While many organisations recruit staff directly into management roles – e.g. human resources, logistics, marketing and sales – more and more are utilising management trainee programmes to groom new graduates for management. Graduate training schemes typically take one to two years and involve job rotation among all the organisation’s departments. Upon completion of the programme, trainees are permanently placed in management roles in the department that best suits their demonstrated talents and skills.

Consulting

Management consultancy firms have many different specialisations, ranging from strategy, process/operational and IT to economic and environmental areas. While most firms seek experienced recruits with years of experience in a management or technical function, many also recruit new graduates as research analysts, business analysts or associate consultants. These employers look for extremely high levels of achievement, both academic and extra-curricular, in candidates.

Positions / Job Titles Offered                    

• Analyst, Business Associate, Consultant                           

Typical Job Nature/ Job Duties

• Analysing the business performance and development of clients’ corporations
• Advising clients on the organisation’s structure and development with an aim to assist the organization in future re-engineering, planning and formulation of short-term and long-term policies
• Providing information to clients about the market (esecially on related industries)

General Requirements         

• Degree in Business Administration (an MBA is definite advantage), Accountancy, Law
• Knowledge in various industries and business settings (including government's policies)
• Good analytical skills
• Excellent language skills
• Able to work independently and under pressure
• Flexible and willing to learn
• IT knowledge

Human resources (HR)

HR work is about helping organisations to have the right number of well-motivated, competent people in the right place at the right time, performing at their best. Working with managers, HR is involved in setting staffing strategies, resource planning, staff recruitment, development and training, compensation and benefits schemes, and recognition. HR work is complex and demanding, always requiring excellent people skills, technical know-how and personal integrity. HR professionals are in demand in all types of industries. Specialist opportunities are available in recruitment/headhunting consultancies and companies providing training services.

Positions / Job Titles Offered          

• (Assistant) HR Officer, HR Assistant, (Assistant) Training Officer, Trainer

Typical Job Nature/ Job Duties

• To perform general HR functions, such as:
  • Coordinating staff recruitment exercise (dealing with job applications, interviews and selection);
  • Execution of staffing policy (dealing with terms and conditions of staff employment, salary, staff welfare, insurance, provident fund);
  • Handling staff relations;
  • Organisation planning on staffing matters;
  • Coordinating staff training programmes

General Requirements         

• A bachelor degree in any disciplines preferably in Business Administration, Human Resources, Psychology, Social Work, Education
• Possession of good communication and language skills
• Knowledge in Employment Ordinance and labour market
• Maturity, strong inter-personal skills

(Sources from The CUHK Careers Guide 2012)