{"id":"70941d95-3c31-4338-976f-d1ef0c3135c3","url":"https://www.thestandard.com.hk/social-buzz/article/335998/Wasted-education-IT-Master-turns-local-food-delivery-guy-security-guard","domain":"thestandard.com.hk","outlet":{"name":"Thestandard","country":"HK","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"Wasted education: IT Master turns local food delivery guy, security guard","plainHeadline":null,"rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["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%.","7. Full-time positions for graduates fell from 80,000 in 2022 to 31,000 last year."],"topics":["Jobs"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-06-30T09:04:59.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-01T17:21:11.528Z","story":null}