Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1992

Major Career Fields for Arts Graduates Career Field Percentage 1991 1990 Teaching Administration/Management Marketing Publication Trading 54.0 13.8 6.7 3.1 2.7 51.9 18.5 5.8 1.9 2.4 Business Administration Graduates The employment trend for business administration graduate s has been rather consistent over the last five years. Each year the commercial and industrial sector attracted over 80 per cent of the graduates. In 1991 ， the figure was further increased to 89 per cent. On the other hand, a drop of 3.6 per cent was noted in the number of those joining the government. Major Career Fields for Business Administration Graduates Career Field Percentage 1991 1990 Accounting Administration/Management Marketing Banking Personnel Management 19.7 17.7 17.7 17.3 5.1 24.8 20.1 13.1 23.5 3.0 Science Graduates The employment situation of science graduates was similar to that of 1990. About 70 per cent of the graduates joined the commercial and industrial sector while 23 per cent o f them took up employment in the education sector. The computer profession continued to be very attractive, absorbing some 83 per cent of the computer majors, 22 per cent of the statistics majors, 27 per cent of the mathematics majors, 16 per cent of the electronics majors and 27 per cent of the physics majors. Some 80 per cent of the electronic majors were engaged in the profession for which they had been trained. Major Career Fields for Science Graduates Career Field Percentage 1991 1990 Computer Teaching Marketing Electronics Administration/Management 27.0 21.6 16.6 11.2 7.7 30.8 20.0 12.3 139 8.0 Social Science Graduates More than 48 per cent of the graduates joined the commercial and industrial sector in 1991. As compared with the previous year, the number of graduates joining the education sector was increased while the number of those joining the civil service and social service sector showed a decrease. STUDENTS 26