How to Foster Connection Between Employees
Every organisation must ensure employee connectivity. As more people adopt hybrid working methods, technology-assisted interactions and meetings become more common. However, this does not necessarily mean that employees feel connected to one another. In fact, according to BetterUp Lab’s recent report, “The Connection Crisis: Why Community Matters in the New World of Work”, as cited in […]
Making It Easier For The Unemployed To Find Work
For the first time since the first Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced in March 2020, the national unemployment rate fell below 4 percent in April 2022, compared to 4.6 percent in April 2021. Though the unemployment rate has not yet returned to the pre-pandemic level of below 3.5 percent, a country is considered to […]
Unemployment Among Recent Graduates
According to the Graduates Statistics 2020 published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), there were 5.36 million graduates in 2020, an increase of 4.4 percent from 2019 (5.13 million). 202,400 of them, or 4.4 percent, were unemployed, which is an increase from 165,200 (3.9 percent) in 2019. Nevertheless, many recent graduates are still struggling […]
Malaysia’s Brain Drain: What is the Cause?
In the year 2000, one out of ten local graduates migrated, indicating that Malaysia has a serious brain drain. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this is twice the world average. Despite the numbers being similar to Singapore and Hong Kong, they are incomparable to Malaysia because that is typical for […]