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2011-12 Briefing Prepared by Dr. Anthony Tam

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Must PASS CSIS1410 | CSIS1412 for graduation Must be taken directly ahead of your final year of studies BEng(CS) After successful completion of Year two BBA(IS)/BEng(CS) After successful completion of Year three To gain maximum benefit from Industrial Training, you must already possess a strong foundation of CS knowledge

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To satisfy this training course, either Take a summer internship in a full-time IT position Most common Min. requirement 4 weeks of industrial placement in a full-time IT position Norm 8 weeks to 12 weeks Between June to August Take a full-year sandwich internship Integrated Study-Work Programme (ISWP)

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Spend 12-14 months in a full-time IT position Norm 12 months Suspension of studies Granted leave of absence Not allowed to register any HKU courses/projects Require to pay a Registration Fee (3% of the composition fee) Allow access to the Universitys library, health, counselling and physical education facilities during the study-work year Not allowed to reside in Hall

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It is your responsibility to seek and secure an internship Procedure Look for internship opportunities Some jobs are advertised through us You can look for other opportunities These jobs must be approved by Course Coordinator to ensure they meet the standards Submit your applications Have your cover letter & CV (& transcript) be ready ASAP Companies invite you for interviews Inform us on your summer or 1-year internship once you have secured a placement

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Location local or overseas Job must be in the field of IT Preferably involving software development or with significant technical substances Must work under the supervision of an experienced IT professional Must be a full-time job at the companys work place

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For example, the following do not satisfy the criteria: Computer sale Data entry Web page graphical designer Helpdesk support General office duties Part-time work Freelance work If you are not sure about a particular internship, please consult Course Coordinator for advice.

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Adventure, Inc. Altai Technologies Limited Apple Inc. BeamStyle Web Design HK Cent Consulting Limited Cityline (Hong Kong) Limited CLP Concept Art House Cyberport - Leovation Dairy Farm Hong Kong Limited EMSD, HKSAR Funboxx Ltd. G Future (Hong Kong) Company Galaxy (Asia) Limited Marine Department, HKSAR honoh limited HSBC Inspire Synergy Limited MPF scheme Authority Marine Department, HKSAR Microsoft NetDimensions NTT Communication Asia Octopus Cards Limited OGCIO ORBIS PCCW Philips Electronics Hong Kong Limited Portal Technology Ltd PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited Primitus Limited Project Orbis International Inc. Rabobank International Hong Kong Ricacorp SAP Deutschland AG & Co.K SpringSight Labs The Dairy Farm Company Limited The Judo Association of Hong Kong, China Transport Department, HKSAR UBS Versitech Limited

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Courses web site Summer Jobs newsgroup (hku.cs.summerjob) and Placement database Jobs that come to us directly or via CEDARS Jobs from CEDARS usually require nominations Course Coordinator screens all applications and nominates candidates (to fill up the quota) Start having Job ad. at Jan-Feb Recruitment activity reaches a peak during the months of April and May Govt. posts usually come in at bit late

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Seek internship through other services CEDARS (Centre of Development and Resources for Students) http://www.hku.hk/cepc/NEW/index.html JIJIS (Joint Institution Job Information System) http://www.jijis.org.hk/jijis/ These jobs must be approved by Course Coordinator to ensure they meet the standards If you spot some internship posts and would like to consult me, send me the job ads. Inform us once you have secured a job

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You have to register with the department once you have secured a placement. If we do not have a record of your placement, you will fail the Industrial Training course. We have to screen the job nature of all placement positions to make sure that the posts satisfy the Industrial Training requirements.

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Log-on to the Placement database and enter your Placement Record Name and contact details of your supervisor (you may send these later after you have started work.) This is optional, will be kept confidential. The average salary is useful for me to advise companies about the norm.

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Status of your placement record is either NA / Waiting / Incomplete / Approved NA You haven't entered your placement record yet Waiting You have entered your placement record, but it hasn't been screened by us yet Incomplete We have screened your placement record and find that you did not input sufficient details on the nature of work (Job Description) Approved - this post is approved by us Remark My comment on your placement record; in particular, indicate what is/are missing.

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Write a training report of ~1000 words Outline the work you performed Provide a description and evaluation of the IT and /or software practices used by the organization Your supervisor will report to us on your professionalism and on the quality of your work Invite your supervisor to fill in a feedback form Available on the "Info for Employers" page Explicitly opened for external partners to view and download Course Web site -> Info for Employers -> Feedback form Assessment is based on these two reports

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When accepting an internship, you will ask to sign an agreement We expect you to honor that agreement Breaking an agreement without the departments prior approval will be treated as a serious breach of professional conduct

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http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1412 http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410 Information for Students About Summer Internship http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410/info-new.html About ISWP http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410/ISWP-new.html Information for Employers http://i.cs.hku.hk/~c1410/Recruit/index.html