Category: Career

Reading Time: 2 minutes Particularly in the IT (software development) field. Obviously the No. 1 thing is “never give up”. I started looking about 9 months ago when I felt “the need to look”: both for defense (fear of lay off) and offense (opportunities better matching my interest and skill). I had to admit finding a job is not

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February 18, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is their web site. Unfortunately the decriptions are in Chinese, and they require resume in Simplified Chinese. The positions are based in Beijing. Thanks to my wife who found their Ads at WSJ yesterday. It says apply at their web site: www.china-inv.cn . The application deadline is June 28. As name implies, most are

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June 10, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Compiled from various sources in last few months. I read those articles first from Yahoo Finance career-work section. A lot goodies there. (AP) Even in a recession, some companies are hiring. Quote: Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams. (CNN Money)

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June 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Finding a job is hard these days, amid this global economy recession. But I think this does not mean we don’t evaluate our employers before accepting an offer. Here are two useful sites for job seekers: bewww.net (China) and glassdoor.com.

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May 20, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Carol Bartz is Chairman of Autodesk, she was the CEO of Autodesk from from 1992 to 2006 (the fast growth period). Michael Graves and Autodesk in the Future of Design

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November 16, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who is EDS? EDS (NYSE:EDS), Electronic Data System, the IT service company founded by legendary Texan Ross Perot with $1,000, at once time was No. 2 US IT service provider (second to IBM). Today HP (NYSE:HPQ) announced buying EDS for $13.9 billion. Among many things, EDS was famous for its hiring of former Navy/Marine, their

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May 13, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is the link (see the left scrolling screen, in Chinese): Many years ago, when I was a graduate student, I attended those information sessions in school (and ate many free pizzas). At that time all the companies are US companies, such as Emerson, GE, and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) etc. Now a Chinese company are coming

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November 9, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute The following is copied from the bbs at world famous mit. I pasted it here so people in China can get to it. The article explains the career path of wall street. For ordinary investors who are not going to wall street, this article also explains how finance works…IBD stands for investment banking division. Let

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August 29, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mindray, the leading medical device maker in Shenzhen, is hiring. Here is the link in Chinese. Most are R&D positions. And some campus recruiting events. Interestingly, I noticed they are looking for Spanish, Portuguese, German and Russian speaking sales person, as shown in this ad. From this and previous company’s SEC filings we can see the company still

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February 27, 2007
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