COURSE CODE

COURSE NAME

FACULTY CENTRE OF LANGUAGE STUDIES

SECTION 10

GROUP 1. RENGKI OKTARIADY BIN AHMADIN (CE150036)

2. RAIMI NAQIUDDIN BIN NORZALI (CE150030)
MEMBERS
3. NORAZIZAH BINTI MASHAHDI (CE150237)
4. NUR FATIN ERNI BINTI MD NADZIR (CE150197)

LECTURER
 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study

The purpose of this study is to identify the problem of getting job from unemployment
people in Batu Pahat.Now days all developing countries face the issue of unemployment
among graduates sustainable economic. Growth of a country can be found if unemployment
is low. Conversely, a country with a high unemployment rate, the use of human resources do
not fully utilize . The unemployment is interrelated economic development that should be
addressed in the labour market.Bank Negara’s latest annual report has devoted a section to
the unemployment among youths, touching on Malaysia’s position compared to other
countries, and what the possible long-term implications are and measures that need to be
taken (Che Omar C. M. Z.,2016).

The bright side of the survey is that Malaysia is not alone in facing the problem of
unemployed youths. Other countries in the region are also facing the same predicament,
where a large number of youths those between the ages of 15 and 24 are unemployed.
According to the survey based on 2015 numbers, when the national unemployment figure
was at 3.1%, the unemployment rate among youths was about 10.7% three times the national
average.

Malaysia citizen need on the job trainings in order to progress. What they studied in
the universities is largely academic, with little application in the real world. Instead of
grumbling about the lack of employment opportunities, Malaysia citizen should focus on
improving their attitude towards their job searching efforts.Three main reasons why local
fresh graduates remain unemployed are poor attitude, lack of English proficiency, and poor
communication skills. Not forgetting, some unrealistic expectations for wages and benefits.

Imagine a fresh graduate with zero working experience expecting a starting basic
salary of RM3,500. Yet, we still wonder why Malaysian graduates remain unemployed. These
graduates probably do not realise that what is expected from them at work is vastly different
from their worry-free campus life. More than just reporting for duty at work on a daily basis;
employees are required to produce goods and services to generate revenue directly or
indirectly for their respective organisation. Without knowledge and skills acquired through
job experience, they will not be able to produce enough to earn their keep.(Ihrnet, 2017)
1.2 Problem Statement

There are many young people who are still unemployment in Batu Pahat. The
unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a
percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in
the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively
high unemployment rate.

The problem is not an unwillingness to hire. It is a lack of aggregated demand and

production. Companies do not need more workers. We can see that in the very poor
performance of productivity where the output is only growing at the rate of employment.
Improvements in output per worker are nearly zero.

If the problem was firms holding back on hiring, we would see rapid output growth
and output per worker, combined with the low growth in jobs. That is not the case. The lack
of output growth is concentrated in three areas investment (particularly construction), state
and local government spending, and exports.(Brookings, 2014)

No one can tell for sure how many migrant workers we actually have in Malaysia.
Even the authorities and individual officials offer their own variable numbers, not so much
because they have something to hide from the public but simply because no one knows
exactly how many of them are here. According to the Human Resources Ministry, there are
some 2.1 million registered migrant workers - what we call legal foreign workers in
Malaysia(The Straits Times, 2016). However, the number of overstaying illegal foreigners is
even larger, probably around three million. That is one of the reasons many people
unemployed because they have to compete with the foreigner to get a job.

1.3 Objectives

1.3.1 To analyse the rate of unemployment people in Batu Pahat.

1.3.2 To identify the problem of getting job from unemployment people in

Batu Pahat.
1.3.3 To identify suggestion towards overcome the issue of unemployment
people in Batu Pahat.

1.4 Operational Definition of terms

 1.4.1 Unemployment
A situation where someone of working age is not able to get a job but would
like to be in full-time employment (Economics Help, 2016). In this study,the
unemployment we refer to the person who still searching job or who still
cannot find the full time job.

1.4.2 Public

Relation, or affecting all the people or the whole area of nation or state
(Merriam-Webster, 2017). In this study public is refer to the people in area of
Batu Pahat,with age rangeform 19-45 years old.

1.5 Significance of the Study

1.5.1 Fresh Graduates

The young people can benefit from the findings of this study. From this study,
fresh graduates will able to recognize their weakness and improve the
weaknesses so they have higher chance to get job. In this study, fresh
graduates need to participate in voluntary programme to enhance their
knowledge and experience.

