18 May 2006

CUHK 2005 Employment Survey Shows Encouraging Figures
Average Salary over $14.2K　Highest Salary $70K

According to the Employment Survey of The Chinese University of Hong Kong released today, both the employment rate and salary level of CUHK graduates in 2005 are highly satisfactory. The survey showed as at the end of 2005, 97.9% of graduates were either employed or pursued further studies. The average monthly salary for those employed was HK$14,263. Among the graduates, the highest salary earner was a medical graduate who earned HK$70,000 per month. On average, every individual graduate got around 2.4 job offers.

The survey was conducted by the Career Planning and Development Centre of the Office of Student Affairs of the University from November to December 2005 by means of questionnaires and telephone interviews. It covered full-time first-degree graduates of 2005 and MBChB graduates of 2004. 95.9% of respondents were given their first job offers by the end of September 2005, showing a 0.3% increase in the number as compared to the same time in 2004.

Most graduates joined the Commerce & Industry sector (73.5%), followed by Social & Public Organisations (13.3%), Education (10.9%) and Government (2.4%).

The top seven career fields engaged by our graduates were: Computer Engineering & Information Technology (10.6%), Accounting / Auditing (9.9%), Administration / Management (8.6%), Sales & Marketing (8.2%), Medical & Health Care (8.1%), Teaching (6.7%) and Banking and Finance (6.3%). In terms of job satisfaction, up to 94.1% were satisfied with their current jobs.

From left:
Mr Fong Wing Ho, Tom, Head of Career Planning and Development Centre, CUHK
Mr Chong Kwok Wing, Gordon, 2006 graduate in BBA
Professor Ho Puay Peng, Unviersity Dean of Students, CUHK
Miss Luk Wai Sum, Carol, 2005 graduate in Sociology
Mr Lam King, Albert, 2006 graduate in BBA
Dr Leung Tin Ming, Timothy, Director of Student Affairs, CUHK