The University of Hong Kong

Careers Education and Placement Centre

Where did the 1996 B.Sc. in Speech and Hearing Sciences graduates go?

I.Introduction

The information contained in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1996 to answer the following questions about B.Sc. (Sp. & Hear. Sc.) graduates : -

How were they employed six months after graduation ?
Of those who pursued further studies, what programmes did they follow ?
Of those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to secure their first job offer ?
In which sectors were they employed ?
How much did they receive in salary ?
How many job offers did they receive ?
Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situation in 1996

Out of 14 B.Sc. (Sp. & Hear. Sc.) graduates, 12 responded to our survey, representing a response rate of 86%. Of these, 92% were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. 8.3% (or 1 graduate) went on for further studies. (Table 1)

	B.Sc. (Speech & Hearing)												HKU Overall *
	Total				Male				Female				HKU Overall *
	'96		'95		'96		'95		'96		'95		'96		'95
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	12	100	16	100	1	100	1	100	11	100	15	100	2139	100	2068	100
F/T employed	11	91.7	16	100	1	100	1	100	10	90.9	15	100	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	1.6	36	1.7
Further studies	1	8.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.1	0	0	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

Table 1. Employment situation

* 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

The graduate who took up further studies was enrolled on a diploma course in Science in a local tertiary institution.

Field of Study	Academic programme
Field of Study	Adv. Diploma/Diploma
Science	1

Table 2. Academic programmes

Source of Finance No. of Graduates
Own Fund 1
Table 3. Source of finance for further studies

Source of Finance	No. of Graduates
Own Fund	1

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

All the graduates were able to secure employment before the end of September 1996. (Figure 1)

No Response = 1

Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment

V. Employment Sectors

55% of the B.Sc. (Sp. & Hear. Sc.) graduates were employed in community, social & persoanl services, followed by 36% in the education sector and 9% in the civil service.

Figure 2. Employment sectors

Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

In general, the average income of 1996 B.Sc. (Sp. & Hear. Sc.) graduates was higher than that of their predecessors in the previous year. (Table 4)

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	B.Sc. (Sp.&Hear.)		HKU Average *		B.Sc. (Sp.&Hear.)		HKU Average *
	'96	'95	'96	'95	'96	'95	'96	'95
Mean	$19,588	$18,465	$14,457	$14,204	$20,187	$19,864	$15,902	$15,662
Median	$20,505	$19,044	$12,000	$12,000	$20,505	$19,045	$13,542	$13,230
Minimum	$13,000	$10,000	$3,000	$2,000	$13,000	$16,667	$5,500	$3,792
Maximum	$23,888	$19,045	$55,000	$60,000	$24,700	$22,187	$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. graudates.

VII.Number of Full-Time Job Offers

36% of the graduates had more than one job offer. On average, each graduate received 1.9 job offers, compared with 2.2 last year. (Figure 4)

Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers

VIII. Names of employers and Job titles

64% of the graduates were employed as speech therapists. Their job titles and the names of their employers are listed below.

Employers :	Job Titles :
CIVIL SERVICE -
* Department of Health	* Speech Therapist
EDUCATION-
* Winifred Mary Cheung Morning Hope School	*Education Personnel
* Hong Kong Association for the Mentally Handicapped	* Speech Therapist
* Saviour Lutheran School	* Speech Therapist
* The University of Hong Kong	* Research Assistant I
COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICES-
* Caritas Center	* Speech Therapist
* Hong Kong Campus Crusuade for Christ	* Trainee
* Hospital Authority	* Speech Therapist
* Hospital Authority	* Speech Therapist
* Prince of Health Hospital	* Speech Therapist
* Queen Elizabeth Hospital	* Nursing Staff

Table 5. List of employers and job titles

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.

IX.

Similar information on graduates from other disciplines of study are available for reference in the Careers Library. Please enquire with the CEPC.

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Margaret Lee
Nelson Yip

August, 1997

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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