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