If you decide to join the workforce, you may be puzzled or come across certain dilemmas. You can visit the "Youth Employment Start" for more personal advisory and support services on employment and self-employment. Available services include Career Assessment, Mock Interview Workshop, Mentorship Scheme, as well as a free business workstation and a design corner for self-employed youth. You can also register on-line as a preliminary member and make reservation on part of the services of Youth Employment Start.

Link: http://www.e-start.hk/gfx/en/index.htm

To qualify as an ambulenceman with the Fire Services Department, one must first overcome a series of hurdles. Chan Ka Wing, an Ambulenceman, shares with us what it takes to make it through the process. A candidate with a minimum of three passes in HKCEE is required to undergo a series of tests, interviews and check-ups, to be followed by 26 weeks of training. The entrance tests and the gruelling training alone are challenging enough. What enables Chan Ka Wing to carry on in his job is a firm belief in helping others.

Once a citizen's call for help is put through, an ambulenceman's work begins. Acting Principal Ambulenceman Ng Yu Ming goes through with us the time-critical work flow of an ambulenceman, so as to give us an idea of what physical and psychological attributes are required for a potential candidate to be up to the task. While it may be a lot of hard work, the highlight of the job is the chance to save lives.

After graduating from the Police College for two months, Inspector Fong will give us a detailed account of the entire process of applying for Probationary Inspector, including the selection process, the written exam and interview, and share with us the joy and pain as trainees in the College, and the excitements associated with police duties.

Elaine has returned to Hong Kong after graduating from her veterinary studies in Australia. Not interested in private practice, she has joined the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and is determined to be a veterinary surgeon with a difference. She has been involved in enacting animal ordinances of great interest to Hong Kong, as well as quarantine work for the horses coming to Hong Kong for the Olympic equestrian events.

Does a science student always end up with a job in the lab? Lawrence Leung, a Fisheries Technical Officer II, tells us that, with his science background, he was assigned on the first day of his job to take diving lessons and come into direct contact with the undersea world. From one who did not know much about fish, to one who has fallen in love with the ocean, he can now distinguish between different kinds of sea creatures. Through this job, he has come to embrace marine life and enter the diverse world of fisheries. As a result, he has also developed a greater fondness for the earth.

Chan Ho-kai will give you a personal story of his eight years as a Police Communications Officer. He will also let you in on how he joined the force, the duties unknown to outsiders, and the joys and frustrations as well as the unforgettable moments in his job. There will also be tips on how to carry yourself during the job interview, so that you will stand a better chance of getting the job.

Let Chief Police Communications Officer Wong Pak-ling recount to you the whole process of how 999 calls are answered, the organisation structure of the Regional Command and Control Centre, entry requirements for the post of Police Communications Officer, as well as what you should pay attention to during the job interview and when you start out in your new job. He will also tell you about the most memorable moment in his 30-odd-year career and how he felt on receiving a service award.