1. Wilton Fok Business Development Manager E-Business Technology Institute University of Hong Kong

2. Agenda The IT Industry What are the drawbacks/challenges of the career of IT/Engineering Specialists? What is the career prospect for IT/Engineering Specialists? What criteria do most Recruiters use to hire IT/CE/CS/EE Trainees? How can students prepare for and do well in selection exercises (please include tips on application letter writing and interview skills)? Advice to students What are the alternatives?

3. The Industry Vendors System Integrator Users

4. The Industry 3Com Avaya Intergraph Banks Telecom ISP Governments Morgan Stanley Deutsche Bank COL Datacraft C&T Unisys Vendors System Integrator Users

5. What are the drawbacks/challenges of the career of IT/Engineering Specialists? Initial Drawback: –Limited opportunity for Biz, Management, Sales & Marketing…etc –  A 2 nd Degree preferred Challenges: –Ever changing environment –New technologies developed every Quarter –“The most important thing in Education is not the knowledge. We need to learn the method to learn”

6. What is the career prospect for IT/Engineering Specialists? Technical –Trainee Engineer  Assistant Engineer  Engineer (CEng)  Principle Engineer (Consultant)  Engineering Director Sales and Marketing –Pre-sales consultant  Sales Engineer  Sales Manager  Business Dev Manager  BD Director Management

7. What criteria do most Recruiters use to hire IT/CE/CS/EE Trainees? Knowledge Willing to learn Aggressive Smart Creative

8. How can students prepare for and do well in selection exercises (please include tips on application letter writing and interview skills)? Advice to students. Presentation Folder Introductory Booklet

9. What are the alternatives? Further study –Local –Overseas Scholarships