Malaysia's industries have experienced significant transformations in order to compete globally over the last 10 years. High employment demand is felt across Malaysia and the economy, not just in the construction, agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors. Most of the industries is experiencing a labour shortage due to a lack of qualified local workers, the problem has been mitigated by the hiring of foreign labour.
Aside from a lack of local manpower employment, many industries is also experiencing issues with local skilled labour. As a result, government, organisations and SMEs have to look more closely at the problem - the shortage of local skilled labour in Malaysia. To solve these issues, first, we need to investigate the factors that may contribute to the shortage of local manpower or labour supply, and to provide recommendations for increasing the supply of adequate local labours in Malaysia.
The study's methodology should includes a literature review as well as an interview with the respondent, who was a Malaysian citizen and who worked in either the construction industry, manufacturing industry or agricultural industry. These personals including contractors, project managers, manufacturers, representatives from businesses and organisations.
It is common knowledge that the factors such as low wage certainty and a lack of career opportunities may contribute to a shortage of local manpower supply in Malaysia. On the other hand, the most effective approaches to expand the participation of local skilled labour in Malaysian businesses is to commercialise the name of the skill training programme and to implement customised training, particularly for local youth, and ultimately improve their skill levels and get them ready and better equipped with industry knowledge.
The Malaysian government assists small and medium businesses in training local workers, they also try to increase the lowest salary cap for local workers, and finally government also aimed to gradually restricting the employment of foreign labour phase by phase, with all these efforts putting in we can expect the local manpower issues will be fixed in a foreseeable future
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