Local Malaysian Graduates

I have been hearing a lot about our local graduates; some say they are too choosy, some say they are not up to level needed, some say they are lazy and the list goes on. So for the last few weeks I have been meeting many local graduates for tea and coffee and started asking them why they are being blamed in such a manner.

Are they really choosy?

Well, from what I gathered, yes they are choosy. They have to be very luck to know that the government is doing everything they can to support this people and they are just too choosy and not interested in what is offered to them. I know a recruitment consultant friend who is working on one of the “Train & Place” programme which is fully paid by the government together with monthly allowance, anything from RM 400 to RM 1000, and I can’t believe that this graduates can say no to such offers just because they live in Sungai Buluh and the training is provided in Genting Highland. Reason given was that the place is too far from family as they have to stay in Genting for 1 or 2 month to undergo the training.

Language

Yes, language is a big problem when it comes to our local graduates. I have interviewed as many as 100 to 150 of them and they hardly can make a proper sentence in English and the sad part will be that this people are having a CGPA of 2.5 to 3.5. They really have to improve on their English; almost 70% of the students I interviewed asked me if they could talk in Bahasa when I was asking them questions in English. I really hope their English will be improved in University itself.

Are they really lazy?

Not all of them but they are certain group who are lazy, they graduated in middle of 2008 and when we offer then a job in the beginning of 2009, they don’t want to take the offer and when asked why “Nak lepak dulu la..” was the answer. Parents are to be blamed here to as most of them are supported by their parents for pocket money, which brings another question to my mind, does the parents know that their children are rejecting the job offers?

Leave it to me, I will talk to some parents and write about that.

Mon