UPEC2020毕业生访谈系列丨When East Meets West（GMiM篇）

青春不老，我们不散！

汝常仪：当初选择GMiM这个项目也是因为自己比较想出国，我看到GMiM的项目设置觉得“进可攻，退可守”，一来是可以拥有比较完整的海外学习经历，二来也可以借助复旦管院这个平台回国找工作，所以最后选择了GMiM。

李嘉悦：两年前因为想要一段更多元、更丰富的研究生就读经历，而选择了GMiM项目，事实证明这个选择也没有让我失望。

沈妍：我当时选择GMiM的原因主要有三个，第一是我非常喜欢GMiM的文化，因为GMiM是一个由复旦管院和LBS合办的非常国际化、多元化的项目，除此之外，GMiM项目的老师和学生都非常nice。第二是因为我非常喜欢GMiM的师资及职业发展团队，我相信复旦管院和LBS的老师及导师都能在很大程度上帮助我解决学业及求职中的困惑。第三是因为我很喜欢这个项目所在的城市，伦敦和上海是我最喜欢的两个城市：伦敦是一个国际化、非常具有包容性的地方，而上海则是我的家。所以综合上述的三个原因，我选择了GMiM。

Julia：I chose the GMiM as my postgraduate programme because I think it’s really unique in its combination of being very rigorously academic, but at the same time giving you a very international experience and giving you the opportunity to travel all the way to Shanghai with a very small group of diverse students, giving you the opportunity to learn from each other within an academic setting and a social setting to become a really close-knit group.

Sean：I chose the gmim because I had worked in China as an intern for about a year during my undergraduate studies and I very much enjoyed it. So I was interested in learning more about doing business in the country and hopefully finding a job there. I looked at master's degrees in all of the top Chinese universities and visited their campuses and I liked Fudan the best and the fact that I could also have a year in the UK at London business school made it even better. So it was very exciting to return to two of my favorite cities London and Shanghai. So the choice for me was a very easy one. 

汝常仪：印象比较深刻的当时圣诞节附近，LBS组织了一个活动叫Santa Run，当时200-300名LBS各个项目的同学穿上全身红色的圣诞老人衣服，浩浩荡荡地从学校出发，然后走过特拉法尔加广场等伦敦标志性的建筑物，随后大家一起齐聚party，所以印象还是很深刻的。

李嘉悦：在LBS的一年，与不同经历、不同文化背景的国际同学在交流和合作的过程中，产生了很多思想上的碰撞，觉得十分有趣也深受启发。

沈妍：印象最深刻的也是我在LBS最感动的一次经历，就是我第一次和我的学习小组进行合作的时候。当时我是整个学习小组唯一的一名女性，在第一次小组合作之前，我非常担心自己会不会因为文化和性别的原因而受到不太公平的待遇，我会在意自己的意见会不会被倾听，也会担心自己在讨论和辩论的时候能不能得到同等的待遇。但当我进入会议室和我的小组成员开始讨论的时候，我并没有碰到我所担心的任何事情，每当我讲话的时候大家都会非常认真地倾听，甚至当我有一些沉默的时候，会有小组成员主动来engage我问我有什么想法，那一次的经历让我感受到了尊重，也让我十分感动。

Julia：I think having the combination of Chinese students and international students on the GMiM was really invaluable to the whole experience. First of all, when we first moved to Shanghai our Chinese classmates were so helpful in making sure things went smoothly and things were sorted out. Without them, it would have been a very stressful experience and they really made it very enjoyable. They also showed us where the best places in Shanghai to go, to live, all of these details which we just wouldn’t have known about otherwise. Also, in the academic context, it was so great to have a range of perspectives from all around the world when we were learning about Chinese economy and Chinese business and our Chinese classmates were really helpful in helping us understand, from that first-hand perspective, how these things function and I think that really enriched our understanding as international students.

Sean：My Chinese classmates always impressed me not only by their helpfulness but also by their organization and resourcefulness. If it wasn't for them I think our group projects may not have gone as well as they did. 

汝常仪：管院和LBS的校友资源对我的帮助我觉得主要是两方面，第一方面是比较间接的帮助，比如管院和LBS都会组织一些校友回校的行业讲座或和大家分享他们工作的经历，让我对这些行业和工作内容有个更深的认知。直接的影响可能是在我申请一家公司的时候，我可能会约在这家公司工作的校友一起喝个咖啡，可以得到一些更加具体的公司层面的信息。

李嘉悦：在求职的过程中，管院和LBS的职业发展中心，包括强大的校友资源都给了我很多实际的帮助。

沈妍：他们对我有很大很大的帮助，主要体现在两个方面，一是LBS和管院的校友给了我很多有用的建议和指引，LBS和管院都有很多校友在各行各业的顶尖公司中就职，与此同时他们愿意非常无私地和后辈分享他们求职和就业的经历，他们也会给我们非常多的建议，这些分享和建议其实在很大程度帮助我少走了很多弯路，也让我的求职过程变得非常高效。第二个方面的帮助就是他们的榜样作用，每当我在求职的时候感到迷茫或困惑的时候，他们的经历都能给我很大的启发，并且起到了很大的鼓励作用。那这两方面的帮助其实促就了我以及每一个GMiM同学在求职过程中的收获。

Julia：I think, for me, the alumni resources at LBS and FDSM have been really helpful in my job hunt. First of all, at LBS, that was more when I was actively hunting for a job, an internship which I later converted, it was all about the clubs I could join, the alumni I could speak to and reach out for a coffee chat which were really invaluable. Secondly, at FDSM, I think once I’d found the job and I knew I was going back to that, it was really nice to meet up with like-minded alumni, particularly my mentor who was just lovely and helped me to envision what a future career could look like in the field I’d chosen. It was nice to get that from an Eastern perspective, rather than just a Western perspective, and really made me think globally about my career, and not just focus my career in Europe but also involve China and elsewhere.

