The purpose of this study was to determine the significance factors that influence unemployment among graduates in Malaysia. The variables consists job mismatch, English proficiency and employability skills are stated as independent variables for this study. The respondents were 150 employers and workers in Malaysia. The finding showed that job mismatch, English proficiency and employability skills have influence on unemployment among graduates in Malaysia. All variables show positive relationship towards the unemployment among graduates. This study refers to primary data and also secondary data for supporting the sampling technique. Meanwhile, the researcher use questionnaire as the method to collect all the data from sample respondents in accomplishing the research objectives. While the data for this study was analyzed using multiple statistical procedures: mean point value, standard deviation, and correlation analysis. The result of the study presented in this research agrees that job mismatch; English proficiency and employability skills influenced unemployment among graduates. This study can be seen as a foreword to a more detailed study to be carrying by future research on the issue of unemployment among graduates in Malaysia. In Malaysia 200000 graduates are now jobless beacause os their inability to converse in English. Organizations choose people that suited to the job and organization so the appliquant most have the appropriated qualification. ‘‘ Malaysians employers federation secretary Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said that a survey a few years ago among it members found that 60% of them identified low English proficiency as the main problem with young recruits’’. Employers are more likely to hire based on... ... middle of paper ... ...f the populace would be a pulling factor in attracting foreign direct investment. Malaysia would be hard put to compete with more advanced and well established manufacturing industries in a liberalized economy which frowns on trade protectionism. The best alternative would be to fortify a knowledge based service industry and this requires a sound knowledge of English. Thus, it can be seen the learning of English in not merely for the sake of social vanity, it is related to our economic survival in the post 2000 era of globalization. The education system should take serious steps to improve the soft skills of the students. According to newspaper reports, employers frequently lament that many recent graduates lack vital soft skills such as interpersonal skills, communicating skills, negotiating skills, persuading skills and other vital skills inherent in communication.
There are three major types of unemployment which are structural, frictional, and cyclical. All three categories explain the many reasons why a person might be out of work in an economic system.
Giving international students a permit to work-off campus offers them a chance to interact with residents at work place where interaction is very essential. This gives the students a chance to develop their communication skills because they get a chance to talk and improve on their English language. It is observed that most of the students shy away from speaking with the residents due to fear of displaying their accent while communicating which may sound funny at times. Developing communication skills especially in English language which is very diverse Worldwide and is the language used while teaching in class helps the students so much. Research reveals that most of the students are from English-speaking countries, which makes it an added advantage. It helps build confidence in speaking and a good command in writing, these skills are important when applying for jobs and writing curriculum vitas.
In this article “What It Takes To Make New College Students Employable” written by Alina Tugend, she argues that your time in college does not necessarily prepare an individual for jobs in society today. This is mainly due to employers who expect recent college graduates to have the skills prepared for a working environment. Unfortunately, that is not the case because the social and technical skills that you learn in college do not translate into the corporate world. To solve this problem, students can become more well equipped with the skills necessary to work by attending training programs, have employers work with them to fix certain issues, and teach them where certain social skills should be applied in the workplace.
It is currently increasing in incidence at an alarming rate. Unemployment among young people is increasing predominantly as a result of youth receiving inadequate preparation for the job market and a largely ignored discrimination against youth in the job market. In order to minimize levels of youth unemployment, the education system and current workforce practices need to be analyzed and modified. The education system should be modified so that its degrees and more in line with jobs that are actually available and offer more job experience opportunities. The workforce practices should be modified so that discrimination against youth is minimized as much as possible. This can be achieved through invoking a higher rate of jobs awarded through meritocracy and reducing the amount of informal hiring. It is only after the integration of many of these concepts that youth unemployment levels will decrease. This will be a step towards a world with less inequality and unemployment, a step towards a better
E4Project. (2007): Education for Employment Project. Teaching and Learning in Further and Higher Education. A Handbook by the Education for Employment Project.
There is an ever-increasing importance placed on effective communication in the workplace, which presents greater difficulties for immigrants seeking jobs in Canada. The inability to properly express oneself in English greatly jeopardizes the chances of getting a job, especially one in the immigrant’s field of study. According to the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (VIRCS), the lack of English proficiency is the main barrier to employment for most immigrants. It prevents many professionals from getting a job where they can utilize their expertise, and is also a roadblock to the skilled trade immigrants who normally do not have a high level of education from their former country (VIRCS, n.d.). A large number of these immigrants, particularly refugees, have considerable education and experience in their native country, but because of their l...
