In fact, the experience we gained in this programme is much more than what we have expected. We went to the office of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, where we met our mentor, Ms. Tisa Ho, the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. We were amazed to know that she was also a past paulinian too! Tisa was very friendly and she shared much of her personal experience with us. Through this job-shadowing programme we have learnt not only the skills and techniques we need for the job, we have also realized that it is important to choose a job based on our interests. Only by this, you will develop your passion, your devotion to your job. We think this is a wonderful experience and it is great if the programme will be held again in the future.

On 1st of April, nine of our F.6 students went to the Hong Kong office of Starcom MediaVest Group for a job-shadowing programme. Our mentor Miss Tania Ng, representative of the company, gave us a chance to see what it’s like to work in the financial sector. Unlike in formal talks, this event provided us interactive experience such as conducting credit checks on a potential client, calculating the profitability and commission rate for a project, and comparing business contracts. We were able to glean a clearer picture of careers in the financial industry.

Mr. Pushkar Sane, the director of the Hong Kong Office of Vivaki Media, proved to be a great mentor. During our visit, he gave us a brief picture of how it really was to work in the media industry. Mr. Sane’s seminar was an inspiration to all of us.
Firstly, he told us behind all the glam, the core essential was to please clients with good commercials. We had to understand consumers, which required lots of research. This industry was not just about being creative. Secondly, Mr. Pushkar told us about the four Ps that we should follow when developing our careers: practice, persistence, patience and passion. Thirdly, our mentor encouraged, saying it was crucial for us to be imaginative and daring if we wanted to stand out in the industry.
All in all, this job shadowing experience was very rewarding.

On the 12 Feb 2010, Vivian Chau and Ivy Wong, both of F .6L spent an unforgettable afternoon at the Hong Kong Arts Centre for a job shadowing experience. Their mentor was Ms. Tisa Ho, the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. They were assigned the work of preparing souvenirs for one of the shows. While doing so, they talked with Ms. Ho, exchanging views on arts and cultural development in Hong Kong. Ms. Ho also shared the upside and downside of her work. Doubts they had about the arts industry were also resolved. The two had a glimpse of the organization and planning behind performances. Although the experience lasted only a few hours, it was a great chance for our Paulinians to learn more about the administration work at the HK Arts Centre.

On the 28th January, 2010, our school alumni, Ms Cynthia Chan, conducted an interview workshop for students who are eligible for the Early Admission Scheme. Ms Chan is an experienced interviewer, our students were able to learn a lot about how to prepare for the university interviews from her, and even got to try their hands at doing a self introduction and a mock interview. Students who attended the workshop gained valuable insights and feel much more confident about the coming interviews.

On 27th January, twenty Form 6 students visited the garment manufacturing site of Esquel Enterprise. Ms Pamela Tai, representative of Esquel explained to us the manufacturing process of cotton shirts and Mr. Chung, the factory’s manager gave us a tour of the factory. Our students were enlightened by both speakers’ insightful presentation.

In collaboration with our Alumni, the Careers Team held a Job Shadowing introductory session during our Ethics lesson on 25th November 2009. Ms Ellen Mak and Ms Tania Ng used Bill Gate’s recent speech to high school students to explain what “reality” is. The talk was inspirational and students were very enthusiastic about joining the programme.

Education Advisors from British Council and IDP Education came to our school and gave us talks on studies in UK and Australia on 29th October 2009 and 10th November 2009 respectively. Our students were able to have a deeper understanding of the UK and Australian Education systems, application procedure to their universities as well as their cultures.

In preparation for the students who are interested in studying in the US, Mr Kevin Cook gave our students a talk on “SAT Preparation Skills” on 29th October 2009. It was an informative talk and our students learnt about the SAT skills insight, general test-taking approaches on Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing. Mr Cook also gave our students some sample question to practice during the workshop and guided them on how to sharpen their skills, recognizing that those skills are the same ones they’ve learned in the classroom.

The JUPAS Talks 2009 were successfully held in October. Four sharing sessions were conducted on 8th, 12th, 23rd and 28th October after school from 4:15 to 5:30 pm in I.S. Laboratory. SPCS graduates who are now current Year 2 students from various local universities were invited to share with our F6 and F7 students their experiences in making JUPAS choices. They also talked about their life in universities and specific information regarding their study programmes. All participants found the sharing sessions very useful and resourceful

The Careers talk took place on October 5 and 6 2009, and was titled 'How to Maximize Your Potential! Why Start Now?'. The presenters drew upon their own education background and work experience, and delivered the talk in the form of sharing. The half an hour session covered the current global tertiary education landscape, with particular emphasis on UK/US universities' evaluation criteria. The talk ended with the presenters stressing upon the importance of developing "thinking skills" (critical, lateral, creative) and having a focused commitment to selective extra-curriculum activities.