Thousands of graduates are flooding a market affected by the global economic crisis. Perhaps it’s time people take the plunge to stay afloat.

Graduates are being produced by the hundreds of thousands every year and the sad news is that only slightly over half could find a job within months.

So if you think finding a job is going to be a walk in the park because you have a degree, maybe you need a friendly slap of reality. A degree is no longer the passport to gainful employment.

In 2008, our local universities churned out 175,806 graduates and this year, the number may increase.

In a study made by Higher Education Ministry on a sample of these graduates last year, only 55.1% landed themselves with a job within half a year.

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