Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study

Cheong, Kee Cheok; Hill, Christopher; Leong, Yin-Ching; Zhang, Chen

doi:10.1080/03075079.2016.1196351

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“…disciplinary knowledge competency (Cheong et al 2018;Jayasingam, Fujiwara, and Thurasamy 2018). In fact, a review by Hogan, Chamorro-Premuzic, and Kaiser (2013) found that from the employers' perspective, academic performance played only a 'first-pass filter' minor role, as compared to other more important determinants of employability such as interpersonal skills, good attitude, work ethics, and job competency.…”

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“…In yet another similar resume-sifting experimental study, this time in the United States, Nunley et al (2016) analysed the impact of internship experience and the type of college majors on interview call-back (as a proxy to employment chances), for graduates with different levels of academic performance. Past Malaysian studies have also suggested academic performance as one of the key criteria of graduate employability and employment (Cheong et al 2018;Jayasingam, Fujiwara, and Thurasamy 2018;Hashim 2012;Lim 2010;Lim, Rich, and Harris 2008). Using an online questionnaire survey on Malaysian university students and interviews with medium-sized and large firms, Cheong et al (2018) examined the attributes perceived as most important for employability from both the students' and employers' perspectives.…”

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“…Past Malaysian studies have also suggested academic performance as one of the key criteria of graduate employability and employment (Cheong et al 2018;Jayasingam, Fujiwara, and Thurasamy 2018;Hashim 2012;Lim 2010;Lim, Rich, and Harris 2008). Using an online questionnaire survey on Malaysian university students and interviews with medium-sized and large firms, Cheong et al (2018) examined the attributes perceived as most important for employability from both the students' and employers' perspectives. Jayasingam, Fujiwara, and Thurasamy (2018) conducted a field experiment on human resource and recruitment executives to determine the impact of graduates' choosiness and general skill competency on employability.…”

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This paper uses a 2016/2017 sample of 1107 freshly minted university graduates from a public and a private university in Malaysia. Against a backdrop of an institutional setting very much different from that of western countries' and issues of high living costs and graduate unemployment, we analyse how academic performance affects graduates' employment likelihood, salaries, and salary distribution. Using quantile estimations, we find that academic performance is not a key determinant in whether or not a graduate secures a job upon graduation, and that having better academic performance would only be beneficial if the graduates are working in jobs at the lower half of the salary distribution. We fill the literature gap by analysing how academic performance affects new graduates in terms of where they are on the salary distribution continuum; such analyses are neglected in the literature.

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“…According to Artino and Stephens (2009), mature graduate applicants show higher critical thinking skills when analysing educational information than their undergraduate counterparts. Graduate students are not easily convinced by endorsements or recommendations of others (Cheong, Hill, Leong, & Zhang, 2018). They prefer to use their own knowledge and experience by drawing on prior studies and personal networks (Kallio, 1995).…”

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Driving enrolment intention through social media engagement: a study of Vietnamese prospective students

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Social media platforms provide prospective international students with ready access and exposure to information relevant to international higher education institutions and their respective brand images. We examined the extent to which social media engagement and electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) activities shape prospective students' perceived brand image of institutions and, subsequently, their enrolment intention. Findings from a sample of 445 prospective students in Vietnam indicate the indirect effect of social media engagement on enrolment intention via eWOM-seeking activities and perceived brand image. Compared with their postgraduate counterparts, prospective undergraduates' perception of an institution's brand image is more strongly influenced by their eWOM-seeking activities on social media. In contrast, the direct influence of perceived brand image on enrolment intention is stronger for prospective postgraduate students. The findings from this study enrich the higher education literature and have implications for higher education providers in relation to developing engagement strategies with prospective students through social media platforms.

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“…In a different study, the reasons of youth unemployment are; namely, unrealistic salary and below expectation benefits (72%), choosy about job and organization (64%), low English proficiency (59%) and poor communication skills (53%) [12]. The struggles faced by jobseekers are not only on the lack of skills that they must have to compete with other candidates but also the scarcity of market information and limited job search experience [12][13][14]. Usually, information on job advertisements are obtained via word-of-mouth from families and friends [13] which provides very limited information on the jobs available.…”

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Visualization of job availability based on text analytics localization approach

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<span>Rate of employment is a strong indicator of economic stability of a country. It relates to the number of volumes of produced products and services. If the unemployment rate is high, the amount of gross domestic product (GDP) of a country may be declined. One of the main factors that contributes to low rate of employment is the mismatch between job seeker and the requirement of the job applied. This is due to the limited analysis performed on the relevant information on job advertisement; such as, skills, responsibilities of the job, location and expectation of the employers. The obscure job descriptions provided in the advertisement may result in application of unsuitable candidates that can cause rejection of the candidate and the potential employer may take a long time to filter and evaluate the applications. A system that is able to provide relevant information in a simple and catchy way is needed to simplify the task of job searching. In this paper we proposed a text analytics technique to extract users’ comments from social media such as Twitter and Facebook on job advertisement. The result is then displayed in a geotagged map that can reveal the density of job availability based on geographical location. The job seekers can easily observe and select their desired job location. The initial system shows potential of the inclusion of the proposed approach in job advertisement websites. In comparison to other job searching websites, this system can provide additional information on public view about the advertised job obtained from the social media text analytics. With this additional information, jobseekers have more confidence in job selection and allows employers to receive more suitable candidates for the available positions. It is hoped that the proposed system can tailor the job advertisements to the need of the jobseeker and making the job application more relevant hence reducing the potential employers’ processing time.</span>

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Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting graduates’ and employers’ perceptions – a Malaysia case study

Cited by 24 publications

References 6 publications

Cubicles or corner offices? Effects of academic performance on university graduates’ employment likelihood and salary

Cubicles or corner offices? Effects of academic performance on university graduates’ employment likelihood and salary

Driving enrolment intention through social media engagement: a study of Vietnamese prospective students

Visualization of job availability based on text analytics localization approach

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