Fresh Graduates Research Articles

Enhancing Higher Order Thinking Skills (Hots) Through Literature Components in ESL Classrooms

In preparing students for 21st century, the importance of teaching higher order thinking skills is questionable. Yet, many educators and employers express their concern that young Malaysians especially fresh graduates are unable to think critically and creatively. Therefore, this paper presents a review of extant literature on studies related to HOTS through literature in ESL Classrooms. Many tools have been used for language teaching to teach the language more efficiently over the course of time. Nevertheless, it is widely accepted that literature has proven to be one of the best and most beneficial teaching resources. Literature is currently being taught by adhering to the syllabus merely for examination purposes, instead of teaching to cultivate understanding and appreciation. Change needs to be taken place thereby immediately. The instillation of HOTS through literature is seen as a great benefit. English Literature is now collocated in the preliminary National Education Blueprint (2013-2015) as a method to help improve English proficiency of students. In accordance with the transformation of education in Malaysia, this paper explains the various types of literature that exist in the current curriculum and how it can be integrated in English lessons to instil Higher Order Thinking Skills. This paper suggests that English literature should be reconceptualised given its ability to help educate and train young Malaysians to think critically based on the Taxonomy Bloom (Revised Anderson) as it caters for both advanced and beginner level learners. Literature should therefore be used as a bridge for educating young Malaysians to be innovative and to think critically.

Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on training of postgraduate year 1 doctors in Singapore.

Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on training of postgraduate year 1 doctors in Singapore.

ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN PAKISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF A SAMPLE OF PAKISTANI DOCTORS

Abstract Objective: To look at the practice trends regarding Hypertension in Pakistani doctors and to find out the weak links in our diagnosis, management, care and followup. Design and method: Study Setting: The study was conducted on 600 doctors practicing in different cities of Pakistan. These doctors came from all professional spheres, Fresh Graduates, Post graduate trainee, Consultants (of all ranks) and Family Physicians etc. Study Design: Observational cross-sectional. Study Population and Sampling Technique: We used cluster random sampling method to collect data. Results: Only 146 (24.3%) were following the guidelines while 235 (39.2%) were measuring it too early or 148 (24.6%) were measuring too late. Seventy one (11.8%) of the surveyed individual did not respond to this question. According to latest guidelines, - A heart-healthy diet, such as the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, that facilitates achieving a desirable weight is recommended for adults with elevated BP or hypertension. Sodium reduction is recommended for adults with elevated BP or hypertension. Only 3.7% doctors talked about DASH diet in survey questionnaire, and not all the doctors are advising salt reduction to hypertensive patients comprising only 70.2%. Only 2.5% doctors are advising to increase water intake and even alarming is that advising smoking cessation to hypertensive patients is talked about by only 4.3% of doctors. Desired BP control is a difficult task even in developed countries. In Pakistan less than 3 % have adequate control Table 3 shows the responses to our inquiry - Grade each of the following separately which is in your opinion the most likely cause of inadequate BP control; from 1–5 (1 being somewhat common cause, and 5 being leas t common cause). The response shows the wide range of issues that we have regarding controlling the blood pressure. Conclusions: Issues in our society are multi-factorial. Need to emphasize to the physicians the importance of Continuance Medical Education and improving your practice skills. Also need to reach out to patients by all current mediums so they may be able to better understand the risks a person is under when he/she develop hypertension.

Design and Implementation of Visual Employment Recommendation System

This paper studies the design and implementation of a visual employment recommendation system based on deep learning. The system mainly uses web crawler technology, word segmentation system jieba, Django framework, data analysis algorithm Kmeans, data visualization Echarts framework and other technologies. The system can make two-way precise recommendation for enterprises and fresh graduates to improve employment matching.

