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shiny_iv

Hi nyer, thanks a lot for your tips!
Speaking about "jobs that requires you as a contact window with Chinese clients", would you explore more on this topic with your knowledge? I mean I have little idea of such job opportunities in US. Sure there must be some major multinationals hiring Chinese marketers, but how many in DC do so? Who are they? Is there any small to medium sized companies starting doing so?

Sorry I have to correct my previous mistake. We have strong presence in HK in term of the whole Georgetown Univ alumni network, but relatively weak for MBA ones. Dont be shy away from my statement.  Our HK alumni club is extremely generous to offer us help in our job search.  They want to bring MBA program to a higher level, which means that MBA is still part of the close-knitted community.

For a marketing focus talent, it is also hard to land a job here in the US.  Think about culture barrier, and you'd know what I am talking about.  For example, do you know what "Jack in the box" is about and its history? Culture barrier truely exists.  In my humble opinion, the best move for this type of talent landing a job in US is to find a job that requires you as a contact window with Chinese clients.

You can google "china georgetown alumni" and you will find what you want.  I am more familiar with HK alumni club

Hi nyer15, I'm admitted in R1 and it's really a pleasure to get to know Mcdonough more from u.
I was background in marketing sector in the past 2.5 years, and based on your knowledge of previous graduated Chinese students, what percentage of them end up in US with marketing related offers?
As you mentioned before, indeed culture gap could be a real problem, either in finance or marketing, which sector do you think the gap places more obstacles?
Also, u said Mcdonough's presence in HK is relatively weak, how about in China mainland? Do you know any mainland Mcdonough MBA clubs that I could refer to? Big thx~!!!

-- by 会员 shiny_iv (2011/1/20 21:23:42)

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 21:47:57)

nyer15

There are some positions called "account officer", "account executive".  They are some positions to manage multiple clients for your company.  As Chinese-US trade grows fast, I assume US companiese may need more ppl to manage their Chinese clients. I think you can do in an opposite way, being the contact window for Chinese companies dealing with US clients.  Chances would not be limited to only these positions, but they are the first ones popping out from my head.

Hi nyer, thanks a lot for your tips!
Speaking about "jobs that requires you as a contact window with Chinese clients", would you explore more on this topic with your knowledge? I mean I have little idea of such job opportunities in US. Sure there must be some major multinationals hiring Chinese marketers, but how many in DC do so? Who are they? Is there any small to medium sized companies starting doing so?

Sorry I have to correct my previous mistake. We have strong presence in HK in term of the whole Georgetown Univ alumni network, but relatively weak for MBA ones. Dont be shy away from my statement.  Our HK alumni club is extremely generous to offer us help in our job search.  They want to bring MBA program to a higher level, which means that MBA is still part of the close-knitted community.

For a marketing focus talent, it is also hard to land a job here in the US.  Think about culture barrier, and you'd know what I am talking about.  For example, do you know what "Jack in the box" is about and its history? Culture barrier truely exists.  In my humble opinion, the best move for this type of talent landing a job in US is to find a job that requires you as a contact window with Chinese clients.

You can google "china georgetown alumni" and you will find what you want.  I am more familiar with HK alumni club

Hi nyer15, I'm admitted in R1 and it's really a pleasure to get to know Mcdonough more from u.
I was background in marketing sector in the past 2.5 years, and based on your knowledge of previous graduated Chinese students, what percentage of them end up in US with marketing related offers?
As you mentioned before, indeed culture gap could be a real problem, either in finance or marketing, which sector do you think the gap places more obstacles?
Also, u said Mcdonough's presence in HK is relatively weak, how about in China mainland? Do you know any mainland Mcdonough MBA clubs that I could refer to? Big thx~!!!

