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    Hello, I have a double bachelors degree in economics and Government/international relations from a good American university and I’m given the opportunity to come to Shanghai to study mandarin for a year. I could also possibly do my masters degree if I find an adequate school for me. However, I’m wondering if I will be able to find a good job, or part time job in the local industry while I’m studying the language or while I’m doing my masters next year.

    I wanna work in the banking system or the businesses/big corporations or in the NGOs. Is there any chances?

    Ps: I’m black African, dunno if it matters but I heard Chinese people could be very sensitive to skin color or origins.

    #5341
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    Hello, I have a double bachelors degree in economics and Government/international relations from a good American university and I’m given the opportunity to come to Shanghai to study mandarin for a year. I could also possibly do my masters degree if I find an adequate school for me. However, I’m wondering if I will be able to find a good job, or part time job in the local industry while I’m studying the language or while I’m doing my masters next year.

    I wanna work in the banking system or the businesses/big corporations or in the NGOs. Is there any chances?

    Ps: I’m black African, dunno if it matters but I heard Chinese people could be very sensitive to skin color or origins.

    #5474
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    Don’t get your hopes up but there are so many jobs here. Better look for international company. Create an account at SmartShanghai, 51job.com and post your CV.

    #5475
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    Find a job, yes would be possible. But you’ll be following a study which means that you do not have a visa allowing you to work. Any reliable company will only let you work with a working visa. Part time in a bar or so would be possible to make an extra buck..

    #5476
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    ” I wanna work in the banking system or the businesses/big corporations or in the NGOs. Is there any chances?”

    No chance working in banks here in China. Chinese banks do not hire foreigners. I cover this sector for a living and it is all “haigui” Chinese returning from overseas. Not a laowai to be found. Big corporations? Not likely, as most big multinationals are sending home their expats. The China “boom” has gone “bust.”

    NGO? This is the sector I know -nothing- about so I cannot comment. I don’t think that there are a lot of NGO’s in China. In China EVERYTHING is by definition a government entity. There are groups like AMCHAM which is an NGO but they are limited.

    If you can afford to come to China for a year and simply enjoy and learn then great. You will profit greatly in life from your time here. If you need to work and are planning long term then please reconsider. You can always make a few extra RMB teaching English to students while you study but that is really only beer money.

    I have experienced your predicament first-hand with MBA students I’ve associated with. Classes from 2011-2012 wanted to stay and find jobs in China…..none found jobs. Classes 2013-2014 simply came, learned and found jobs elsewhere because they learned from the earlier classes.

    I’m sorry if this is not what you want to hear but its true. Come, learn, enrich yourself, but plan to go home.

    #5477
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    IMHO you should focus on an industry and learn as much as you can about it – even doing an internship is helpful. No one wants to hire a guy who is interested in this and that, foreign or not. I hope you have a few years work experience back home or you will not be able to get a working visa.

    #5478
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    /profile/19-mainsail/?do=hovercard” data-mentionid=”19″ href=”<___base_url___>/profile/19-mainsail/” rel=””>@Mainsail You are right about banking or investment finance in general, it’s very localised. Unless you are Chinese and have some pull it’s impossible to get into. There are some opportunities for foreigners to get into investment research in offshore shops, which I guess what you are doing since you are “covering” banking.

    as far as MNCs go, it’s still feasible to find decent jobs there. You will probably make 30% of what you would make back home at the entry level, and about 75% at the mid management level of similar role back home. Obviously, it’s not as easy and language is a factor as well.

    MNC corporations sending their “expats” who are sitting on “expat” package home, that’s true. But there is still need for foreign talent at mid levels if you are willing to work for a bit less as mentioned above.

    Not sure which MBAs you are talking about but I have quite a few foreign friends with MBAs class 2012 and 2013 who were able to find nice gigs in Project Management, Real Estate Development, Sales and consulting jobs. Some of them (actually, most of them don’t speak Chinese at the level they can use at work)

    #5479
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    Check the other thread but you need a Z visa for internships. Double visas aren’t allowed in China and doubt if a Chinese company would pay you to study.

    If in a full time program, you’ll be pretty busy as they are quite intensive. Mostly classes in the morning and some cultural activities in the afternoon. Not much time to study except at night.

    Chinese university language programs on the mainland are quite rigorous. Chinese professors will teach you in the Chinese way and have no exposure to western learning so you mainly need to memorize everything that day and be prepared to use it the next. If you get mis-leveled, which often does happen when students pull out and there’s only a few students remaining, they shift you up or down.

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