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF DPT STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN

Objectives: To examine the current trends, challenges and future perspectives of physiotherapy in terms of social awareness, job availability and career orientation.
 Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 physiotherapy students at Rawalpindi Medical University Rawalpindi, Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi and Maroof International Hospital Islamabad for 6 months. Non-probability convenience sampling was used. Fresh graduates of physiotherapy and postgraduate students studying physiotherapy were included in this study. All the students having experience of more than 3 years and students other than physiotherapy profession were excluded. Questionnaire was designed according to Likert scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Statistical analysis was done to analyse findings and interpret the results.
 Results: The results showed that Pakistani government is taking initiative to some extent to promote the scope of physiotherapy but in the meanwhile social unawareness, job unavailability, and lack of clinical facilities are yet required to be considered.
 Conclusion: Physiotherapy in Pakistan is at its developing phase and needs a lot of improvement. There are limited job opportunities and limited education facilities in institutes. Advertisement of the potential benefits of this profession can increase the number of job opportunities in both public and private sectors.

Who Gets Top Jobs of Physical Therapy in Pakistan

Physical Therapy is a healthcare profession, in which Physical Therapist provides treatment to individuals developing, maintaining and restoring the maximum functional capacity throughout life. Physical therapy is amongst one of the neglected health care elds in Pakistan due to lack of resources and absence of a professional regulatory body. Even after 60 years of inception of physical therapy, there is no regulatory council in Pakistan. However, some of the priva t e bodi e s had be en working for professional growth. Of these, Pakistan Physiotherapy Society (PPS), Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) of Pakistan and Pakistan Physical Therapy Association (PPTA) are worth 1 mentioning . Research on the relationship between education and employment has received signicant attention in recent years. It is now well recognized that there are many other factors intervene in the relationship between education and unemployment. From getting admission for higher education to getting a perfect job, substantial socio-economic differences are present at every stage. The evidence strongly suggests that, even after taking these factors into account, graduates from affuent families are more likely to obtain a professional job and to see higher earnings 2 growth in the labor market . To get jobs in physical therapy, along with getting excellence in graduation, knowledge level, clinical skills, some of graduates make themselves competent than others by means of research publications which really have a signicant impact on getting job. Continuing medical education also highlights candidates in a bunch of unemployed population for their distinctive certications and hence, for them, chances of being hired increase. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, graduates with less ma rks , poor knowl edge , no r e s e a r ch publications and post-graduation get better job status only with their political affliations on references basis. In contrast, many deserving graduates, not all, justifying the criteria for employment, remain empty handed with their degrees proving it correct that, "reference dominates merit".Sadly, the significance of this profession in Pakistan is yet to be recognized. Moreover, so far, the campaigns and initiatives which are being taken for the betterment of PT profession are at best poor. This situation is leading to brain drain as graduates are still having apprehensions about their future. They are hired at low remuneration. This is increasing further frustration& depression among fresh graduates. There is no job structure and no vacancies are announced. In Pakistan, things are moving towards the scenario where graduates are more grappling towards finding a strong reference rather than being competent physical therapists. This profession has a great importance in making life worth living. Need has been highlighted for the proper service structure in government as well as private institutions, research, development and training based on international standards. Jobs should be created by the federal and provincial governments. The struggle for the regulatory body is the best of advancement in the development of this profession. As the situation is worsening day by day, the government must take special measures to save this profession

Penyampaian Informasi Pekerjaan Bagi Fresh Graduate Melalui Realistic Job Previews

This field experiment review aim was to examine four hypotheses of Realistic Job Previews (RJPs) on 20 fresh graduates respondents. Declarative knowledge, RJPs measurement scale, and interview was used as method of data gathering. The data results by using Mann-Whitney U Test showed that there is no significant relation (p = 0,462) among met expectation variable (p = 0,333), coping strategy (p = 0,462), honesty and integrity perception (p = 0,822) and likelihood to stay (p = 0,469). The research implications are if there is similarity between general expectation and reality of a job, and low possibility for the respondents to reject the job offer, then RJPs won’t give any positive and significant effect in pre-hire process.

