Statistics

*Where did the 1999 Statistics 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 Bachelor of Social Science in Statistics graduates : -

How many were employed six months after graduation ?

Among those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?

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 1999
Of the 26 graduates from this programme, 23 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*BSS(STAT)*				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998		1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	23	100	21	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	17	74	14	67	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	0	0	2	9.5	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	6	26	5	24	455	18	413	17
Emigrated/Returned to home country	0	0	0	0	4	0.2	3	0.1
Not seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	9	0.4	15	0.6

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

III. Further Studies
Six graduates proceeded to postgraduate studies. The tables below show the academic programmes that they pursued and their sources of funds.

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	M.Phil.	Master (Coursework)	Postgraduate Certificate
Social Sciences	4	1
Education			1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	3
Own Funds	2
Scholarship & Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	1

IV. 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	1998
May or before	20%	8.3%
June	27%	25%
July	53%	50%
August	67%	67%
September	73%	83%
October	80%	100%
November	93%	100%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 2

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Statistics were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in educational institutions, the civil service and community, social & personal services.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	76%	67%
Educational Institutions	12%	17%
Civil Service	6%	8%
Community, Social & Personal Services	6%	8%

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates in Statistics is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BSS(STAT)		HKU Average*		BSS(STAT)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$10,522	$11,018	$14,480	$15,496	$11,309	$11,611	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$9,000	$9,000	$10,870	$12,300	$10,300	$10,292	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$8,000	$8,000	$1,000	$1,000	$8,000	$8,000	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$15,000	$21,520	$58,000	$58,000	$15,000	$21,520	$60,000	$59,000

* HKU Average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

VII. Number of Full-Time Job Offers
The number of job offers received by graduates in Statistics is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	6 (40%)
Two	4 (27%)
Three	5 (33%)

No Response = 2

VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles
The job titles of graduates in Statistics in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

*Employers*	Job Titles
CIVIL SERVICE -
HKSAR - Hong Kong Police Force		Police Constable

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology		Teaching Assistant
The University of Hong Kong		Research Assistant

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
AMI		Trainee
Asian Sources Publication Ltd		Executive Data Research
CRC Protective Life Insurance Co Ltd		Administration Assistant
Guangzhou University Co Ltd		Research Manager
Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Ltd		Marketing Services Assistant
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd		Financial Services Executive
KPMG Peat Marwick		Tax Consultant
Longrow Shipping Ltd		Administrator
Market Behaviour (HK) Ltd		Fieldwork Supervisor Trainee
New World Development Ltd		Account Executive
Pricelink		Senior Officer
SPSS (HK) Ltd		Account Manager
Organization's name not reported		Property Management Officer

No Response = 1

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.

IX. 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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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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