Career Workshop for MPhil & PhD Students Using Your Research Degree to Enter Your Dream Career

1. Career Workshop forMPhil & PhD StudentsUsing Your Research Degree to Enter Your Dream Career How to Prepare for Non-academic Jobs Date : 28 April 2011 (Thursday)Time : 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmVenue : RM223, Knowles Building Speaker: Mr. Herman Chan, Director of Careers & Placement This PowerPoint will be put in our website : http://www.hku.hk/careers/crp/1011/material.html H:\1011\CE\WS\Others\CWFRPS\110428.ppt

2. Outline • Economic environment, job market & career, 2011, 2012, 2013 • 2010 Graduates Employment : • Employment Situation • Employment Sector • Salary Level • Time taken to Secure Employment • Industries, Positions & Companies • ROAD MAP to your Dream Career

3. Outline • Working tools & support from CEDARS • Job Search Process & Support • Placement Services to PGs • Different Approach for PGs • Workshops • Recruitment Talks • Partnership & Communication

4. 2010 Economy & Job Market • Economy : recovered • Finance, banking, engineering, transport sectors • Job market : recovered, in number • HKU PG & UG : Full employment • General salary level : Yes, recovered, but not fully recovered to pre-financial crisis level • Average gross salary (doctor & dentist included)

5. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey : PG Employment Situation Note :1. very low unemployment rate2. 90% TPG will work upon graduation

6. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey : PG Employment Situation … (Cont’d) • Note :PhD: more are returning to ChinaMPhil: 30% continue to study • * Include 1 SJD

7. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey : PGEmployment Sector * Includes : social & community, medical, research, leisure & recreational, cultural & professional associations

8. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey : PGBasic and Gross Monthly Income Note - 2010 was better than 2009 - TPG is paid higher than RPG, probably because of more experience

9. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey : PGBasic and Gross Monthly Income … (Cont’d) Note : PhD, in average, is $5,000 higher than MPhil

10. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey Time Taken to Secure Employment (RPG)

11. 2010 Graduate Employment Survey Time Taken to Secure Employment (RPG) … (Cont’d)

12. Examples of Careers & Jobs Diversityamong 2010 RPGs

13. Examples of Careers & Jobs Diversityamong 2010 RPGs

14. Examples of Careers & Jobs Diversityamong 2010 RPGs

15. Examples of Careers & Jobs Diversityamong 2010 RPGs

16. 2011 - 2012 • Note: • 1037 or 38% PG suitable • Dec 2010 - Mar 2011: Total jobs: 10292 • 2700 or 26.2% PG suitable 2011, job market recovered faster Most active: Banking / Finance / Hedge Funds; Engineering Construction; Transportation

17. Employment Destination of Non-Local RPG Note: Non-Local RPG (students from China contributed around 90%) who returned to China for employment has increased 18.2%

18. 2011 Now to July/August • Continue to look out for our Daily Job Notice • Events • Done : • March Careers Fair (http://cedars.hku.hk/careersfair) • Kuang-Chi Institute (http://www.kuang-chi.org) • April : • (http://www.hkapi.hk) • Coming : • May 6th Friday pm: ASTRI (http://www.astri.org)Career Day at Science Park, Shatin (Free bus from HKU campus)

19. 2012 Preparation • Plan & Act • Plan & explore 6-10 months before your thesis completion • It may take several real trials & error to polish your job interview skills • Reach out to explore relevant fields outside academic track by talking to experienced HR people • Talk to company representatives when they are in campus from September • More China opportunities coming up

20. Job Market Competition • Next 2 Years Scenario : • Good Hong Kong & regional economic growth • More China opportunities with better pay terms • Be pro-active • Attend recruitment and networking events • Direct dialogue with recruitment team, CV, letter, name card ready on site

21. Road Map to Dream Job - How to plan your career migration into Non-academic Careers Road Map Target Fit

22. Road Map to Dream Job - How to plan your career migration into Non-academic Careers (Cont’d) • Leverage on your field of major • Take career / personality / job test MBTI (Career Centre Staff can administer) • Cross field opportunities : many successful examples from past record • Explore to know how wide/narrow your options & choices - e.g. : • Biotechnology : • R&D? Compliance? Product specialist & market management? • PhD Statistics : • I banking? Risk consulting? Academic? • Engineering • Consulting? Contractors? Large corporations: MTR, HKAA, Gov’t?