Knowledge of strategic value discipline and its importance for fresh graduate: A qualitative investigation

Strategy formulation is an old practice that cuts through business and politics. The earlier human species have been regarded as the proprietors of strategy formulation as a part of existence. Therefore, the paper aims to evaluate strategy as a management discipline. In doing so, a qualitative research approach will be employed to analyze a variety of concepts in strategic management. The historical perspective of strategy formulation, as well as the importance of strategy in the modern-day business context, is discussed. Moreover, the emergence of strategy, strategic management, and planning in the business perspectives will be analyzed. Ultimately, this paper aims to demonstrate the importance of strategic management as a skill that would guide job-seeking graduates to work in organizations best suited for them.

The correlation between grade point average with UKMPPD’s result in faculty medicine of university of Palangka Raya

The Grade Point Average (GPA) as a measure of student performance in implementing the curriculum is expected to be correlated with the UKMPPD results to produce competent doctors with national standards. However, this is not in line with some who do not pass the UKMPPD at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Palangka Raya. This problem raises the question, can a medical student’s GPA ensure a fresh graduate doctor’s competency to pass UKMPPD? The research design was descriptive-analytic, with a cross-sectional design consisting of 132 students participating in UKMPPD as the first participants from May 2016 to November 2019. The data obtained were the results of preclinical and clinical GPA and UKMPPD. Data analysis using Pearson correlation test and Mann Whitney test. Statistical analysis showed that there was a significant relationship (p <0.001) between the preclinic GPA and the results of CBT (r = 0.642), OSCE (r = 0.329), and UKMPPD. Clinic GPA showed significant correlation (p <0.001) with CBT (r = 0.429), and UKMPD results (p = 0.001), but had no significant correlation (p = 0.167) with OSCE. These results indicate that the GPA of Preclinic and Clinic scores can be used as an indicator of learning outcomes to determine cognitive test results.

INTRODUCING JUSTICE START UP IN LABOR LEGAL CONTEXT

After graduating from college, almost all fresh graduates usually experience adilemma caused by the limitations or suitability of their competencies andopportunities, coupled with the presence of the Covid-19 pandemic. The commonopportunities chosen by fresh graduates include waiting for the momentum of the CPNS test, selecting BUMN employees, becoming private employees, and continuing their studies to the S2 level. However, this is not the case for Start Upwhich is barely even an option. The results of the discussion show that: (1) The increasing number of internet users in Indonesia, aspects of cost flexibility and ease of place, and starting to replace certain jobs either by applications or robots, should be able to be glimpsed by the younger generation who have lots of ideas and creativity in their fields to start a business up; (2) The start-up that is initiated must be fair and at least meet 3 (three) criteria: (i) the work relationship is based on a work agreement; (ii) The substance of the work agreement must include the type of work agreement, when it starts and ends, whether there is a probation period, work / tasks to be performed and responsibilities, the position given (if any), the amount of wages, facilities available, and rights. and other obligations, including when the employmentrelationship ends; (iii) efforts will be made to make efforts to meet decent livingstandards. work / tasks to be performed and responsibilities, the position given (if any), the amount of wages, facilities available, and rights. and other obligations, including when the employment relationship ends; (iii) efforts will be made to make efforts to meet decent living standards. work / tasks to be performed and responsibilities, the position given (if any), the amount of wages, facilities available, and rights. and other obligations, including when the employment relationship ends; (iii) efforts will be made to make efforts to meet decent living standards.

Graduate Joblessness: Conviction for Entrepreneurship Studies in Library and Information Science Programme of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand what the Nigerian graduates are passing through, most especially graduate of library and information science programme of Nigerian tertiary institutions. &#x0D; Findings: The statistics of unemployed graduates in Nigeria as at 2011 showed that a disheartening figure of 42.7 million with over 1,8 million graduates churned out of our higher institutions yearly. It was further revealed that the unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 38 percent in 2013 with further increase expected in succeeding years. The slow rate of economic growth and undeveloped private sector, faulty manpower planning, high expectations of the fresh graduate attitude towards some types of jobs, recruitments, the quest for higher education, inadequate educational curricular, immobility of labour, the long period of initial unemployment among graduates of higher institution, use of capital intensive technology, wide rural-urban migration&#x0D; Conclusion: It is evident that entrepreneurship education is important for Library and Information Science students in higher institution of learning. The training of Library and Information Science students must reflect the 21st century development in the field which is influenced by the emergence of Information Technology, hence, Library and Information Science students must have computer proficiency, familiarity with metadata, database management and application, web development and design, knowledge of electronic resources and services

