To Study the Number of Third Years SKKK Students who have Career Planning.

PART A Please tick (/) in the space provided. 1. Gender : 2. Age:______ 3. Race: Malay. Indian. Chinese. Other: ______ Male Female Year : Other: 3rd year ______

4. Highest qualification Mara Express. Matriculation. STPM. Foundation. Diploma. Other: ________ 5. Sponsorship for study JPA. Mara. PTPTN. Shell. Private. Other: ________

PART B Please tick (/) in the space provided. 1. Please rank your Chemical Engineering course in UTM before entering? First choice. Second choice. Third choice. Not care. 2. Why did you choose Chemical Engineering? (MAY TICK MORE THAN ONE) One of the most high payment jobs. Chemical engineers are highly employable. Have many career opportunities. Graduates employed by multinational company. Chemical engineers improve the quality of people lives by become problem solving to solve everyday needed. Other : _________________________________________________ 3. Why study Chemical Engineering at UTM? Chemical Engineering at UTM is world renowned. The department has national reputation in teaching and research. Have strong link with multinational company. Expose the students the professional skills & problem solving. Excellent teaching system (Course Outcome). Problem-based learning helps to adequate with industrial needed. UTM has complete facilities to do the research. The fresh graduate renowned and has high qualification. Other : _________________________________________________ 4. Since when did you plan to take Chemical Engineering? Primary education. Secondary education. Tertiary education. Not planning at all. 5. Who/What introduced you about the course? Family Friends Internet Teachers Other : _________________________________________________ 6. After 3 years in chemical engineering course, what can you conclude about the course?

Very tough course & challenging Tough course. Average. As easy as ABC.

7. What do you plan after graduate? Work in the industry and landing position at infamous company. Do coursework and research on something. Pursue Masters and PhD abroad. Double majoring. (E.g. business, international affairs) Start my own company/business. Changing my careers to other prospects. Not sure. Retire. Other : _________________________________________________ 8. Did you involved in any activities or competition in UTM and what is the current achievement/position? (MAY TICK MORE THAN ONE) i. Facultys student society Executive board Committee Active member Passive member ii. Non-academia club. (E.g. silat, trekking club, spiritual) Executive board Committee Active member Passive member iii. iv. Competition Not involved in anything. (Passive)

9. How the activities or societies above (Q7) do help you develop your career? Develops networking with other student. Learn to talk, presents, and socialize. Exposed to a lot of professional and management skills. Develop my personality. Bear to take responsibility that trust in me. Build friendship and meets some new friends. Have fun! Well, life is not always about career & making money. Other : _________________________________________________

10. Besides pursuing good academic results, what are the other things you have done in order to become a successful chemical engineer? Join the internship with other company. Conduct research as research assistant to seniors. Other : _________________________________________________ 11. If you have the opportunity to work in the company, which sector do you plan to be with? Government. Public. Private. Non-Government Organisation. Other : _________________________________________________

12. Based on your answer above (Q11), please rate the most important thing influence your choice to work in that sector.
Not important at all Quite important Most important Less important

High payment. Health insurance already been taken care of. Leaves policy which benefits you when you had urgent matter. Flexible work schedule which you can rest your mind for a while. Pension payment which benefits when you retired. Eligible for special bonuses such as recruitment bonus or a relocation bonus. Steady demand for service. (Government for example, they dont cut down their employees from time-to-time. Hence, it has steady demand) Challenges when working in that sector. The opportunity to use my skills and enhance my capability. Working with different people and different criteria Provide flexible working practices wherever necessary and operationally possible Provide social and sporting events allowing you to bond goodwill and relationships between employees as well as the community

Important

Financial assistance in furthering my education. 13. What are the obstacles you faced during take chemical engineering course? please rate them accordingly.
Strongly Disagree Strongly agree

New subjects. Too many killing subjects and subtopics need to master. Some professors or lecturers are hardly understandable what they teach. Lecturers are not approachable and hot-tempered. Too many period being postponed because the lecturers are attending conference, abroad and urgent calling. Bundle of assignments need to submit at the same day. Lack of time to study for quizzes, tests and assignments. Feeling sleepy in class because stay up all night long to complete assignments. Hard to focus. Financial problem. (E.g. books, daily meals and, facultys and colleges fees) Family affairs. (E.g. family member/s have health problem. Need to watch over them) Could not manage time properly. Too busy with nonacademia activities. Lack of discipline. Stay up late to watch movies and playing computer games. Procrastinate. Always do the jobs at late before due date. Plagiarism. Copying assignments from other students. Hence, could not do well in examinations. 14. ds PART C
1. Do you think that planning your career early is a necessary? Why? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

Disagree

Neutral

Agree