Hidden vacancies hurt families, maintain job visibility reform, govt told
The Union Network International-Malaysia Labour Centre (UNI-MLC) has warned that hidden and fragmented job vacancies are worsening youth unemployment, with young Malaysians across the country graduating “into a maze” with no clear path into work.
UNI-MLC president Shafie BP Mammal said the problem was not a lack of talent but a lack of visibility of job vacancies, adding that youths should not be made to “guess where the jobs are”.
“Today, vacancies are scattered across private portals, WhatsApp groups and closed networks. Some are never advertised at all. That is not a fair system,” he told FMT.
Youth unemployment stands at about 9.9% for those aged 15 to 24, involving more than 290,000 young Malaysians, while those aged 15 to 30 face an unemployment rate of 6.2%.
According to Shafie, these numbers simply reflect what families…