Job attraction and career choice motivation in a socialist-market economy: the case of the young Vietnamese workforce

ABSTRACT This paper aims to explain the career choice motivation of young workers in a non-Western setting, Vietnam. After witnessing the greater role of the relatively small but competent bureaucracy in East Asia, many have assumed that ‘pervasive and powerful’ bureaucracy also occupies a similar prestigious position in the rapidly growing Vietnam. For the past decade, however, declining talent acquisition in the public sector indicates that good quality workers are leaving or not choosing public sector jobs. What job motivators and perception on the government jobs affect the younger generation’s career choice in Vietnam? Based on the classic motivation theories and Public Service Motivation (PSM) framework, we surveyed fresh graduates and final year university students (n = 433) and found that there is a positive relationship between public career choice and motivation to serve the public as PSM theory expected. Yet, our data show that traditional job motivators such as materialistic benefits, job security, and stability were more important for the young Vietnamese. From a comparative perspective, this suggests that Vietnamese bureaucracy, regardless of its power and pervasiveness, needs substantial improvement by meeting public workers’ basic sanitation needs and working environment to recruit quality manpower for continuous economic success.

Impact of COVID-19 on Big and Small Tech Companies

During the pandemic, companies were collapsing like sand. The fate of different industries slipped despite the efforts of owners and CEO. The Tech industry was one of the few that thrived during the pandemic as every business was gradually moving on to the digital platform. Even in the tech industry, only the big companies that already had a massive footprint before the pandemic, like Apple, Google, Netflix, Facebook, and Amazon, bloomed. Many medium-sized and small-sized tech organizations also struggled during the pandemic. The tech companies associated with the travel and tourism industry like Uber, Airbnb, Trip Advisor, etc. couldn’t find any customers due to lockdown. This created an imbalance in different sectors like recruitment, employee retention, etc. Due to this imbalance and lack of cash flow, small tech companies were laying off jobs to survive while the big tech giants were recruiting more employees to thrive. This imbalance in recruitment and lay off created fear of losing or retaining a job in many tech employees whether they were skilled professionals or fresh graduates. This paper focuses on and compares these effects on big tech companies and small tech companies. This paper also suggests steps and solutions for small tech companies to maintain themselves during the pandemic and regain their market position after the new normal.

A comparative study on the impact of artificial intelligence on employment opportunities for university graduates in Germany and the Netherlands: AI opportunities and risks

Artificial intelligence (AI) is leading a major transformation in employment through advances in disruptive technologies. This paper aims to uncover the state of AI implementation and its impact on employment trends in Germany and the Netherlands. With new types of jobs emerging due to AI, it is pertinent that a deeper analysis of the opportunities, benefits, risks and other related issues raised by this phenomenon are thoughtfully elaborated and explained. The fresh graduates are a major part of the future labour pool/workforce and any company's vital human capital composite. We wanted to know if university graduates believe that AI will take away their jobs or eliminate jobs. A quantitative analysis was carried out based on the data collected from more than 400 German and Dutch participants using a quantitative-structured questionnaire. The findings are important especially in restructuring the workplace in the wake of AI and concerned prospective employees.

