INTERACTIVE: More graduates turn to lower-skilled jobs as pandemic worsens underemployment


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020

Business Management degree holder Syed Ahmad Zeid Aljoffri, 38, works full-time as a food delivery rider in Subang Jaya as he bears the brunt of the Covid-19 impact on the economy. (December 15 ,2020). - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: More graduates in the country are taking up jobs which do not match their qualification or their field of study as the shortage of skilled jobs is further worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Civil engineering post-graduate Ainun Syakirah Bahruddin is one of many who encounters this problem.

The substitute teacher secured her first job as a research engineer in Bangi after completing her degree in civil engineering. But she has now foregone her ambition to pursue her career in the industry as she faces heavy competition to secure a long-term career in the industry.

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