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How To Get A Good Job Essay

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WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR Parents keeps on telling us that the key to getting a good job is a good education. That might be true for their time but nowadays getting a degree doesn't give as much of an advantage as it used to. According to PEW Research Center, about four in ten millennials in the U.S with a bachelor degree in 2016. In 2015 more than 100, 000 of Malaysians graduated with first degree, not even counting those that graduated from abroad. So one of the questions would be “If about half of the population have a degree, how can I land a job?” the answer to that is by learning and honing different skills now. There are two types of different skills, the skill that most of us focus on are hard skills while we put less focus on soft skills. Hard skills are teachable skills that can easily be measured for example learning about mathematical equations and learning how to write; while soft skills are skills …show more content…

Communication skills Most of us concentrate too much on hard skills especially in Malaysia where it is mostly centered around exams that we forget the fundamental of humanity, being able to communicate. Being able to communicate means being able to listen to someone, speaking with manners and being able to show empathy. Reasoning behind why an employers look for graduates with good communicating skills is so it’ll be easier for the graduates to communicate to people with different rank in their workplace. 2. Positive Attitude Being able to stay positive at work is harder than it may sound. We might be a cheery person in our home but the workplace is a whole new environment. Having a positive attitude will lead to proper work ethics like coming in early while on the flip side, if we don’t have a positive attitude towards work we’ll be more inclined to be lazy and come in

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