Students’ wage and employment expectations are influential in their first job selection after graduation. The emphasis of this study is on the formation of student wage and employment expectations, as well as comparing the expectations of students in the two biggest cities of Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

1. Are we overpaying or underpaying?
Undergrad Wage and Job Expectation.
July 2015

2. Surveyed Respondent
STUDENT GROUP MAJOR UNIVERSITIES
Hanoi Foreign
Trade University
Hanoi University of
51%49%
Freshman
Senior 27%
33%
26%
REGION
Hanoi University of
Science and Technology
Hanoi National
University of Education
Hanoi Law University
HCMC University of
Agriculture and
Forestry
Van Lang University
Senior
71%HaNoi
13%
27%
26%
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29%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
HCMC
Educaton and
training
Social
sciences
Economy Engineering
technology

3. Salary is the most important
factor when looking for a job

4. Your firm’s reputation? No, it’s the last criteria when undergrads
consider when they are seeking for job
67%
19%
22%
25% 26%
28%
30%
33%
43%
1%
5%
7%
11%
Other Enterprise
reputation
Developing
enterprise
Good
manager
Apply skills
and
specialized
knowledge for
work
Work-life
balance
Work in
desired field
Training
skills
Compensation
schemes
Promotion
opportunities
Job Stability Good work
enviroment
Salary
schemes

5. Students with part-time job
expects higher wage than the
rest

6. 32%<
of students
are having a
part-time job
Not many students are having part-time jobs
31%
32%< part-time job
of them are having
jobs relevant with their
major at university
65%
35%
74%
27%
68%
32%
No
Yes
Total HCMC Hanoi
42%
final year students having part-
time jobs would like to pursue
a full time position in the same
area that they are now
working after graduation
More students in Hanoi are holding part-time
jobs than those in HCM
Total HCMC Hanoi

7. Student’s earnings from part-time jobs is lower than their
monthly spending
21%
Under VND 1
million 48%
54%
48%
43%
44%
21%
58%
1 - 2 VND million
million
Senior
Freshman
48%
45%
7%
40%
6%
45%
48%
7%
Total
HCMC
Hanoi
Students’ earnings from part-time jobs Students’ monthly spending
13%
21%
Over VND 2 million
Under 2.5 VND million 2.5 - 5 VND million Over 5 VND million

8. Wage expectation is different among students who has part-time
jobs and none
36%
42%41%
Those who are having part-time jobs
expect high wage of over VND 8 mil.
While the others expect an average
earnings from VND 4 – 6 mil.
2% 1% 0%
7%
12%
10%
25% 25%
21% 20%
30% 29%
Part-time job relevant to
future job
Part-time job irrelevant to
future job
Do not have part - time job
Under 2 VND million 2 - 4 VND million 4 - 6 VND million
6 -8 VND million Over 8 VND million

9. Ho Chi Minh City
More monthly spending doesn’t mean higher wage expectation with students in HCMC
42% 43%
62%
36%
Under 2 VND million
2 - 4 VND million
Hanoi
0% 0% 0%
4% 6%
0%
18%
27%
15%
23% 23%
Low expenditure Average expenditure High expenditure
4 - 6 VND million
6 -8 VND million
Over 8 VND million
32%
40%
32%
30%
41%
0% 0%
3%
15%
11%
6%
32% 32%
22% 21%
18%
30%
28%
Low expenditure Average expenditure High expenditure
Under 2 VND million
2 - 4 VND million
4 - 6 VND million
6 -8 VND million
Over 8 VND million

10. Own a Startups? – Nope!

11. As always, startups is not student first choice. They see themselve having a dream job at
the foreign invested enterprises.
Expected job sectors Wage expectation for each sector
36%
43%
6%
Public sector
Foreign investment area
Start - up
19%
48% 49%
26%
21%
17%
25%25%
15%
44%
Under 2 VND million
2 - 4 VND million
4 - 6 VND million
6 -8 VND million
Over 8 VND million
1%
15%
Other
Non-state sector
0% 0.4% 0.4%
6% 5%
Non-state sector Public sector Foreign investment
area

12. Students expect to have a position that match their major at university but are open
to have a job in different areas.
62%
65%
59%
Total Freshman Senior
22%
16%
25%
10%
19%
22%
Intend to take jobs related to your major Only take job related to your majors Only take jobs unrelated to your majors
Those who only wish to work in areas that different from their majors at university expects salary rate that
may surprise employers*.
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Intend to take jobs related to your major
but feasible to change to unrelated one
Only take job related to your majors Only take jobs unrelated to your majors

13. Expectation on future wage and benefits

14. More than
50%
expects a salary of lower than VND 5 mil.
after one year of working
Wage expectations by time are close to reality
12%
35%
30%
23%
12%
34%
31%
23%
13%
35%
30%
22%
Total
Freshman
Senior
20%
39%
36%
16%
5%
HCMC
Over 15 VND million
10 - 15 VND million
5 - 10 VND million
Wage expectation after 3 years of working
12%12%
Under 5 VND
million
5 - 10 VND million 10 - 15 VND
million
Over 15 VND
million
Senior
24%
27%
34%
16%
Hanoi
Under 5 VND million

15. 55%
53%
57%
It is expected that five years of working experience could bring back higher salary
and benefit but how big it is?
15%
27%
13%
32%
17%
22%
Total
Freshman
Senior
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details.
4%
3%
4%
Under 5 VND million 5 - 10 VND million 10 - 15 VND million Over 15 VND million

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