The School of Economics and Management of Tongji University recently held job fairs in the largest city of Texas, Houston. This event was welcomed by the Chinese students there.
The recruitment was held at the Department of Education of the Chinese Consulate General in Houston. About 50 professors and doctoral students from dozens of prestigious universities in Houston, such as Rice University, University of Houston, Baylor University and Texas Southern University, and Tongji University Alumni Association, Peking University Alumni Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm, Exxon Mobil, attended the event and submitted their resumes.
In his address, Lv Peiming, vice-president of Tongji University said that the fundamental competition between colleges is a competition for talent. Tongji is exploring bode and innovated ways to recruit talent. In the past, we waited for talent to come to us. Now we take the initiative to find the talent, setting up a talent pool, finding out the latest situation of the cutting-edge talent. This was only a beginning for Tongji University’s overseas recruitment. Going forward, it will intensify its efforts to bring in more talent.
According to Huo Jiazhen, the Dean of School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, the School of Economics and Management was founded in 1984, and has established cooperative relationships with over 50 world-renowned institutions in 15 countries and regions. The School takes in over 300 international students each year, and sends out nearly 200 Chinese students to study abroad. This recruitment was mainly for talented faculty members in the fields of business administration and economics.