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Alumni story - Haijuan Li

MSc Information Systems Management graduate Haijuan Li studied with us 2019-20. She now works as a Product Operation Engineer for AISHU Information Technology Co Ltd. Below, Haijuan shares her experiences.

I was working in banking as a software test engineer before my postgraduate course in Sheffield. I decided to study a master's programme mainly because I would like to change position. I also thought a new learning programme would give me new skills for my future career. I was being interested in improving productivity for organisations via computer technologies since starting my first career. Also, I wanted to gain some knowledge of general management. So, I decided to study the MSc Information Systems Management at the University of Sheffield.

Now, I am employed by the AISHU IT corporate in Shanghai as a product operation engineer. The product I operate is a kind of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform/service. Being this role, I need to know as much as possible about the functionality and value of the product, as well as the key technologies it uses. This is related to what I learned in the Information Systems in Organisations module. 

Moreover, the Business Intelligence module and Strategy Management module have both given me commercial awareness when I am working on market analysis. For example, in order to highlight the competitive advantages of our product, we need to collect information about our competitors from China or overseas and compare our product with them. The clients or organisations we serve are generally from different sectors, including governments, banking, new energy, and so on. We are supposed to provide specific solutions based on their business and our product characteristics. This is called Proof of Concept. Fortunately, the Information Systems Modelling module has given me the important skills to map organisations’ processes and analysis their requirements. Based on my working and studying experience, I could adapt to this new job better than I expected. 

Besides, to improve our product features, we have opportunities to communicate with the Gartner team regularly, which requires us with good English communication skills. I have to say, learning in the UK helped me to develop my language skills significantly.

Getting a degree from a university at the end of 2020 is difficult but really impressive. I believe the knowledge, experiences, and friendships I gained as a postgraduate student in Sheffield will stay with me forever.


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