasis on the experience that you’ll gain from your internship. In doing so, the trade off of a lower, short-term compensation situation should be a worthwhile sacrifice.

Job Search Tip: Beyond what an employer pays you each month, you can also see if they are open to an end-of-internship, performance bonus based on your ability to deliver an outstanding result for the objectives targeted

5) Where To Find Attractive Internships

Many MBAs overlook SMEs for both full-time and internship opportunities, favoring instead the well-known, Fortune 1000 companies. Although large multinationals certainly offer a lot of resources and opportunities, many SMEs in China also provide great platforms for young MBAs to learn and develop from. In addition, they are also easier to approach for opportunities.

For one, many SMEs are founded and/or run by executives who have had successful careers in leading companies, like McKinsey, GE, and P&G. At this stage in their career, however, they’ve chosen to pursue a more entrepreneurial opportunity that offers potentially greater upsides in this market. Within these platforms, you have the chance to work closely with these established executives on very interesting and critical projects for their business success.

In addition, rather than an administrator or HR person reviewing your internship request (as is usually the case when applying to large companies), your application to an SME is much more likely to get viewed by a top manager who is more flexible and open to considering your internship proposal.

Job Search Tip: For an internship that can expose you to many aspects of a business where you can work closely with a top executive, offer yourself as an Executive Assistant to a senior manager in an SME. This is not as a personal assistant who does low-level work, but as a Project Manager who can work on key business initiatives that the executive may have.

Although global economic conditions are extremely difficult today, if there’s any place in the world that is still offering dry land economically and from an employment and career development perspective, it’s China. The global recession is definitely being felt in the mainland as well at the industry, company, and individual levels. To land a summer internship here, this just means you need to be smart and proactive about how you position yourself and highlight your value to others in China. Overall, however, there are still many companies and executives that can use an MBA from a top U.S. program for the summer, especially for those who are flexible, persistent, and committed to pursuing one in this market.

Best of luck with your China job search trip for a summer internship. We hope to have the chance to work with you as you pursue your ongoing career objectives in the mainland.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Asia Banking Deadlines

Name

Resume Drop Deadline for full time

Resume Drop Deadline for internships

J.P. Morgan

9/30/2009

11/30/2009

Morgan Stanley

9/30/2009

11/30/2009

Deutsche Bank

10/4/2009

12/13/2009

Goldman

10/4/2009

12/6/2009

Nomura Asia

11/29/2009

12/13/2009

Credit Suisse

10/2/2009

11/29/2009

APR

10/30/2009

12/6/2009

UBS

10/25/2009

11/29/2009


Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Opportunity: M&A Director in Shenzhen

If anyone is interested in this position, please just send his/her resume to: cpan@wang-li.com

Blurb: Right now we’re in the process of searching a M&A Director opportunity with a top leading Chinese IT company. The position offers an attractive opportunity with a big platform for candidate to handle a key role of corporate investment for all businesses and driving the strategy and implementation for the company.

Position Sought: M&A Director
Reports To: GM, M&A and Investment Department
Location:
Shenzhen, China

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead/ manage investment/M&A deal independently, evaluate and implement all related projects.

2. Post deal management.

3. Assist department GM to develop team.

Top 3 Requirements

1. Bachelor degree with top-tier University is a must, top-tier school MBA is highly prefer.

2. 8 years work experience with at least 3 years BD/M&A background with high technology field is highly prefer.

3. Investment experience and know-how of finance is preferred.

Special Requirements

1. Smart, high integrity and reliability with full passionate on internet industry.

2. Good communication and negotiation skills, be mature

3. Strong Leadership and people management skills. (Leadership should be harmony style, and people-oriented, not personal hero)

4. Good English and Mandarin skills in oral and written

5. Good team player with high team spirit

Top 3 Selling Points

1. The company is the only one Chinese IT company was IPO in HK public list.

2. The company can provide big platform for identified candidate with large working scope and exposure, even the company surely provide candidate with a good personal development plan.

3. The company keeps steady developing space in high speed. More than 647.1 million registered accounts and enormous active users demonstrate their powerful technological capabilities of various IM applications and of internet applications with big load and traffic.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Tencen deadline TODAY

Tencent, China’s leading internet service provider, is coming to recruit at GSB! Please see attached for the company information and detailed job descriptions.

If interested please email your CV directly to Judy (Qingji@tencent.com) by Nov 1 (TODAY). The company will invite qualified candidates for interview and/or dinner.

The company representative is coming to GSB to give a presentation (followed by Q&A) on Nov 5 (Thur), 5-6pm. The event will be held in S171.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Goldman Sachs Asia - Nov 13

Goldman Sachs Asia Summer Presentation at Stanford / Stanford GSB

Date: Friday, November 13th
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm (Refreshments will be served)
Venue: Juniper Room – Tresidder Union, 459 Lagunita Drive

Goldman Sachs Asia would like to invite you to attend our company presentation and find out more about our firm and internship program through presentations and networking opportunities with Goldman Sachs professionals.

Note the Asia ex-Japan summer online application deadline: Sunday, December 6, 2009. Please contact us at aejcampus-usuk@gs.com with any questions.

