—Dean Tao Tao led a team to visit Xiamen ITG Group Co., Ltd. and Industrial Bank C. Ltd. Xiamen Branch

The number of college graduates in 2022 exceeded 10 million for the first time. Affected by multiple factors such as the COVID-19 epidemic and increasing economic downward pressure, the employment situation of graduates is severe and complicated. In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the employment of college graduates and the school's work requirements, on the afternoon of May 24, Professor Tao Tao, Dean of International College, and Chen Xiangliu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, visited Xiamen International Trade Group Co., Ltd. and Industrial Bank Xiamen Branch,  to promote employment, further strengthen the connection between institutes and enterprises, deepen the cooperation between institutes and enterprises, tap job resources, and promote the precise matching of personnel and talents.

Dean Tao Tao and the delegation of IC first came to Xiamen International Trade Group Co., Ltd., a core member of the world's top 500 international trade holding group. Accompanied by Ye Houfei, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee, and Chen Min, the vice-general manager of the human resource department, they visited the corporate culture exhibition hall. After gaining a preliminary understanding of the development history, strategic planning, business sectors, corporate management and social responsibility of ITG Group Co, ltd., they had discussion with  Chen Min, the deputy general manager of the company's human resources department, and Bai Fan, the recruiting manager.

At the meeting, Chen Min briefly introduced the company's development history, business layout and talent selection, employment, and other related situations, hoping to expand international education and other fields under the background of international trade, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with colleges, and promote college-enterprise linkages and build a "reservoir" of international talents. Dean Tao fully affirmed the development achievements of ITG Group Corp, Ltd., and briefly introduced the development history of International College, the characteristics of running, the types of students and the training of talent, hoping to further broaden the cooperation with ITG, build a win-win cooperation platform and provide more internship and employment opportunities. Combined with the actual situation of students' further education and employment. Chen Xiangliu, Deputy Secretary of IC, introduced in detail the characteristics of IC students and their specialties and advantages in employment. The two sides conducted full exchanges and discussions on future cooperation methods, talent recruitment, intern selection, career planning education, etc., and reached a preliminary consensus.

Afterwards, Tao Tao, Dean of IC and the other delegation continued to visit Industrial Bank Xiamen Branch, the co-construction unit of “Xingye Lake” in Bamin Garden, and met with Huang Chunqiang, Vice President of Xiamen Branch of Industrial Bank. Zhang Aiping, General Manager of Personnel Supervision Department, and Qian Chunmei, General Manager of Institutional Business Department, Xiao Yingjuan, Deputy General Manager of Retail Finance Department, and Li Lin, President of Lvling Sub-branch held a discussion. Huang Chunqiang extended a warm welcome to the arrival of Dean Tao and his delegation, briefly introduced the development of Industrial Bank, and hoped to have more in-depth cooperation in projects, business and talent co-construction. Zhang Aiping, general manager of the Personnel Supervision Department, introduced the talent recruitment categories and talent needs of Industrial Bank. Combining the characteristics of talent training and the talent needs of Industrial Bank, Xiamen Branch, Chen Xiangliu, Deputy Secretary of IC introduced the graduates of our college in detail, and particularly pointed out their advantages in internship and employment. Through the discussion, Dean Tao said that he will maintain the sustainable cooperation with Industrial Bank, promote the linkage between talent training and employment, promote the effective connection between talent supply and demand, and open up more internship jobs and opportunities.

During this visit, the resumes carefully prepared by the students were also delivered on-site to actively recommend outstanding graduates to employers. It is reported that when Dean Tao and the delegation just finished their visit to Industrial Bank, they received good news that a student of the class of 2022 was admitted to Industrial Bank. Expanding employment were really implemented and achieved results.

International College has always attached great importance to student employment services. In addition to visiting companies to open up employment channels for students, it also increases employment support and services for students with employment difficulties through activities such as employment experience sharing sessions and career planning lectures, establish a "diversion label", implement a "one person, one policy" assistance plan, make every effort to promote more full and higher-quality employment of graduates, and open up the "last mile" of graduates' employment.