I.
Introduction
The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 2002 to
answer the following questions about Bachelor of Science in Surveying graduates:-
- How many were employed six months after graduation?
- Among those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to get their first job offer?
- In which sectors were they employed?
- How much salary did they receive?
- How many job offers did they receive?
- Who were their employers and what were their job titles?
II.
Employment Situations in 2002
Of the 48 graduates from this programme, 45 responded to the survey. Their employment
situations are listed below.
HKU Overall*
2002
2001
2002
2001
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No. of respondents
45
100%
36
100%
2139
100%
2356
100%
Employed
45
100%
36
100%
1546
72%
1775
75%
Unemployed seeking F/T job
0
0%
0
0%
18
0.8%
83
3.5%
Further Studies
0
0%
0
0%
554
26%
473
20%
Emigrated/Returned to home country
0
0%
0
0%
3
0.1%
1
0.1%
Not seeking F/T job
0
0%
0
0%
18
0.8%
24
1.0%
* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
BSc(Surv)
Where did the 2002 Surveying graduates go?
Careers Education and Placement Centre
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Where did the 2002 Surveying graduates go?
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III
Time Taken to Secure Employment
The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.
43
% of new graduates who have secured employment
36
By the end of
2002
2001
May or before
33%
69%
June
58%
83%
July
74%
92%
August
81%
94%
September
93%
100%
October
100%
100%
No Response = 2
IV.
Employment Sectors
% of graduates
2002
2001
29
Commerce & Industry
66%
56%
20
12
Civil Service
27%
42%
15
2
Educational Institutions
4.5%
0%
0
1
Community, Social & Personal Services
2.3%
2.8%
1
44 No Response = 1
36
Sector
The majority of Surveying graduates were employed in Commerce & Industry, while others
were employed in the Civil Service, Educational Institutions and Community, Social &
Personal Services.
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