Speech and hearing

*Where did the 1999 Speech & Hearing Sciences 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 Science in Speech & Hearing 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 29 graduates from this programme, 28 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	BSC(SPEECH)				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998		1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	28	100	18	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	27	96	18	100	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	1	3.6	0	0	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
One graduate proceeded to postgraduate studies. The tables below show the academic programme that he pursued and his source of funds.

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	M.Phil.
Science	1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
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	15%	18%
June	44%	59%
July	81%	100%
August	89%	100%
September	100%	100%

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Speech & Hearing Sciences were employed in educational institutions, while others were employed in community, social & personal services.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Educational Institutions	78%	47%
Community, Social & Personal Services	22%	35%
Civil Service	-	12%
Commerce & Industry	-	6%

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates in Speech & Hearing Sciences is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BSC(SPEECH)		HKU Average*		BSC(SPEECH)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$22,634	$22,904	$14,480	$15,496	$22,886	$23,641	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$23,170	$23,170	$10,870	$12,300	$23,170	$23,170	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$17,100	$22,000	$1,000	$1,000	$17,100	$22,000	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$26,850	$23,190	$58,000	$58,000	$26,850	$26,993	$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 Speech & Hearing Sciences is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	12 (44%)
Two	6 (22%)
Three	2 (7.4%)
Four	4 (15%)
Five	1 (3.7%)
Six	2 (7.4%)

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

*Employers*	Job Titles
EDUCATIONAL INTITUTIONS -
Caritas Jockey Club Lok Yan School		Speech Therapist
Caritas Lok Kin School		Speech Therapist
CCC Kei Shun School		Speech Therapist
Hong Chi Morninglight School		Speech Therapist
Hong Chi Pinehill No. 3 School		Speech Therapist
Margaret Trench Red Cross School		Speech Therapist
Mental Health Association of Hong Kong in Children's Centre		Speech Therapist
PLK Centenary School		Speech Therapist
PLK Law's Foundation School		Speech Therapist
PLK Mr & Mrs Chan Pak Keung Ching Yi School		Speech Therapist
PLK Yu Lee Mo Fan Memorial School		Speech Therapist
Princess Alexandra Red Cross Residential School		Speech Therapist
Rhenish Church Grace School		Speech Therapist
The Salvation Army Shek Wu School		Speech Therapist
The Spastics Association BMK Memorial School		Speech Therapist
The University of Hong Kong		Assistant Research Officer
The University of Hong Kong		Research Assistant
The University of Hong Kong		Research Assistant
Tseung Kwan O Pui Chi School		Speech Therapist
Organization's name not reported		Speech Therapist
Organization's name not reported		Speech Therapist

COMMUNTIY, SOCIAL & PERSONAL SERVICES -
Heep Hong Society for Handicapped Children		Speech Therapist
Hong Kong Spastics Association		Speech Therapist
Hospital Authority		Speech Therapist
Prince of Wales Hospital		Speech Therapist
The Hong Chi Association		Speech Therapist
Wai Ji Christian Service		Speech Therapist

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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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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