Where did the 1999 Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology graduates go ?
Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1999 to answer the following questions about full-time Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology graduates : -

II. Employment Situations in 1999

Of the 13 full-time graduates from this programme, 10 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.
 
PCPsych
HKU Overall*
1999
1998
1999
1998
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No. of respondents
10
100
7
100
575
100
458
100
Employed
10
100
1
14
504
88
341
74
Unemployed seeking F/T job
0
0
0
0
23
4
35
7.6
Further Studies
0
0
5
72
39
6.8
71
16
Emigrated/Returned to home country
0
0
0
0
5
0.9
3
0.7
Not seeking F/T job
0
0
1
14
4
0.7
8
1.7

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the HKU Taught Postgraduate Programme graduates.
 
 
 

III. Time Taken to Secure Employment

The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.
 
% of new graduates who have secured employment
By the end of
1999
May or before
13%
June
25%
July
38%
August
38%
September
63%
October
75%
November
88%
December
100%

No Response = 1
 
 

IV. Employment Sectors

The majority of graduates from this programme were employed in educational institutions, while others were employed in the civil service and commerce & industry.
 
% of graduates
Sector
1999
Educational Institutions
63%
Civil Service
25%
Commerce & Industry
12%

No Response = 1
 
 
 

V. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates from this programme is shown below.
 
Basic Salary
Gross Income
PCPsych
HKU Average*
PCPsych
HKU Average*
1999
1999
1999
1999
Mean
$20,243
$18,694
$20,243
$19,169
Median
$19,000
$17,450
$19,000
$18,000
Minimum
$13,000
-
$13,000
-
Maximum
$30,000
$73,815
$30,000
$95,195

* HKU Average refers to the figure for the HKU Taught Postgraduate Programme graduates.
 
 
 

VI.   Number of Full-Time Job Offers

The number of job offers received by graduates from this programme is shown in the following table.
 
No. of job offers received
No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One
2 (33%)
Two
3 (50%)
Three
1 (17%)

No Response = 3
 
 

VII.  Names of Employers and Job Titles

The job titles of graduates from this programme in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.
 
Employers
Job Titles
CIVIL SERVICE -  
  • HKSAR 
  • Assistant Manager
  • HKSAR - The Provisional Regional Council
    		•
    • Assistant Cultural Service Manager
       
    EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -  
    • Ho Lap College
    • Graduate Master
  • Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    		•
    • Instructional Assistant
  • Organization's name not reported
    		•
    • Certificate Master
  • Organization's name not reported
    		•
    • Graduate Master
  • Organization's name not reported
    		•
    • Research Assistant
       
    COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -  
    • Organization's name not reported
    • Administration Officer
  • Organization's name not reported
    		•
    • Development Manager

    Note : Some of the 1999 graduates indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Contact numbers can be obtained from counsellors at the CePc.
     
     
     

    VIII. Similar information on graduates from other disciplines is available for reference in the Careers Library. Please contact the CePc for further details.
     
     

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    Cindy Chan
     
     

    August, 2000
    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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