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王鴻智 博士王鴻智 博士Mike Wang, Ph.D.Mike Wang, Ph.D.

ContentContentDivision of Electrical EngineeringDivision of Electrical EngineeringBe Professional Be Professional Manage Your Personal ConnectionManage Your Personal ConnectionCareer Consideration – USA, Taiwan or Career Consideration – USA, Taiwan or China?China?Be Ready for Your First Job in USA!Be Ready for Your First Job in USA!Green Card! The Way to Stay in USA?!Green Card! The Way to Stay in USA?!Ready to Go? Something Should Keep in Ready to Go? Something Should Keep in Mind…Mind…Contact InformationContact InformationQ&AQ&A

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Career ConsiderationCareer ConsiderationUSA, Taiwan or China?USA, Taiwan or China?– USA – Technical and ProfessionalUSA – Technical and Professional– Taiwan – Local connection Taiwan – Local connection – China – Marketing and ManufacturingChina – Marketing and Manufacturing

Industry Trend?Industry Trend?– IC -> Internet -> Telephony -> Wireless and IC -> Internet -> Telephony -> Wireless and

MobileMobile– Multimedia (digital content, DTV, digital Multimedia (digital content, DTV, digital

display…) is the next step!display…) is the next step!

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12 months limitation on Practical Training12 months limitation on Practical TrainingYou can apply practical training any time!You can apply practical training any time!

Green Card! The Way to Stay in Green Card! The Way to Stay in USA?!USA?!

Type of Green CardType of Green Card– EB1-1: Extra-ordinary individualEB1-1: Extra-ordinary individual– EB1-2: Outstanding researchersEB1-2: Outstanding researchers– EB2: National interest waiversEB2: National interest waivers– EB3: Labor certificationEB3: Labor certification– EB4: Family immigration EB4: Family immigration – Lottery, You can try it yearlyLottery, You can try it yearly

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For those who are in the highest percentile of their field or profession. However, the standards are rigorous and few people are q

ualified.“outstanding" in a specific academic area. Furthermore, the individual must have at least 3 years of experience or teaching in that

academic area. who possess advanced degrees in professional fields or who have exception ability in the arts, business, or sciences

Ready to Go? Something Should Ready to Go? Something Should Keep in MindKeep in Mind

Common: Be Ready for Your Life ChangeCommon: Be Ready for Your Life Change– Opportunity to build up your new Opportunity to build up your new

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For Master pursuerFor Master pursuer– Open mind, open eyes and open connection!Open mind, open eyes and open connection!

For Ph.D. pursuerFor Ph.D. pursuer– The darkest time is the time closest to dawnThe darkest time is the time closest to dawn

Contact InformationContact InformationMike Wang, Ph.D.Mike Wang, Ph.D.– Email: mikewang@ieee.orgEmail: mikewang@ieee.org– Specialized: multimedia processing, Internet tSpecialized: multimedia processing, Internet t

elephony, watermarking and information embelephony, watermarking and information embedding, digital audio and video broadcasting sedding, digital audio and video broadcasting system designystem design

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經驗分享 經驗分享 MSF MSF

何曉屏2003/8/2

Self Introduction

Education 政治大學 公共行政系 學士 U.S.A. George Washington University Mater of Science in Finance

Working Experience 貿易公司 業務助理 2 年 中國信託商業銀行 財務處 4.5 年

MBA v.s. MSF

MBA

通才之學位，選擇一個主修，著重在管理與領導專業人員

主修領域 - Finance, Accountancy, Marketing, International Business, MIS, E-Commerce, Strategic Management, Public Administration, Hotel Management, Art Management

MSF

專才之學位，課程均為 finance 相關領域，著重在“做”而非管理

Value of MSF Degree

幫助事業發展

增長國際觀

增強語文能力

拓展人際網路

工作機會

銀行 顧問公司 投資銀行 證券業 資產管理公司

金融專業證照 - CFA

CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst

( 美國特許財務分析師 )

美國投資管理與研究協會核發 Since 1963

考試分三級 Level I & II & III ，一年一級 有證照者多服務於銀行、投資銀行、券商、 資產管理公司、投資公司及基金、 顧問公司

CFA 考試範圍

倫理和職業道德 財務報表分析 統計學 經濟學 資產評價 投資組合管理

CFA 考試及格率

2002年 到考考生 及格率Level I 43,882 44%

Level II 22,163 47%

Level III 10,186 58%

自 1963迄 2002年，全球累計頒發之證照數為 55,400

金融專業證照 - FRM

Financial Risk Manager ( 金融風險管理師 )

涵蓋範圍 - 市場 / 信用 / 作業風險、會計、稅務

職務上之需要 - 金融機構風管人員、稽核、 資產管理者、基金經理人、投資銀行業者 2003 年考試範圍與比重主題 比重

數量分析 10%

信用風險 30%

市場風險 25%

操作與整合性風險 10%

法令、會計與職業道德 15%

FRM 考試及格率

Year 及格機率

1997 37%

1998 43%

1999 53%

2000 53%

2001 63%

2002 59%

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