Research Guides: Careers and Jobs: Job Hunting

Where Should I Start Looking For a Job?

Please see below for some job search sites/newspapers in Hong Kong and abroad:

Jobs at CityU
Current and internal openings at CityU.
Government Vacancies Enquiry System
HK SAR current job vacancies.
CSB- Recruitment
Important information about securing a position through the Civil Services Bureau.
Joint Institutions Job Information System (JIJIS)
A one-stop online job information system for employers and university students.
Labour Department Interactive Employment Service
Careerjet.hk
A job search engine designed to make the process of finding a job on the internet easier for the user. It maps the huge selection of job offerings available on the internet in one extensive database by referencing job listings originating from job boards, recruitment agency websites and large specialist recruitment sites.
Robert Walters Career Advice
Robert Walters is a professional recruitment agency. There is a section to browse for jobs, as well as tips on all aspects of a job search.
CPJobs.com (South China Morning Post)
Hong Kong Recruit.net
A Hong Kong based company that has developed a global network of job search engines.
Sing Tao: Job Market
Ming Pao: Jump
CT goodjobs (Hong Kong Economic Times)
JobsDB

Using Social Media for Job Search

Social media can also help you find a job. Please see below for some useful websites:

10 Tips for Finding a Job Using Facebook and LinkedIn
In the age of Web 2.0, there are plenty of things you can do to stand out from the crowd and get that position you want.
5 Clever Ways to Get a Job Using Social Media
Social media is making it easier to find the right jobs, and for you to connect to the right people that can help you get those jobs.
7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media
Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet, the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable.

Do you Want a Job With the Civil Services Bureau

Common Recruitment Examination and Basic Law Test (Degree / Professional Grades) (CRE and BLT)
Information and procedures about CRE and BLT.

Hong Kong Associations

It is helpful to identify the professional assocation in your chosen industry, in order to gain potential contacts and understand the trends within the industry.

Association of Engineering Professionals in Society, Ltd.
A professional organization of engineers in Hong Kong that ensure "the engineers' voice is heard in the community and by the authority".
ACCA Hong Kong
"The global body for professional accounts."
Communications Associations of Hong Kong
"CAHK is the association for Hong Kong's communications industries, with responsibilities across broadcasting, wireline and wireless communications, and other relevant business sectors in the domain of information communications technology (ICT)."
Hong Kong Economic Association
"The Hong Kong Economic Association is intended to be a channel through which economists, business executives, government officials, as well as others interested in the working of the economy come together and share views and insights on economic issues of common concern and thus extend the frontiers of economic knowledge."
Hong Kong Environmental Industry Association
"...to align and provide a better communication and collaboration channel among the local companies and organisations engaged in the environment-related business..."
hktdc.com- Web Directory
This directory will help you identify associations and professional organization in your chosen industry.

CityU Library Recommends

We believe these books will help you start your job hunt. Come check them out at the library!

Life is a startup : what founders can teach us about making choices and managing change by Noam Wasserman
Call Number: BF637.S8 W3387 2019
ISBN: 9781503601758
Now what, grad? : your path to success after college by Chris Palmer
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781475838954
Publication Date: 2018
Seeking Challenge in the Career by S. Gayle Baugh; Sherry E. Sullivan
ISBN: 9781641131896
Publication Date: 2018
Assessment Centre Success by Tony Weightman
ISBN: 9780749483135
Publication Date: 2018
Down and out in the new economy : how people find (or don't find) work today by Ilana Gershon
Call Number: HF5382.75.U6 G465 2017
ISBN: 9780226452142
Publication Date: 2017
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3. 0 by Jay Conrad Levinson; David E. Perry
ISBN: 1118061276
Publication Date: 2011
How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ 2/E by Brad Schepp; Debra Schepp
Call Number: HF5382.7 .S34 2012
ISBN: 9780071790437
Publication Date: 2012
求職力: 破除新鮮人面試的50道陰影 by 蔡祐吉
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9789571362878
Publication Date: 2015

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