Five factors why graduates are unemployed

February 27, 2010 21:40 PM

Unemployed Graduates: Five Reasons Why

KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Lack of industrial training and poor English are among five factors why graduates are unemployed, according to a study conducted by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

Other factors are low problem-solving skills, job-hopping and lack of self-confidence, said Higher Education Ministry student development and affairs director Prof Dr Mohd Fauzi Ramlan.

He said as graduates were bogged down with poor communication skills in English, they should improve their command of the language.

"They have themselves to blame if they fail to convince employers on their potential," he said when closing a two-day graduate etiquette programme at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu here Sarturday.

He said graduates should also avoid being choosy about jobs and shrug off bad attitude of preferring to work in ones' hometown.

-- BERNAMA

Poor command of English eh? So, these graduates have themselves to blame? In the first place, the education system has failed to make the English language of paramount importance.