Unemployment crisis among fresh graduates / Nor Azilah Husin … [et al.]
The phenomenon of graduate unemployment has culminated many policy implications for higher education in many developed nations, such as Malaysia. The unemployment rate among fresh graduates increased to 25% in 2020 compared to 13.8% the year before, resulting in the total unemployment of new graduat...
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my.uitm.ir.508102021-11-01T03:57:49Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50810/ Unemployment crisis among fresh graduates / Nor Azilah Husin … [et al.] Nor Azilah Husin, Nor Azilah Husin Rasli, Salina Ganesh Kumar, Murugan Shri Suppiah, Ganeswary Unemployment Personnel management. Employment management The phenomenon of graduate unemployment has culminated many policy implications for higher education in many developed nations, such as Malaysia. The unemployment rate among fresh graduates increased to 25% in 2020 compared to 13.8% the year before, resulting in the total unemployment of new graduates a whopping 116,161 people. Why such an alarming rate? This paper aims to examine factors influencing unemployment crisis among fresh graduates. The obtained data on employers' preference, candidate attributes, and economic instability was done through a survey questionnaire distributed among 130 fresh graduates. Both descriptive analyses on demographic characteristics and inferential statistics were applied to analyse the data. The findings indicate significant association between employer's preference, candidate attributes, and economic instability with the unemployment crisis. The findings shed light on measures to be taken by the education ministry to prepare fresh graduates for better employment prospects. A revision to the higher education academic curriculum is recommended to meet the job market's and stakeholders' needs for better graduate employability. Center for Islamic Philanthropy and Social Finance (CIPSF) 2021 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50810/1/50810.pdf ID50810 Nor Azilah Husin, Nor Azilah Husin and Rasli, Salina and Ganesh Kumar, Murugan Shri and Suppiah, Ganeswary (2021) Unemployment crisis among fresh graduates / Nor Azilah Husin … [et al.]. In: E-Proceeding for Asian Conference on Business, Economics and Social Science (ACBESS) 2021. Center for Islamic Philanthropy and Social Finance (CIPSF), Alor Gajah, p. 26. https://www.acbess2021.com/ |
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The phenomenon of graduate unemployment has culminated many policy implications for higher education in many developed nations, such as Malaysia. The unemployment rate among fresh graduates increased to 25% in 2020 compared to 13.8% the year before, resulting in the total unemployment of new graduates a whopping 116,161 people. Why such an alarming rate? This paper aims to examine factors influencing unemployment crisis among fresh graduates. The obtained data on employers' preference, candidate attributes, and economic instability was done through a survey questionnaire distributed among 130 fresh graduates. Both descriptive analyses on demographic characteristics and inferential statistics were applied to analyse the data. The findings indicate significant association between employer's preference, candidate attributes, and economic instability with the unemployment crisis. The findings shed light on measures to be taken by the education ministry to prepare fresh graduates for better employment prospects. A revision to the higher education academic curriculum is recommended to meet the job market's and stakeholders' needs for better graduate employability. |
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