Goldman Sachs Japan will be participating in the Boston Career Forum held on November 20-22 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre. Please apply through http://www.careerforum.net/event/bos/?lang=E. Applications close November 3, 2009.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Tencent to come to campus: Week 1 November

Details TBD

GCBC Contact: Kitty Yan

Baring PE Asia Summer 2010 Summer Associate Program

Dear Greater China Business Club of Stanford GSB:

Greetings from Asia.

By way of brief introduction, Baring Private Equity Asia is a regional Asia PE fund with US$ 2.5 billion under management. Our primary geographic focus is Greater China where we have invested in over +25 companies through buyout and growth equity transactions. We raised our latest fund, Fund IV, and closed the fund in May 2008 with US$ 1.5 billion. We are active across different industries and sectors, but do not invest in real estate, and are actively investing into the region.

We are looking for candidates for our Summer 2010 Summer Associate program based in Shanghai, Beijing, or Hong Kong. Suitable candidates would be fluent in both spoken and written Chinese, and have had prior experience working in Greater China. Prior private equity, investment banking, consulting, and/or operational experience with exposure to Greater China would be a plus.

Contact for more information:

Alex Lee
Baring Private Equity Asia
Email:
alexlee@bpeasia.com

Friday, October 16, 2009

Gemdale Business Golden Eagle Program

Gemdale will host a series on-campus recruitment events in US (10/28-11/2), please submit your CV before October 23.

请您在申请时递交中英双语简历,以便于企业高层审阅.

Please submit your CV in bilingual language:
If you have any question, please feel free to contact Andy GONG at andy_gong@cpnhome.com or 86-10-5166 7355 ext 8002.

New opportunities from the Chinese Professional Network

1 Real Estate Fund Investment Manager/Analyst

Main responsibilities
- Real Estate industry and company investment analysis
- Real Estate M&A/Pre-IPO investment
- Investment modeling and analysis for residential development projects or commercial property, deal structure development, due diligence, and transaction negotiation and execution

Targets: Master/PhD/MBA degree in finance or related major from well known U.S. Universities

For more information about the program and position, please visit: http://www.cpnhome.com/career/position.asp?jid=1642

2International Financing Manager

Main responsibilities
- Assist in developing international capital and financing strategy for the group and implementing international fundraising solutions.
- Assist in managing international investors relations

Targets:Master/PhD degree in finance or related major from well known U.S. Universities

For more information about the program and position, please visit: http://www.cpnhome.com/career/position.asp?jid=1643

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Deutsche Bank Summre Internships; Due Dec 13

Agile minds apply at db.com/careers

How do you approach the world? Do you see potential where others see only obstacles? Can you identify the big picture without losing sight of the detail? If so, Deutsche Bank could be the place for you.

We are searching the United States for the best and brightest juniors and first year MBA students to join our platform in Hong Kong, Singapore or Tokyo. Applications for the 2010 Global Banking and Global Markets Analyst and Associate Internship Programs are now open at db.com/careers and will close on 13 December 2009.

Kind regards
Deutsche Bank Graduate Resourcing - Asia

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Real Estate Development Opportunity (Full Time; Summer Intern) in Shanghai

www.Related.com.cn interested in hiring MBAs (ideally full-time, but could consider summer interns) to work in real estate development in Shanghai -- mandarin & strong modeling skills a must.

Please email your resume to MBA '06 alumni: Aymeric Fraise: aymericfraise@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Beijing Private Equity Opportunity

CSI Capital, China-focused PE fund in process of expanding team and looking for MBA graduates.
Location: Beijing
Contact: justinezhou@citics.com.hk (Senior manager Justine Zhou) for more information.

About the company:

CSI Capital is an independent China-focused private equity fund, led by senior China investment professionals and sponsored by CITIC Securities International Co. Ltd. (“CSI”), the international arm of CITIC Securities, China’s largest investment bank, which serves as CSI Capital’s deal sourcing and execution partner, providing onshore and offshore resources. CSI Capital primarily makes expansion capital, minority investments in private Chinese companies. CSI Capital’s industries of focus are 1) energy-related, 2) healthcare, and 3) food and agriculture. Local Capabilities Global Resources

CSI Capital is co-headed by Mr. Donald Tang, previously the founder, Chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns International Holdings as well as Chairman of Bear Stearns Asia, with over 20 years of China deal making experience and business connections, and Mr. Yin Ke, CEO of CITIC Securities International Company Limited. Both of the Fund’s co-heads have an extensive network, and each has served as advisor to many of China’s most influential and renowned companies. The Fund’s execution team is led by Mr. Ray Zhang (GSB Graduate), a seasoned investor with over 10 years of experience in private equity investing in China on behalf of Merrill Lynch’s Principal Credit Group and Goldman Sachs’s Special Situations Group. These three officers represent over 60 years of China deal-making, strategic advisory and direct investment experience, and all three will be actively involved in the Fund’s investment decision-making as members of the Fund’s investment committee, as well as spending a significant amount of their time sourcing deals from their extensive networks. CSI Capital has evolved out of their shared vision for creating a true cross-border platform to answer the long underserved needs of Chinese enterprises.