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Malaysia / Vocational students to increase by 20 per cent this year
The Education Ministry is transforming vocational education in the country by expanding its physical facilities to accommodate an increase of 20 per cent more students this year. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it was aimed at meeting the trained manpower needs in various industries which required skilled workers. He said the reception … Continue reading
Malaysia / Construction industry faces severe shortage of workers
Construction companies say the industry is facing a severe shortage of skilled and unskilled workers as government authorities weed out illegal immigrants from the country Continue reading
Malaysia / Hiring Bangladeshi migrants to start from January 13
Malaysia has resumed recruiting Bangladeshi migrant workers after a four-year pause, an official said Tuesday, in a move easing Dhaka’s remittance worries after the jobs market in the Middle East dried up. The Bangladesh government on Monday announced that an online registration process for those seeking work in Malaysia would start from January 13, following … Continue reading
Malaysia / Women employed or looking for employment under-represented
The number of working age women who are employed or looking for employment is lower in Malaysia compared with other countries with similar income levels, according to a new World Bank report. The report titled “The Malaysia Economic Monitor” noted that Malaysian women are under-represented in certain fields of study such as engineering. “Malaysia has … Continue reading
Malaysia / Minimum Wage / Efforts to smoothen the transition for small and middle industries are seriously lacking
Although the minimum wage law is scheduled to take effect in January 2013, the Barisan Nasional government does not seem to be particularly committed to re-imagine the Malaysian economy through wage policy reform. Efforts to smoothen the transition for small and middle industries are seriously lacking too. Minimum wage is meant to tackle several long-standing … Continue reading
Malaysia – Unemployment Is the Lowest in 3 Years at 2.7%
Malaysia’s unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been in the past 34 months, an impressive achievement in the global economic uncertainty. The jobless rate was 2.7 per cent in August, down from 3.1 per cent in the previous month as well as a year ago. According to data released by the Department of … Continue reading
Malaysia – Govt Targets 90000 Students With Vocational Diplomas By 2020
The target could be achieved via various transformation programmes under the Vocational Education Programme that involved the upgrading of 79 vocational high schools nationwide to vocational colleges by next year. … http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=694556
Malaysia requires at least 33% skilled workers by 2015
Malaysia requires at least 33 per cent highly skilled workers in the industrial sector by 2015 and increasing to 50 per cent to accommodate national manpower needs by 2020. Public Works Ministry secretary-general Datuk Himmat Singh said the sector is still facing an influx of foreign workers leading to muted response of local youths to … Continue reading
Malaysia – Skills Gap in hotels makes it hard to get workers
The Sabah Hotel Association (SHA) is now experiencing difficulties in recruiting skilled workers to join the hotel industry due to various factors such as rapid room growth in the State. Its president, Christopher Chan, said the hotel industry in Sabah had gone through major changes both in terms of the number of hotels that have … Continue reading
New Australia visa policy: Malaysia fears brain drain
The new visa policy in Australia allows foreign graduates to apply for residency in the country and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan argued that it could lead to widespread brain drain, deficits and an exodus of young people from the country. The new visa rules to be put in place next year by Australia will grant … Continue reading
Malaysia | Skills Gap | Still a problem
Sarawak will need to hire skilled manpower from Peninsular Malaysia and overseas to address shortage faced by industrialists by the year 2015. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Promotion of Technical Education) Datuk Len Talif Salleh said the state could produce about 30,000 skilled manpower each year against the needed 226,493 three years from … Continue reading
Malaysia | 60% of jobs by 2020 would need skilled workers
There will be 3.3mil job opportunities by the year 2020 and 60% of it requires highly skilled workers. Deputy Human Resource Minister Senator Datuk Maznah Mazlan said as such, SPM school leavers were encouraged to take up skills training to build up a highly-skilled workforce in facing the transformation era. “We have moved beyond the … Continue reading
Philippines | Skills Gap | 2M jobs available this year
JOB vacancies up for grabs in the Philippines could hit 2 million this year in the five hottest fields: information technology, engineering, finance, sales and customer service, according to internet recruitment web-based firm Jobstreet.com. Jobstreet.com said in 2011, there were 2.7 million job vacancies, of which 40 percent were posted by the Malaysian-listed firm. Yoda … Continue reading
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