Creative Education, 2018, 9, 2677-2692
http://www.scirp.org/journal/ce
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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2018.916202 Dec. 10, 2018 2677 Creative Education
Gender Outlook on Advisory System,
Entrepreneurship and Graduate Employability
Rohaiza Rokis
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic
University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract
Unemployment is higher among young workers, particularly females. Part of
the solution rests at the tertiary levels. The article views that undergraduates
must have career knowledge, particularly in entrepreneurship, upon their
graduation. This can be achieved through students’ advisory system at each
university. The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) is chosen as
a case. The research is conducted in the view that IIUM’s advisory system is
not used to the maximum. The mentors (teachers/lecturers) and mentees
(undergraduates) are not really able to utilize the advisory system in the most
effective way. It has an unfixed sense of connectedness in the life of the un-
dergraduates. This situation may lead them graduated unprepared for the
employment. Thus, it is sensible to investigate the possibility of utilizing the
IIUM’s advisory system towards employment prospects, using entrepreneur-
ship modules for the benefits of female and male students. The samples are
chosen among IIUM students within the age group of 22 to 26 for survey and
interview designs. The design of the survey is to obtain statistics that de-
scribes particular descriptive aspects of the students, entrepreneurship em-
bedded content in the academic program and the advisory system. In addi-
tion, the design of the interview is to capture the qualitative opinions of the
students in regards to their aspiration in career upon graduation through the
advisory system. This research concludes that an effective advisory system
leads to career planning and employment chances particularly entrepreneur-
ship among female graduates. The advisory system must foster the culture of
connectedness between mentor-mentee in entrepreneurial skills for greater
undergraduate employability prospects.
Keywords
Advisory System, Career Aspiration, Culture of Connectedness,
Entrepreneurship, Gender, Mentor-Mentee, Undergraduate Employability
How to cite this paper: Rokis, R. (2018).
Gender Outlook on Advisory System, En-
trepreneurship and Graduate Employabili-
ty. Creative Education, 9, 2677-2692.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2018.916202
Received: September 14, 2018
Accepted: December 7, 2018
Published: December 10, 2018
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