February 27, 2010

Graduate Unemployment: The Five Reasons

 

Why are local graduates unable to find jobs? This is a Bernama Report on the issue.

According to a study conducted by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM),the lack of industrial training and poor English are among these five factors.

The other three factors are low problem-solving skills, job-hopping and lack of self-confidence. This was the reasoning of  Higher Education Ministry student development and affairs director Prof Dr Mohd Fauzi Ramlan.

He said as graduates were bogged down with poor communication skills in English, they should improve their command of the language.

“They have themselves to blame if they fail to convince employers on their potential,” he said when closing a two-day graduate etiquette programme at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu here today.

He said graduates should also avoid being choosy about jobs and shrug off bad attitude of preferring to work in ones’ hometown.

The last reason of preferring to work in their own town is a laugh.......

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