The intention of the essay is to show reflective self-analysis, which will be described from strengths and weaknesses, personality, skills, learning styles, emotional intelligence and psychometric profile in order to develop myself to have sense of employability for my career in the future. Once Trought (2012) says that employability skills can help establishing success. Therefore, it is very crucial to review oneself as a first step.
As a student, it never too soon to look at the job market in which you will be operating as a job seeker, and at what can help you to maximize the chance of having a profitable job. To be attractive to the employer is that students have to acquire during the school time. Nowadays, there have been many researches on 'employability', which is generally regarded as a broader concept of skills in the workplace. According to the definition given by the Higher Education Academy, employability is:
English is the common thread that binds people in this industry. But many people from different cultural background are not exposed to the language. As a result, language training is required for efficient and smooth working of the industry. National pride and cultural barriers should be overcome and that too quickly.
People need money to purchase all kinds of goods and services they needed every day and sometimes, for goods or services they desire to own. To fulfill that, they have the essential need to earn money. In order to earn money, they must work in either in fields related to their interests or to their qualifications. However, people will meet different challenges during their jobs-hunting sessions, such as many candidates competing for a job vacancy; salaries offered are lower than expected salaries and economic crisis or down which causes unemployment. Unemployment is what we will be looking into in this report. Dwidedi (2010) stated that unemployment is defined as not much job vacancies are available to fulfill the amount of people who want to work and can work according to the current pay they can get for a job they chose to work as. There are four major types of unemployment: frictional, structural, cyclical and seasonal unemployment.
Due to the changing economy, the employability of graduates has become a key issue. The employers have been involved in numerous researches demonstrating the other attributes which they prefer that are not job specific namely the interpersonal, organization and behavioral skills. This is the major reason why the higher education institutes have been emphasizing on providing education in a manner that the employability skills could be incorporated. Employers
Foreign language skills can be useful in promoting American foreign interests. In a global economy, doing business abroad is paramount, but language barriers can be a burden. Opponents of a foreign language requirement in education would argue that most foreign businessmen already speak English. Admittedly, most foreign competitors do speak English, but only out of necessity. They learned to speak English in an effort to better communicate with their American counterparts and take advantage of the money making potential of doing business in America.
Employability is a multifaceted concept and one of the major subjects of debate in terms of what it is, how it is measured, how it is developed, and who is responsible for it. It is also one of the widely debated issues of accrediting and determining world class higher education institutions which could go a long way in systematically improving the performance of an institution as well as an individual. Most of the studies regarding employability have found lesser understanding of this concept especially in graduates who need to be well versed with the concept of employability as they are the force that ignite this notion and take it forward to the workplaces and to the employers they encounter during their careers. There is a need of awareness
...ncements in their current employment. Over all, a good English education will help with enhancing a person’s life.
Youth unemployment is a global problem facing both developed and developing economies. The United Nations define youth unemployment as individuals between the age of 15 and 24 years not employed and actively seeking employment. Statistics only consider youths who have attained the required age of employment who are willing and able to work but without jobs. Unemployment rates raise concerns in all economies. However, the rate and trends vary from one country to another irrespective of the country’s development status. For instance, in Cuba, Sierra Leone and Germany, youth unemployment rates were below 10% as per the year (Petersen & Mortimer, 2011). Sierra Leone is a developing country while Germany is a developed country yet their youth unemployment rates are comparable. On the other hand, youth unemployment rates in South Africa, Armenia and Spain were above 50% as per the year 2010 (Petersen & Mortimer, 2011). In most countries, youth unemployment rate is more than double as compared to an unemployment rate in people above the age of 24 years. Canada is not an exemption as the youth unemployment rate is raising major concerns. In the recent years, issues of youth unemployment have dominated political debates and social forums. More and more youths are leaving institutions of higher learning to end up being jobless. A considerable proportion of the youths are doing jobs that are below their level of educations. Organizations are raising standards in jobs where jobs previously performed by high school leavers are being given to diploma and degree holders. Since 1966, general unemployment rate has averaged at 7.75%. As per April this year, the unemployment rate among the youths was 14.5%, w...