學歷通脹 就業配對組織：碩士爭學士工

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【明報專訊】一連4天的教育及職業博覽昨於會展揭幕，提供逾2500個職位空缺。有協助青年就業的組織稱，隨着本港大學畢業生增加，「學歷通脹」問題浮現，公司傾向招聘「更高學歷」員工，導致「碩士爭學士做的工」；另有社工分享，有大學畢業生因求職難，遲遲未找到心儀工作，但礙於經濟壓力，入職要求「中學學歷」的連鎖快餐店經理也應徵。


酒店前台多聘大學生  學歷高流失亦高


為中學畢業的青年做職業培圳、就業配對的非牟利組織「創世代」，營運總監鄭浩維說，不少服務業如酒店等前台接待人員，雖未列明學歷要求，「但公司一般多請大學畢業生」，起薪點由1.2萬元至最高1.8萬元不等，「特別是五星級酒店，看重員工語文能力，而大學生英文能力較佳」。


不過，鄭浩維說，近年收到有酒店、主題樂園等公司反映，入職員工學歷提高，流失率亦提高，「部分人會抱『做住先』、「騎牛搵馬」心態，但工作時感到落差便離職」，他舉例，不少人以為做酒店接待「有得坐」，或「不知要輪班」，最後不足3個月便「走人」。


「中學學歷」快餐店經理  大學生照求職


另一參展的香港遊樂場協會社工張姑娘說，近年不少本地及海外大專院校合辦「銜接學位」（Top-up Degree）課程，「僱主眼中大學生成行成市」，「學歷通脹」問題浮面，「公務員及紀律部隊職位搶手，已是碩士跟學士競爭，在私人機構亦很明顯」。張說曾接觸個案，有來自基層青年讀完「銜接學位」課程，背負學債及家中經濟壓力，「見到連鎖快餐店經理職位，月入都有過萬，也會求職」。張姑娘強調行行出狀元，首要考慮個人興趣，「如份份工做不長，對履歷也不好」。


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今年博覽會共有880個參展機構，包括22個國家和地區的教育機構、政府部門及私營機構等。展覽提供近90場講座、工作坊及表演，教授面試求職技巧，展覽期至周日（27日）結束。

shadeslayer

YolandaTam 發表於 19-2-6 01:59
本帖最後由 YolandaTam 於 19-2-6 02:02 編輯

um... I guess c hing is an engineer or an technical e ...

You don’t need to tell me anything, make conjectures, or otherwise ignore other possibilities.

The same way I won’t tell you people read the full message before forming opinions, not just the first or the last sentence. People make connections between the first and the second, the second to the third and so on. Unless, of course, you ask people to ignore everything you write after the first or before the last sentence.

YolandaTam

shadeslayer 發表於 19-2-6 01:46
本帖最後由 shadeslayer 於 19-2-6 01:47 編輯

A few messages tens of sentences about uni and schoo ...

um... I guess c hing is an engineer or an technical expert?
You tend to focus on the first sentence of ppl‘s response for most of the time, which is the correct way of reading technical docs (the IT network professional at my home also reads the same way).
However I‘m a chinese literature gal and maybe somewhat writing in a different style as you do. For example the focus of #16 was in the last sentence.
If this make you confused, sorry.

YolandaTam

Chin version of #16
同意。文科或理科嘅MPhil揾工會着數過MA or MSc. 至少佢哋可以去中學教書！社會科學嘅就係另一回事嘞：我哋只能夠教通識。
(6/2/2019 按：通常通識係由其他學科，例如中史，歷史，地理等老師兼任，所以如果讀 social sciences 嘅去申請中學教席比較冇咁着數)

shadeslayer

YolandaTam 發表於 19-2-6 01:43
um... you‘d better read my message again...
In case if you‘re busy, let me say it clear:
What I w ...

A few messages tens of sentences about uni and school jobs and one sentence in general.And you call this “I know, I‘m also not talking about faculty positions anymore..”

My message from the start were Not about uni or school jobs.  

Whatever.

YolandaTam

shadeslayer 發表於 19-2-6 00:57
Your previous email which I responded to talked exclusively about faculty positions in unis and sch ...

um... you‘d better read my message again...
In case if you‘re busy, let me say it clear:
What I was trying to say in the post you responded were:
1)From my experience, SOCIAL SCIENCE MPhils are treated as Bachelor graduates in business sector in most cases.
2) Arts and Sciences MPhils can seek jobs in SECONDARY SCHOOLS, but Social Science MPhils got poorer chance in that.
Hope this helps.

shadeslayer

YolandaTam 發表於 19-2-5 23:19
本帖最後由 YolandaTam 於 19-2-5 23:19 編輯

I know, I‘m also not talking about faculty positions ...