1.5.2 Public

This study will be helpful to the public when they want to find a job regarding
recommendation in this survey. So, the outcomes of this study will help people
in Batu Pahat to decrease unemployment among them. The results of this
study suggest that government needs to provide any programme that can
encourage people to find a job.
 METHODOLOGY

This chapter discusses the methodology used in this survey. They are respondents,
questionnaire, location-time and data analysis.

2.1 Respondents

2.1.1 The respondents consists of multiple ages from 19-45 years old.

2.1.2 They include students, fresh graduates and many more.

2.13 The age range is big because we want to hear the opinions from all ages who
are still working.

2.2 Questionnaire

2.2.1 A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions (or

other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from
respondents. (Wikipedia, 2017)

2.2.2 Questionnaire method was used because it provide a relatively cheap, quick
and efficient way of obtaining large amounts of information from a large
sample of people.

2.2.3 There are 7 items in the questionnaire.

2.2.4 We distributed 30 sets of questionnaire

2.2.5 Questionnaire were distributed in Malay and English version.

2.3 Location and time

2.3.1 The locations are at Rengit and Taman Pintas Jaya, Parit Raja

2.3.2 The questionnaire was distributed on Friday from 2-3.30pm and Saturday
from 8-9pm

2.3.3 We chose two locations because we want respondents from different area of
residence.
2.4 Data Analysis

2.4.1 The purpose of data analysis is to summarize data so that it is easily

understood and provides the solution to our problem statement (Oxford
Academic, 2017)

2.4.2 Microsoft Excel was used for data analysis because it enables users to
manipulate, store and graph data (ACP Computer, 2017).
 FINDINGS

This chapter discusses the findings of the survey regarding unemployment among public in
Batu Pahat. The findings are included gender of respondents, age of respondents, area of
residencies, employment status, reason regarding unemployment issues and recommended
actions for unemployment issues.

3.1 Gender of Respondents

GENDER OF RESPONDENTS

46.67% MALE
53.33% FEMALE

Figure 3.1.1 the gender of the respondents

 The figure 3.1 above shows the gender of respondents questionnaire among public in
Batu Pahat.
 The male respondents tend to be majority respondent toward the questionnaire by
53% (16) of the total respondents.
 Female respondents tend to be less than male respondents which is 47% (14) of the
total respondents
 Overall, for both number of gender respondents are equally same.

3.2 Age of Respondents

 AGE OF RESPONDENTS
19-25 26-35 36

16.67% 26.67%

56.67%

Figure 3.2.1 Age of respondents

 The figure 3.2 above shows the age of respondents among public in Batu Pahat.
 The highest range age of respondents is between 25 until 35 years old which is by
56% (17) .
 The lowest range age of respondents is between 36 years old and above which is by
17% (5).
 The rest of respondents are between 19 until 25 years old which is by 27% (8).
 To conclude the chart, the age of respondents between 26 until 35 years old tends to
be majority of the respondents.

3.3 Area of Residences

 AREA OF RESIDENCES
URBAN SEMI-URBAN RURAL

26.67% 23.33%

50.00%

Figure 3.3.1 Area of residences

 The figure 3.3 above shows the residence area of our respondents in Batu Pahat.
 The chart shows that half of the respondents live at semi-urban area.
 The majority area of residences by respondents is semi-urban area by 50% (15) of the
total respondents.
 The lowest numbers of respondents live at urban area which is Batu Pahat.
 The rest respondents are live in rural area by 27% (8) out of the total respondents.
 The respondents live from different area of residency which is it relate with survey of
unemployment among public.

3.4 Employment Status

 EMPLOYMENT STATUS

33.33%
43.33% FULL TIME
PART-TIME
UNEMPLOYED

23.33%

Figure 3.4.1 Employment status

 The figure 3.4 above shows the employment status of respondent among public in
Batu Pahat.
 The majority respondents’ employment status is already employed for full-time.
 Then follow by unemployed people among respondents by 33% (10).
 The least number of respondents employed status is employed for part-time.
 Based on the chart, the total of unemployment can be consider high which is 7 (23%)
respondents out of 30 respondents.

