UNIMAS graduates highly employable
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) graduates have a high employment rate of 90.6 per cent post-graduation. UNIMAS vice chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohammad Kadim Suaidi said, “At this year’s Talent Recruitment and Career Exhibition (TRACE), we have about 60 industry players offering about 1,000 job vacancies to our students as well as to […]
20,970 foreign labour employment approved for plantation sector as of march 18
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 20,970 foreign worker employment quota has been approved for the plantation sector under the Foreign Worker Employment Relaxation Plan (FWERP) as of March 18, 2023. According to Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister, Datuk Siti Aminah Aching, Malaysia is still in need of foreign workers in the near term. She added […]
PhD holders in natural sciences, mathematics record lowest employment rate
KUALA LUMPUR: PhD graduates in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and statistics recorded the lowest employment rate last year at 19.6 per cent, says Deputy Higher Education Minister Senator Datuk Mohammad Yusof Apdal. He said of all the PhD graduates in the field last year, only 28 of them managed to secure a job, […]
Indian gov’t relaxes age for new recruitment scheme in armed forces amid protests
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today extended the entry age by two years for the recruitment of youths in the country’s armed forces under the newly-announced employment scheme “Agnipath,” reported Xinhua. The decision was taken amid violent protests going on in several states against the new recruitment scheme fixing the entry age bracket between 17-and-a-half […]
Sarawak MTUC secretary slams ‘lazy and convenient HR management’
KUCHING: The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC), Sarawak secretary has likened the latest demand to deduct allowances from employees working from home as typical of lazy and convenient human resource (HR) management. “They seem to approach HR issues as a zero-sum game and employees as costs to be cut,” said Andrew Lo. He said employees, […]
Rights of the disabled during pandemic
BY ERDA KHURSYIAH BASIR This article is in conjunction with the annual Workers’ Day celebration on May 1. As the nation prepares to celebrate Workers’ Day on Saturday, albeit on a limited scale due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a stark truth has emerged about the employment of people with disabilities (PwD). Sadly, the pandemichas made […]
Take up online business
KUCHING: Sarawakian youths should take up the challenge of doing online business in light of limited employment opportunities amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said employment in the government sector is also limited. “Therefore, youths are encouraged to generate their own income by doing […]
2U2I prepares graduates for employment
KUALA LUMPUR: Implementation of the learning concept that combines two elements, namely a two-year study programme at the university and two-year industrial training (2U2I), will prepare graduates for the employment market, said Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister (Medac) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said the concept, pioneered by agencies under the ministry […]
Become entrepreneurs
BETONG: Graduates are urged to consider entrepreneurship as one of the alternatives to employment. Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said his ministry provides various incentives towards assisting entrepreneurs nationwide. “Among these is a pilot programme in collaboration with the Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) Technopreneurship Programme for university graduates,” […]
