1 . Innovation for Everyone – Career Skills for Life
Invitation to Alumni (校友) Networking Event Organized by University of Warwick and British Council
We are delighted to invite you to an alumni networking event on Tuesday 14 March, 7-9 pm at the Le Royal Méridien Hotel, Shanghai. The event is organized by the University of Warwick and the British Council and is open to all alumni.
Come and join us for refreshments, followed by four short presentations on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship (创业) skills in your career and the launch of new career initiatives for students and alumni, before spending time networking with friends and other UK alumni over a buffet dinner.
The place for this event is the Le Royal Méridien Hotel, No.789 Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. The Le Royal Méridien Hotel is located in People's Square in Shanghai and is easily accessed by subway, bus or taxi.
DATE AND TIME
Tue 14 March 2017
19:00 – 21:00 CST
LOCATION
Le Royal Méridien Hotel
No.789 Nanjing East Road
Huangpu District
Shanghai
PROGRAMME
| 7:00 pm | Registration and welcome refreshments |
| 7:15 – 7:25 pm | “An overview of Graduate Employability (就业能力) among UK-educated Chinese Alumni and British Council Activities to Support Alumni Career Development”, Cathy He, Head of Education Services, British Council |
| 7:25 – 7:35 pm | “The Importance of Career Planning: from the SJTU Viewpoint”, Mr Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Careers |
| 7:35 – 7:45 pm | “The Importance of Innovation Skills Throughout Your Career: An Employer Viewpoint”, John Hung, Managing Partner, China Consumer & Industrial Products Industry and Automotive Sector, Deloitte, China |
| 7:45 – 7:55 pm | “New Resources to Enhance the Employability of Chinese Students and Graduates”, Esther de Perlaky, International Manager, University of Warwick |
| 8:00 – 9:00 pm | Networking and banquet buffet dinner |
Free but up to 80 tickets, please register via READ MORE.
1. The main purpose of holding this alumni networking event is ________.| A．to invite the alumni for refreshments |
| B．to spend time networking with the alumni |
| C．to help the alumni to launch new career initiatives |
| D．to share the experience of innovation and career skills for life |
| A．UK-educated Chinese Alumni |
| B．only from University of Warwick |
| C．UK-educated Alumni and their friends |
| D．UK-educated Chinese Alumni and from the SJTU |
| A．How to improve the employability of the alumni. |
| B．How to help the alumni find and improve employment. |
| C．How to enhance the employability in career development. |
| D．How to make career planning and train the alumni’s innovation skills. |
2 . People worry that developments in Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., will bring about a point in history when A. I. overtakes human intelligence, leading to an unimaginable revolution in human affairs. Or they wonder whether instead of our controlling artificial intelligence, it will control us.
The situation may not arise for hundreds of years to come, but this doesn’t mean we have nothing to worry about. On the contrary, The A. I. products that now exist are improving faster than most people realize and promise to fundamentally transform our world, not always for the better. They are only tools, not a competing form of intelligence. But they will reshape what work means and how wealth is created.
Unlike the Industrial Revolution and the Computer Revolution, the A. I. revolution is not taking certain jobs and replacing them with other jobs. Instead, it is believed to cause a wide - scale elimination of jobs -- mostly lower - paying jobs, but some higher - paying ones, too.
This transformation will result in enormous profits for the companies that develop A.I., as well as for the companies that adopt it. We are thus facing two developments that do not sit easily together; enormous wealth concentrated in relatively few hands and enormous numbers of people out of work. What is to be done?
Part of the answer will involve educating or retraining people in tasks A.I. tools aren’t good at. Artificial intelligence is poorly suited for jobs involving creativity, planning and “cross - field” thinking. But these skills are typically required by high - paying jobs that may be hard to retrain displaced workers to do. More promising are lower - paying jobs involving the “people skills” that A.I. lacks: social workers, barmen, doormen -- professions requiring human interaction. But how many barmen does a society really need?
The solution to the problem of mass unemployment will involve “service jobs of love.” These are jobs that A. I. cannot do, that society needs and that give people a sense of purpose. Examples include accompanying an older person to visit a doctor, helping at an orphanage and serving as a sponsor at charity organization. The volunteer service jobs of today, in other words, may turn into the real jobs of the future.
Other volunteer jobs may be higher - paying and professional, such as compassionate medial service providers. In all cases, people will be able to choose to work fewer hours than they do now.
1. In what aspect is the| A．I. revolution different from the Industrial or the Computer revolution? A. The A.I. revolution will finally become one beyond human’s control. |
| B．A. I. is believed to lead to a point in history when it takes over human intelligence. |
| C．Higher - paying jobs will take the place of lower-paying ones in the A.I. revolution. |
| D．It may bring about mass unemployment to matter how much employees are paid. |
| A．promotional | B．demanding |
| C．guaranteed | D．potential |
| A．It is sensible to encourage people to take volunteer jobs. |
| B．People should be instructed to do less demanding jobs. |
| C．The problem of job loss can be solved by creating lower-paying jobs. |
| D．Jobs requiring knowledge in different fields are suitable for displaced workers. |
| A．The A.I. Revolution Creates New Job Opportunities. |
| B．Challenges the A. I. Revolution Brings to Job Market. |
| C．A Double - edged Sword: the A.I. Revolution. |
| D．Interrelationship between A.I. and Unemployment. |
3 . Many young people are excited by their first weeks on a new job. For others, this early period is disappointing. Some difficulties may be caused by the individual’s lack of information and preparation. Often, unpleasant surprises result from the unreal expectations aroused during the recruiting(招聘) process. Recruiters and interviewers overstate the attractiveness of a job to gain a large number of candidates. Applicants overstate their abilities and understate their needs to improve their chances of getting the job. At the same time, they may fail to study the company to which they are applying. Thus, each side offers a mixed bag of truth-all likely to cause problems when those hired begin to work.
The problem of over expectations can exist for anyone, but it may be especially severe for those young graduates who have done particularly well in their studies and/or have graduated from famous business school. They have been used to fast, regular feedback on their performance and to the atmosphere of the university. They expect to find the same conditions on their new job. But once on the job, they think their skills and abilities unused.
An individual whose expectations are inconsistent(不一致) with the realities of a new job is not likely to develop an effective and satisfying work role in the company. Edgar Schein found that almost 75% of the interviewed graduates changed jobs at least once over a five-year period. He also found that within five years, most companies lose over half of the college graduates they hire. Schein thinks that this is caused by the difference between the graduates’ expectations and the realities of the company. Similarly, in his study of a small group of American business school graduates working in South America, Schein found that job continuation and satisfaction were related to how closely the graduates’ original expectations matched the realities of their jobs.
1. That some young people are disappointed during their first weeks on a new job may be caused by________.| A．their over excitement |
| B．new working conditions |
| C．their lack of abilities and unreal expectations |
| D．the individual’s lack of information and preparation |
| A．get the job |
| B．attract more companies |
| C．get a higher payment |
| D．obtain a large number of candidates |
| A．an individual’s expectations are inconsistent |
| B．over half of the college graduates lost their jobs within five years |
| C．more than 75% interviewed graduates changed jobs over a 5-year period |
| D．one man is not likely to develop an effective and satisfying work role in the company |
| A．companies like to hire old people |
| B．young people like to change their jobs |
| C．young people are more likely to change their jobs |
| D．young people’s skills and abilities are not needed in companies |
