Graduate employability and preparedness: a case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia

Graduate employability and unemployment are issues that have given rise to many policy implications for higher education in many developing countries such as Malaysia. The employability of graduates depends on individual factors, the labour market and organizational practices. Individual factors r...

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Main Authors:	Nooriah Yusof, Zakiyah Jamaluddin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/1/13x.fullgeo-okt15-nooriah-edam.pdf

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spelling	ukm-95492016-12-14T06:50:16Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/ Graduate employability and preparedness: a case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia Nooriah Yusof, Zakiyah Jamaluddin, Graduate employability and unemployment are issues that have given rise to many policy implications for higher education in many developing countries such as Malaysia. The employability of graduates depends on individual factors, the labour market and organizational practices. Individual factors refer to the graduate’s proactive attitude and behaviours 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 employability 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 fulfil the market needs of their potential careers upon finishing study. Thus interventions at University level for the students are crucial to enhance their employability. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/1/13x.fullgeo-okt15-nooriah-edam.pdf Nooriah Yusof, and Zakiyah Jamaluddin, (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/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2015&vol=11&issue=11&ver=loc
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description	Graduate employability and unemployment are issues that have given rise to many policy implications for higher education in many developing countries such as Malaysia. The employability of graduates depends on individual factors, the labour market and organizational practices. Individual factors refer to the graduate’s proactive attitude and behaviours 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 employability 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 fulfil the market needs of their potential careers upon finishing study. Thus interventions at University level for the students are crucial to enhance their employability.
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author_facet	Nooriah Yusof, Zakiyah Jamaluddin,
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title	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_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_sort	graduate employability and preparedness: a case study of university of malaysia perlis (unimap), malaysia
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9549/1/13x.fullgeo-okt15-nooriah-edam.pdf
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Graduate employability and preparedness: a case study of University of Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia

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