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Professional Competitiveness of MBA in Headhunters’ View

publisher:Notificationcreatetime: 2012-12-10

On April 18th, upon Guangwai MBA center"s invitation, Mr. Liao Jibin, an advisor of MBA Career Development Forum and South China Regional Director of Manpower Inc., delivered a lecture-" Professional Competitiveness of MBA in a Headhunter’s Eyes". The lecture was held in Guangcheng Lecture Hall, presided over by Xu Yiqing, Office Director of MBA Center.


Mr. Liao analyzed professional competitiveness of MBA students from three aspects: the current and potential demand trend of talents in China; how to become competent MBA students and Mr. Liao"s own views on MBA students’ career development.

Mr. Liao pointed out that there is a broad space for China’s MBA career development. Nowadays, the demand for middle and high management telants surpasses the supply in China. In the following decades, Chinese enterprises will need large quantity of management talents. Moreover, the salaries of local business executives in China grow year by year, which is quite different from that of foreign enterprises.

When talking about how to be a competent MBA student, Mr. Liao stressed that receiving MBA education is not sufficient for being a competent one. He pointed out that expectation from enterprises to MBA graduates is: Experience + Achievements. And he encouraged MBA students to transfer the knowledge they received to MBA capabilities and then MBA achievements. Mr. Liao also listed "Top 10 Features Employers Favor the Most”, and highlighted good communication skills, moral integrity and good organizational ability as “vital for MBA talents”.

In the third phase of exchange with Mr. Liao, i.e. sharing his experience of MBA career development, he not only broadened students’ vision with his expertise, but also impressed students with his charisma. He said we are in a society greatly influenced by Utilitarianism and fickleness, so we’d better keep a peaceful mind and live and work happily. He suggested that every MBA student find a good career development consultant to guide them, and do not push themselves too hard.

Afterward in the Q&A phase, students exchanged with Mr. Liao their questions such as how to start businesses of their own, how to handle business confidence crisis etc., and he answered them patiently one by one.