Career strategies to strengthen graduate employees' employment position in the Hong Kong labour market

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 135-149

  Lau, Agnes ^a   Pang, Mary ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Career development; Career planning; Graduates; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059285     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010372689     Document Type: Article

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