My summer adventure was actually started right after I got on my flight to Beijing. I was asked twice by Delta in Seattle and Tokyo about my travel certificate to China. Although I told them it is okay to renew my expired certificate at the BJ airport with my photo, Taiwanese ID , they all insisted on double checking with the China embassy before issuing me the boarding pass. Moreover, the immigration officer who issued me the new certificate wrongly typed my gender as “Male” and the Customs let me pass without pointing out the mistake. I firstly noticed this is a big issue when I was rejected by the bank teller saying that I can’t open an account there if there is such obvious mistake in my ID. Later, the company helps me apply the work permit also told me the medical checkup report shows me as a man, then I realized things is getting worse and I have to solve it soon. Luckily, the immigration officer I contacted showed much kindness and promised to assist my reapplication process. With his kind help, I save several tedious steps and received my “correct” certificate within 2 days. Sounds like the end? No, to collect all the required documents for my work permit, I went to the police office to get the “registration form of temporary residence” and reserved another medical checkup which is requested by the labor bureau. Hopefully, with all the efforts and hard work I have done, I can receive my work permit soon!
Let’s go back to work! I met my direct manager the first day of work. He is a very attractive gentleman who was relocated to China from Ohio only 6 months before. We talked over my summer projects and walked through what has been already done and what can I contribute to. As a project manager under strategic marketing department, the first project I would be working on is to evaluate the potential Chinese market for existing farming machinery currently used in South America. The other one is to understand the value chain of sugarcane and introduce the right product to reduce customers’ burden of increasing labor rate. I am so excited about the chance to leverage the analytical capabilities from my previous working experience and implement the framework from class to develop marketing strategy in the real world. For my first week, I read through a stack of valuable materials, extracted the relevant information and came out with a rough project plan during my manager’s absence. I will update you guys the project process and my Beijing experience next time!
Let’s go back to work! I met my direct manager the first day of work. He is a very attractive gentleman who was relocated to China from Ohio only 6 months before. We talked over my summer projects and walked through what has been already done and what can I contribute to. As a project manager under strategic marketing department, the first project I would be working on is to evaluate the potential Chinese market for existing farming machinery currently used in South America. The other one is to understand the value chain of sugarcane and introduce the right product to reduce customers’ burden of increasing labor rate. I am so excited about the chance to leverage the analytical capabilities from my previous working experience and implement the framework from class to develop marketing strategy in the real world. For my first week, I read through a stack of valuable materials, extracted the relevant information and came out with a rough project plan during my manager’s absence. I will update you guys the project process and my Beijing experience next time!
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