以下是引用3Flady在2007-10-10 23:05:00的发言：nnm, thx for providing the info of partnership with design centre. I do know there is scholarship from LV, but from 2006 job replacement, there is no graducate go to LVMH. This is where my concern starts. I really want to know whether is there some specific person anyone know that actually goes to LVMH after INSEAD MBA? I think the French language must be a quite big barrier for Chinese people! To those who have their hearts set on entering the luxury industry, here's my perspective as a current P5 INSEAD student who's also looking at switching to this industry: Until recently, the only luxury recruiter at INSEAD has been LVMH (and it's group members such as DFS and Moet Hennesy). With my intake, Coach is now the 2nd luxury recruiter on campus. Whether they will come back for the next promotion or not, I do not know. In terms whether French would be a language barrier for Chinese entering this industry, seriously doubt so. If you know French, you can smooch with the French better and they'll probably like you more. But go take a look at any LVMH office in Asia Pac, and most employees are Chinese (including management), and I seriously doubt most of them speak French fluently. I know a couple of friends in Shanghai who works for LVMH but don't speak French. So I think even the French knows now that to make French language a prerequisite for hiring is pretty useless these days, especially when you're going to be located in Asia. Were there ever any Chinese INSEAD students who got an offer from LVMH upon graduation, YES, at least I know of one (and he doesn't speak French). He didn't take it because even though with a European MBA, LVMH still required him to start as a store manager - for 2 YEARS in China. (Time as store manager may be shorter in other countries, ie, 3-6 months in U.S.) My hypothesis is people who received offers from LVMH may choose not to join because of the ridiculously long store manager term. inseadsh is correct on how LVMH interviews candidates. They pre-select you from the CV book based on your background and they provide you with an exploratory interview to see if you fit their profile. What type of people do they like? People with previous industry (luxury retail) related backgrounds, of course, but also people with experience from top FMCGs (for some reason, from what I've seen, they like P&G and L'Oreal people a lot), or those with a strong design background (at least this is what I can judge from the current promotion's pre-selected few). And be prepared, as the process could be streteched so long, it's painful (and that's just very French)! To 3Flady in particular: Your FMCG background should help in being pre-selected, but they may view 2 years as too short (that's just my opinion). Although having been a part time model could demonstrate you have fashion sense, I'm not certain if that would help in being pre-selected since I'm not even sure whether my classmate - the Ford agency model from New York, was even selected (she could be, I need to check with her). If she has been pre-selected, then I tell ya, she did a lot of networking. She contacted INSEAD alums in LVMH New York before she came to school, so the bottomline is, networking in this industry is paramount! This is a funny industry, it's nothing like consulting or regular industry. It's an industry where you don't even need a top degree and you can be senior management. You need to fit their profile, and you need to know the right people. The right people don't need to be senior management, could just be someone who can place your resume on HR's desk and has enough pull to ask them to interview you (as a favor). The rest is up to you. Once you have your foot in the door, you're in for life. This is especially true for the Asia Pac market right now. My friend was an I-Banker from New York and he managed to switch to LVMH in Shanghai (without a MBA). He had to start as a store manager as well, but he got to the office upstairs in less than a year. It's all about how hard you push, and your relationship building skills within the company/industry. As for which path is better for you, CEIBS, INSEAD or other French school focused on the luxury industry, well, if you don't mind starting as a store manager, then all of them are pretty much the same. You could probably become a store manager even without a MBA if you know the right people. I agree that the French luxury schools will give you very in-depth knowledge of the industry, but if your dream is to have your own business, then maybe you should consider coming to INSEAD for some entrepreneurship classes. The knowledge and knowhow you can learn from these classes would better prepare you for building your own business. | 
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