“Wasted education: IT Master turns local food delivery guy, security guard”

Key points

• 1. An IT professional with a master's degree faced 11 months of unemployment.
• 2. He registered for food delivery and security guard training after job market struggles.
• 3. The poster's master's certificate from HKU felt powerless in the current job market.
• 4. He advised others not to quit jobs without new offers due to market brutality.
• 5. Job vacancies for university graduates hit a five-year low, dropping 76.7% in IT.
• 6. Youth unemployment in the IT sector is at 6.9%, higher than the overall rate of 4.2%.