Brain Drain di Malaysia
Malaysia punya masalah dengan brain drain ? Berikut adalah intisari liputan Star newspaper Senin 9 Juli 2007 untuk National Human Resources Summit 2007 : "Enhancing Organisational Effectiveness Through Superior Human Capital Management".
Negara tujuan brain drain Malaysia :
- United Kingdom
- USA
- Singapore
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Dubai
Sektor yang kekurangan tenaga skilled workers di Malaysia :
- IT professionals (khususnya di Cyberjaya)
- Clinical researchers
- R&D Engineers
- Bio-technologist
- Oil and gas
- Construction
Banyak perusahaan Malaysia yang memperoleh pekerjaan di luar Malaysia, sehingga butuh lebih banyak insinyur sipil/arsitek.
- Financial services
Banyak perusahaan finansial Malaysia yang berekspansi ke LN. Suplai tenaga keuangan selalu dibutuhkan (akuntan/auditor).
Alasan pindah (menurut Manton Townend, managing director Manpower Inc) :
- Salary
- Lack of appreciation
- Lack of communication with employers
- Lack of career direction
Tantangan bagi industri high tech Malaysia :
- Posisi skilled workforce di Malaysia kebanyakan diisi asing, karena lebih murah mengimport skilled worker asing
- Mencari skilled workforce yang mampu mentutor tenaga lokal Malaysia
- Memulangkan para brain drain Malaysia
Saran-saran untuk kebijakan pemerintah Malaysia (hasil summit) :
- Fokus ke imigrasi dan skilled labour policy (contoh : Malaysia My 2nd Home Program, tax breaks) untuk menarik lebih banyak skilled workers ke malaysia (short-term)
- More funds for education, training, and R&D in targetted fields that’s commercially viable (long-term)
- Government should penalise companies that don’t have funds for upgrade employees’ skills or investments in human capital
- Government and companies should ensure staff’s satisfaction (eg. provide balance between work and social life)
- Increase opportunities for women to stay longer in the workforce
Case Study : Tapping world-class talent
- Studi kasus dari Advance Tech Communications Sdn Bhd (ATC)
- ATC menghire Dr Shiv Verma, Electronics Phd dari USA untuk mentor team yang terdiri dari young Malaysian IT graduates.
- Dr Shiv Verma punya 7 worldwide paten di bidang wireless technology (hardware/software)
- Hasilnya : ATC mendapat kontrak RM 1.6bil
Quote of the day :
"Nationality should not be an issue as long as we have the right expertise and talent which can contribute to upgrade Malaysia into research and knowledge-based economy" -Dr Yeah Kim Leng, Chief Economist Rating Agency Malaysia group
