Friday, October 2, 2009

Problems Faced By Employers In Hiring Fresh Graduates

I got this stats from NST (10 Jul 09). The survey was conducted by Jobstreet.com. Saja nak kongsi ... Lu pikir lah sendiri ;)

55.8% Poor command of English
37.4% Poor character, attitude or personality
33.0% Asking for unrealistic salary / benefits
30.2% Mismatch of skill
27.7% Choosy in job or company
25.9% No demonstrated ability to solve problems
23.8% Skill knowledge not in depth enough
15.6% No suitable operning available
14.4% Ill prepared for job interview
13.2% Poor general knowledge
7.8% Little or no interest in job applied
2.2% Graduated from lesser known university
1.9% Unemployed for too long
1.3% Female graduates less suitable
1.1% Poor command of Mandarin
0.7% Poor command of Malay (BM)
7.9% Other reasons

In the same article, MEF (Malaysian Employers Federation) cited examples such as :

a) Out of 10 unemployed graduates, 7 have communication problems.

b) At a recent job opening for call centers, only 8 out of 80 applicants were selected as the others had fared badly in English.

So camner tuh ?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of the ways to improve English is by watching movie. X semestinya movie yg bentuk ilmiah.. documentary pun okey jgk.. Asalkan jgk asyik dok tgk citer porno dah.. Sbb citer centu bukan sahaja melembabkan pemikiran, but there are not much word we can learn from it.

Other than that, computer games, Card games, board games, newspaper, journal, magazines, etc blh jgk improve vocab.

As for oral communicaton, mau x mau kena aaa wat muka tebal membiasakan diri speaking English walaupun x terrer mana to gain confident. Keng-kadang tu i pun ada jgk tersalah sebut bahasa Ong-Putih ni.. Maklum aa bukan grad luar negara.. Nasib aa ada sorg pakcik tu dok tegur.. keng-kadang tu rasa annoying jgk.. Nyibuk jer.. Salah sebut sikit nak tegur.. Ngalahkan cikgu English aku.. Mcm aaa aku ni Ong-Putih.. Tp bila di pikir2 kan balik.. Ada baiknya pakcik tu tegur aku..

Tp sekarang ni pakcik tu dah x der dah.... Bukan kembali ke alam barzah, tapi dah pindah.. Walaupun pakcik to poyo giler.. Tp bila dia x der x best plak.. Menda yg aku merepek nih!!! Dah!!!, aku nak gi kluar makan malam...

SAS - The Semutar Man said...

I guess u must b talking from ur own experience eh ? Anyway, TQ Mr Anonymous. Dah abis posa 6 ker ? ;)

Anonymous said...

Yup.. Tu true story i.. Sampai skrg i geram jer dgn pakcik tu.. Naper u tetiba tanya i dah abis posa 6 ker blum??? I baru posa 2 kalau termasuk hari nie..