The information contained in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1996 to answer the following questions about Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering majors : -
Out of 78 Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduates, 61 responded to our survey, representing a response rate of 78%. Of these, 92% were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. 1.6% (or 1 graduate) went on for further studies. 6.6% (or 4 graduates) were still looking for full-time employment at the time of the survey in December 1996. (Table 1)
Table 1. Employment situation
Industrial & Manufacturing Systems HKU Overall*
Total Male Female
'96 '95
'96 '95
'96 '95
'96 '95
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. %
No. of respondents
61 100 60 100
52 100 52 100
9 100 8 100
2139 100 2068 100
F/T employed
56 91.8 59 98.3
47 90.4 52 100
9 100 7 87.5
1743 81.5 1726 83.5
P/T employed seeking F/T job
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
34 1.6 18 0.9
Unemployed seeking F/T job
4 6.6 0 0
4 7.7 0 0
0 0 0 0
34 1.6 36 1.7
Further studies
1 1.6 1 1.7
1 1.9 0 0
0 0 1 12.5
314 14.7 281 13.6
Emigration/home country
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
6 0.28 1 0.1
Not seeking F/T job
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
8 0.4 6 0.3
* HKU overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
The only graduate who pursued further studies was enrolled on a M.Phil. programme.
| Field of Study | Academic programme |
|---|---|
| M.Phil. | |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 |
| Source of Finance | No. of Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistantship/Studentship | 1 |
93% of the graduates who were in full-time employment secured their first job offer before the end of September. The figure reached 98% by the end of December 1996. (Figure 1)
Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment
Most (98%) of the 1996 graduates were employed in commerce and industry, followed by 1.8% in the community, social & personal services sector (Figure2). Figure 3 shows the employment sectors in which 1996 graduates were employed by gender.
Figure 2. Employment sectors
Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex
On average, the income received by 1996 graduates was more or less the same as their predecessors in the previous year. (Table 4)
| Basic Salary | Gross Income | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing Systems | HKU Average * | Industrial & Manufacturing Systems | HKU Average * | |||||
| ‘96 | ‘95 | ‘96 | ‘95 | ‘96 | ‘95 | ‘96 | ‘95 | |
| Mean | $10,696 | $10,805 | $14,457 | $14,204 | $13,217 | $12,976 | $15,902 | $15,662 |
| Median | $10,000 | $10,032 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $11,917 | $12,361 | $13,542 | $13,230 |
| Minimum | $6,000 | $7,100 | $3,000 | $2,000 | $9,208 | $8,667 | $5,500 | $3,792 |
| Maximum | $15,688 | $15,000 | $55,000 | $60,000 | $26,800 | $23,333 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
Table 4. Basic salary and gross income
* HKU average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
80% of the graduates in full time employment had more than one job offer. 30% reported having four or more job offers (Figure 4). On average, each graduate received 3.0 job offers, compared with 2.5 last year.
Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers
Of the 56 Industrial & Manufacturing Systems graduates in full time employment, 68% were employed in engineering positions. 23% worked as business professionals*. Their job titles and the names of their employers are listed below.
| Employers : | Job Titles : |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICES - | |
| * The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong | * Project Officer |
| COMMERCE & INDUSTRY - | |
| * Andersen Consulting | * Analyst |
| * Andersen Consulting | * Analyst |
| * ASM Assembly Material | * Account Representation |
| * Chartersince Realty (Int’l) Ltd | * Account Officer |
| * Chematco Ltd | * Industrial Engineer |
| * Chen Hsong Group | * Engineer Trainee |
| * Chen Hsong Machinery Co Ltd | * Assistant Engineer |
| * Chesterton Petty | * Assistant Valuer |
| * Chevalier (HK) Ltd | * Management Trainee |
| * Cobald Industrial Corporation Ltd | * Mechanical Engineer |
| * Comotec (Far East) Ltd | * Technical Supervisor |
| * Comotec Ltd | * Technical Supervisor |
| * Dunwell Industrial Co Ltd | * Assistant Industrial Engineer |
| * Engtek Int’l Ltd | * Manufacturing Engineer |
| * Genalex Industries Ltd | * Assistant Engineer |
| * Goldmax International Ltd (Goldpeak Group) | * Assistant Engineer |
| * Hilti (HK) Ltd | * Technical Sales Representative |
| * Hilti (HK) Ltd | * Field Engineer |
| * HK & China Gas Co Ltd | * Graduate Trainee |
| * HSBC Asset Management (HK) Ltd | * Senior Clerk |
| * Jardine Engineering Corp. | * Trainee Engineer |
| * Just Toys | * Project Engineer |
| * Kingdom Fine Metal Ltd | * Quality Engineer |
| * Kong Wah Electronic Enterprises Ltd | * Assistant Quality System Officer |
| * Luk Kam Ming Engineering Co Ltd | * Engineering Assistant |
| * Maersk Shipping (HK) Ltd | * Management Trainee |
| * Mat Technologies Ltd | * Q A Engineer |
| * Meadville Group | * Manufacturing Engineer |
| * Mita Co Ltd | * Assistant Engineer |
| * Mobil Oil Hong Kong Ltd | * Sales Executive |
| * NEC Technologies HK Ltd | * Production Engineer |
| * Philips | * PMC Planner |
| * Pleasure Tech (Asia) Ltd | * Assistant Project Engineer |
| * Rakon Industries Ltd | * Application & Service Engineer |
| * Sae Magnetics (HK) Ltd | * Q A Engineer |
| * Sae Magnetics (HK) Ltd | * Graduate Trainee |
| * Sae Magnetics (HK) Ltd | * Engineer Trainee |
| * Sae Magnetics (HK) Ltd | * Engineer Trainee |
| * Sallmanns (Far East) Ltd | * Valuation Assistant |
| * Tal Apparel Ltd | * Management Trainee |
| * Titron Media Co PLC Ltd | * Quality Assurance Engineer |
| * Toppan Moore Computer Systems Ltd | * Systems Engineer |
| * Topsearch Industries (Holdings) Ltd | * Project Engineer |
| * Topsearch Printed Circuits Ltd | * Superintedent |
| * Toshin Technology Hong Kong Ltd | * Assistant Engineer |
| * Tung Hing Plastics Ltd | * Assistant Project Manager |
| * Tung Po Computer | * Sales Engineer |
| * Uni Vision | * Assistant Engineer |
| * Wah Chi Co | * Quality Reliability Assurance Engineer |
| * Waltech Pacific (Engineering) Ltd | * Assistant Executive Officer |
| * Wedster Engineer | * Engineer Trainee |
| * Yitelic (Hong Kong) Ltd | * Industrial Engineer |
| * Zexel Hong Kong Co Ltd | * Sales Engineer |
| * Organisation’s name not reported | * Engineering Trainee |
| * Organisation’s name not reported | * Graduate Engineer |
Table 5. List of employers and job titles
* Business professionals include the following occupations : marketing / sales executives, shipping / airline / transport executives, trading executives / merchandisers / buyers and purchasing agents, travel executives, personnel / administrative / management executives, management consultants, investment consultants, bank executives, finance executives, organization and method officers, estate development / management officers, etc.
Note : Some alumni have indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Their contact telephone number can be obtained from counsellors at CEPC.
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