Unemployed Graduates

Almost all those who attended the interviews I conducted recently were University graduates, eventhough the advertisement didn't specifically mentioned so.

What does this show?
It's an indication of the number of graduates our country is churning out yearly, unqualified to be blunt. Most of the interviewee (graduates) have just been in their current employment for about 6 months or so and most of them have been working in at least 3 companies prior to that.
This brings me to the subject of today- Unemployed Graduates: just how many are there & why are they there?


UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES*
In 2004, there were 4,594 unemployed graduates of which 163 were Chinese, 207 were Indians and 4,060 were Malays;
In 2005, there were 2,413 unemployed graduates of which 31 were Chinese, 70 were Indians and 2,186 were Malays;
In 2006, there were 56,750 unemployed graduates of which 1,110 were Chinese, 1,346 were Indians and 50,594 were Malays.
In 2007, there were 56,322 unemployed graduates of which 1,348 were Chinese, 1,401 were Indians and 49,075 were Malays.
In 2008 (as of June) there were 47,910 unemployed graduates of which 1,403 Chinese, 1,569 Indians and 44938 were Malays.



University & Percentage of Graduates Unemployed
Universiti Teknologi Mara 16.2%
Universiti Utara Malaysia 7.6%
Private Universities & Colleges 6.0%
University Teknologi Malaysia 5.7%
University Kebangsaan Malaysia 4.8%
University Pertanian Malaysia 4.5%
Other Public Universities 4.2%
Universiti Malaya 2.6%
Universiti Sains Malaysia 2.5%
Universiti Malaysia Sabah 1.8%
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa 1.8%
Foreign Graduates 1.7%
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 0.9%
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris 0.2%
Others 39.5%

Out of the total unemployed graduates, 70% were from the Public Universities & 26% from Private Universities.

Remember also that prior to 1969 (year of the May 13 incident), there were just 2 Public Universities. Between 1969 & 1999, nine Universities were set up & thereafter another nine.

No wonder the friendly burgerman next door was a graduate.