民青团促人力部多办青年就业展,以协助青年谋职及降失业率

民青团总秘书刘华才博士对由国阵青年团假太子世界贸易中心举办的青年就业展表示满意，并称这是一项降低大学毕业生失业率的良好活动。刚落幕的三天青年就业展共吸引了超过12万人次参观者，其中有10万人向总共270家参展公司提呈了个人履历表以申请为数40万份的工作。

"我对这项就业展所获得的良好反应而感到高兴，这也证明了国阵青年团及政府确实关心人民，尤其是青年的就业前途。"

刘华才说，对青年尤其是应届大学毕业生来说，最大的烦恼便是如何尽快获得就业机会，以不必再继续依赖他们的父母；而另一个理由则是为了避开众人的刻板印象，即如果一名青年在大学毕业后仍然长期失业，就是因为他懒惰及没考获好成绩。

"有许多大学毕业生都缺乏求职技巧，因此时常都必须依靠传统的求职方法，如报章与网络来寻找工作，因此青年就业展就是一个很好的平台，可以让大学毕业生与新鲜社会人能够寻找到他所兴趣的工作。我希望政府能通过人力资源部举办更多的青年就业展，协助国立大专基本上每年一次及私立大专一年两三次的应届毕业生寻找工作，这也可避免一位于年初毕业的学生被迫等待至年中或年末才可获得就业机会的情况。"

同时也是思特雅国际大学副教授的刘华才博士说，当局也应该考虑在巴生河流域以外的地区举办就业展，以协助其他地区的青年协助工作。

最后，他劝勉应届毕业生应避免对第一份工作过于挑剔，因为更重要的是能够吸取工作经验，而不是要求如资深职员般所享有的待遇。

"当你累积了经验及知识，你就可开始决定你的前程。"

Gerakan Youth urges MoHR to organise more Youth Job Fairs

Dominic Lau says this will reduce unemployment rate

Press statement by Gerakan Youth Secretary General

Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai

19 November 2012

Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr. Dominic Lau Hoe Chai expressed his satisfaction with the just concluded Barisan Nasional Youth Job Fair in PWTC saying that is a good move to reduce unemployment among graduates. It was estimated that 120,000 visitors attended the fair, with almost 100,000 submitted their resumes to the totle of 270 employers which offered more than 40,000 jobs.

"I am happy with the good response of the fair as this is another proof that the BN Youth and government indeed care for the people especially the young."

Lau said that the biggest concern for the young especially a fresh graduate is to gain employment as soon as possible to avoid continued dependence on their parents. Another reason would be to avoid the stereotype of one is lazy and does not have a good result if one remains unemployed long after graduating.

"This is also a good step as many of our graduates lack job-hunting skills and therefore have to rely on several common methods like the newspaper and internet. However I urge the government through the Ministry of Human Resource to conduct job fairs more frequently for public universities basically produces fresh graduates once a year while private institutions can come up to three times annually. This is to avoid a fresh graduate who finishes his studies at the beginning of the year being forced to wait until mid or end of the year to gain employment."

Dr. Dominic Lau, also UCSI associate professor also hoped the department can introduce job fairs in areas outside of the Klang Valley to help the graduates in those places.

Finally, he adviced fresh graduates to avoid being too choosy when choosing their first job as it is more important to gain experience first rather than demanding for perks enjoyed by experienced employees.

"Once you have experience together with knowledge, the world is yours for the taking."