A RECENT survey has revealed that one out of five Hongkong Polytechnic graduates found employment with companies he or she had previously worked for during summer training or placement programmes.
The employment survey, conducted by the Student Affairs Office of the Hongkong Polytechnic, interviewed 3,384 students who completed their studies in June 1992.
Eighty-three per cent of the graduates had found satisfactory jobs when the survey ended in December.
Among them, 20 per cent had worked for their current employers during summer training programmes or placement exercises organised by the institute.
Mr Lee Kai-yu, Head of Student Affairs Office, said the findings showed the importance of summer placement exercises.
''Students think the purpose of summer jobs is to make some extra money or to kill time. But actually, there's more to it,'' he said.
''Summer jobs can be considered a self-evaluation process. Students can learn more about the working world and see which field is more suitable for them.'' Mr Lee added that the institute's summer placement exercise was very popular. ''Students would be able to better handle similar jobs after they graduate as they have experience.'' The survey also found that the commercial and industrial sectors continued to take the lead in absorbing Polytechnic graduates.