Quest for future-ready grads

FOR 24-year-old Siti Namirah, her marketing degree is looking more like a factory stamp than a golden ticket as, after months of applying for entry-level jobs, she’s still waiting for a break in a field saturated with equally qualified graduates.

This is just one story exemplifying a worrying trend revealed by a decade-long analysis of Malaysia’s Graduate Tracer Study – the link between higher education and high-paying jobs is fraying.