Practical Aspects of the Skin Effect in Low Frequencies in Rectangular Conductors

Although the skin effect has been widely studied over the years, many of its topics remain unclear for most electrical engineers, including undergraduate students and fresh graduates. Yet, in the cases of application of power frequency current, the knowledge gap to be bridged is more significant. Thus, for contributing to the widening in the knowledge of this effect, this work presents an analysis of the behavior of the current density distribution over the cross-section of differently combined rectangular conductors subject to power frequency current. In this case, since an analytical approach is not feasible, the numerical method of matrix solution of integral equations was adopted due to its simplicity, fast convergence, and its application is presented through some providentially chosen theoretical examples before a practical case may be analyzed. As the main results, the influence of a correlated effect that is the proximity effect shows itself as being predominant and the method presents itself as being very convenient for studying the current density distribution in conductors with a cross-section other than the circular, which allow bridging the knowledge gap in this theme. Moreover, the comparison of theoretical cases quite significant. Moreover, the method is adequate to planar configurations, by typical configurations, as in the case of bus bars of electrical panels.

English Language Competency in Enhancing Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Graduates’ Marketability in the Malaysian Workplace: A Literature Review

TVET graduates contribute greatly to the country’s development. Issues regarding the readiness of TVET graduates upon entering the industry have been raised especially on their level of proficiency in the English language. English language proficiency is important and has become one of the top five reasons for recruiting fresh graduates. Not only do TVET graduates need to excel in technical skills, but they also need to be equipped with other essential skills such as communication skills especially English language competency. Employers place strong communication skills at the top of their priority list, and this is the first thing they look for in every new employee interested in working for their separate businesses. TVET education content needs to be on par with the industrial demand and the active role of the industries in giving direct feedback to the educational institutions is crucial. Therefore, this study aims to highlight the importance of English competency and the challenges of teaching English in technical institutions. Apart from that, this study also suggests some measures that can be implemented in enhancing TVET graduates’ marketability in the workplace.

Entrepreneurial Intention to Venture into Flea Market Retailing: An Empirical Study in Oman

Entrepreneurship is viewed by economists to be a combination of innovation and risk-taking. When such activity thrives, high growth rates are achieved as well as opportunities offered to all segments of society. Oman's government encourages continuously entrepreneurship to confront the rising number of fresh graduates annually, vis-a-vis the continuing high unemployment rate and the low national recruitment rate, especially following the recent decline in oil prices. This research aims to examine the extent of youngsters' entrepreneurial intention, especially among tertiary students in Oman, to venture into entrepreneurship through flea market retailing. Therefore, this study has adopted the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to examine the extent of the entrepreneurial intention of 291 final year students as primary survey data collected from colleges of applied sciences in Oman, and the data was analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM). The study concludes that market analytics can develop students' intentions through affecting the three factors of Ajzen's model - attitude towards entrepreneurship, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control (Ajzen, 1991) - to become potential entrepreneurs in flea markets in Oman. This research adds value in both theory and practice by identifying that students with greater access to market analytics have stronger entrepreneurial intentions to pursue the entrepreneurial field, provided that they have the entrepreneurial attitude and support of the community.

To Start-Up or to Work in a Startup

I look at the perception of the background of startup founders. We look at founders who were employees in a successful startup or founders in a failed/successful startup. I find that success is sticky and previous success improves predicted success but it is true for employees and founders alike. Failed female founders are judged more harshly as compared to failed male founders. We provide valuable insight to fresh graduates who face the dilemma to startup or to work in a startup.

Employed fresh graduates: modelling job design and redesign

Employed fresh graduates: modelling job design and redesign

Hiring Graduates for Marketing – Advantages, Disadvantages and Competency Requirements

The selection of suitable employees is becoming more and more demanding because of the increasing number of job applicants that want to get into a marketing career. The aim of this contribution is to find out which marketing competencies a competent graduate of economics should possess to be attractive for marketing related jobs in SMEs in the Region of South Bohemia, as well as to identify the positives and negatives of hiring such graduates. Based on data obtained from 93 SMEs with their own marketing department, the desired competent graduate for marketing related jobs can be described as a communicative and creative individual with the ability to analyse information. The main advantages of hiring graduates include creativity, the ability to work with modern technologies and/or enthusiasm for learning. On the other hand, a lack of experience and/or the longer training time are the main disadvantages of hiring fresh graduates for marketing-related jobs.