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Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG)

  • Policy
    • NON-LOCAL students, after graduation, you can apply to stay in Hong Kong for 12 months without other conditions of stay. Upon approved,
      • you are free to take up employment in Hong Kong, and
      • you do not need to seek prior approval from the Immigration Department for any change in employment

    * When applying IANG, applicants are required to provide the "Letter of Certification" issued by Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) before obtaining the official Award Certificate.

    For eligibility criteria and details, please visit the website of Hong Kong Immigration Department at http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/professional-employment/guidebook.html#non_local or contact the General Enquiry Hotline on 852-2824-6111.

Professional Qualifications

Achieving professional qualifications is one of the major investments for your future employment. If you wish to start getting prepared and to broaden your career prospects before graduation, relevant professional qualifications, which relate to your career pursuits and personal interests, can be attained.

This section contains a partial list of common professional qualifications (mostly related to the financial/investment industry) which you may work towards in order to better equip yourself to pursue your desired job.

The below useful links (official websites of the professional qualifications) are provided for reference only. Please explore more about the details.

General

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Specific Certification for Actuaries

Recruitment Channels

Joining the graduate recruitment programmes of financial institutions or listed companies could be an option to start your career, particularly for those without much work experience. If you are planning to start with graduate recruitment programmes, you should pay attention to the application periods (between September and December).

In addition, some local recruitment channels (e.g. on-line job search engines/recruitment magazines) will help for your job searching.

The below useful links (official websites of the graduate recruitment programmes and recruitment channels) are provided for your reference. Please explore more about the details. You can also visit the Events Calendar (CAIO) every month and choose to attend various recruitment talks, CV writing / interview skill workshops, etc offered by the Career and Internship Office.

Graduate recruitment programmes of financial institutions/listed companies

Financial institutions/listed companies
Application Period (Tentative):
Sep - Oct 2014
Please refer to website updates
By Oct / Nov 2014
Please refer to website updates
Nov 2014
Throughout the year
Please refer to website updates in
Oct - Dec 2014
Oct - Dec 2014
Sep - Nov 2014
Please refer to website updates in
Sep - Oct 2014
Starting from Sep 2014
Throughout the year
Please refer to website update
Dec 2014 - Mar 2015
(website updates in Nov 2014)
Feb - Mar 2015
Please refer to website updates


Popular job search engines in Hong Kong

Recruitment magazines in Hong Kong (Distributed in MTR stations on Tuesday & Friday)