The University of Hong Kong

Careers Education and Placement Centre

Where did the 1996 P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.) graduates go?

I. Introduction

The information contained in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1996 to answer the following questions about P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.) graduates : -

• How were they employed six months after graduation ?
• Of those who pursued further studies, what programmes did they follow ?
• Of those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to secure their first job offer ?
• In which sectors were they employed ?
• How much did they receive in salary ?
• How many job offers did they receive ?
• Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situation in 1996

Out of 71 P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.) graduates, 49 responded to our survey, representing a response rate of 69%. Of these, 92% were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. The remaining 4% were still looking for full-time employment at the time of the survey in December 1996. One graduate (2%) went on for further studies (Table 1).

	P.C.LL.(S.P.A.C.E.)												HKU Overall (Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate)
	Total				Male				Female
	‘96		‘95		'96		'95		'96		'95		'96		'95
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	49	100	55	100	33	100	34	100	16	100	21	100	237	100	258	100
F/T employed	45	91.8	48	87.3	31	93.9	31	91.2	14	87.5	17	81.0	189	79.7	217	84.1
P/T employed seeking F/T job	1	2.0	3	5.5	1	3.0	3	8.8	0	0	0	0	4	1.7	4	1.6
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	2.0	4	7.3	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	19.0	9	3.8	7	2.7
Further studies	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.3	0	0	32	13.5	28	10.9
Emigration/home country	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not seeking F/T job	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.3	0	0	3	1.3	2	0.8

Table 1. Employment situation

III. Further Studies

There was only one respondent (or 2%) who pursued further studies. Table 2 shows the academic programmes pursued and Table 3 shows the source of finance.

Field of Study	Academic programme
	Adv.Diploma/Diploma
Law	1

Table 2. Academic programmes

Source of Finance	No. of Graduates
Own Fund	1

Table 3. Source of finance for further studies

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

Among those graduates in full-time employment, 84% were able to secure a job offer before the end of September. The figure increased to 100% by the end of November. (Figure 1)

No Response = 1

Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment

V. Employment Sectors

96% of the 1996 P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.) graduates in full-time employment were employed in commerce & industry. 2.2% (or 1 graduate) each joined the civil service and community, social & personal services (Figure 3).

Figure 2. Employment sectors

Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The income received by 1996 P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.) graduates is shown in Table 4.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.)		HKU Average *		P.C.LL. (S.P.A.C.E.)		HKU Average *
	‘96	‘95	‘96	‘95	‘96	‘95	‘96	‘95
Mean	$15,195	$17,052	$18,942	$16,431	$16,925	$19,351	$20,345	$17,574
Median	$12,000	$12,800	$15,500	$15,000	$13,000	$14,083	$16,792	$15,833
Minimum	$6,650	$0	$6,650	$0	$7,204	$0	$7,204	$0
Maximum	$50,000	$54,145	$102,900	$54,145	$54,167	$71,145	$129,900	$71,145

Table 4. Basic salary and gross income

* income received by postgraduate diploma/certificate graduates

VII. Number of Full-Time Job Offers

47% of the graduates in full-time employment had more than one job offer (Figure 4).

Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers

VIII. Names of employers and job titles

The job titles of the 45 graduates who took up full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below. (Table 5)

Employers :	Job Titles :
CIVIL SERVICE -
* Labour Department	* Assistant Labour Officer II
COMMUNITY, SOCIAL & PERSONAL SERVICES -
* Caritas Francis Hsu College	* Lecturer
COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
* Boase Cohencollins	* Trainee Solicitor
* C.L. Chow & Lam	* Trainee Solicitor
* Chan, Lau & Wai - Solicitors & Notaries	* Trainee Solicitor
* Chu, Chan & Tsu Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Chu, Chan & Tsu Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* CK Tse & Kan	* Solicitor Trainee
* Counsel Chambers	* Pupil Barrister
* Foo & Li Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Gary Mak & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Gary Mak & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Hau, Lau, Li & Yeung	* Trainee Solicitor
* Hau, Lau, Li & Yeung	* Trainee Solicitor
* Healy & Baillie	* Legal Consultant
* Ho & Wong Solicitors & Notaries	* Trainee Solicitor
* Howell & Co, Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Ivan Tang & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* K.W. Lai & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* K.W. Poon & Partners	* Trainee Solicitor
* Leung Kin & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Lo, Wong & Tsui	* Trainee Solicitor
* Massie & Pickavant	* Trainee Solicitor
* Mckenna Minter Ellison	* Trainee Solicitor
* Messrs. Daniel Wong & Partners, Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Mr Andy Hung's Chambers	* Pupil Barrister
* P.C.Woo & Co, Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Robert Wang & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Robertson Double & Lee	* Trainee Solicitor
* S.K. Wong & Lee	* Trainee Solicitor
* Stevenson Wong & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Susan Liang & Co Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Termbray Industries International (Holdings) Ltd	* Senior Manager - Corporate Development
* Tok Ko Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Tsang, Chan & Wong	* Trainee Solicitor
* Van Langenberg & Lau Solicitor	* Solicitor Trainee
* Victor Chu & Co	* Trainee Solicitor
* Wilkinson & Grist	* Trainee Solicitor
* Wong & Chan, Solicitors	* Trainee Solicitor
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Barrister
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Trainee Solicitor
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Trainee Solicitor
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Trainee Solicitor
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Trainee Solicitor
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Trainee Solicitor

Table 5. List of employers and job titles

Note : Some alumni have indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Their contact telephone number can be obtained from counsellors at CEPC.

IX.

Margaret Lee
Nelson Yip

August, 1997

The analysis is based on information provided by the respondents, and the Careers Education & Placement Centre should not be held responsible for any errors arising therefrom.

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