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Written by: Kuang Xiaobin
2020-11-03 08:00
Last update date: 2020-11-03 08:00
Affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic, the unemployment rate in Hong Kong rose to 6.4% from July to September this year. Government statistics show that job vacancies in the first three quarters of the private sector have plummeted by more than 50% compared with the same period last year.
To help graduates cope with the challenges of the epidemic, Hong Kong Baptist University recently set up an online interactive platform "BUhub", which integrates about 11 job search websites and job vacancies posted by employers, displaying more than 30,000 job vacancies and more than 2,000 internship opportunities To assist the school’s alumni, graduates and students.
HKBU Vice President Zhou Weili estimates that many graduates this year are still looking for jobs, and it is also expected that the graduates in the next two years may have difficulties and challenges in job hunting. He hopes that the platform can strengthen the connection between graduates and alumni and society.
Li Huiyi, Director of the HKBU Alumni Affairs Office (from left), and Zhou Weili, Vice President (Teaching and Learning).
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Cost 7-digit amount to set up a platform to contact students, alumni and employers
HKBU's online interactive platform "BUhub" cost a 7-digit amount to set up. The service targets are mainly students, alumni, employers and faculty of the school. The main purpose is to connect the university community and provide job vacancies and support for platform users.
The features and goals of "BUhub" include assisting alumni and students in job hunting, encouraging students and alumni to interact with each other through the platform, and disseminating information on university activities. Later, the "Creative Market" and "Support HKBU" donation functions will be launched.
The main "job vacancies" function of the platform cooperates with about 11 recruitment websites. Local websites include the University Joint School Employment Information Statistics Database (JIJIS), JobsDB, CPjobs and Recruit, etc., and also provide links to job vacancies on overseas and Chinese job search websites.
Employers can also publish job vacancies on the platform themselves and directly receive applications from platform users.
Provide more than 30,000 full-time and part-time vacancies and more than 2,000 internships
Li Huiyi, Director of Alumni Affairs Office, pointed out that the platform currently integrates more than 30,000 full-time and part-time job vacancies and more than 2,000 internship opportunities, of which about 60 are local positions and 4 are overseas or mainland positions.
She said that the proportion of vacancies in information and communication technology, Internet and engineering related categories is relatively high.
The vice-principal of HKBU, Zhou Weili, estimates that many graduates this year are still looking for jobs, and it is also expected that the graduates in the next two years may have difficulties and challenges in job hunting.
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The platform also contains the alumni address book. By default, only the name and subject are displayed. Users can choose whether to display more information, such as occupation and company background. Users can also communicate through private messages on the platform.
Zhou Weili predicts that graduates will still have difficulties and challenges in job hunting in the next two years
HKBU Vice President (Teaching and Learning) Zhou Weili predicts that due to the impact of the epidemic and the economic environment, graduates in the next two years may have difficulties and challenges in job hunting. He quoted JIJIS data showing that the number of job vacancies on the platform decreased by more than four this year. Success, showing that graduates do have difficulties in job hunting.
When asked about the employment situation of HKBU graduates this year, Zhou Weili said that this year's UGC's employment survey is still in progress and it is expected that the actual data will be available by the end of this year.
However, he admits that many graduates this year are still in the job hunting stage, hoping to strengthen the connection between graduates and alumni and the society through the "BUhub" platform, and the school will also subsidize students up to about 40% to study information technology and finance. Certificate courses to strengthen competitiveness.
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