The need for Malaysia to maintain its international
competitiveness requires that it plans ahead. Its industries, whose past
reluctance to adopt new technologies, have now adopted a new attitude that is
driving the demand for specialized job candidates.
The thought process that encourages a country to excel and innovate in design is not only focused on creativity, but is a process that demands thinking out of the box to ensure products designs and prototypes to attract international attention.
Slow adoption of skill-sets requirements
Malaysia has seen a huge increase in the demand for UX and UI design professionals, especially front end developers with strong design instincts.
Unfortunately, the candidates to fill these job positions are few and far between, caused mainly by the slow adoption of these technologies.
Improving employee skills
One of the solutions to the problem is for companies to hire individuals with learning potential rather than looking for the necessary skills. People with learning potential can be trained on the job and through upgrade skill courses. This will not only help in faster developments, but is also a worthwhile investment.
Young people already in the job market should seek self improvement by continuously upgrading their skills in order to ensure that they are a step ahead.
In order to become a global design hub, Malaysia will have to encourage business to change mindset and young school leavers to consider tech design studies. This interest can be sparked at school level by the strong development of research, problem solving, collaboration skills, communication and digital design from a young age.
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