As a company specializing in International Education Exchange and collaboration as well as students’ recruitment for foreign institutions for more than 20 years, HOPE pays attention not only to the student's academics, but also to the students’ future career path. After market exploration, HOPE has built cooperation with Mercer to help students make better career choices and plans. Mercer is part of Marsh McLennan, the world’s leading professional services firm in risk, strategy and people. Mercer works with clients in 130 markets around the world, helping them continue to make the future brighter for their employees.

On June 4th, HOPE invited 15 students to experience a workplace seminar in Mercer company in CBD of Shanghai. Most students from a wide range of backgrounds attended the event with great interest. The entire seminar consists of three parts: ice-breaking, career knowledge sharing and group mock interview. During the first phase, the leader from Mercer asked the students to introduce themselves and to memorize the details of the three other students, and the discussion atmosphere began to get lively. Then, the leader from Mercer used her own personal experience to share with everyone her initial and specific principles of career choice, and at the same time, explained in detail the current employment trend of the investment banks.

The third part, group mock interview, was also one of the highlights of this seminar. Students were asked to write a resume to the interviewers. Alex Wen, General Manager of HOPE Shanghai, together with two staffs from Mercer, acted as mock interviewers and asked a lot of targeted questions about each student's resume, which are common questions asked by Fortune 500 companies and investment banks during campus recruiting. They also summarized the performance of each student. The students benefited a lot from this activity and realized that it is very important to understand their career path and their strengths and weaknesses when they are looking for a job, and they have a clearer plan for their future.

Hope will do more exploration in the area of students' careers, develop more channels of cooperation, and provide more comprehensive counseling for our students.