Group 5

Consulting for Managers

HKUST Career Development Office

KUMAR, Anoop

MAK, Chung Wai Eric

RAMANI, Karthik

TAM, Wai Yin

ZHANG, Zhenhua

Group 5 Pyramid Summary

Group 5 Pyramid Summary ( Contd.)

Exposure to Industry helps student evaluate their career choices

Better career skills (interviews, workshops) opens up possibility for more opportunities

Consultancy & Internship projects in turn leads to understanding the job requirements

Students will be able to decide on their career choices

Students can be more proactive and not depend on CDO

It helps change the students attitude to the CDO

Networking with Exchange, PT & Alumni opens up new opportunities

Networking on Electronic Media & Social Networking helps leverage distant connections

Networking at Industry events leads to better job opportunities

Group 5 Exposure to Industry*

Aspiration Vs Reality on Industry Exposure

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Finance Consulting Energy FMCG Chemical Shipping

Industry Interested in(%)

Industry Exposure got( Intern/Consulting Project)(%)

Result: Students unable to get the industry exposure they wanted (like internship or consulting projects) and hence feel the CDO did not perform upto their expectation

* Dummy data and Explanations

Group 5 Internship Opportunities*

% Obtained Internship, 45

Not Obtained Internship, 55

Source of Employment

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

CDO

Internship

Self/Networking

Prev.Employer

Self Employed

Source of Employment

Employment Sources Internship obtained or not obtained

•% of people who found a job through their internship is high

•Number of people finding internships is less.

•Result: Affects the morale of the students as their intent of joining the MBA program is not fulfilled.

* Dummy data and Explanations

Group 5 Career skill development (interviews, workshops)*

Avg. Participation %

42%

29%

29%

Mock Interview s

Workshops

Career talks

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Mock Interviews Workshops Career talks Total

No: Activities(HKUST)

(Other School)

The CDO activities by number of events is the almost the same compared to other B-Schools

Participation rate by HKUST students in activities is very less

* Dummy data and Explanations

Result: the overall activity participation in MBA HKUST need improvements.

Current Activities by CDO

Participation rate by activities

Group 5 Decision of career choices

• http://mba.ust.hk/ftmba/career/statistics.html• Career Statistics 2004-08

HKUST Graduate Tracking Research

• Data available• Result: the post-MBA career function and job location switch do

not meet students expectation.

• Graduate Job Location • Career Switch vs. Advancement • Pre vs. Post MBA Industry & Function • First Job Industry and Function • Current Job Industry and Function • Pre vs. Post MBA Job Level (Title)

Group 5 Students need to be more proactive in networking

Unemployed students do not apply to enough jobs.

Current Students need to be more proactive with

networking

Group 5 Students attitudes towards CDO

Top Rating on xxxxxxxxxxMicrosoft Excel

Worksheet

01020304050607080

Satisfaction Index

I II III IV V VI VII VIII

Categories

Satisfaction Index across Categories

SA

A

NAD

D

SD

Category Rank Index Index

I. Understands career aspirations 3 72.38% II. Support for students throughout recruitment process 2 74.41% III. External reach to recruiting resources/ key decision makers 1 79.93% IV. Communication effectiveness 7 69.68% V. Selection of jobs 6 70.87% VI. Workshops and counselling 8 69.30% VII. Range of services 5 71.35%

Recommendations to CDO office to improve perception

• recommendation 1

• recommendation 2

• recommendation 3

Source : http://www.webresearch.mq.edu.au/careers/

Group 5 Leveraging Connections (Exchange, alumni & part-time students)

HKUST FTMBA Alumni - Off program placement resulting from alumni connections

11% 2%

27%

1%

7%11%

26%

15% IT

Engineering

Finance

Legal

Business Development

Marketing/ Communications

Consulting

Human resources

Channels of new employment post HKUST FT MBA Program

60

40

20

20

10

10

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

CDO - desired field/ company

Alumni - connection to currentfield

CDO - not desired

Alumni - connection to desiredfield/ company

Returned to previous positions- pre-assigned

Others (Pursue entrepreneurialopportunites, sabbothical, etc)

Highlights of the trends

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• xxx

• xxx

• xxx

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Group 5 Collaboration on Electronic Media & Social Networking

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.

.

Type

Social Networking

Social Networking

Social Networking

Job Board

Job Board

Penetration

100%

80%

20%

100%

70%

Average time

40 mins

5 mins

40 mins

30 mins

30 mins

Digital media has dominated our web presence over the years and unavoidable

Group 5 Leveraging industry events

Does your company recruit from industy events? (e.g. Trade shows, Industry conferences)

Yes

No

Number of key industry conferences hosted in Hong Kong per year by function

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

IT

Engineering

Finance

Legal

Business Development

Marketing/Communications

Consulting

Human resources