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Keynote Address – Employability
Professor Datuk Dr Rohana Yusof
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs Division)
University of Malaya
Employability
A review of literature suggests that employability is about the work and the ability of
being marketable in the industry. In other words, employability is about being adept at
getting and keeping a fulfilling job
- is about the potential of obtaining and building a fulfilling career through continuous
development of skills that can be applied from one employer to another
- is about possessing the sets of attributes and skills that match those required by
industry
- is about taking the responsibility for self-development through learning and training,
either through the employer or self initiatives
- is about adopting the concept of life-long learning
- is about being employed according to their level of qualification, functional
competencies and being awarded accordingly in terms of their wages and benefits
~ MOHE Graduate Employability Blueprint - 2012-2017
http://jpt.mohe.gov.my/PENGUMUMAN/GE%20blueprint%202012-2017.pdf
Employability Why ?
- A National agenda
- Utilizing the human capital for the nation’s development
- Has to tally with the amount of graduating students
- Ensuring the relevance of graduates to the job market
- Ensuring the relevance of academic programs
- A yardstick for the higher institution's quality
- To sustain the human resource for nation’s workforce be it in any sectors
- Overall to harness the country’s leadership and economy in the aspect of
human capitals
Current UM Graduate Employability (Traces Study)
Current Graduates Employed Sectors
Job Sector
Governmental
Statutory Body
Private / Multinational / Foreign
Private (Local)
Self Employment
GLC
NGO
Others
Total
Traces Study by Kementerian Pelajar an Malaysia
Current UM Graduate Employability (Traces Study)
Current Graduates Employed by Faculty
UM 2013 - KESELURUHAN RESPONDEN
Faculty
Working
& Others
%
ISLAMIC STUDIES ACADEMY
82.4
MALAY STUDIES ACADEMY
55.6
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
73.5
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTIC
79.5
ECONOMY & ADMINISTRATION
75.9
INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY & MANAGEMENT
75.0
ASIA EROPE INSTITUTE
74.1
INSTITUT EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
100
INSTITUT OF GRADUATE STUDIES
81.2
ENGINEERING
71.0
EDUCATION
85.1
DENTAL
99.1
BUSINESS & ACCOUNTING
78.5
MEDICAL
94.1
CULTURE CENTRE
74.2
SPORTS CENTRE
69.0
SCIENCE
76.7
COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
70.5
ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
79.8
LAW
94.1
Malaysia
GRAND TOTALTraces Study by Kementerian Pelajar an 79.9
Not
Working
%
17.6
44.4
26.5
20.5
24.1
25.0
25.9
0
18.8
29.0
14.9
0.9
21.5
5.9
25.8
31.0
23.3
29.5
20.2
5.9
20.1
Total
Count
324
187
98
88
170
8
27
27
16
635
336
108
349
598
66
58
451
207
114
202
4,070
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Employer Connection Project by SKK OKU
INDUSTRY
Summary
Data
(No. of UM
Graduates by
Industry)
Accounting & Consulting
Automative
Banking & Finance
Building & Construction
Education
Fashion & Clothing
FMCG & Retail
Healthcare
Industrial Services
IT & Multimedia
Manufacturing
Media & Entertainment
Others
Plantation
Property & Development
Transportation & Logistics
NO. OF UM GRADUATE
EMPLOYMENT
51
10
33
10
10
2
4
5
15
71
69
1
38
15
100
6
Prepared by, Chong Mae Vin (Updates as of May, 2014) Employer Connection Project - Based on 31 company respondents
Summary
Data
(No. of UM
Graduates by
Industry)
Prepared by, Chong Mae Vin (Updates as of May, 2014) Employer Connection Project - Based on 31 company respondents
Current Employability Challenges
- Students awareness on employability
- Diverse employer requirements
- Student attributes v/s street smartness
- Change of job types, scopes, cultures, styles, environments & rewards
- Cross Discipline Employment v/s Focused Discipline Employment
- Technology / Innovation & creativity requirements
- Borderless world concept
- Emergence of cutting edge sectors, innovations, technologies, fields etc.
- Changing modes of recruitments
Conclusion
University point of view – Current UM Employability Rate 80.6
- Employability must be addressed with all possible attention & efforts
- Best party to refer are the Employers i.e. Stakeholders for the Employability
of our graduates
- Tell us what & how you want our graduates to be, let us hear from you &
tailor our academic teaching & development trainings for our students to suit
you best
- Together making the national agenda of employability a success !
- We want to bring our walls down in terms of connection to employers as we
find connection with employers is the key to enhancing our students towards
employability … Thank You