Worried for the future: (from left) Jah Syahirah, Lai and Lee are rethinking their goals and career paths amidst the current situation. They believe work experience is now more important than securing a certificate or degree.
PETALING JAYA: The oldest among Generation Z – those who are now in their early 20s – want to embrace life with high hopes and dreams but uncertainties stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic are forcing them to rethink their goals and career paths.
For student Lee Jiaw Wah, the movement control order (MCO) period has led her to reassess the five-year accountancy course she is taking, feeling that it is consuming too much of her time which could be better spent on gaining work experience.
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