Boost your employability for career success
Employability! It is a word to describe how easily you will get hired after graduation.
“Employability is important because we want to ensure the younger generation, especially graduates, can get jobs which can contribute significantly to the country’s economy,” Mohd Amin Mohamad, Industry and community network office, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka explains.
Employability means you are marketable and you have skills that a potential employer wants. Skills that you have acquired through study, internship/industrial attachment, or part-time employment.
According to Mohd Amin, “employability can be developed throughout primary, secondary and tertiary years and these skills are gained by getting involved in co-curricular activities in school and colleges/university. They (students) can also get skills by doing part-time work in a relevant field in or off- campus.”
Human resources (HR) practitioners and career guidance counsellors said the reasons graduates should include employability as part of their self-development are: ·To equip them with skills and experience relevant to the industry;
- To expose and prepare them for the corporate/working world;
- To have a competitive edge over other fresh graduates in the race for employment;
- To network with employers.
“Academic qualifications alone do not guarantee you a job these days. The competition in the market is getting stiffer.” Mohd Firddauf Samsudin, GEMS Talent, Intake 1
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