3.5 Reasons For Unemployment

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 The figure 3.5 above shows reasons for unemployment that respondents have chooses
based on the choices answer given.
 The highest reason that has been chosen by respondents is lack of vacancy with total
20 respondents has tick it.
 They are two reasons that been lowest choices for unemployment issues among
public.
 The first reason is the job is not relevant with course by 9 people choose the reason.
 The next lowest reason is due to housework responsibilities that have been choose by
9 people out of 30 respondents.
 To clarify the graph is shows vary reasons that lead to unemployment issues among
public in Batu Pahat.

3.6 Recommendation for Unemployment Issues

 RECOMMENDATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUES
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Figure 3.6.1 Recommendation of unemployment issues

 The figure 3.6 above shows the total of recommendation regarding unemployment
issues.
 The graph shows a variety of recommendations for unemployment issues provided in
the questionnaire.
 The highest recommendation that is chosen by the respondent is by alert of market
trend with 18 people respond with the answer given.
 The lowest recommendation is by choose others where the respondent fills the
provided blank with the suggestion to “provides career for housewives”.
 As conclusion, we can see that respondents are equally agreed with recommended by
“government provide programs” and “reduce foreigner workers”.
 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Based on the number of unemployment among public in Batu Pahat, we can conclude
the number of unemployment in Batu Pahat is still high which is 33% of the respondents are
still unemployed.

From the respondents’ point of view, mostly said that the lack of job vacancy is the
main reason for the high number of unemployment. 20 out of 30 respondents agreed that this
is the major cause of unemployment problem. Most of the working population seems to be
rising from low-productivity and low-pay sectors. On the whole, industrial, construction and
manufacturing sectors are bringing up figures showing “net job loss.” And most of the new
jobs created in the global economy are part-time jobs and not the full-time jobs that many
governments seem to be promising, but not creating.

In particular, based on the survey result and its own deliberation, the respondents
believe that the most recommendations for unemployment issues is be alert of market trends.
Students need to take precautionary measures to choose courses at university so that the
course they take is in line with market trends. In addition, join voluntarily programmes also
help the unemployed people to gain their soft skills which is useful for finding jobs. Besides
that, government should provide basic infrastructure to established industries in rural areas.
Growth of industrial sector is needed to reduce unemployment.
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX A : Questionnaire

SURVEY ON UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG PUBLIC IN BATU

PAHAT

Dear respondent, we are students from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) currently
conducting a survey entitled “Unemployment Among Public in Batu Pahat”. The objectives of this
survey, firstly, to analyze the rate of unemployment in Batu Pahat. Secondly, to identify the problem
of getting job from unemployed people in Batu Pahat. Lastly, to identify suggestion towards
overcoming the issue of unemployed people in Batu Pahat. Data collected will be kept confidential.

INSTRUCTION: Please tick (√) the appropriate answer for the questions below.

1. Gender
Male Female

2. Age
19-25 years old 26-35 years old 36 years old and
above

3. Place of residence
Urban Semi-urban Rural

4. Highest academic qualification

SPM STPM Certificate
Diploma Bachelor Degree Post-Graduate
Degree

5. What is your employment status?

Employed full time Employed part time Unemployed

6. From
c your observation, what are the reason(s) for unemployment? You may choose more than
one answer.
Lack of working experience
Lack of soft skills (critical thinking skill, problem-solving skill, communication skill)
Too choosy about the position offered in an organization
Lack of job vacancy
Voluntarily choose to remain unemployed
Poor character, attitude or personality
Unrealistic salary and benefit expectation
Low proficiency in English
c The course they (fresh graduates) took was not relevant and not applicable to the
c
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industry
c Lack of guidance
c Housework responsibilities
Others
c :_______________________________________
c
c
c

c
c
7. In your opinion, how can we solve this unemployment issue? You may choose more than one
answer.
Improve proficiency in English
Be alert of market trend
Accept any job opportunities to gain experience
Graduates need to join extracurricular/volunteer activities
Government organize educational and training programmes
Encourage entrepreneurship/self-employment
Improve the economy of the country
Control the rising population of our country
c Government need to reduce the intake of foreign worker
c Provide an information space for job vacancy
c
Others :________________________________________________
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
 APPENDIX B : maps

Figure 1: map of Taman Pintas Jaya

Figure 2: map of Rengit

APPENDIX C: Articles
Figure 3: article on unemployment
Figure 4: labour force statistic of Malaysia