Choosy graduates cause of high unemployment rate in <b>Sabah</b> <b>...</b> Berita Sabah - News 2 Sabah |
| Choosy graduates cause of high unemployment rate in <b>Sabah</b> <b>...</b> Posted: 29 Apr 2014 05:39 PM PDT KOTA KINABALU: Choosy graduates who refuse to settle for anything less than their dream jobs are the reason for the high unemployment rate in Sabah, according to Tourism Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun. Masidi, who is also the minister responsible for the state's education portfolio, said Sabah has more than enough employment opportunities, as proven by over 300,000 foreign workers who have found jobs in various sectors in the state. "This is not even including illegal foreign workers that are not registered, which together with those with papers amounted to about half a million individuals. Sadly, while foreigners are able to find jobs, many of our local youths are unemployed," he said. Officiating at the launch of Biasiswa Binary Negeri Sabah (BBNS) here yesterday, he blamed the graduates for wanting only jobs that are equivalent to their academic qualifications. Most of the youths today, he said, wrongly believe that a degree qualification would automatically land them in top positions in big companies or government agencies. "In the past, university education was a guarantee to employment but it is no longer true in today's globalised world. Youth today need more than just academic education. They need to be equipped with the right sets of skills, attitudes and mindset to prepare them for the job world. "A career need to start from below and one need to gain industrial knowledge and experience in order to move up. Students need to understand and appreciate this," he said. Youth in the age group of 15 to 24 constituted 32.4 per cent of the population in Sabah and accounted for 41.2 per cent of the labour force in 2011. Youth unemployment increased from 10.5 percent to 10.9 per cent between 2001 and 2008 and youth was accounted for 62 per cent of the total unemployment in 2008 with Sabah being among the states with the highest rate of unemployment among this age group. In his speech, Masidi also suggested that Binary University collaborate with Yayasan Sabah in educating and training young Sabahans to become highly marketable workers.   |
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