Potential Occupation in Halal Industry for Reinforcement Sharia Economic Law

Abstract

One of the main critical but interesting issues today to be discussing and debated even there is no right or wrong answer to this issue, is the job opportunity and career for young graduates in almost all educational disciplines especially social and religious science which including also halal science in the current of uncertain and bad economy situation. It is a known fact that everyone of us including myself has gone through a rough start in our life or career upon graduations many years ago. We grabbed whatever came along the way before we built our successful career. We have to pick up any jobs along the line as we have got bills to pay and stomach to feed and later on family to take care. In this article, discussion will be made to identify the challenge and job opportunity for halal science graduates. Its challenge is not so critical as others because halal education is a new discipline that rooted in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) and emerges in modern life as a result of high demand of global society since halal business proposition is ready to be the next world market force in global. In this regards, various Islamic political policies have been determined and implemented in Muslim countries notably Negara Brunei Darussalam for the purpose of disseminating and developing halal education for global reach. It is found that the graduates of halal science may try to secure their job and career in many positions notably as government servant in several Ministries i.e.., education, health, agriculture, trade, finance, etc.; halal auditors; halal consultants; working in Industry/company; research assistant & researcher in Universities; Educationist i.e., teacher; religious preachers (Da`i); academician; halal- entrepreneur and MA & PhD Students.

The potential job opportunities for Halal Science Graduates in education sector in Negara Brunei Darussalam

“…The pedagogy adopted by teachers shapes their actions, judgments, and other teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students. 5 Compared to another study, it was not mentioned that graduates need experience for employ-ability, but actually graduates need skills that was mentioned before. So, this may indicate that experience should not be a prerequisite for hiring graduates.…”

“…Those tasks vary depending on the type of research that's being done and the field that they're in. [5] (Nurdeng Deuraseh, 2020).…”

“…While the global halal market reached $1,294.5 million in 2020 and is expected to reach $1,911.3 million by the end of 2026, reflecting a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 5.7 percent for the period 2021-2026, according to the Global 'Halal Market' 2020 Research Report released last August. [5,7] This study focuses on exploring the potential employment opportunities for Halal Science Graduates specifically in the education sector. Reason for this study is to ensure that graduates know that this sector may has a particular career for them and that graduates have the choice to choose a particular career after graduation.…”

Employment Opportunities as Halal Entrepreneur for Halal Science Graduates: UNISSA as Model

“…In Syaa Allah, with the knowledge and the business can fulfil the need of society and making easier to others, it will help reduce the rate of unemployment. In other words, its growing at an estimated annual rate of 20%, the industry is valued at about USD560 billion a year [1]. Therefore, there will be more demand, and this means growing of economy and will contribute to the development of country.…”

“…Brunei's Government could not accommodate all the unemployed graduates with governmental job, therefore, as a brilliant and creative graduates, they need to be independent and creative to create job opportunities. According to Deuraseh, Heradhyaksa, one of the measures to reduce this problem is by the introduction of Entrepreneurship [1]. Islam encourages the Muslims to engage in the business activities.…”