闻姝婧：回国后，从宁诺再出发

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Two years ago, after studying and working in New Zealand for seven years, Shujing Wen decided to return to China. However, she was a little apprehensive at the time because she had been away from China for so long. Two years later, not only did she successfully graduate from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China with a Master's degree in Finance and Investment (Professional Accounting), but she also got a job offer from KPMG a year before graduation.

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闻姝婧 Shujing Wen

2023届金融与投资学硕士毕业生（研究方向：专业会计）

MSc Finance and Investment (Professional Accounting), Class of 2023

本科就读于新西兰奥克兰大学

Studied at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

两年前，闻姝婧在新西兰学习工作了七年之后，毅然决定回国发展。然而，由于脱离国内环境太久，当时的她多少还是有点忐忑。两年后，闻姝婧不仅顺利从宁波诺丁汉大学金融和投资学理学硕士（研究方向：专业会计）专业毕业，而且还在毕业之前一年就早早拿到了毕马威的工作offer……

回国再出发

闻姝婧本科就读于新西兰排名第一的奥克兰大学，毕业后，她选择留在了新西兰工作。但在2021年，由于受疫情等各种因素的叠加影响，她决定回国发展。

在新西兰留学时期

考虑到自己脱离国内环境太久，闻姝婧萌生了先读硕士作为过渡的想法，“国内就业市场太‘卷’了，我觉得我还需要提高自己的竞争力，再加上长时间没有在国内了，所以想通过读硕士的方式过渡一下。当时也考虑了很多学校，最后还是觉得宁诺最合适。”

虽然是宁波人，但直到开学报道那天，闻姝婧才第一次踏进宁诺校园。回忆起对宁诺的第一印象，她说宁诺更有那种校园的氛围，“奥克兰大学是没有围墙的，而是由几栋分散在城市各处的楼组成。宁诺则拥有一个美丽的校区，更有一种世外桃源的感觉。”

迈出国内职场第一步

闻姝婧本科读的是会计专业，毕业后在新西兰从事的也是会计工作，而且还继续学习考取了ACCA英国特许公认会计师资格证书，所以相比于有些跨专业来读会计硕士的同学，她在宁诺学习时，课堂上遇到挑战和压力相对要小一些。

除了专业知识和素养的提升，闻姝婧在读硕期间的另一大收获就是，通过宁诺提供的机会，她迈出了在国内职场的第一步。

“我觉得回国后自己还适应得挺好的，宁诺的专业会计硕士课程给了我很多帮助，尤其是校企合作项目。”

作为学生代表在校企合作签约仪式上发言

金融和投资学理学硕士（研究方向：专业会计）专业为学生提供每年9周在业内一流会计师事务所实习的机会，包括毕马威、普华永道、立信、摩尔全球、安永等等。

通过诺丁汉大学商学院（中国）的校企合作项目，闻姝婧作为实习生进入了杭州毕马威会计师事务所，“我觉得我是很幸运的，因为我们项目组的氛围很好，日常的工作虽略有一点难度和挑战性，但只有这样我的每一步路才都能走得更扎实。” 这次实习，不仅让闻姝婧第一次步入国内职场，而且还全面地接触了会计业务，锻炼了她在真实工作环境下的会计技巧。

在研一结束后，因为第一次实习的优异表现，闻姝婧被经理推荐到毕马威宁波所，并且顺利拿到了全职工作offer。在读研二期间，她还以实习生的身份进入到宁波所，提前接触了工作伙伴，感受了工作氛围，“我特别高兴有这样一段经历，让我可以提前熟悉我要接手的一些任务。”

闻姝婧说，比起新西兰慢节奏的工作状态，她更加喜欢国内快节奏的工作模式。“新西兰的工作和生活虽然悠闲，但有点太过舒适了，我时常觉得自己提前进入了养老期。反而在国内，我可以通过处理不同状况学习到很多，成长得也很快。”

尽情享受校园生活

在宁诺读研期间，闻姝婧庆幸遇到了很多优秀的老师。不论是学习还是职业发展方面，老师们都会耐心地给出建议。比如有些老师拥有丰富的会计工作经历，所以能给出很多实践性强的建议，这让闻姝婧收获很大。

“老师们丰富的实践经验会让他们的课堂教学更有吸引力，特别是对于那些没有接触过真正职场氛围的同学们来说。我虽然工作过，但并没有国内的工作经历，所以也让我提前了解了国内的一些的工作情况。”

在宁诺，闻姝婧也认识了一帮志同道合的同学，弥补了她因为之前没有在国内读书工作而缺少的人脉。虽然班里的同学年龄都比她小一些，但这毫不妨碍她与同学们打成一片。

与朋友一起参加宁诺校园彩色跑

从国外到国内，从职场重回校园，闻姝婧抓住这次变换身份的机会，在宁诺尽情享受难得的学生生活，“作为一个已经迈入职场的人，再一次重返校园生活，也是给了自己一次喘息的机会。”

在宁诺的学习生活，闻姝婧第一个提到的就是图书馆，“我特别享受图书馆的学习氛围，也很享受八点准时去抢位置的学习快乐。”校内的草坪野餐也带给她很多的美好回忆，在天气好的时候和朋友们一起享受阳光，是她最喜欢的解压方式。

