Just read this piece of Yahoo HK news....

Well.. I supposed I would want to be financially independent but because of my current academic pursuit I'll have to live on student loans/parental support. I was trying to find a job for my expertise but in Hong Kong, there's nothing about the natural sciences industry except sales/marketing of P&G/J&J...........................................................................I wonder what would happen next year when I am done with school!! Hopefully I don't have to be 啃老族!

What are your comments, sisters?

【經濟日報專訊】父母皆寄望子女長大後獨立成家，但全球卻湧現「回力鏢世代」，面對經濟差、樓價貴，歐美或日本等地愈來愈多子女回巢與父母住，部分更成為「啃老族」，生活全賴父母付帳。本港成年子女與父母同住比率年年升，會否也是警號？愈來愈多子女成年後留在父母老家的情況，非本港獨有，近年在歐美便出現「回力鏢世代」。當地年輕人向來於成年或大學畢業後便離家自立，但近年經濟不景、失業率高，為了節省住屋及生活費，紛紛像回力鏢般「歸巢」。子女成年後仍與雙親同住，若父母有經濟能力，尤其是亞洲的家庭觀念較重，多不介意子女「戀家」，但若子女一直長期經濟依賴父母，則也令父母生活受影響，有些父母更須為此押後退休計劃。父母不設底綫的後援，會令子女不願面對成長獨立的責任，只顧眼前享樂，日本新一代寧願做兼職、不進修的「尼特族」（NEET），沒鬥志向上爬，已成為社會議題。


http://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%9B%9E%E5%8A%9B%E9%8F%A2%E4%B8%96%E4%BB%A3-%E6%B9%A7%E7%8F%BE-%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4-%E6%88%80%E5%AE%B6-%E5%88%B0%E4%BD%95%E6%99%82-221716562.html;_ylt=Arn8ge7ne_9nq38w2q2PEPywVsd_;_ylu=X3oDMTRkOW9vMGM2BGNjb2RlA2N0LmMEbWl0A01vc3QgcG9wdWxhciA4dSBob25na29uZwRwa2cDNmZhZjVlMzUtY2QwNS0zYWMwLTgzODctZjgxYTEzOTRjNDM0BHBvcwMyBHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnkEdmVyAzEyNWE0ZTUxLTFiY2QtMTFlMi05N2JmLTIxNDVhMzU4NzRiZg--;_ylg=X3oDMTJ1c2MwbGZpBGludGwDaGsEbGFuZwN6aC1oYW50LWhrBHBzdGFpZANiNzRjZjg3ZS0wNGQzLTM5M2QtYjBjYy1jNTFhOTIyZTk4MDAEcHN0Y2F0A.a4r.iBngRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3

[ 本帖最後由 kakalittlestarz 於 2012-10-23 19:44 編輯 ]

I know some ppl in a field similar to yours. they're doing landscape architects, working in reserves and in ocean park. natural science means a lot of things. which part are you in?

[ 本帖最後由 guardianangel 於 2012-10-25 22:27 編輯 ]

I study Biological Sciences with a focus on Biotechnology..............IF and only IF I am able to .............nail down a decent offer by December this year....

I studied biology with a focus on ecology when I was in uni.  Faced the same problem as you do upon graduation (I grad in the year of SARS, super bad market).  Wanted to do something related to my major but found that the number of graduates is much more than the number of jobs available in a commercial city like HK.

Anyway, I am doing something totally unrelated to my major.  The good bit is that I quite like my job (just by chance).  Good luck pal.

U grad 後搬出來住, 自己俾租, 俾左1年家用之後就無再俾, 雖然佢地成日問我拎, 但我都無俾 分分鐘慳多左

見到"natural"呢個字我仲以為你係 ecology / environmental 果d...有冇諗過考化驗師牌? 聽講好難考, 同埋唔好 expect 好好 pay, 不過起碼係 related 既工種.
有間 X大基因兩年前黎 hk 請左好多 fresh grad, 要去廣州做 training (至於響hk定內地返工我就唔清楚了), 不過聽講好悶, 話不斷做 DNA sequencing 喎, 識朋友去完 training 就轉左工
有朋友真係做到 biotech 公司既 R&D, 響香港 (好神奇, 竟然有).. 佢係在學期間做完 intern, 畢業人地就請佢.
其實你仲有好多時間先畢業, d 公司未必咁快請定人 wor (呢個 field 係咁, 好少 expect 個 job applicant 要過咁耐先可以開工), anyway 你而家諗定先都岩既


[ 本帖最後由 guardianangel 於 2012-10-27 06:29 編輯 ]