Disheartened engineers leaving the field

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs more engineers to become a developed nation, yet young engineers are dropping out of the profession.

It is estimated that at least a quarter of them cannot get work – some even a year after graduating – because they lack technical knowledge and soft skills.

Unable to get past the interview stage, they would lose heart and go on to other non-engineering work, said Electrical & Electronics (E&E) Productivity Nexus (EEPN) chairman Datuk Seri Wong Siew Hai (pic).

The EEPN was formed in 2017 to boost the E&E sector’s contribution to the country’s economy. Since then, it has trained 121 unemployed engineers through its E&E Engineering In-base Programme. All have since been hired.

“The quality of these graduates is not the problem. They just lacked something companies were looking for and it’s something trainable.”

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