CURRENT INDICATOR
Tertiary education and job-skill mismatch.
DOSM's Labour Force Survey provides a current measure of employed people with tertiary education working in semi-skilled or low-skilled occupations.
TVET OUTCOMES
From skills training into work.
These 2023 tracer-study stories separate post-study status, entrepreneurship and employment sector across Malaysia's TVET provider categories.
How stable were TVET graduate jobs in 2023?
Permanent, contract, temporary and part-time positions across TVET provider groups.
Watch story →How common was gig-economy work among working TVET graduates?
Gig-economy share across TVET-related provider groups in 2023.
Watch story →Why were some TVET graduates not working yet in 2023?
Self-reported reasons among non-working graduates across larger TVET provider groups.
Watch story →What happened to Malaysia's TVET graduates in 2023?
Working, further-study, upskilling, placement-waiting and not-working shares by TVET provider.
Watch story →How much entrepreneurship appeared among working TVET graduates?
Entrepreneur, self-employed and freelance shares across TVET provider types.
Watch story →Where did working TVET graduates find jobs in 2023?
Local private, multinational, government, NGO and gig-economy employment shares.
Watch story →JOB QUALITY
Employment is only the first question.
These stories look at field pathways and occupation skill level: whether graduates entered skilled, semi-skilled or low-skilled work.
What happened to Malaysian graduates in each field in 2023?
Working, further-study, upskilling, placement-waiting and not-working shares across ten fields.
Watch story →What skill-level jobs did younger first-degree graduates enter?
Skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled occupation shares from 2017 to 2021.
Watch story →What skill-level jobs did younger diploma graduates enter?
Skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled occupation shares from 2017 to 2021.
Watch story →Inside skilled jobs: what occupations did degree graduates enter?
Professionals, technicians/associate professionals and managers in the 2021 snapshot.
Watch story →MATERIALIZED TRACER HISTORY
What the official employability measure actually captured.
These stories use MOHE's published 2016–2020 Graduate Tracer Study trend and preserve the ministry's broad definition of employability rather than relabelling it as employment.
How first-degree graduate salary bands shifted, 2019–2023
Historical MOHE monthly-income distributions among employed first-degree respondents.
Watch historical story →How diploma graduate salary bands shifted, 2016–2020
Historical MOHE monthly-income distributions among employed diploma respondents.
Watch historical story →What happened after diploma study, by field?
Historical 2016 tracer-study status mix across five major fields.
Watch historical story →How Malaysia's graduate employability changed from 2016 to 2020
Historical MOHE Graduate Tracer Study national trend.
Watch historical story →How graduate employability differed by institution type
Historical MOHE rates for public universities, private institutions, polytechnics and community colleges.
Watch historical story →What did 'graduate employability' actually include in 2020?
Working, further study, upskilling, placement waiting and not working.
Watch historical story →HISTORICAL TRACER STUDY
Graduate outcomes need survey context.
These KPT archive tables are valuable, but they are dated Graduate Tracer Study snapshots.
Diploma monthly income by main field
Historical KPT Graduate Tracer Study table showing diploma graduates by monthly income band and main field of study.
Inspect official source ↗Diploma employment status by main field
Historical KPT table for public-university diploma graduates by employment status and main field of study.
Inspect official source ↗When first-degree graduates started job hunting
Historical distribution of when first-degree graduates began actively searching for their first job, by sex and institution type.
Inspect official source ↗METHOD
Five questions, not one employability score.
PulseKita treats employment status, job-skill match, salary, field-of-study match and time to first job as separate measures.