The University of Hong Kong's recruitment drive for accounting and banking professionals is increasing in popularity with firms and students driven by strong demand on the mainland for Hong Kong talent, according to some recruiters.
The university's director of careers and placement, Herman Chan Ping-kong, said the drives were planned months ahead, from July to August, to cater for the increasing demand from the big accounting and banking corporations.
'We arrange their visits and logistics support,' he said. 'With the accounting firms, all of them come, including the Big Four, most of them in September or October. This year they have come a little earlier, presumably to get earlier attention and earlier exposure.
'The talks change from year to year, depending on what they want to highlight. They normally go for about an hour, followed by informal discussions.
'They normally have quite large teams of speakers, managers and also their fresh hires - teams of up to 15 of their staff. They obviously want to maximise their exposure with the students and the students are keen to quiz them on career tracks within their firms.'
Mr Chan said there was huge interest in the recruitment talks on campus, with many students from non-related study streams also attending.