So on the back of people asking excessively generic questions which were hard to answer without context, today someone asked me: How to choose a college? That was all. The person was asking on behalf of someone else. I didn’t even know who the someone else was. But you know what? It’s not a bad question. I think more people…
Tag: graduate employability
Underemployment among B40 graduates in Malaysia
Underemployment among Malaysian graduates has been an issue for some time now, yet we don’t seem anywhere close to resolving the issue. I used to teach B40 students, some who were ineligible to study in government higher education institutions. I also used to hire staff who are from this population. There are several young people from this population I continue…
B40 afraid of starting businesses? Only want money?
I personally think it is much harder for people from the B40 communities to start businesses due to having less insulation from risk. They would also typically lack the means to acquire the social capital needed to make a business succeed. So when our Entrepreneurship Development Minister made comments about the B40 community as per the headline, I decided to…
How To Apply For Jobs You Are Underqualified For
This is a common question that I tend to come across in many women’s career groups so I thought I would save my reply in a blog post for easy reference. 😉 I think a key part of applying for jobs you are not qualified for is figuring out what it is the organisation wants / the challenges they are…