Johor Labour Chief Urges Employees Not to be Shy of Their Jobs
16 Jul 2011 , The Star
Employees are urged to take pride in their jobs even if they are deemed as low skilled. State labour department director Paeza Rosdi said people who work as security guards and cleaners should to be proud of what they do. “We realise that there are many people who are ashamed or shy to let others know about their occupation because they are afraid of being judged. “Why should that be the case when you are holding a proper job and making an honest living?” she said at the launch of the Iskandar Malaysia Human Resource Networking programme at Danga Bay Convention Centre here recently.
She added that it was also the human resource managers’ role to find out why locals do not prefer working in those fields.
“We aim to reduce foreign labour, and human resource managers are the company’s partners in working towards attracting more locals to fill in vacancies,” she said.
Paeza added that the pull factor for locals to work in Singapore was not only a high income but also due to more responsibilities and higher skill development. “For example, cleaners carry out their cleaning duties in the morning and also conduct inspections in the evening while security guards are also required to write reports on top of performing their regular duties. “This could be the reason why janitors or security guards working in Singapore are proud because their skill requirements are higher,” she said.
Commenting on the event, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) social development head Nor Hisham Hussein said the programme was aimed at creating networking opportunities and for a chance for them to exchange information among themselves.