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SCMP Reporter

MORE than one in two Baptist College students join the business sector upon graduation, an increase of almost 20 per cent over 1990, a recent survey shows.

  On the other hand, the number of students taking up careers in education and government has continued to drop for the past two years, with less than 30 per cent choosing to work in these fields.

  These were some of the findings of the Hong Kong Baptist College's report on an employment survey of its 1992 graduates. The survey was conducted by the institution's Student Affairs Office's Careers and Counselling Service.

  The recently released report interviewed about 750 graduates in full-time employment.

  It found that the business sector continued to be the most popular, with 61.7 per cent of the graduates having devoted themselves to commerce and industry. The figure showed an increase of 3.8 per cent over 1991 and almost 18 per cent over 1990.

  The teaching profession was the second most attractive career and absorbed 21 per cent of the graduates.

  However, the number represented a 6.5 per cent decline over last year.

  Looking at the results by area of study, the Bachelor of Arts had the highest percentage of graduates becoming teachers (44.55 per cent), followed by Bachelor of Science in Combined Sciences.

  Within the BA in Arts and Social Sciences degree, 78.9 per cent of the graduates from Religious Studies elected teaching as their career, as did 66.67 per cent of graduates from Chinese Language and Literature and a similar percentage of BA in Music graduates.

  Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Social Sciences in Communication had the lowest figures for graduates becoming teachers.

  Government jobs continue to be less attractive to tertiary students. Only 5.5 per cent of the graduates joined the civil service, as compared to 6.5 per cent in 1991, and 7.1 per cent in 1990.

  Factors influencing graduates' career decisions were whether the job was interesting and challenging (56.86 per cent), the attractiveness of salary (40.77 per cent) and the nature of the job (35.91 per cent).

  The survey also found that about 90 per cent acquired a monthly salary falling in the $6,000 to $13,999 range.

  More than 63 per cent of respondents found their jobs through newspaper advertisements.

  Personal referral was another important channel which assisted 10.9 per cent of the graduates in finding employment. The other nine per cent of respondents found their jobs through the college's Careers and Counselling Services.



Most Baptist College students enter the business world after graduation, with a