“不要只埋头苦干，要更外向一些。虽然我们中国人骨子里会比较含蓄，但还是要多去跟老师维持好的关系，也要多和同学们积极讨论交流。” 在总结自己的学习体会时，闻姝婧说，宁肯当那个“显眼包”，也不要做“低头党”。

不论是在新西兰的留学和工作，还是回国选择在宁诺读研深造，闻姝婧一直都有自己明确的目标，并且积极努力向之靠近。虽然国内竞争压力较大，但是闻姝婧已经准备好了，如今的她完全没了两年前刚回国时的忐忑，而是对未来在国内职场的发展和机遇，充满期待。

Shujing Wen: I'm ready for a new adventure

Two years ago, after studying and working in New Zealand for seven years, Shujing Wen decided to return to China. However, she was a little apprehensive at the time because she had been away from China for so long. Two years later, not only did she successfully graduate from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) with a Master's degree in Finance and Investment (Professional Accounting), but she also got a job offer from KPMG a year before graduation.

Shujing studied at the University of Auckland, the highest-ranked university in New Zealand, and after graduating, she chose to stay and work in the country. Then, in 2021, she decided to return to China due to various factors such as the pandemic.

Considering that she had been away from China's environment for so long, Shujing came up with the idea of first doing a master's degree as a transition. "The domestic job market is too 'rolled up', and I felt that I still needed to improve my competitiveness, plus I hadn't been in the country for a long time, so I wanted to have a transition by studying for a master's degree first. At that time, I also considered a lot of universities, but in the end, I still felt that UNNC was the most suitable," she explained.

Although she is a native of Ningbo, it was not until registration day that Shujing set foot on UNNC's campus for the first time. Recalling her first impression of the university, she said it had more of a campus atmosphere, "Oakland University is not walled, but consists of several buildings scattered around the city. UNNC is a whole, so it's more of an oasis."

Shujing studied Accounting as an undergraduate and worked as an accountant in New Zealand after graduation, and she also continued her studies to obtain the ACCA qualification. So compared to some students without any accounting-related experience, she encountered fewer challenges and less pressure during her studies at UNNC.

In addition to the enhancement of her professional knowledge and qualities, another signaficant gain for Shujing during her master's programme was that she took her first step in the domestic job market through the opportunities provided by UNNC.

"I think I've adapted quite well after returning to China and UNNC's Professional Accounting programme helped me a lot," she said.

UNNC's Professional Accounting programme offers students the opportunity to spend nine weeks out of a year as interns at leading accounting firms in the industry, including KPMG, PwC, LIC, Moore Global, Ernst & Young and many more.

Through UNNC's business school, NUBS China, and its university-enterprise cooperation project, Shujing entered KPMG Hangzhou as an intern. "I think I was very lucky because the atmosphere of our project team was very good, and although the daily work was a little difficult and challenging, I felt that in this way, I could take every step in a very solid way." This internship not only allowed Shujing to step into the domestic workplace for the first time, but it also provided her with comprehensive exposure to accounting operations and honed her accounting skills in a real-world setting.

At the end of her first year at graduate school, because of the excellent performance of her first internship, Shujing was recommended by her manager to KPMG Ningbo and successfully received a full-time job offer. During her second year of graduate school, she entered the Ningbo office as an intern to become acquainted with her workmates and experience the new work environment. She expressed, "I'm especially glad to have had such an experience advance, which allowed me to familiarise myself with some of the tasks that I will be taking over."

Shujing said she prefers the fast-paced work environment in China compared to the slow pace of work in New Zealand. "Work and life in New Zealand is laid-back but a bit too comfortable, and I often felt like I entered retirement in advance. On the contrary, in China, I can learn a lot from dealing with diverse situations and grow up quickly."

During her graduate studies at UNNC, Shujing was fortunate to have met many excellent teachers who are always patient in giving advice on both study and career development. For example, some teachers have rich work experience in accounting, so they can give a lot of practical advice, which was very rewarding for Shujing.

"The rich practical experience of teachers will make the examples they give very striking, especially for those students who have not been exposed to the real workplace. Although I have worked before, I didn't have any work experience in China, so it also gave me some insight into the domestic workplace."

At UNNC, Shujing also met a group of like-minded classmates, which helped her to build up the connections she lacked because she hadn't studied and worked in China before. Although her classmates were all a bit younger than her, it didn't stop her from mingling with them.

Going from abroad to China, from the workplace back to university, Shujing seized the opportunities brought by this change of identity to enjoy her exceptional student life at UNNC, "As someone who has already stepped into the workplace, returning to campus life once again was also a chance to give myself a breather."

The first thing that Shujing mentions about her study life at UNNC is the library. "I especially enjoyed the study atmosphere of the library," she reminisced. Lawn picnics on campus in front of the clock tower also bring her a lot of good memories and enjoying the sunshine with her friends when the weather was nice was her favorite way to decompress.

"Don't just bury your head in the sand, be more outgoing. Although we Chinese can be more subtle, we still need to go out and maintain good relationships with our teachers, as well as have more positive discussions and exchanges with our classmates," she advised. Summarising her own experience of learning, Shujing said that she would rather be "eye-catching" than "head down at the party".

Whether she studied and worked in New Zealand for seven years, or returned to China and chose to study at UNNC, she has always had clear goals and has been actively working toward them. Although the domestic job market is very competitive, Shujing is now ready. She has completely lost the apprehension she had when she first came back to China two years ago and is full of anticipation for the future development and opportunities available in the domestic workplace.

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