++ Some firms biased against local grads ++
LOCAL universities have been blamed for not producing well-rounded students, resulting in unemployable fresh graduates.
Another reason that contributes to this problem may be that fresh graduates are too choosy in searching for jobs.
However, in my humble opinion, bias from some companies towards some of the local universities also contributes to the problem.
I graduated from a local private university where English Language is the medium of instruction with a first-class honours degree.
My university has been providing excellent facilities in an environment conducive to studies, with its degrees accredited by the National Accreditation Board, Engineering Accreditation Council, Board of Engineers and the Public Service Department.
Its graduates have been accepted to further their studies at established universities worldwide.
In order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree, students are required to undergo five years of studies, including eight months of industrial internship.
During my internship, my host company, which is an international corporation and was once rated one of the world’s best employers, had placed high priority in providing classroom-based and on-the-job training for interns.
In fact, I was very fortunate to be rewarded with a testimonial and given scores of recognition awards for my contributions to the company.
Despite this, I was offered a similar post in my host company with the salary of a second-class degree holder.
The reason was because my university was not listed as a “first-tier” university by the company.
How a company classifies universities into first-tier and second-tier is indeed questionable. It may not reflect the real quality of a university.
Worse, some managers have a wrong perception of local private universities founded by well-established local firms.
They assume that graduates produced by these universities should only be considered first-tier should they work in the field related to the firm that establishes the university.
Paying second-tier salary to highly qualified local graduates who have undergone long internship in similar jobs will indeed give rise to job dissatisfaction.
Graduates should be judged by their own capability, instead of their university during employment.
The ultimate judgment would be during the interview. As long as a graduate can socially and technically out-perform others, he should be accepted and given a fair salary, irrespective of the university he attended.
I have left my job and am now pursuing my postgraduate degree in a top university overseas, scoring, on average, an A in all of my subjects during my first semester.
In my humble opinion, local graduates are of the highest quality, and are on par with graduates from other nations, if not better.
In fact, Malaysian students are among the top students in my course in the engineering faculty.
Bias against some universities does exist.This issue may lead to job dissatisfaction, unemployment, or even brain drain.
DISAPPOINTED LOCAL
FIRST-CLASS GRADUATE,
Kuala Lumpur.
Kepada DISAPPOINTED LOCAL FIRST-CLASS GRADUATE, tahniah kerna 2 perkara; anda graduate dengan First Class Degree; dan anda berani memberikan pendapat meluahkan isi hati anda di ruangan The Star; Opinion.
Tujuan penulis memberikan pandangan bukanlah kerna mahu memburukkan keadaan, jauh skali menghina saudara/saudari yang telah brani tampil menyuarakan hasrat hati.
To all my fellas that have gone thru the article, I think u can assume from which varsity he/she is. Yezza.
Penulis mungkin salah dalam memberikan pendapat, tetapi ini adalah pendapat penulis hasel daripada banyak pembacaan dan article khususnya tulisan mentor penulis iaitu Robert T. Kiyosaki.
Bias against some universities does exist. Yesss, I totally agree.
Tetapi sebagai majikan, mereka memang berhak berbuat demikian kerna tujuan asas sebuah syarikat adalah mengaut sebanyak mungkin profit/keuntungan pemilik syarikat (majikan @ shareholders).
Cuba letakkan diri kita di tempat majikan. Semestinya kita bebas untuk memilih siapa yang patut di-hired dan berapa banyak gaji yang patut dibayar (mengikut ketetapan Ministry of Human Resource).
Kebanyakan majikan mempunyai pilihan dan pendapat sendiri, tidak kira apa status @ kedudukan pemohon (dan university)...
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