Why local graduates can't be hired - Top reasons for fresh grad employment

Asking for unrealistics salary/benefits (67%)

Lack of required skills (42%)

Why?

Solution

Solution

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Knowing the Value of Your Expertise

demonstrate flexibility

What?

applying into the organization without knowing the organization backgrounds.

Attend and participate in upgrading their skills class

Offer an acceptable salaray range

They do not focusing on organizations requirements

Group: Amaryllis

Effect

current skills will not recognize by the organization's examiner if the required skills not included

A fresh graduate with zero working experience expecting a starting basic salary of RM5, 000.

Do some part-time, volunteer or even an internship before getting something permanent to gain work experience

Doing something productive during your spare time that will be beneficial for you during interview

too unrealistic and demand too much on salary.

Effect

Leave bad impression to interviewer

Poor Communication Skills (55%) & Poor Command of English language (55%)

Effect

How to overcome?

Identify confident public speakers – for example, through watching TED Talks – and observe the techniques they use.

Don’t avoid giving a presentation as part of your coursework or during a seminar

Write a blog or make videos

Undertake a communications role for a student society, such as managing the society’s social media feeds

Join volunteers

Take up a public-facing or customer service part-time job

Why?

Employers do not want to spend money on training

Graduates with outstanding paper qualifications often are ill-equipped with soft-skills

Employers dealing with international businesses expect candidates to be proficient in foreign languages

Employers do not only look at a graduate’s academic qualifications

Graduates will without a doubt find it hard to communicate and convince employers during job interviews

Take extra language classes

Not include their experiences with their skills in it

Hard to be accepted by organization for their application

Poor character, attitude and personality

Negative environment

get along in positive environment

lack of educational

need someone to give an example and give advices

Afraid of failure

learn to think positive and learn on whatever happens

Negative assumption

seek multiple perspectives

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Acquirred skills does not match with the expected salary

Focus on completing resume with their best skills