PF Lecture: Lee Hornsby, Lead Development and Partnerships Manager, CREATIVE UK

The employment and entrepreneurship environment driven by the UK's creative industries is inclusive and reflected in the support of society and capital in all aspects. Companies put creativity at the core of the British culture, economy and education system and attach importance to fostering a creative employment environment.

The UK creative industry aims to attract talents from all countries, so the threshold of talent groups will naturally rise. The natural problem is that it is relatively difficult for Chinese students to stay in the UK and work.

Returning to China for employment after graduation seems to be the inevitable choice for most Chinese students studying abroad.However, the Financial Times (FT) reported that graduates studying in the UK are facing a cold spell in job hunting in China's local market.

According to the report, Wang Xiaotong, a master of management from Glasgow University, felt lucky to get the internship opportunity of Hill&Knowlton Consulting Company. Even if the internship period was only three months, he still felt lucky to get the work experience, because the Chinese companies that he had sent his resume before had not responded."I have submitted resumes for positions related to my major and matching my job description. I thought they would at least give me a reply, but many companies didn't even give me an interview opportunity." Wang Xiaotong said, "There are more and more people with master's degree, and the market is so big, we will have to start a bloody battle.".The Financial Times believes that the job market of financial industry and technology enterprises is particularly cold, even graduates of top universities.

But what about working in Britain?

Since 2016, the instability of Brexit has also affected the employment plans of Asian students studying in the UK. Asian students have said that it is more difficult to seek a banking job in London after graduation."In the next few years, I predict that the number of jobs in the banking industry will decrease, the number of transactions will also decrease, the bonus will shrink, the tax will be higher, the pound will depreciate, and the cost of living will rise. All these factors make people feel that staying in London is not a very attractive choice." said Adrian Choo, intern of M&A Company.

Terrance Ng, a UCL student, believes that Brexit may destroy his opportunity to enter the City of London Investment Bank: "Europe's open market access to the UK is reduced, which means that there are fewer job opportunities. So I feel not so positive about the future prospects in London, but I still need to wait and see the progress of Brexit negotiations."