Sean：The most helpful things for my job hunt were some of the resources in the FDSM career center. When I had a major assessment center interview coming up, one of their mentors Doctor Cai was super helpful and prepared a big packet of information about the company for me to study. And then he met with me and walked me through the assessments in our process. His help was crucial in my being confident and successful during the assessment center and getting an offer for my ideal position. Attending the job fair that FDSM put on also made it quite easy for me to find a good internship that I had during my time at Fudan.

汝常仪：这个问题其实我也不知道，其实我觉得人是有无限多种可能，我也不会给自己去设限或者说是规划我10年以后应该要到一个什么样的地方，但我希望10年以后的自己可以过得开心自在，并且在做自己想做的事情吧。

李嘉悦：希望10年以后我还能在做自己喜欢做的事情，也可以交更多的朋友。

沈妍：这是一个很难的问题，不过很大几率我还是会在现在这个desk、快乐地做着我现在的这份工作，但是可能做得比现在好，hopefully。然后皱纹应该会多很多，头发应该会少很多，除此之外那时会比现在的自己更有能力去回馈到自己所处的以及所关心的communities吧。

Julia：I think right now it’s really difficult to imagine what my life and career will look like in 10 years’ time, definitely with all the uncertainty going on right now. I think the one non-negotiable for me is that, in 10 years’ time, I will have worked and lived abroad for the majority of my career and part of that will definitely be in China. I definitely feel I have unfinished business in China, after the Coronavirus situation, I really want to go back and enjoy the professional life rather than just the student, academic life. What the GMiM has also taught me is that you can be adaptable to all different cultures around the world, whether that’s Chinese culture, or US culture, or Indian culture, all of these different countries, I think the opportunities are endless. In 10 years’ time, I really want to look back and think I took all of those opportunities to broaden my horizons and go and work abroad where I could possibly do so.

Sean：So in 10 years I’ll have lived in a couple more countries traveled to many more and hopefully have been promoted to an upper management level position. I’ll be working in an industry that I'm passionate about and with people that I enjoy being around.

汝常仪：感谢我的爸爸和妈妈，感谢我的同学们，感谢CCTV，感谢MTV，感谢复旦管院的老师，感谢LBS。

李嘉悦：想感谢的人非常多，包括GMiM项目所有的同学和一直支持这个项目运转的LBS和管院的老师，因为没有大家就不会有我们这份独一无二的经历。

Julia：Who I would like to thank the most for this whole experience would be the Fudan programme office at FDSM for the GMiM because honestly, they have had such a tough job dealing with the pandemic and making sure that we can all continue and pursue our education despite all the uncertainty going on in the world. I think the lectures we had on WebEx were absolutely brilliant, everything was managed with our thesis and the thesis defence were really lovely, and even this big tribute to our time at FDSM is such a testament to how hard they work. I’d really like to say thank you, from all of us, for how that’s been handled, and we’re really grateful to have been able to finish our degrees with the minimum disruption possible.

Sean：I wanna say thank you to Shirley Xia for being a good friend but especially for the many Chinese chats we had back when we were in London that really helped me improve my language skills and prepared me for returning to China last year. I only hope that our English chats helped you just as much.

汝常仪：可能对我自己的期望是一样的，希望我亲爱的同学们，在未来的日子里也能开心自在，做自己想做的事情。

李嘉悦：我想祝今年所有毕业的同学们都可以身体健康，前程似锦。

Julia：For all of us right now, there’s a lot of disruption and uncertainty and I think, as much as we hear it all the time that ‘things will turn out OK’, I just want to wish everyone strength and adaptability to deal with this ever-evolving situation. I think in 5-10 years’ time, we will have these skills of being able to change to a situation very, very quickly, more so than any other generation has before us, and I think that’s a strength that we can hold on to when it comes to looking at our careers unfolding in front of us.

Sean：This year, our time together as classmates has been cut short all of a sudden and therefore I wish that we will all have the chance in the future to meet each other again as friends and look back on our adventurous times through London business school and Fudan.

汝常仪：在管院最遗憾的可能就是这次因为疫情不可抗力的关系，在管院待的时间没有那么久，然后原本想和管院共享的回忆可能也没有办法达成，比如游轮的毕业典礼、毕业旅行、红毯之类的。

李嘉悦：最遗憾的可能就是今年疫情的原因没有办法在线下和大家度过一个完整的学年。

Julia：I think, in my mind, all my favourite stories from FDSM have kind of merged into one since I came home from China and I’m really just missing the experience of turning up to school every day, turning up to campus, getting my favourite Chinese street food from the roads around Fudan, meeting up with my friends and enjoying the classes that we had a Fudan. I think that way of life will stay with me for a very long time. I think if I had to pick one thing, my favourite experience was probably our Chinese classes as international students, that was just lovely to be able to learn every single week and try, maybe not very accurately, but try and speak Chinese as much as possible, and really learn that skill alongside all the academic subjects we were studying.

Sean：I can only slightly remember this one but I recall going to KTV one night during our trip to Hangzhou. And it seemed like we were there forever, never ended because every time I thought we would leave someone kept saying, ‘add another hour’. And I can also remember at the beginning of the year going with Cedric to a company talk that was supposed to be in English but turned out to be in mandarin. I think we're both a little lost, but we stuck with it until the end. At least for me, I am too proud to admit if I can't understand it.