Skills & Studies

The Star (17 Nov 2009)
PhD holders jobless among thousands registered with portal
AT THE DEWAN RAKYAT

DOCTORATE holders are among those who registered with JobsMalaysia, a government portal to help graduates get jobs.

Deputy Human Resources Minis-ter Senator Datuk Maznah Mazlan said from the 69,760 job hunters who registered with the portal, 18 held doctorates, 1,165 had Masters degrees, 36,985 were Bachelor degree holders while 31,592 had diplomas.
As of last Friday, she added Universiti Teknologi Mara graduates topped the list from public universities with 12,768 applications.
This was followed by Universiti Utara Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with 4,151 and 2,943 applicants respectively.
The majority majored in business administration, electric, electronics and telecommunications engineering, mechanical and mechatronics engineering, accounts and pure sciences.

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The above news and another of a wheelchaired Year 6 Zaim Shafri who scored 4A's & 1B caught cat's attention. How can cat summarizes all this clearly?

School only help to prepare you academically. To achieve your dreams and to survive in the "real" world, you need to be "streetwise" also.
Seriously, you need a combination of both in life (unless you are really a genius or you are lucky).

*Academic: so that you would know facts or know where to dig it so that no one can make a fool out of you. You can be the smartest kid in your class, but when you graduate and enter the real world, there are others that are also top of their classes.
* Streetwise or street smart:
You are not the only person who scores perfect A's or B's. The competition will be heavy and academic is not the only criteria people will look at. It's also how you projected yourself. Why would they need to give you the job? What do you have to offer them besides your certificates? Your communication skills, your general knowledge, your stress and anger management..etc..etc. Dealing with people is certainly different than dealing with computers

So, equipped yourself also from now with other skills. Take your nose out from the book from time to time. Join your friends on outings, talk with other people other than your schoolmates, join any 'kenduri' at your area. Just go and mix around. Learn how to talk and listen to others. See how people interact. This will help you in the long run.

And.. have fun. "All study and no play makes Jake a dull person". Learn to take time to stop and smell the flowers. You are young only once. Don't concentrate 100% on studies. You can't turn back the time. ;)

Balance it well and Don't Give Up. You always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Be strong ok.