Where did the 2000 Bachelor of Business Administration graduates go ?

Where did the 2000 Bachelor of Business Administration 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 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 2000

All the 13 graduates from this programme responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*BBA*				HKU Overall*
	*2000*		*1999*		*2000*		*1999*
	*No.*	%	*No.*	%	*No.*	%	*No.*	%
*No. of respondents*	13	100	27	100	2575	100	2475	100
*Employed*	11	85	24	89	2030	79	1928	78
*Unemployed seeking F/T job*	0	0	0	0	59	2.3	79	3.2
*Further Studies*	1	7.7	3	11	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	7.7	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*	*Advanced Diploma/Diploma*
Business Administration/Management	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	27%	30%
June	64%	48%
July	82%	70%
August	91%	78%
September	100%	91%
October	100%	100%
November	100%	100%

V. Employment Sectors

The majority of graduates in Business Administration were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in community, social & personal services.

	*% of graduates*
*Sector*	*2000*	*1999*
Commerce & Industry	91%	91%
Community, Social & Personal Services	9.0%	9.0%

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates in Business Administration is shown below.

	*Basic Salary*				*Gross Income*
	*BBA*		HKU Average*		*BBA*		HKU Average*
	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999
*Mean*	$11,856	$11,601	$14,125	$14,480	$12,795	$12,886	$15,448	$15,716
*Median*	$11,700	$10,000	$12,000	$10,870	$12,675	$11,167	$13,000	$11,917
*Minimum*	$10,000	$8,000	$1,300	$1,000	$10,600	$8,000	$3,000	$3,000
*Maximum*	$15,000	$27,083	$58,000	$58,000	$17,500	$37,146	$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 in Business Administration is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	*No. of graduates (% of graduates)*
One	5 (45%)
Two	3 (27%)
Three	1 (9.1%)
Four	2 (18%)

VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles

The job titles of graduates in Business Administration in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

Employers	Job Titles
COMMUNITY, SOCIAL & PERSONAL SERVICES -
IMG	Events Executive

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
Accenture	Analyst
Fortis Bank	Marketing Officer
iBusiness Corporation Ltd	E-Commerce Trainee
International Freight System	Executive Trainee
Matsushita Electrical International Logistics (HK) Co Ltd	Coordinator
McCann Erickson (HK) Ltd	Chinese Copywriter
New T & T Hong Kong Ltd	Conference Coordinator
Oracle Systems HK Ltd	Customer Reference Program Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Associate
Organization's name not reported	Executive Trainee

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.

XI. 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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