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I’m now in my second year of graduate school; I’ll graduate next year and want to work at Global. I’d like to ask these questions to help me determine my goals
Which major? What school? In short, it’s not easy to get in.
It’s a decent school; for the 985 program in chemical engineering, is the salary at the branch much lower than that at the headquarters?
I’m not exactly sure how much the difference is, but what is clear is that the headquarters is better than the branch offices, haha
The head office should be better, I guess. PS: It’s not easy to get into Global even if you come from a 985 university. It’s best to make several backups
It’s very difficult to get into Universal; there are countless people who try to use connections and favors, and many of them come from prestigious schools
What was said upstairs makes sense: handshake
It’s still a bit difficult to enter the global market. You might as well take a look at Hualu, Donghua, and Wuhuan. :lol :lol
The salary at the branch seems to be a little over two thousand at the start; it is said that bonuses will be higher in the future
If the relationship is strong, there’s no problem. The headquarters is much better than the branch
One of my graduate school classmates joined China Global’s Guangzhou branch last year
Hehe, go to BPEC; the benefits there are said to be better than those at Global. I’ve only heard of people moving from Global to BPEC, not the other way around. . . . This post was last edited by Petrochemical Engineer on 2009-3-19 15:04.]
Generally, more people are hired for the branches around the world, but the most crucial and profitable tasks are still carried out at the headquarters
I took the Global interview this year; let me put it this way! This year, a total of 350 people came for interviews at the headquarters in Beijing. They came from renowned chemical engineering universities across the country, including students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities, as well as those who had returned from studying abroad. In the end, only about 20 people were hired (probably due to the impact of the crisis). The process engineering and refining departments recruited only 2-3 people each, and it’s likely that other departments recruited similar numbers; those 20 people represented the total number of hires for the entire company! To get into a global company, what matters most isn’t your knowledge base but your connections – that’s the key! They said above that BPEC is good; of course it is. Now it’s S E I (China Petrochemical Engineering Company), which is much better than Huanyu, but it’s also much harder to get into. If nothing changes, the chances of getting in are practically zero! This post was last edited by lghdhl on 2009-3-20 17:32]
To put it bluntly, graduate students, don’t take yourself too seriously. I’ve been in society for many years and know the situation well; what this society values now are connections
There’s something wrong with the mindset on the 14th floor. It’s undeniable that connections play a role in getting to good places, but who says that one can only get into Global through connections? It doesn’t matter if you can’t get into S~E~I, right? I know many real-life examples of people who managed to get into these two companies thanks to their own skills and determination; there are many such cases every year. Rather than complaining uselessly, it’s better to calm down and improve one’s skills. The words are harsh, but there is no malice behind them.
I agree with the person who posted above – the proletariat can also rise from humble beginnings; the key is to be strong first. This year, one of our students from the chemical engineering program managed to make it onto the global stage, all thanks to their own efforts
Three of our college’s companies that have expanded globally are branch offices
It seems that it’s not so easy to get into a branch campus these days!
If you perform well at the branch office, it’s possible to get promoted to the headquarters, and it might even be easier
It is important to support professional networks; nowadays there is an overload of talent—and that talent is mediocre. So, good connections can help you achieve great progress.