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Cyberport x Home Affairs Bureau Youth Start-up Internship Programme 青年初創實習計劃

The Youth Start-up Internship Programme, co-organised by Cyberport and Home Affairs Bureau (HAB), bridges talented students and the Cyberport Community Companies by offering 3-month internship opportunities and various enrichment activities to enthusiastic youths. HAB will provide salary subsidies to Cyberport Start-ups for engaging interns under the programme.

Apart from technical and design-related positions, internships in non-technical capacities such as corporate communications, business development, marketing and data analysis are also offered. In general, start-ups specialising in Smart Living provide the most vacancies, which encompass EdTech, RetailTech, HealthTech, IoT, as well as FinTech and digital entertainment & esports.

Under the Programme, more than 440 job vacancies are offered by 168 Cyberport start-ups. The first phase of the Programme offers 30 internship positions for local post-secondary full-time students aged between 18 and 30. Applications are open today on iTalent.

Internship Period: Oct 2021 onwards
Internship Duration: 3 months
Why Join?

• Apply acquired knowledge to gain authentic work experience
• Develop and sharpen your specialised and transferable skills
• Gain a career head start in the digital tech industry
• Build network with professionals and leaders in the start-up community
• Receive salary subsidies up to $10,500 per month

Who can join?

• Aged between 18 and 30
• Full-time student from a local post-secondary or tertiary institution
• Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card Holder
• Currently not a beneficiary under any publicly funded internship programme

How to apply? Click here to visit "iTalent", the Cyberport's I& T recruitment platform, for more internship details.

*Disclaimer: The hiring party provides the job description and administers the data collected through this job recruitment exercise. HKBU Career Centre shall not be held liable in the case that disputes, loss or any other situations arise.

Project Management Competition for University Students
- Be a rising leader!
Registration deadline: 1 Nov 2021

Hackathons (黑客松) have been a recent recruitment tool to hire quality talents in Hong Kong and Asia. Large corporations today have been organizing or using hackathons in their recruitment assessment to evaluate a candidate's problem-solving, interpersonal and time-management skills etc.

Co-organized with OnGrad and Stargazers Consulting, Career Centre is going to conduct a "How to Ace a Hackathon in Recruitment Assessment" Training Series in October 2021. This preparation training series aims to equip students with essential skills to win and outshine other candidates at hackathons. 

This training series includes 4 CCL-recognized workshops on Zoom. You can choose to enroll the workshop separately or you can enroll all.

Programme Details: Click Here
Enquiry: Miss Christine Fung (T: 3411 2321 / E: csyfung@hkbu.edu.hk)

Dear Students,

Under the post-COVID new normal, the future job market is ever-changing. Wondering what the future of Work and Workplace looks like, the driving forces for changes and its implications on tertiary education?

Join this CCL-recognised career talk hosted by Jardine Matheson (怡和集團) and earn a CCL recognition on 13 October. All students are welcome to join!

CCL Career Talk: Jardine Matheson - Future of Work
Date & Time: 13 Oct 2021 (Wed), 2:30pm - 4pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
Target Audience: Undergraduates & Taught-postgraduates from all disciplines
Language: English
Speaker: Peter Attfield, Chief Talent & Learning Officer, Group HR, Jardine Matheson Limited
Agenda:

• Introduction to the Work, Workplace, and Workforce model
• The forces driving change
• The implications for organizations and careers
• Reflections on what it all means for those in tertiary education today
• Q&A

Registration: Click Here

• Upon registration, an auto-generated confirmation email with Zoom details shall be sent to your BU email.
• A CCL recognition shall be awarded to participants who attend the session in full.

About Jardine Mathesons Limited
We’re one of the top 200 publicly traded companies in Asia, and a member of the Fortune Global 500 with over 400,000 employees. Our uniquely diverse portfolio of industry-leading businesses spans a wide range of sectors including motor vehicles and related operations, property investment and development, food retailing, health and beauty, home furnishings, engineering and construction, transport services, restaurants, luxury hotels, financial services, heavy equipment, mining, energy and agribusiness.

Enquiry: Miss Christine Fung (T: 3411 2321 / E: csyfung@hkbu.edu.hk)

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) - Pitch Perfect Programme (PPP)

What is PPP? 
Pitch Perfect (完美求職計劃) is a training programme and competition from the Young Executives Club (YEC) of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, which aims to help university students prepare for the world of work. The programme has four stages: training sessions, company visits, mentoring from YEC members, and a round of competitions where the students will have the opportunity to impress the judges in a two-minute pitch.

The programme aims to help university students prepare for their career, which contains training sessions, company visits, mentoring by Chamber members, and competitions where students will pitch to senior executives.

Eligibility: Year 2-4 undergraduate students at local universities
Participation Fee:  HK$200 (with a complimentary HKGCC student membership)
Format: Individual
Programme Highlights:

Stage 1: Training Courses

• Day 1 (3 Nov): Interview and Presentation Skills Training
• Day 2 (10 Nov): Problem Solving and Analytical Skills Training
• Day 3 (17 Nov): Personal Branding Building
• Day 4 (24 Nov): Corporate World Sharing

Stage 2: Company Visits
Stage 3: Mentoring
Stage 4: Pitching Competition

Prizes:

• HK$8,000 for the winner selected by each participating company 
• An additional HK$10,000 for the Final Champion 
• Job shadowing YEC Co-Chairman Eric Fok Kai-shan for a day 

Registration: Click here to apply on or before 27 October 2021

*Upon fulfillment of the following requirements, participating students will acquire the HKGCC Student Membership, receive a certificate of completion and a full subsidy of the programme fee (HK$200) from the Career Centre.

1. attaining at least 75% of the training courses; and
2. attaining three mentorship meeting; and
3. joining the first round of the pitching competition.

Application of Career Centre's Subsidy
To apply for Career Centre's subsidy, please submit the following documents / proofs to Miss Christine Fung (E: csyfung@hkbu.edu.hk) with the email subject of "Application for HKGCC Pitch Perfect Programme Subsidy." upon completion of the programme:

1. Payment proof of the programme fee; and
2. Scanned copy of the certificate of completion

Enquiry: Miss Christine Fung (T: 3411 2321 / E: csyfung@hkbu.edu.hk)