Where did the 2000 Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting & Finance graduates go ?

 
Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 2000 to answer the following questions about Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting & Finance graduates : -

 

II. Employment Situations in 2000

Of the 133 graduates from this programme, 124 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

 

 
BBA(A&F)
HKU Overall*
 
2000
1999
2000
1999

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No. of respondents

124

100

95

100

2575

100

2475

100

Employed

121

98

91

96

2030

79

1928

78

Unemployed seeking F/T job

1

0.8

1

1.1

59

2.3

79

3.2

Further Studies

1

0.8

3

3.2

461

18

455

18

Emigrated/Returned to home country

0

0

0

0

2

0.1

4

0.2

Not seeking F/T job

1

0.8

0

0

23

0.9

9

0.4

* 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 programmes that he pursued and his source of funds.

Academic Programme

Field of Study

Master (Coursework)

Computer Science

1

 

Source of Funds

No. of Graduates

Own Funds

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

2000

1999

May or before

61%

68%

June

71%

77%

July

80%

86%

August

92%

93%

September

95%

95%

October

95%

99%

November

96%

100%

December

100%

100%

No Response = 20

 

V. Employment Sectors

The majority of graduates from this programme were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in community, social & personal services, educational institutions and the civil service.

% of graduates

Sector

2000

1999

Commerce & Industry

96%

96%

Community, Social & Personal Services

1.8%

2%

Educational Institutions

0.9%

2%

Civil Service

0.9%

-

No Response = 9

 

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates from this programme is shown below.

 

Basic Salary

Gross Income

BBA(A&F)

HKU Average*

BBA(A&F)

HKU Average*

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

Mean

$11,447

$11,108

$14,125

$14,480

$12,689

$12,077

$15,448

$15,716

Median

$11,700

$11,700

$12,000

$10,870

$12,675

$12,675

$13,000

$11,917

Minimum

$5,000

$7,000

$1,300

$1,000

$6,000

$7,000

$3,000

$3,000

Maximum

$20,000

$19,000

$58,000

$58,000

$26,500

$19,000

$74,967

$60,000

*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 from this programme is shown in the following table.

 

No. of job offers received

No. of graduates (% of graduates)

One

27 (28%)

Two

32 (33%)

Three

16 (16%)

Four

11 (11%)

Five

5 (5.1%)

Six

1 (1.0%)

Seven

1 (1.0%)

Eight or more

5 (5.1%)

No response = 23

 

VIII. 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 - Home Affairs Office
  • Executive Officer
  •  

    EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -

  • New Method College
  • Graduate Master
  •  

    COMMUNITY, SOCIAL & PERSONAL SERVICES -

  • Hong Kong Trade Development Council
  • Executive Trainee
  • Organization's name not reported
  • Chairman
  •  

    COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -

  • Accenture
  • Analyst
  • AIA Pension & Trustee Co Ltd
  • Assistant Accountant
  • American International Assurance
  • Financial Planner
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Staff Accountant
  • Arthur Andersen & Co
  • Tax Consultant
  • Bank of America Asia Ltd
  • Personal Banker Trainee
  • BDO McCabe Lo & Co
  • Associate I
  • Charles Schwab, Hong Kong, Ltd
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Communication and You Holdings Co Ltd
  • Marketing Executive
  • Dao Heng Bank
  • Management Trainee
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Staff Accountant
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Staff Accountant
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Staff Accountant
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Staff Accountant
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Staff Accountant
  • Eric Ng & Co
  • Audit Staff
  • Ernst & Young
  • Auditor
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Staff Accountant
  • Ernst & Young
  • Auditor
  • Ferrier Hodgson
  • Accountant
  • Francis Chan Chok Fai & Co
  • Audit Trainee
  • Global Link Technology
  • Occupation's name not reported
  • Granham H Y Chan & Co
  • Audit Trainee
  • Granham H Y Chan & Co
  • Audit Trainee
  • Grant Thornton
  • Auditing Assistant
  • HFS Asia Ltd
  • Financial Consultant
  • HSBC
  • Services Support Representative
  • Hoosang, Lyn, Li & Co Ltd
  • Audit Junior
  • Horwath Management Services Ltd
  • Accounts Junior
  • Hui Sik Wing & Company
  • Auditor
  • i2l Limited
  • Customer Service Officer
  • K C Oh & Company
  • Audit Assistant II
  • K S Li CPA & Co
  • Auditor
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Auditor
  • KPMG
  • Auditor
  • KPMG
  • Auditor
  • KPMG
  • Staff Accountant
  • KPMG
  • Tax Consultant
  • KPMG
  • Accountant
  • Kwong On Bank Ltd
  • Officer
  • Moores Rowland
  • Audit Trainee
  • Moores Rowland
  • Audit Trainee
  • Nelson Wheeler
  • Audit Junior
  • Nelson Wheeler
  • Audit Accountant
  • Netalone.com
  • Business Development Assistant
  • New York Life Insurance Worldwide Ltd
  • Business Development Executive
  • Parget Promotion Co Ltd
  • Projects Executive
  • Pioneer Iconcepts Ltd
  • Technical Support Officer
  • PKF Accounting Firm
  • Accountant II
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Associate
  • Procter & Gamble Hong Kong Ltd
  • Assistant Brand Manager
  • Roctec Technology Limited
  • Account Executive
  • Scto & Company
  • Junior Auditor
  • Sing Pao
  • Reporter
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Credit Risk Assistant
  • State Street Bank
  • Accountant
  • State Street Bank & Trust
  • Portfolio Accountants
  • T. C. Ng & Company
  • Auditor
  • Teclink Development Ltd
  • Occupation's name not reported
  • The Bank of East Asia Ltd
  • Executive Trainee
  • Wong Lam Leung & Kwok CPA Ltd
  • Audit Junior
  • Organization's name not reported
  • Account Trainee
  • Organization's name not reported
  • Accountant
  • Organization's name not reported
  • Accountant
  • Organization's name not reported
  • Audit Trainee
  • No response = 9

    Note : Some of the 2000 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, 2001

     

    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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