THE current unprecedented twin crises – health and economic – have cost many lives and livelihoods across the world and Malaysia is not spared. Many people are facing great challenges and one of them is the underemployment of graduates.
Underemployment is different from unemployment. People who are underemployed are classified as those with high skills but work in low-paid or low-skilled jobs. This can also be referred to as “graduate mismatch” – the supply of graduates does not go together with the demand in the job market.
