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Employability of Islamic Studies Graduates in Malaysia

Rising trend in graduated unemployment especially after the deep aconomic recession experienced by the Malaysian economy precipatated by the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 has become a national issue. Policy makers, academic administrators, stakeholders and the public alike are greatly concerne...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Haji Alias, Nursilah Ahmad, Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: USIM 2009
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Graduate students > Malaysia
Employability > Malaysia
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/900
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spelling my.usim-9002013-03-28T08:01:39Z Employability of Islamic Studies Graduates in Malaysia Muhammad Haji Alias Nursilah Ahmad Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli Graduate students--Malaysia Employability--Malaysia Rising trend in graduated unemployment especially after the deep aconomic recession experienced by the Malaysian economy precipatated by the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 has become a national issue. Policy makers, academic administrators, stakeholders and the public alike are greatly concerned with graduate employability or a lack of it. A lack of employabilty has a negative impact on the ability of the graduates to obtain employment.One dimension of employability is having the skills and knowledge required to acquired and retain a job (saterfield and McLarty, 1995). A graduate who is not equipped with the required skills may find it diffilcut to obtain employment, let alone to retain it. In the Malaysian context, the often cited reasons for graduate unemployment are lack of communication skills, poor command of english and no work experience. this book reports the findings of a researchon graduate employability of islamic studies graduates from local universities viz. UKM, UIAM, and UM which offer islamic studies programs. the sample consisted of graduates who completed their studies at the end of 1999/2000 academic session and received their degrees in 2000. the studies sought information on the key skills that have been given or transferred to the graduates during the course of theirs studies in their respective universities. from the findings, unemployed Islamic studies graduates in the sample chosen were, by their own assessment, lacking in many of the soft skills such as communication skills, English proficiency skill, interviewing and ICT skills. As a comparison, employed Islamic studies graduates in the sample chosen listed in order of importance academic achievment, communication skills, English proficiency skills, self confidence and field of study as the major factors influencing employability. 2009-03-18T04:04:30Z 2009-03-18T04:04:30Z 2007 Book 110 p 9789832950448 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/900 en USIM
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
building USIM Library
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universit Sains Islam i Malaysia
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url_provider http://ddms.usim.edu.my/
language English
topic Graduate students--Malaysia
Employability--Malaysia
spellingShingle Graduate students--Malaysia
Employability--Malaysia
Muhammad Haji Alias
Nursilah Ahmad
Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
Employability of Islamic Studies Graduates in Malaysia
description Rising trend in graduated unemployment especially after the deep aconomic recession experienced by the Malaysian economy precipatated by the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 has become a national issue. Policy makers, academic administrators, stakeholders and the public alike are greatly concerned with graduate employability or a lack of it. A lack of employabilty has a negative impact on the ability of the graduates to obtain employment.One dimension of employability is having the skills and knowledge required to acquired and retain a job (saterfield and McLarty, 1995). A graduate who is not equipped with the required skills may find it diffilcut to obtain employment, let alone to retain it. In the Malaysian context, the often cited reasons for graduate unemployment are lack of communication skills, poor command of english and no work experience. this book reports the findings of a researchon graduate employability of islamic studies graduates from local universities viz. UKM, UIAM, and UM which offer islamic studies programs. the sample consisted of graduates who completed their studies at the end of 1999/2000 academic session and received their degrees in 2000. the studies sought information on the key skills that have been given or transferred to the graduates during the course of theirs studies in their respective universities. from the findings, unemployed Islamic studies graduates in the sample chosen were, by their own assessment, lacking in many of the soft skills such as communication skills, English proficiency skill, interviewing and ICT skills. As a comparison, employed Islamic studies graduates in the sample chosen listed in order of importance academic achievment, communication skills, English proficiency skills, self confidence and field of study as the major factors influencing employability.
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author Muhammad Haji Alias
Nursilah Ahmad
Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
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Nursilah Ahmad
Zurina Kefeli @ Zulkefli
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title Employability of Islamic Studies Graduates in Malaysia
title_short Employability of Islamic Studies Graduates in Malaysia
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