Career confidence for China student

Jin Shan is secretary to the General Manager of Stanley Bostich Metal Industries Co Ltd, a Sino-US joint venture corporation in China. Prior to joining the company, she discovered that many organisations, especially foreign corporations in China, were familiar with LCCI certificates, especially as they exempt candidates from entrance examinations for some companies.

Jin Shan says that she was not nervous taking typing tests and English oral tests in job interviews, because she had gained confidence from her experience of the LCCI exam: ‘The LCCI courses have helped me a lot in my job,’ she comments. ‘When I’m typing, my colleagues are always surprised by my proficient typing skills. As a secretary to a General Manager I have to deal with many business letters and e-mails. From the beginning of my job I found I was familiar with these English business letters in both format and wording, for the simple reason that I had learnt the LCCI English for Business course. Therefore the LCCI exams really gave me confidence to work well.