Abstract:
Lately, numbers of unemployed graduates has increased and become quite an important concern for
the higher education around the world. There are debates on what causes this problem and how can
the government overcome this problem. Thus, to address this issue, this study examines the various
engineering employability skills seek by the Malaysian industries towards engineering graduates.
This paper will put forward a list comprised of the skills needed by the industries and compare it
with the Program Objectives (PO) and Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) of UniKL MFI. advertisement. These employability skills are used to
prepare graduates for the employment nowadays and in the future. This study suggests that the
engineering graduates should acquire and demonstrate a set of generic skills such as communication
skills, teamwork, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
