Graduate unemployment

fivereasons.JPGThis is from a Bernama report today. The Ministry of Higher Education cited a study by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers to give the top five reasons for unemployment among university graduates.

The first two reasons are a lack of industrial training and a poor command of the English language. Other factors are low problem-solving skills, job-hopping and lack of self-confidence, said 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,” and added that graduates should also avoid being choosy about jobs and shrug off bad attitude of preferring to work in ones’ hometown.

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