50,000 jobless graduates still looking for a suitable job which related to their field of study even though they knew they wouldn’t able to find one in the first place because there isn’t much choice to begin with. When I was in Secondary School, a representative from some university gave a talk during career seminar. He boasted that if you take the Marine Bio Engineering course, you’ll get paid around RM20, 000 a month and your future will shine. And then, one of the student asked, “If I take the course majoring in Marine Bio Engineering, where do I work in Malaysia?” The crowd went silent. The representative had no idea how to answer, instead; “For more information, please check in our official website”. Not exactly the most credible answer, but good enough to slip away from being caught in the potentially dangerous crossfire from the students. Feel’s like George Bush making a speech.
Imagine this, in a certain year where thousands of graduates graduated took the same course that they had taken, reading the same newspaper and found that there is one job suitable to their field. All signed up for the job and went for interview but only one person got the position. Here’s a little twist, the reason why the chosen one got the job not because of outstanding achievement that had been made in his or her yester years. Not because of straight A’s. Not because of great speeches and great enthusiasm. Neither was cousin of someone’s sister’s brother’s father’s friend that made the cut. It is because the employer knows that he or she wouldn’t ask for a raise or promotion for 10 years or so and wouldn’t to go all this interview trouble if one leaves. Otherwise you are over-qualified. Most of you would object my statement but it’s true. Pretty bold statement that might or might not get me in trouble.
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