Open AccessTHE LESSER PROMINENT FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MALAYSIAN GRADUATES EMPLOYABILITY
Author(s) -
Anees Janee Ali,
Noordeeyany Kamal Suradee,
Ubedullah Me,
Jamshed Khalil,
Nordiana Mohd Nordin,
Mahiswaren Selvanathan,
Nurul Hidayah,
Mass Hareeza Ali,
Yazrina Yahya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international conference on community development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2622-5611
DOI - 10.33068/iccd.vol3.iss1.363
Subject(s) - employability , graduation (instrument) , medical education , pandemic , psychology , covid-19 , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Malaysian graduates, both undergraduates and postgraduates are having some difficulties in getting employed upon their graduation. This issue has been a debate since many years ago especially in the Covid-19 pandemic, jobs less offered in the market for the graduates to grab. This research looks at a few less prominent factors of employability among 171 Malaysian graduates who have graduated within the last three (3) years and currently employed. Through SPSS statistical analysis, the research found that age, gender, level of study, staying at campus hostel and field of study directly give effect on graduates’ employability. The younger the age of the respondents, being male graduates, being undergraduates, staying at the hostel campus with campus life experience and being from management/social sciences background were found to be factors that contribute for Malaysian graduates’ employability.