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CREATIVE & CRITICIAL THINKING IN CREATING YOUR EMPLOYABILITY VALUES

12HB. MEI 2012

OUR CLIENTS
No . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 No . 1 2 3 4 Colleges / Institutions
Kolej Profesional MARA Kolej Profesional MARA Institut Kemahiran MARA Institut Latihan Perindustrian Institut Latihan Perindustrian Institut Profesional Baitulmal Kolej SAL

Location
Beranag Bandar Melaka Johor Bahru Bukit Katil Melaka Johor Bahru Kuala Lumpur Senai

CEV Program

Career Talk

OUR CLIENTS
No . 1 2 3 Polytechnics
Politeknik Melaka - PMK Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah - PTSB Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin - PTSS Politeknik Kucing Sarawak - POLIKU Politeknik Mukah PMU Politeknik Johor Bahru POLIJB Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin - PSMZA Politeknik Port Dickson - PPD Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah - PSA Politeknik Kota Kinabalu - POLIKK Politeknik Hulu Terengganu Politeknik Kuala Terengganu

Location
Melaka Kedah Perlis Sarawak Sarawak Johor Bahru Terengganu N.Sembilan Shah Alam Sabah Kuala Berang Terengganu

CEV Program

Career Talk

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CEV Program Career Talk

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Universities
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - UTM Universiti Teknologi MARA - UiTM Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris - UPSI Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - UKM

Location
Johor Bahru Shah Alam Perak Bangi

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PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
EMPLOYMENT LABOUR MARKET KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW? SUIT YOURSELF TO THE CURRENT NEED

BE CREATIVE AT THE RIGHT SITUATION

EMPLOYERS EXPECTATONS SET YOUR MIND TO ACCEPT WITH THE ABILITY TO APPLLY CREATE VALUES FOR EMPLOYABILITY

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Bridge To Success
WORLD OF EDUCATION WORLD OF CAREER

CAREER SUMMARY

JOB MARKET

EMPLOYMENT LABOUR MARKET AFFECTING YOU

Too many candidates with lack of quality values Stagnant Unemployment rate Too many IPTAs / IPTS competing for quality graduates SPM /STPM school leavers Newly experienced employees override fresh graduates Employers select those with added values / fit Mismatching of skill and knowledge

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EMPLOYERS EXPECTATIONS SELECT POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WITH ADDED VALUES IN LINE WITH THE LONG TERM BUSINESS ADVANTAGES

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Do You Agree with These Statements?

There are many students who are educated but few who can think out of the box. box. Pak Lah Why

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We want the development of modal insan (model citizen), students who can think critically and creatively, who are able to creatively, solve problems and have the ability to adapt themselves to an ever-changing everglobal environment.
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- Blueprint for Education Development (2006 2010)

* During the launch of the National Education Blueprint 2006-2010 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre 16/01-2007.

General Working Definition of Critical Thinking

A process that evaluates ideas through the testing of statements or a specific views (accuracy) and the soundness of reasoning behind them.

Young girl? Or old women?

A face of a native American? Or an Eskimos back?

In CRITICAL thinking we assess thinking to make improvements. In CREATIVE thinking we generate thinking based on our sense of how to make things better.

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Why Creative & Critical Thinking is important?

Even in combat, how well you think is more important to how well you fight than how physically fit you are Good decisions require good thinking! It creates your employability values

CREATIVE & CRITICAL THINKING

HOW DOES IT HELPS IN CREATING YOUR EMPLOYABILITY VALUES?

CRITICAL THINKING CREATES YOUR EMPLOYABILITY VALUES Think Differently

Your Ambition Vs Your Values Your knowledge Vs the Job Scope Your Profile Vs Resume Preparations Your Destination Vs Your Employers Sourcing Your Success Vs Your Interview Preparations

EMPLOYER COMPARATIVE CONCEPT

CREATIVE THINKING
Originality Create Possibilities New Ways of doing Trial / Testing Doing better New Concept Making something new

CRITICAL THINKING
Transformation Cost Effectiveness Reliability Environmental Impact Safety Measures Quality of result & products Meets business / customer spec Evaluate Result Best Solution & Excellent Ready to take Risk

What does NOT thinking CRITICALLY look like?

Blindly reproducing old learned reactions Blindly accepting face value all justifications of organizations & political leaders Blindly believe TV commercials Blindly trust political commercials Blindly accept and say that if the textbook says it, it must be so Blindly accept and say that if the organization does it, it must be right

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QUESTION & ANSWERS

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Thinking Domains
Creative Thinking Original Product Create Possibilities Create Metaphors Testing Refining Critical Thinking Critical judgment Assessing information Assumption using evidence Data Analysis Perspective

Barriers to Critical Thinking

Egocentric Thinking Egocentric thinking is viewing everything in relation to oneself. These individuals are self-centered and consider only their interests. This impedes critical thinking. Social Conditioning Social conditioning can be a benefit or drawback to your ability to think critically. Each of us is unique. Age, IQ, race, genes, gender, culture, family, friends, and a wide array of other factors have a dramatic effect on how we view the world and the people we interact with. Biased Experiences Biased experiences are a relative of egocentric thinking. Although experience is a wonderful teacher, if it is filtered through a biased or distorted view, that is how it is remembered. Arrogance and Intolerance Arrogance and intolerance are not welcome in the mind of the true critical thinker. They are recognized for what they are and kept to a minimum. Schedule Pressures Schedule pressures can be an enemy of sound critical thinking. These pressures can lead to cutting corners that can lead to mistakes and poor decision making.

Decision Making Well-founded decision Consider options Predict consequences Select best option

Problem Solving Best solution Consider options Evaluate consequences Choose best solution

Strategies for Creative Thinking

Strategy 1. Embrace Your Problems One of the most fundamental skills of creativity is the ability to recognize an opportunity and seize it. You have countless opportunities to expand your creative thinking skills. Such opportunities present themselves daily at home, while driving to work, during meetings or lunch - or while just hanging out with friends. Strategy 2. Challenge Your Assumptions It's natural and necessary to make assumptions about the reality of our everyday world. Strategy 3. Take Some Risks A willingness to take risks is at the very heart of creativity. No creative person succeeds without first failing - as failures are part of the process of testing one's assumptions. There is simply no creativity without "failure." Strategy 4. Use Alternative Thinking To come up with a creative idea, you will often need a new vantage point. Creating a new solution to an existing problem, for example, may require looking at the problem from a fresh perspective.

Strategies for Critical thinking

Strategy 5. Accept Ambiguity Many people prefer that everything be clear and unambiguous. They are uncomfortable with anything that seems vague, or could have more than one meaning or application. As a result they tend to be rigid, highly predictable thinkers. Strategy 6. Expand Your Vision An excellent way to build your creative muscles is to read and explore outside your normal area of interest. This can be especially useful when you are struggling to solve a creative problem. Strategy 7. Massage your brain-waves Creative thinking best occurs when your brain is in certain states called "alpha and theta." You are in an "alpha/theta" state when your brain is producing a predominance of slower brain-waves, as opposed to the faster beta brain-waves associated with normal waking consciousness.

Critical Thinking Quotes

We cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.
Unknown

The human mind once stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Homes