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HKUST 2008 Placement stats - new report
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HKUST 2008 Placement stats - new report
www.mbacareer.ust.hk/students/employment_highlight…Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:40 AM A. 2008 MBA Graduate Employment Highlights It was a bit of a difficult year for graduates seeking jobs this year, particularly in the field of investment banking. Although most of the sub-prime mortgage troubles happened in the United States, many Asian operations took a wait-and-see attitude with regard to new hires. Job offers also took a bit longer to be made. In spite of the challenging market, 75% of HKUST full-time MBA graduates found jobs within three months following completion of their studies, reflecting that there is still a healthy demand for HKUST MBA graduates in the face of economic uncertainty. Where Employed Of the graduates reporting employment, 56% were hired by the finance sector. The vast majority of these work in investments-related positions such as equity research, fund management, investment analysis, etc. A small number are in consumer finance and real estate financing. 12.5% of the graduates were hired into consulting companies. 12.5% joined industrial manufacturing and 12.5% joined technology companies, in planning and business development roles. Career Changes Nearly 60% of the employed embarked on a different career path - such as from engineering to finance (12% ), or engineering to general management (8%) , or consumer to finance (6%). A number of graduates transitioned from professional services such as accounting/audit to investment advisory roles in asset management firms (12%). Strong transferable skills and commitment contributed to their successful transition. Salaries The average salary reported to the MBA Career Office was HK$570,688, or HK$47,557 per month. For many, this represented at least a doubling of their pre-MBA salary. Nearly 70% are employed in Hong Kong, 15% on the Mainland and 15% in other countries (Europe, US, Japan, India). The average Hong Kong salary of HK$596, 880 (HK$49,740 per month) is slightly higher than the class average, while the average salary for those working in Mainland China is RMB 434,113 (RMB 36,176 per month). The average annual salary of those employed in different countries outside our two main job markets was (equivalent) HK$586,700. AAStocks International Limited ABN AMRO Bank Aetos Capital LLC AIF Capital Ltd AIA Hong Kong Argyle Street Management Ltd AXA China Region Insurance Company Ltd Arthur D. Little Banco Santander SSA Baxter Healthcare Ltd BlackRock British American Tobacco Hong Kong Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank China International Capital Corporation Ltd China Merchants Group Citigroup Clinton Global Initiative Credit Suisse Cushman & Wakefield Capital Asia Ltd DBS Deutsche Bank Deutsche Post World Net Business Consulting GmbH eBay Hong Kong Edmond De Rothschild Asset Management HK Ltd Education First Emerson Network ExxonMobil Fortis Bank Asia HK Franklin Templeton Investments (Asia) Ltd Fusion Consulting Givenchy Asia Pacific (LVMH Group) Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT) Global Payments Inc Global Sources Goldman Sachs Google China HCL HKUST R & D Corporation (Guangzhou) Ltd Hongkong Sales (Knitwear) Ltd HSBC Group HSBC Investment HSZ Group ICICI Bank ICS Trust iTM Ventures Inc Ivory Capital Jebsen Jones Lang LaSalle KPMG Lehman Brothers Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Asia) Ltd LVMH Asia Pacific Ltd Macquarie McKinsey Mercer HR Consulting Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd Methanex Asia Pacific Ltd Microsoft HK Ltd MIH Asia Modern Terminals Ltd Monitor Group Morgan Stanley Noble Group Nomura Int'l (HK) Ltd Pan Asian Mortgage Company Ltd Pantheon Capital (Asia) Ltd Pearson Education Asia Limited PepsiCo PricewaterhouseCoopers Principal Financial Group Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Royal Bank of Scotland PLC RT Sourcing Asia Ltd Sal. Oppenheim (Hong Kong) Limited Salzer Consulting Shun Tak Holdings Ltd Skype Societe Generale Sony Pictures Entertainment Hong Kong Spectrum Strategy Consultants Standard & Poor's Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd Swiss Reinsurance Co Techtronic Industries Texas Pacific Group Turner Entertainment UBS Watson Wyatt Wang & Li Asia Resources |
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