Creativity carries day for champions
As the corporate world becomes increasingly competitive, young job seekers aim to deliver good quality work under pressure and to think on their feet.
Apart from these qualities, the winners of the ACCA Hong Kong Job Hunting Competition 2010 final demonstrated exceptional leadership and resourcefulness, say judges of the contest. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Hong Kong organised the competition.
The champion is Terrence Pang Tim-yu, a first-year student of bachelor of business administration in global business studies at Chinese University. First runner-up is Astina Au Sze-ting, a second-year student of BBA (Law) at the University of Hong Kong. Second runner-up is Danny Tang Chun-kit, also a second-year student of BBA (Law) at HKU. They will represent Hong Kong at the China Grand Final in Beijing in July.
The Ming Pao Best Team Spirit Award went to Group Two, which was formed by Terrence Pang, Arnold Leung Tsz-ho, student of BBA finance and information systems at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Lim Shing-vee, BBA accounting and finance at HKU; and Ng Chak-him, BBA (Law), HKU.
'Group Two demonstrated tremendous team spirit. At the question-and-answer session, team members would consult with one another first before one of them gave answers,' says one of the judges, Tracy Ho, tax partner at Ernst & Young.
Grouped into three teams, the 12 finalists were given two hours in the morning to prepare a presentation outlining a detailed business proposal to manage a heritage preservation project in which several 1920s tenement buildings in Wan Chai would be redeveloped into performance and exhibition venues for local artists. They did the presentation before the judges and audience in the afternoon and also fielded questions from the judges and other contestants.
'All three winners had consistent performances throughout the day,' says Sandra Lai, assurance partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong. 'They did well at the initial brainstorming and discussion session and were able to organise their ideas into well-planned presentations. They also demonstrated exceptional presentation skills.'