《110-2 Event Sharing》“A Career in HR: Headhunter” Alan McIvor, Paul Wright Group

For international students, finding a suitable job in Taiwan can often seem like a challenging task. So, to give an insight into the prospective industries and how to land a job successfully, the office of Career Development, College of Management invited reputed HR Head-hunter Alan McIvor from the Paul Wright group to guide the students and share his valuable experience of working in Taiwan. Mr. McIvor has worked in many countries around the world including the UK, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and therefore has considerable experience working overseas. 

The virtual event was organized on February 24th, 2022 and more than 40 students from GHRM MBA and IBMBA department attended the webinar. Mr. McIvor provided insights into the day-to-day life of a Head-hunter and shared that the job involves regular communication with clients and candidates to identify ideal candidates for a particular job and company. Extrovert personalities and those who enjoy working with people can have a successful headhunting career. 

Mr. McIvor suggests that while looking for a job, students first need to understand what they want from their career and should not overlook any crucial aspects like salary, job satisfaction, or work-life balance. Job Hunting requires active networking through various platforms such as LinkedIn and using these connections to land interviews. He highlighted that at the onset of one’s career one should not make the mistake of changing jobs too frequently, but doing internships to gain experience will add great value to the CV. Moreover, Mr. McIvor shared some great interview tips like researching about the company and job scope before the interview and focusing on soft skills.  

The session was informative as well as interactive as the students had some interesting questions that Mr. McIvor answered patiently. For management students, it was a great opportunity to learn more about what their future careers might look like. The College of Management will continue to have many such sessions to help students learn more about their dream careers.