Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia
Graduate employ ability and unemployment are issues that have given rise to many policy implications for higher education in many developing countries such as Malaysia.The employ ability of graduates depends on individual factors, the labour market and organizational practices.Individual factors ref...
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School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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| author | Yusof, Nooriah Jamaluddin, Zakiyah |
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| description | Graduate employ ability and unemployment are issues that have given rise to many policy implications for higher education in many developing countries such as Malaysia.The employ ability of graduates depends on individual factors, the labour market and organizational practices.Individual factors refer to the graduate’s proactive attitude and behaviors with respect to the desired career opportunities. This study examined the nature of Malaysia’s undergraduate proactive actions in employment preparedness prior to entering the job market. The actions evaluated pertained to the employ ability potentials of 171 Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) final year engineering undergraduate respondents as demanded by the market upon leaving the education system. The primary data were gathered from questionnaire surveys. Results showed that several forms of proactive actions taken by the undergraduates fell short of the clear and focused planning and strategy essential to fulfill the market needs of their potential careers upon finishing study. Thus interventions at University level for the students are crucial to enhance their employ ability. |
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| spelling | uum-173822016-04-28T01:38:29Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17382/ Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia Yusof, Nooriah Jamaluddin, Zakiyah LB2300 Higher Education Graduate employ ability and unemployment are issues that have given rise to many policy implications for higher education in many developing countries such as Malaysia.The employ ability of graduates depends on individual factors, the labour market and organizational practices.Individual factors refer to the graduate’s proactive attitude and behaviors with respect to the desired career opportunities. This study examined the nature of Malaysia’s undergraduate proactive actions in employment preparedness prior to entering the job market. The actions evaluated pertained to the employ ability potentials of 171 Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) final year engineering undergraduate respondents as demanded by the market upon leaving the education system. The primary data were gathered from questionnaire surveys. Results showed that several forms of proactive actions taken by the undergraduates fell short of the clear and focused planning and strategy essential to fulfill the market needs of their potential careers upon finishing study. Thus interventions at University level for the students are crucial to enhance their employ ability. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17382/1/GEOGRAFIA%20Online%20129-143.pdf Yusof, Nooriah and Jamaluddin, Zakiyah (2015) Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia. Geografia - Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 11 (11). pp. 129-143. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v1/?cont=a&item=2&thn=2015&vol=11&issue=11&ver=loc |
| spellingShingle | LB2300 Higher Education Yusof, Nooriah Jamaluddin, Zakiyah Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia |
| title | Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia |
| title_full | Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia |
| title_short | Graduate employability and preparedness: A case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia |
| title_sort | graduate employability and preparedness a case study of university of malaysia perlis unimap malaysia |
| topic | LB2300 Higher Education |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17382/1/GEOGRAFIA%20Online%20129-143.pdf |
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