'Youths should not job hop'
KUALA LUMPUR: THE younger generation should aspire to gain experience and grow with their jobs instead of hankering for better pay and benefits.
Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said unskilled youths with Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) qualifications and secondary school dropouts were currently the most problematic of workers who were often turned away by employers.
Speaking to reporters after launching the National Human Resources Centre (NHRC) at Wisma Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Bhd here yesterday Subramaniam said: "It's because of the hopping habits of these workers that many employers have opted for hiring foreign workers."
He said in the past, youths would stay in their jobs and slowly work their way up to higher positions, but today, many were reluctant to hold on to their jobs long enough to gain experience.
"They need a change in their mindset and lose their propensity for quick gains and focus on gaining work experience and upgrade their skills for a better future."
He said government efforts to raise wages, especially for entry level workers, by implementing a minimum wage policy to be tabled before the Cabinet next month, would attract youths to take up jobs in factories, restaurants, hotels and the construction and plantation sectors.
Subramaniam said the NHRC would also help by conducting more skill training for lower level workers in small- and medium-scale enterprises, which comprise 99.2 per cent of enterprises registered in Malaysia.
He said the NHRC would also provide human resource advisory and consultancy services relating to SMEs, which although employing 59 per cent of the country's human resource, only contributed 32 per cent to gross domestic product (GDP).
Source: The New Straits Times
by R. Sittamparam
Published on:10 February 2012
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