Well this news is not something out of the ordinary there’s a large influx of graduates whom aren’t able to secure a job and where can we put the blame on? The government, the employer or the graduate themselves.

Its a interesting topic to dive into, being a graduate my self I want to know whom to put the blame on. Being a Malaysian its always easy to pinpoint others rather than owning up to our mistakes. Investing 45 grand and more into your studies is not something to be shrugged into a rug. The expected salary is around 2.5 grand. This means a typical graduate needs 18 months to break even on my so called “investment” and this is literally putting aside money for any other means.

We all have heard of graduates whom go into gig-economy the infamous “Graduate doing FoodPanda” story, and even our honourable Prime Minister Tun Mahathir himself claiming that “graduates go into selling nasi lemak” due to lack of jobs being offered to them even after obtaining a first class honours. But that’s what certain people see let me clarify my point, is it really hard to get an CGPA of 3.5 and above currently in universities, typically its not that hard, as tips are just handed to you in time for exam and its something quite norm where the lecturers will filter out the topics and hand them over to you in time for exam. This is done to help the students but it is a multiplier effect which produce a high number of passing students, which then becomes a marketing tool for universities to claim that their proven to produce 90% and above passing grade. Their are students whom don’t focus in class but during the tips session he/she will be the first person to be there and relatively they do good in examination. And it is well know fact by employer nowadays, thus they are looking for something more, something out of the box. You should be able to market yourself by pushing away those grades and show your talents, soft skills such as communication, dressing, language and many more. Gone were the days where you should be judged purely on education. And are Malaysian graduates ready to take on this challenge or even are they mastered with soft skills most of the time its not the case and this is due to just listen and write down system in our primary and secondary education stages. We are given no room to question the teachers due to the enviroment and this should be seriosly look into.

There’s over 200,000 graduates whom are jobless and our PM says its the governments fault so lets look at it during the 1980’s Malaysia’s started to liberalise the higher education this means more universities and private institute started opening up its doors thus started competition in signing up more and more students thus this now will relate to the previous paragraph where it has turned into a business where ROI, PROFIT was being prioritized. And then there’s a point where the government is allowing more and more foreigners take up the jobs in the market but are sureabout that, as around 12% to 15% is being carted or taken up by foreigners but most of the time its for low-skilled jobs where a uni graduate wont even think about entering and they should not do so. Then there’s a problem of studying something where its not usefull, or to put in a better word a mismatch happens in the market. Without the demand there’s no need for supply. Graduates should be able to identify what they want their future to be put aside the blame game and focus on your talents. It’s a zoo out there and you should be able to fight to get to top onto the food chain.