elected Sabah rep lost patience with graduates approaching her to get jobs
Jenifer Lasimbang, fed up of job-seekers, parents, badgering for jobs
In FB post on Wed Lasimbang vented frustration
Getting sick and tired of phone calls, WhatsApps, emails
asking me for job for their children – unemployed GRADUATES!”
Lasimbang apologised for post which she explained was misunderstood
Lasimbang concerned 40,000 unemployed grads in Sabah
number increasing over the years
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/21/unemployed-graduates-drive-sabah-assemblyman-up-the-wall/#3RuXCHqDJw8u4xss.99
My comments : With the exception of some STEM graduates (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) a large number of local bumiputra university graduates have little marketable skills. The vast majority cannot speak English.
This means they have to compete with the SPM level school leavers for jobs.
The SPM level school leavers are competing with the Banglas, Indons and other foreign workers.
40,000 unemployed graduates in Sabah? Another 100,000 unemployed graduates in Peninsula Malaysia? What about in Sarawak?
Maybe they can be absorbed as automotive engineers and technicians for the third national car project?
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