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Recently, the Centre of Professional Development Department (CPD) of Raffles Design Institute – Guangzhou organized a Campus Recruitment Drive for our Fashion Design students who are going to graduate soon. There were numerous enquiries from many private enterprises who are hoping to interview our students and employ them. Many of such enterprises are impressed by our graduates, who are not only equipped with professional skills, strong working ability but also has a strong proficiency in English. They are often actively sought after by the market, and such companies hope to “book” our graduates in advance.
The Campus Recruitment Drive for Fashion Design students was held on 13th and 14th April 2010. Companies with renowned brands like Guy Laroche, Girlline，Cushow, Superflex sent their senior staffs from Human Resources, Operations, Marketing and R&D Department to interview the students personally. Our students not only gained the valuable experience in such interview sessions, but also get to display their presentation and self-marketing abilities.
During the interviews, the students presented their portfolio and answered all queries in English. They used all their lures to give a good account of themselves, so as to secure a promising job with a renowned company before actual graduation.
Seven Wong (see illustrations above), the senior designer for Guy Laroche in China, did a short presentation before the interview. The objective is to let our students have a better understanding of their corporate culture.
Three students - Catharine Ling, Angel Lee and Andrea Liang were highly regarded by the companies. Seven Wong gave feedback that our students “have the latest fashion sense, good at basic skill such as pattern designing, draping, drawing and sewing, and most importantly, are able to match the company expectations.” Guy Laroche is a famous French fashion brand renowned all over the world. Their employees must be equipped with the necessary skills and strong English proficiency. This is one reason why they are keen to interview our graduates.
This successful campus recruitment drive not only attracted the attention of big corporations, they are also deeply appreciated by our students and their parents. Raffles CPD is motivated to continue to provide better career guidance to our students in future.
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