PREVENTION OF MALAYSIAN GRADUATES UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE CURRENT TIME

NURUL KHALIDAH BINTI ZULKEFELI (BP17110026) - bp17110026@student.ums.edu.my

HA20 CHILDREN & FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY

With the significant increase of university graduates being unemployed right after their convocation, are we still holding on to the narrative “Get into university so you’ll get a good job”?

Why Did I Choose This Topic?

I have always believed that getting a job is not just about doing some work in order to receive some money to sustain for some time. You career is a lifestyle that you choose, that will benefit the society. Which means, unemployment is not just about jobless people. It's about the lack of contribution, which have negative effects, ranging to one own self, to a nation as a whole.

The essay will elaborate on the problem of Malaysian graduates’ unemployment in the current time, and how it can be solved by graduates having clear career vision, identifying and adapting with the changes, and also bringing value and contribution to the workplace.

Unhappiness and Unemployment.pdf

Effects to One's Self

Personal Unhappiness

The_Relationship_Between_Output_And_Unemployment_I.pdf

Effects to the nation

Okun's Law

Main factor of current graduates unemployment in Malaysia:

Quality of graduates (not lack of job opportunity!)

Employers_Perceptions_on_Graduates_in_Malaysian_S.pdf

MALAYSIAN_GRADUATES_EMPLOYABILITY_SKILLS.pdf

UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG MALAYSIA GRADUATES:GRADUATES’ATTRIBUTES,LECTURERS’ COMPETENCY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION.pdf

Career Landscape is changing dramatically - everyone has to be prepared!

Graduates need to have the knowledge of the skills and applications related or required, and familiarize themselves with them. If a graduate already have a career goal in his mind, the next thing for him to do is to follow, keep up and familiarize themselves with whatever is happening in the field or industry. In addition, the employers also need to follow, keep up and familiarize themselves with whatever changes that are happening in terms of recruiting employees. The curriculum being given towards graduates should also be able to adapt to the changes in the career landscape.

What is better than soft skills?

While students may display high level of employability skills, it is possible that organisations are more willing to offer job or absorb graduates to their organisations especially when the graduates performed well during the training period. It shows here that the organizations used the training period to monitor what values and contributions do the students bring into the organization instead.

Value here refers to the intrinsic aspects, such as graduates’ work ethics, principles, interests and passion,

Contribution here refers to in what valuable ways graduates would contribute to the workplace.

These two, if showcased properly, can secure not only the position of the job, but the suitable organization or working environment customized to the graduates as well.

Soft Skills Attributes and Graduate Employability: A Case in Universiti Malaysia Sabah.pdf