Memories...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
We shud have this in FASS too, not just in Bizad. =)
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NUS Business School gives students free etiquette lessons
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 30 May 2007 2237 h
SINGAPORE : A good education alone is not enough to land that dream job these days.
With competition going global, the National University of Singapore is trying to give its business students that special extra edge.
The career centre at NUS Business School is giving out free etiquette lessons to its students who want to go beyond academic excellence.
Joan Tay, Head, Career Services, NUS Business School, says: "Our students have also done very well competing globally for some of the prestigious summer investment banking internships. We have a good number, at least nine going to Hong Kong and 21 going to Beijing, China, Vietnam and even the United States."
Now, image is everything in the world of business and choosing the right colour, can swing a graduate's chances at an interview.
One student learnt that she could not just wear any type of red.
Sally Tang, Image Consultant, Divine Image International, says: "To appear professional in certain jobs, you have to project credibility and authority. That's where you have to wear certain colours in certain working industries."
NUS also hooks up with overseas recruiters, like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, who can interview students via webcam at the Career Centre, and the students get ample practice before the real deal.
Maurice Png, Student, NUS Business School, says: "Here we really prepare ourselves to meet the working world, meet real business people, to carry our self with confidence and to be really presentable no matter what you're feeling inside."
Chen Jianwen, who has been offered an internship in Hong Kong, says: "They sat us down and elaborated on our strengths and weaknesses and showed us how to package us best to suit an interview. For me it was investment banking and so that gave me the a lot of ideas on how to sell myself at interviews and that was critical to landing my internship."
So, to succeed, besides good qualifications, a graduate needs good manners too like the proper way to drink Chinese tea. - CNA/ch