News & Announcement

HKICS: Governance Professionals Career Day 2020

The annual Governance Professionals Career Day is one of the key events for undergraduates of all degree disciplines.

By taking part in the Governance Professionals Career Day 2020, undergraduates will have an opportunity to interact with seasoned governance professionals and industry leaders, attend interactive communication and interview skills workshops and learn the potentials and career of a governance professional.  A free light lunch and lucky draw will also be provided..

Ms Ada Chung, JP Registrar of Companies, Companies Registry is the Guest of Honour.

Enrolment will close on 12 June 2020 (Friday) with limited seats available.
To know more about the event, please click HERE.
For enquiries, please contact Leaf Tai at 2830 6010 or email leaf.tai@hkics.org.hk.

Classified Post Webinar: How to Ace Your Next Online Interview During the Virus Outbreak

Date: April 16, 2020
Time: 7pm - 8pm
Language: Cantonese 
Registration link: bit.ly/cpwebinar041620

Key topics are as follows:  
·  First-hand online interview tips from a hiring manager
·  Social media's effect on the hiring process
·  Simple rules of appropriate online interview etiquette
·  Resume dos and don'ts

Speakers:
Denise Yu
Senior Consultant - Banking, Insurance & Financial Services
Kelly Service Hong Kong

Genevieve Chan
Marketing Director
Kelly Services Hong Kong

Career Planning Webinar - 青年傲翔學堂

We would like to invite you to join career planning webinar which is going to deepen their understanding on finance industry and equip  better for it.  
 
Senior and successful practitioners from the industry, listed below, will sharing their experiences and insights. It will be conducted on Zoom for free on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Moderator:
Michael Ngai – President, Finance Association of Hong Kong

Guest Speakers:
Tim Lui – Chairman, Securities and Futures Commission
Paul Pong –  Managing Director, Pegasus Fund Managers
Alan Fung – Partner, Asia Greentech Fund

Date: 16 April 2020 (6:30pm)

Registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHL3bO-eOsjCioCLOizBBT81bVgCJAx1XS1L5LFZbtsXo5ww/viewform

The CRE and BLT in Hong Kong

The next round of Common Recruitment Examination and Basic Law Test (Degree / Professional Grades) (CRE and BLT) is tentatively scheduled to be held in Hong Kong on 6 and 13 June 2020, or another date within June 2020 if necessary.

Application details

The application period for the coming CRE and BLT to be held in Hong Kong will be from 16 to 29 April 2020. Applicants may choose to take any of the CRE papers and / or the BLT paper in this examination, details and an on-line application system will be available on the webpage of Civil Service Bureau (CSB) at www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html during the application periods.

The CRE and BLT are open to all holders of degree or professional qualifications who are interested in applying for civil service posts at degree or professional level.  Students who will have attained a degree in the 2019-20 academic year may also apply to take the coming CRE and BLT.

Year-end CRE and BLT

Please also note that another round of the CRE and BLT will be held tentatively in late 2020.  For the convenience of those studying or residing outside Hong Kong, this round of examination will also be held in some non-local cities.  The examination is tentatively scheduled for 10 and 17 October 2020 in Hong Kong, and 5 December 2020 in non-local cities.  More updated details will be announced by the CSB in later this year.

Mock practices for CRE & BLT
In order to help students to familiarize with the CRE/BLT format, Career Centre will organize training workshops in May. The schedule will be uploaded onto our website in late April. For enquiries related with preparations and trainings, please contact Career Centre via email at bucareer@hkbu.edu.hk or hotline at 3411-7440.

Enquiries about CRE/BLT
General enquiries regarding the CRE and BLT may be directed to CSB by phone at 2537 6429 or by e-mail to csbcseu@csb.gov.hk.

Good luck!

Career Centre