The information contained in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1996 to answer the following questions about Earth Science majors : -
Altogether 29 persons graduated from the University with a B.Sc. degree in Earth Science. Among them, 24 (83%) responded to the survey. Most (96% or 23) of the Earth Science graduates were in full-time employment within six months of graduation (Table 1). The remaining 1 graduate (or 4%) pursued further studies. No one was unemployed.
| Earth Science | HKU Overall * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | Male | Female | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‘96 | ‘96 | ‘96 | ‘96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 100 | 13 | 100 |
11 | 100 | 2139 | 100 |
F/T employed |
23 | 95.8 | 13 | 100 |
10 | 90.9 | 1743 | 81.5 |
P/T employed seeking F/T job |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 34 | 1.6 |
Unemployed seeking F/T job |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 34 | 1.6 |
Further studies |
1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 9.1 | 314 | 14.7 |
Emigration/home country |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 6 | 0.28 |
Not seeking F/T job |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 |
|
* HKU overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
There was only one respondent (or 4%) who pursued further studies. This graduate took up a taught master programme in U.K.
| Field of Study | Academic programme |
|---|---|
| Master (Coursework) | |
| Science | 1 |
| Source of Finance | No. of Graduates |
|---|---|
| Own Fund | 1 |
All the graduates were able to secure employment before the end of September 1996.
Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment
82% (or 18) of the Earth Science graduates were employed in commerce and industry. 9.1% (or 2 graduates) each joined the civil service and education sector. Figure 3 shows the employment sectors by sex.
Figure 2. Employment sectors
No Response = 1
Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex
Table 4 shows the basic salary & gross income that 1996 Earth Science graduates received.
| Basic Salary | Gross Income | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Science | HKU Average* | Earth Science | HKU Average* | |
| ‘96 | ‘96 | ‘96 | ‘96 | |
| Mean | $13,780 | $14,457 | $15,040 | $15,902 |
| Median | $13,800 | $12,000 | $15,043 | $13,542 |
| Minimum | $10,000 | $3,000 | $10,833 | $5,500 |
| Maximum | $17,000 | $55,000 | $21,417 | $60,000 |
* HKU average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
65% (or 15) of the graduates in full-time employment had two or more job offers. 43% reported having three to six job offers. (Figure 4).
Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers
The job titles of the 23 graduates who took up full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.
| Employers : | Job Titles : |
|---|---|
| CIVIL SERVICE - | |
| · Civil Engineering Department | · Engineering Geology Graduate |
| · Civil Engineering Department | · Engineering Geology Graduate |
| EDUCATION - | |
| · The University of Hong Kong | · Research Assistant I |
| COMMERCE & INDUSTRY - | |
| · ATKINS Haswell | · Graduate Engineering Geologist |
| · Bachy Soletanche Group | · Assistant Geologist |
| · BHP Minerals Exploration | · Geologist |
| · BHP Minerals Exploration | · Geologist |
| · Fong On Construction & Engineering Co Ltd | · Graduate Engineering Geologist |
| · Fugro (HK) Ltd | · Assistant Engineer |
| · Gammon Construction Ltd | · Assistant Geologist |
| · Gammon Construction Ltd | · Assistant Geologist |
| · Greg Wong & Associates Ltd | · Engineering Geologist |
| · Halcrow | · Engineer |
| · I P Foundation Ltd | · Assistant Geotechnical Engineer |
| · I P Foundation Ltd | · Assistant Geotechnical Engineer |
| · Mannsell | · Graduate Engineer |
| · Maunsell Geotechnical Services Ltd | · Graduate Geotechnical Engineer |
| · Maunsell Geotechnical Services Ltd | · Graduate Geotechnical Engineer |
| · Ove Arup & Partners (HK) Ltd | · Engineering Geologist Graduate |
| · Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (HK) Ltd | · Assistant Engineering Geologist |
| · Organisation’s name not reported | · Assistant Geologist |
No Response = 2
Table 5. List of employers and job titlesNote : Some alumni have indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Their contact telephone number can be obtained from counsellors at CEPC.
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