By P Aruna, The Star
PETALING JAYA: Poor attitude -including asking for too much money - is the chief reason why employers shy away from hiring fresh graduates. Another common complaint is that many graduates are poor in English.
A survey by online recruitment agency Jobstreet.com showed that 55% of employers cited unrealistic expectations of salaries while 48% of them said poor English was the main reason why Malaysian fresh graduates from both public and private institutions remain unemployed.
“While previous surveys named poor English as the main cause for unemployment, bad attitude has now topped the list,” said its chief operating officer Suresh Thiru.
He said their attitudes were so bad that some did not even bother to inform the companies if they were running late or unable to attend scheduled interviews.
It was announced that the number of jobless graduates had increased from 65,500 to 71,600 although the overall unemployment rate had dropped from 3.4% last year to 3.1% during the first quarter of this year.
Another study by recruitment agency Kelly Services showed that fresh graduates asked for flexible working hours and expected their work to accommodate their personal life, not vice versa.
Its marketing director Jeannie Khoo said employers were also turned off by the lackadaisical attitude and lack of drive to improve among many of them.
“They have the misconception that they can earn high salaries at entry-level. They enter the banking industry expecting to earn RM3,000 while the market rate is only RM2,200,” she said.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia head of recruitment Salika Suksuwan said some candidates had many offers in hand but acted unprofessionally in rejecting job offers - by not turning up for interviews or the first day at work.
“We sometimes have to call them and remind them about a scheduled interview when they didn't turn up,” she said.
Talent Corp CEO Johan Mahmood Merican urged fresh graduates not to make demands on their salary.
“It is more important to join a company that can develop your skills and prepare you for future opportunities,” he said.
In a related development, Human Resource Deputy Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said half of the applicants who registered with the JobsMalaysia portal (www.jobsmalaysia.gov.my) had found employment.
Speaking when launching the Graduan Aspire 2011 employment fair yesterday, she said about 300,000 job applicants were currently registered with the website.
Comments (6)...
written by datuk tanah, July 17, 2011 18:50:03
Home grown graduates are suitable for local consumption only. As an employer I prefer to look for well educated graduates well versed in English, spoken and written and am prepared to pay a lot more. If not then retired people or people who are older in the 50's could be another source. ...
written by HamChak, July 17, 2011 17:50:17
Thank you lol, to that PariahMaMakThief of Kerala who wanted every School
and University to teach in Malay. That's the outcome of most of our Graduates.
Poor in English is only a one factor, but most of these Graduates were not of
University calibre in the first place. MaMak finally managed to kill off this country.
Go la and die in HELL. ..
written by carlitos, July 17, 2011 17:45:35
Funny if you work as a dishwasher in Australia, you earn about AUD 900, namely RM 2700 a week or RM 10,800 per month. That is how far the difference between a developed country and a poor third world country like Malaysia. ...
written by Stormquest, July 17, 2011 15:48:42
"Another common complaint is that many graduates are poor in English".
Poor English is a problem, but the bigger problem is the lack of creativity. Many students don't think out of the box. Having said this, how many, including senior managers, in Malaysia's corporate world think out of the box? How many Malaysia's corporate world can really claim to be world class? If you are not, then don't knock the students. It's all about leadership by example. And if you cannot cut it, don't talk. Because half of Malaysia's corporate world, including CEO's and HR Managers, need to be fired!
"Poor attitude -including asking for too much money"
You call this a poor attitude? Have you seen the cost of living? It has sky-rocketted thanks to BN's economics. How can you expect people to survive in today's economic reality? Would you like to see a simple calculation? Try this for size, "How To Survive With Salary RM3000 In Malaysia"
http://onlyatmalaysia.blogspot...00-in.html
And if they are asking for "too much money", that's good. It's shows that they are ambitious. A smart corporation can turn this ambition around and make it a WIN-WIN for both a company and the employee.
written by Revolution, July 17, 2011 14:22:03
The more terrible is that many graduates had to borrow money to get this lousy education and unemployable level ...
There are actually many people who makes a lot of money by cheating the students and their parents .,, Shame !
The cap of graduation may be the same than USA , but the level of the graduate is the same as Zimbabwe ...
written by onnetline, July 17, 2011 13:57:26
The quality of graduates are far and few and to top it all, most asked for ridiculously high salary that does not commensurate with their poor ' self package '. Pathetic indeed ..... I interviewed many.
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