Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2022年7月 亞博匯 80 OG: How is your relationshipwith your hometown these days? SX: My parents still live in China and I still have friends in China. When I go back, as my husband already has a Chinese visa for multiple entrances, we try to explore and see if there are any opportunities that we can develop in China, because we also have a [Portuguese products] trading business. I remember when I was young there were no foreign products, but nowadays we are starting to see a lot. However, we don’t see many Portuguese products in China right now. OG:Howdidyou findyourway into the Human Resources sector? SX: After I graduated I didn’t work in the tourism and hospitality industry. My first job was in real estate and I didn’t even apply for that. I had a colleague who was not a Macau local but she applied for that job and during the interview they asked her if she knew any Macau residents suitable for the job, and she referred me, so I started working in real estate. It was a British company and they were mainly selling properties in Thailand. I was in Macau helping them to develop the local market too, not just selling properties in Thailand. At that time there were already some foreigners from Hong Kong that wanted to invest in Macau and move to Macau. By chance, after a couple of years, one of my clients from Hong Kong approached me and asked if I wanted to work with him because he was setting up a real estate company. I started to work with him and his partner, and his partner was doing the human resources side of things – the recruitment. So I started to work with him, assisting in hiring construction people. OG: What are the most rewarding and the most challenging aspects of working in HR in Macau? SX: Recruitment is a long and challenging process. It’s not like selling a product, I think it is a bit more challenging – especially in Macau where everyone knows everyone else. Many people think recruitment is an easy job, INDUSTRY PROFILE