With economic recovery slowing down, fresh graduates might need to be creative about getting a job.
Calling the transition ‘challenging’, Zulaikha Azmi, a research executive at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, told FMT that employers are tending towards contract-based remote work with more flexible hours. She also said that job entry may prove to be difficult for fresh graduates, and urged the government to consider more long-term solutions in helping them break into the market.
However, he noted that Malaysia’s tendency to generate low-skill, routine, and low-paying jobs may persist. “Judging from the vacancies posted on MyFutureJobs, “ he said. “Out of 267,000 openings, factory workers comprise the largest category at 13% of the total. “The timing of economic recovery this time depends on the pandemic containment, vaccine rollout and economic recovery,” he said. “But the rebound could be quite robust because there hasn’t been a financial crisis or major supply shock.”