Your previous email which I responded to talked exclusively about faculty positions in unis and schools.  

This reply you said you were not talking about faculty positions?    But rest of the message you still continued to talk about positions in unis and schools.  

I am just saying MPhil from a real uni needs a lot more to graduate than MSc MA etc.  Because MPhil means something, I would view them in favourable light compared to MSc in a non academic/teaching setting.  

YolandaTam

shadeslayer 發表於 19-2-5 22:34
I am not taking about getting faculty positions in unis.

I know, I‘m also not talking about faculty positions anymore... what I‘m trying to say is MPhil in Social Sciences are treated as equals to ordinary Bachelor graduates in business sector.And the possibility of getting a secondary school teaching position is lower than that of MPhils graduated from Arts faculty or Science faculty.Out of 10+ Mphil or PhD graduates I got to know, only 1 got teaching position in the school he had taught before.For others, most went to think tanks, pursue further study or hold an honory position in the research centre organized by his supervisor.Only me went ti business sector.

shadeslayer

YolandaTam 發表於 19-2-5 22:01
Yes agree, MPhil in Arts, Sciences might have better prospect than MA or MSc. At least they can tea ...

I am not taking about getting faculty positions in unis.

shadeslayer

ANChan59 發表於 19-2-5 21:06
All depends on industries and job nature.

For taught master programs are too many.

Real MPhil from real uni means something.  Many MSc does not mean much other than he or she went to more lectures and passed exams.  

I am talking about this in general, not all cases.  And not in terms of getting a faculty position in university or schools.  

YolandaTam

shadeslayer 發表於 19-2-5 18:56
I would consider MPhil in much better light in employment than MSc.

Yes agree, MPhil in Arts, Sciences might have better prospect than MA or MSc. At least they can teach in secondary schools. For Social Sciences, that ’s a totally different story, we can only teach LS if we apply for positions in secondary schools.

YolandaTam

ANChan59 發表於 19-2-5 21:03
PhD more depends on the supervisor reputation and connections, highly affects his students destiny. ...

100% agree.

ANChan59

shadeslayer 發表於 19-2-5 18:56
I would consider MPhil in much better light in employment than MSc.

All depends on industries and job nature.

For taught master programs are too many.

ANChan59

YolandaTam 發表於 19-2-5 15:44
明呀，我同意 c hing 你㗎。上帖最尾嗰段就係和應你話前路茫茫。 MPhil 又好 PhD 也罷，如果為興趣或還個 ...

PhD more depends on the supervisor reputation and connections, highly affects his students destiny.

shadeslayer

ANChan59 發表於 19-2-5 15:28
我只是講 MPhil 冇乜市場而已。

I would consider MPhil in much better light in employment than MSc.

YolandaTam

ANChan59 發表於 19-2-5 15:28
我只是講 MPhil 冇乜市場而已。

明呀，我同意 c hing 你㗎。上帖最尾嗰段就係和應你話前路茫茫。 MPhil 又好 PhD 也罷，如果為興趣或還個心願嘅話係好好嘅經驗，足以令人不枉此生；但以揾食角度就實在好難講，揾到教席或入 think tank 嘅，求仁得仁，如果出返嚟商界，要準備當嗰幾年係發咗場夢，從頭開始。

ANChan59

YolandaTam 發表於 19-2-5 15:26
完成 PhD 之後能否喺大專院校教學或做研究好睇人脈，之後能否喺 well-known journal 出文視乎你能否同知名 ...

我只是講 MPhil 冇乜市場而已。

YolandaTam

ANChan59 發表於 19-2-4 09:48
我識讀研究碩士的朋友，多數當初目標是研究博士，可惜力有不隷或者生不逢時，所以只好拿個安慰奨 。 ...

完成 PhD 之後能否喺大專院校教學或做研究好睇人脈，之後能否喺 well-known journal 出文視乎你能否同知名學者出文 (有博士班同學未畢業已同師傅出文，又有人畢業論文攞獎都因無人脈無法登上 academic journal),要出過一定數目嘅文先至可以續約。
同大學生爭咪算好，我當年 MPhil 畢業後出返嚟商界揾工係要同 F.7 畢業生爭。

ANChan59

我識讀研究碩士的朋友，多數當初目標是研究博士，可惜力有不隷或者生不逢時，所以只好拿個安慰奨 。 我同期只有20% 攞到博士，40％研究碩士，40%中途放棄！

當研究博士數目多咗 N 倍，靠個 MPhil 去教書及研究，前路茫茫，行人止步！

nkd

OK. Thanks