-- by 会员 shiny_iv (2011/1/20 21:23:42)

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 21:47:57)

-- by 会员 shiny_iv (2011/1/21 11:53:54)

jolie215

您好，想請教到GU招募的公司中，有多少公司/比例是來自NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, LA 等大城市且願意招國際學生? 此外，在上述城市中的校友networking強嗎?  謝謝。

Cortega

这个绝大部分MBA都差不多，肯定是最近的大城市过来的最多了

具体到GU，肯定是DC当地的公司最多了，比如deloitte，pwc在这边都有office。纽约的银行来招的也不少，比如citi，chase，GS，美林等。其他地方的公司来学校也有，但是不像DC和NYC这两个地方那么集中

您好，想請教到GU招募的公司中，有多少公司/比例是來自NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, LA 等大城市且願意招國際學生? 此外，在上述城市中的校友networking強嗎?  謝謝。

-- by 会员 jolie215 (2011/1/22 0:38:57)

winniexin123

我也是GT在读学生。我个人觉得在NGO这个领域，GT还是很强的，当然这也和地理优势有关。很多国际组织都会来学校招人，当然越是知名的组织竞争越是厉害。虽然我本人不是做NGO的，但周围不少同学都是因为想做NGO才选择我们学校的。听同学说找NGO的工作和Finance一样，其实是很注重networking的。在DC没事参加点相关会议，积累人迈很关键。如果只是想做小型的NGO，DC有很多，career management也有一些part time可以申，但是NGO现在基本都no paid intern。在GT有non-profit internship fund，如果暑期实习no pay是可以申请的。

谢谢C前辈的回答，收入对我来说并非第一考量，其实我的本意是希望在毕业后回国继续在现在的行业里工作，但在那之前，我倾向于在NGO或者其它NON-Profit组织中工作一段时间，给自己的人生增添一些不一样的内容。本人天资驽钝，各种顶尖投行或咨询类的工作不敢企及，而且也真的并非我所喜爱的方向；虽然没啥本事但好歹有一腔热血，所以想着是否能够在类似NGO的地方找找出路......当然这些都是后话了，首先离开那个悲催的waitlist才是我现在的当务之急啊，呵呵

NGO工作想要找肯定有，不过给你一年4-5万美金，你愿意做吗？

版上上一个GU的答疑帖貌似是五年以前的了，真高兴看到我的dream school又有热心人站出来为大家答疑解惑。虽然我已经在R1被WL了，但对GU的向往依然无丝毫减少。请问Nyer15同学，GU的国际学生在NGO工作的多么？是否也有F1签证带来的麻烦？谢谢！今后还会经常来提问的

-- by 会员 clayland (2011/1/20 10:49:10)

-- by 会员 Cortega (2011/1/20 13:39:02)

-- by 会员 clayland (2011/1/20 14:45:33)

winniexin123

其实我觉得banking和consulting是最不歧视国际学生的了，现在corporate的机会反而少我觉得，因为像Lo'real、Unilever、Pepsi、American express这样的跨国大公司都不招国际学生的。

想做IB机会都是有的，主要看自己有没有实力，够不够努力。毕竟每周五跑纽约去informational，不是每个人都能坚持的。但如果你目标明确，有相关经验，aggressively networking，希望还是很大的。我一美国同学，这两天要去面Goldman的final，并已有一ib offer在手。他至少在投简历前已经和5个以上Goldman的人做过informational interview了, 入学前他也有相关金融行业经验。所以，关键还是得看自己。我觉得亚洲学生多半不太会像美国人那样networking，努力程度也不一定比美国人高，机会自然少。我本人也拿到一些美国banking的interview（其中也有后台部门）, 不过由于自己准备不够充分，mock得不够，现在大多夭折了。。。banking前台和后台对你的skill的要求不太一样，不一定说后台就一定容易进。后台部门的面试如operation，偏project management，所以面试一般都没technical questions.

nyer15很早就把目标锁定亚洲的banking，他也很早就开始努力了，现在interview的结果也不错。希望他快点拿到offer啦。

[quote]Sorry, this question is out of my scope.  I dont work in back office

Basically, getting in IBD or S&T in US is still possible, but very very very TOUGH.   Given on what I've seen in our school, no Chinese students got invited to IB internship interviews.  But please dont give up hope if that is truly the destination you want to go for the rest of your life.  Under the circumstance with weak economic strengh and high unemployment rate, remember to "be flexible."  What I want to say is you never know what's gonna happen three years from now.  I assume that the eco would turn way much better than it is now.  Chances would be bigger.  The thing you can do now is to get in you ideal school, stick tight to your goal, and work on it til the end.  For now, I think the biggest chance to find a finance-related job in US is to get a job as internal control, or auditing-related jobs. These jobs requires high skills but few oral communication with others.  We have better chances in these jobs than in IB or S&T.