23. Understand Yourself • What field will suit you or you would be suitable • Self Evaluation • MBTI : Myers-Briggs Type Indicator • It will help you : • Know your personality type • Understand your personality inclination • Learn more about your career inclination • Find the best fit between your personality inclination and the possible job choices • Cost app. $100 to administer & interpret individually • Contact us if you want to conduct one

24. Plan & Set Goals Your own SWOT Strength : maturity/academic/research skill/other generic skill Weakness : too senior for MT job/junior job? Too specialised Opportunities : what/where/you create? Threat : competition (from post PhD candidates?) Consult experienced CEDARS professionals (HR Directors, head hunters) Get advice on what your transferable skills to particular trade or position are

25. Research • Industry - trend up/down/rising stars/sunset • Company - business/strength, management/value/mission • Position - duties/requirement/career advancement

26. Consult experienced people : what information Research … (Cont’d)

27. PG Job Market • What’s unique • Campus recruitment & job posted may provide half of the market • Your research & network, the other half • Support from Careers & Placement

28. PG Job Market … (Cont’d) • Experienced advice from Careers & Placement • Director (EMBA + 30 years exp.) • Senior Staff (5 - 12 years exp.) • Hon. Career Advisor (Retired HR Directors, Head Hunters, Professors, Businessmen, Civil Servants) • All have substantial Commercial, Government, NGO, Academic work experiences • Reduce your uncertainly : “Not knowing the unknown”

29. CEDARS Job Search Process & Support • Placement Services available to PG students : • Careers Related Personality Tests • MBTI : Licensed test administrator and interpreter • Ms. Josephine Chan, 3/F, Meng Wah Complex • Prospects Planner (http://www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner) • Self administer on line test on careers and placement centre website. • Targeted mailing • NETmatch (http://www.hku.hk/careers/netmatch)

30. CEDARS Job Search Process & Support …(Cont’d) • Placement Services available to PG students : • Job sites • NETjobs (http://www.hku.hk/careers/netjobs) • JIJIS (http://www.jijis.org.hk) • Useful links for postgraduates • Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) (http://www.astri.org) • Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) (http://www.hkstp.org) • The Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology Limited (http://www.hkib.org.hk)

31. CEDARS Job Search Process & Support …(Cont’d) • Placement Services available to PG students … (Cont’d) : • Circulars • Weekly Bulletin (http://www.hku.hk/careers/bulletin) • Daily Job Notices (http://www.hku.hk/careers/NEW/news.html) • Career Centre nominations and shortlisting for various companies on request. Look out for daily notice & deadlines (usually 1 week only).

32. CEDARS Job Search Process & Support …(Cont’d) • Placement Services available to PG students … (Cont’d) : • Industry Talks • Mix-n-Mingle Sessions, Alumni Experience Sharing Sessions • Recruitment Talks (http://www.hku.hk/careers/events/regist.html) • Special Talks arranged for PGs • Science & Technology Park Visit & Career Fair • Research & scientific companies

33. CEDARS Job Search Process & Support …(Cont’d) • Placement Services available to PG students … (Cont’d) : • One-to-one Consultation: Booking 3/F, Meng Wah Complex • Director of Careers and Placement • Hon. Career Advisors (14 from different tracks & industries including retired professor)

34. CEDARS Job Search Process & Support …(Cont’d) • Placement Services available to PG students … (Cont’d) : • Different approach for postgraduates individual coaching : • Non business background adjustment to business / banking • Intensive multiple sessions coachingby Director of Careers and Placement and other experienced Hon. Career Advisors, many successful examples. • Coaching Focus • Transform R&D, academic, strength and project management experience into job competencies

35. CEDARS Auto Job Search & Matching : NETmatch, NETjobs • NETmatch • This is a database of résumés. Put up for full time & part time jobs. Accessible by Employers. • Take particular care to fill in the ‘Supplementary Information’ section of NETmatch and provide adequate details about your career objective and relevant achievements. • NETjobs : Employers post job notice. Accessible by students. • To register on NETmatch, please follow the instructions at (http://www.hku.hk/careers/netmatch).

36. CEDARS Auto Job Search & Matching : NETmatch, NETjobs … (Cont’d) • Recruitment talks • Every year around 170 employers visit the campus to present their organisations to students. These are announced through the Weekly Bulletin. • Internship, graduate trainee and postgraduate employment opportunities • Employment vacancies are posted on either the Joint Institution Job Information System (JIJIS) or NETjobs. • Check the job boards at least once a week. JIJIS is located at (http://www.jijis.org.hk), while NETjobs is at (http://www.hku.hk/careers/netjobs). • Part-time jobs and summer or temporary jobs for students are also posted on NETjobs at (http://www.hku.hk/careers/netjobs).

37. CEDARS Auto Job Search & Matching : NETmatch, NETjobs … (Cont’d) • Partnership & Communication • Some job notices also released via PGSA • Targeted email to specific student societies on specific job opportunities and recruitment events • Other communication channel • Let us know: Too many emails, how to make more effective communication

38. Chongqing Municipal Recruitment Day

39. Career Day for PGs 2010

41. HKU Research Skills Development Course

42. Contact Us • For further information, please contact : • 2859 2314 • Individual & Group Training Support : • 1 to 1 : Careers Advisors • Group : Organise according to size and need • Appointment Booking : • 3/F, Meng Wah Complex, Help Desk • Direct approach to our staff