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employers not fond of msian uni grads?, something to ponder on..
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cckkpr
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 Oct 23 2013, 02:05 PM
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Given a choice, I would prefer a foreign grad but then.....
A fren's son graduated from a oz university and wrote in to apply for a post with an international bank. He was among the 100 shorlisted and was given a short interview over the phone and thereafter was among the few shortlisted and asked to attend an interview in person.
He speaks good english and was a good communicator but the interviewer was in for a shock when he notice from the results transcript that this chap just merely passed most of his papers with some supplementary passes.
If it was a marketing position it doesn't really matter but this position deals with analysis of figures and comes up with a summary and interpretations.
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cckkpr
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Oct 24 2013, 09:01 AM
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QUOTE(alaskanbunny @ Oct 23 2013, 11:42 PM) i also merely pass during uni time... but from kindergarten all the way till college i had straight As.... probably lost interest or teenage puppy love broke my heart... anyway, i found out that in local unis, 1/3 of the class gets 1st class hons... and some of these students dont even have a single A or usually pretty poor results during high school.. not implying that all grads from local gov unis are not up to par, but it says something.. and these are from um, ukm, usm.. You had the intelligence but got love struck. The interviewer would have asked you, what happened? Unfortunately, first impression counts unless limited choices |
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cckkpr
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Oct 24 2013, 02:24 PM
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QUOTE(Critical_Fallacy @ Oct 24 2013, 12:30 PM) True!  I'm generally bad at Soalan Aneka Pilihan (SAP) because the rest of the choices in some questions tend to distract my concentration. For example, "A" is logically correct, but "D" also seems acceptable...  Now, they make it simpler: Which of the following is not in Malaysia: 1. Perak 2. Pahang 3. Perlis 4. Kedah 5. Singapore When you complain, they will take note.  |
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cckkpr
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May 22 2014, 02:12 PM
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In public universities locally, the quality of graduates produced is getting bad from each passing year. Not too say that private unis are much better but most at least try to maintain their standards due to the competitive nature of this business.
In public universities, the fees payable are so much less and despite the deteriorating standards, they are never short of students in filling up the places.
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cckkpr
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May 27 2014, 03:56 PM
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QUOTE(TheOwl @ May 23 2014, 10:17 PM) I agree. The public unis are picking up all the trash. The private ones are no better bcs they have to survive so all those rubbishy ones who can afford the exorbitant fees are more than welcomed. These are the copy-pasta/copy-cat students who are actually "unemployable". In my time I've spoken to so-called graduate who cannot understand a basic simple question which many primary 3 bright kids could easily understand. I used to get application letters written in real trashy English which I never bothered to read. When I advertise for vacancies, I asked them to write to my email address and most send their cv. When I find them ok, I call for an interview and normally ask them to fill up a form. I dont ask them to fill up the form now as most need about 1 hour to fill up the form. Its only when I offer them the job, then I will ask them to take the form back, fill it up and passed it back to me later. |
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