We have solid relationship with JPM, CITI,BofAML, and AE.  Goldman starts to recruit our people for interns and Morgan Stanley starts to hire us for full-times. -- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 9:58:29)

谢谢LZ答疑！

针对LZ所说的这两句话，我想确认一下：虽然Goergetown跟这几个银行关系紧密，但中国学生还是基本进不去吧？或者说IBD和sales&trading部门（在美国的office）完全没什么希望了？那像equity research一类的，甚至更后台的部门，有希望么？

-- by 会员 hellooasis (2011/1/20 11:45:50)

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 12:02:10)

谢谢热心的LZ！

进一步问一下：也就是说学MBA finance方向的中国同学找的一般都是内部审计（internal audit）的工作？另外，记得比如像GS有个Finance部门，MS有个Financial Control Group ,请问类似这种Finance部门有中国学生进去吗？LZ可否介绍一下这类工作？

-- by 会员 hellooasis (2011/1/20 12:24:52)

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 13:20:47)

果然干前台和干后台的之间没什么交流。LZ原来是front office，IBD的？

-- by 会员 hellooasis (2011/1/21 11:45:34)

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winniexin123

补充一下关于location的问题，
我个人这半年呆下来还是很喜欢DC的。一来不是美国的大农村，没车生活一样还是很方便的；二来又不像纽约那么嘈杂拥挤，在DC还是能享受到美国生活闲适的一方面的。美中不足的是DC的China town比较差，小的就没有几家中国馆子。
不过DC corporate的机会是比较少，最多的是国际组织、NGO，还有一些PE、VC等，不过这些intern大多不给钱。想在美国做Banking的人都是每周跑纽约的。

About location:
DC is just 4hr of drive from NYC.  Which city do we go for networking or job interview? NYC for sure.  At DC, you can find some NGO like the World Bank or other government related jobs.  But everybody knows that NYC is the ultimate place to go for job search.  Also because we are in DC, many potential employers do come stopping by at our school for campus recruit or info session.

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 22:00:24)

clayland

我也是GT在读学生。我个人觉得在NGO这个领域，GT还是很强的，当然这也和地理优势有关。很多国际组织都会来学校招人，当然越是知名的组织竞争越是厉害。虽然我本人不是做NGO的，但周围不少同学都是因为想做NGO才选择我们学校的。听同学说找NGO的工作和Finance一样，其实是很注重networking的。在DC没事参加点相关会议，积累人迈很关键。如果只是想做小型的NGO，DC有很多，career management也有一些part time可以申，但是NGO现在基本都no paid intern。在GT有non-profit internship fund，如果暑期实习no pay是可以申请的。

谢谢前辈解答，我越发想去GTown啦，嘿嘿，一个NGO的暑假对我来说实在太有吸引力了。请祝福我早日离开waitlist~~~

Cortega

你要是之前有这方面的经验肯定机会很多，如果是career switcher的话要多network才行

谢谢各位前辈的热心解答！我已经被GT R1录取，想问问在GT 毕业后做Consulting 和 marketing（回国或在留美都可）的机会多不多？

-- by 会员 vbdjulia (2011/1/25 12:03:57)

Cortega

要论地理位置，前20的MBA里面除了NYC和加州的学校，没有哪个比DC更好了

DC冬天也不是太冷，对我这种广东人来说还算可以忍受的限度呢，要是去chicago或者boston真的要冻死了

补充一下关于location的问题，
我个人这半年呆下来还是很喜欢DC的。一来不是美国的大农村，没车生活一样还是很方便的；二来又不像纽约那么嘈杂拥挤，在DC还是能享受到美国生活闲适的一方面的。美中不足的是DC的China town比较差，小的就没有几家中国馆子。
不过DC corporate的机会是比较少，最多的是国际组织、NGO，还有一些PE、VC等，不过这些intern大多不给钱。想在美国做Banking的人都是每周跑纽约的。

About location:
DC is just 4hr of drive from NYC.  Which city do we go for networking or job interview? NYC for sure.  At DC, you can find some NGO like the World Bank or other government related jobs.  But everybody knows that NYC is the ultimate place to go for job search.  Also because we are in DC, many potential employers do come stopping by at our school for campus recruit or info session.

-- by 会员 nyer15 (2011/1/20 22:00:24)

-- by 会员 winniexin123 (2011/1/25 10:33:32)