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In his book See You at The Top, Zig Ziglar shared an interesting story how one’s perception can lead you into doing and become what you believe.

There was a guy by the name of Victor, who, at the age of fifteen, was told by his teacher he would never finish school and that he should drop out and learn a trade. Victor believed the advice and for the next seventeen years he was an itinerant doing a variety of odd jobs. He had been told that he was a ‘dunce’, and for 17 years he acted like one.

When he was 32 years old, an amazing transformation took place. An evaluation revealed that he was a genius with an IQ of 161. And from the moment on, he started acting like one. He started writing books, secured a number of patents and become a successful businessman. At the peak of his life, he was elected as chairman of International Mensa Society.

The story of Victor makes you wonder how many geniuses we have wandering around acting like dunces because someone told them they were not too bright, not competent, stupid and so on.

Obviously, in this case, Victor did not acquire a tremendous amount of knowledge. He did, however suddenly acquired a tremendous amount of added confidence. The end result was a more effective and more productive human being. When he believe himself as a different person, he started acting differently.

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Recently, Halim Saad of The Malay Mail interviewed Jobstreet Chief Executive Officer, Suresh Thiru to understand more about the current Malaysia job market, based on Jobstreet statistics.

Now here are the key points that you want to know:

1. It is not difficult to find job these days for graduates in human resource management, computer & information technology, bio-technology, pharmaceutical, and oil, gas and petroleum. These are currently the fastest growing industries based on number of vacancies.

2. Sales & Marketing jobs are also in demand. However, jobseekers are not keen for sales related position, thinking it as a tough area to venture. There are about 7000 to 8000 vacancies in sales and marketing monthly.

3. Computer & information technology is the largest sector with more than 10 thousands jobs posted in 2005.

4. Human resource sector has the highest growth with almost 80% jump of increase, followed by call centre, information technology, bio-technology and pharmaceutical.

5. Graduates need to be aware that employers are not only looking for employees with good academic qualifications, but are also seeking those with leadership traits, good communication skills and excellent interpersonal. Poor command of English is one of the major short comings that puts off the prospective employers from hiring.

6. If you’re looking for an attractive salary package in malaysia job market, find jobs in the area of information technology, computer, engineering, civil engineering, construction, manufacturing, production operations and accounting and finance sectors.

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NST reports that Silterra Malaysia, a company specializing in wafer and microchip manufacturing, will provide training programs for local community colleges in Malaysia, as part of the agreement with the government to provide better employment prospects for students enrolling in the college.

According to Silterra chairman Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis, the company is keen to participate in the program and play a key role in developing and shaping the future career of young Malaysians. As part of their social responsibility, they agree to commit their resources and technical expertise with the Malaysian labor force.

Industrial training, internship and facilities sharing will be part of the areas of collaboration covered. Additionally, Silterra will also periodically involved in the review of the curriculum and courses offered to ensure that they are aligned with the needs of the job market.

Silterra’s main facilities and plant are located in Kulim, Kedah, and was established in 1995 and to date, has collaborated with more than 20 universities and higher learning institutions. Among them are Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malayia (UKM) and Universiti Malaya (UM).

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Malaysia is short of remisiers to further promote the local stock market to retail investors, according to Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Yusli Mohamad Yusof when speaking to the press.

According to him, they are currently about 6,000 registered remisiers in Malaysia, but he is not sure how many of them are still active today. The number of remisiers have not been increasing ever since the financial crisis that hit Malaysia in 1997/1998 even though the number of stockbroking branches had increased over the year.

In view of this, stock broking firms are urged to recruit and train more young remisiers to cater for younger generation of investors as brokers and remisiers play a key role in sustaining interest in Malaysia share market.

However, in response to Yusli’s statement, The Remisiers Association of Malaysia voiced that ‘Malaysia has more than enough remisiers’ and ‘it is unfair to blame remisiers for the lack of performance in retail market’, adding that people today do not have much interest in becoming a remisier due to unattractive earnings.

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According to Jack Canfield’s teaching, most successful people have low tolerance for excessive planning and talking but high anticipation to act. They want to get started. They want the game to begin.

While planning has its place, it must be kept in perspective. Some people spend their whole lives waiting for the perfect time to do something. There’s rarely a ‘perfect’ time to do anything. What is important is to just get started. Get into the game, and get on the playing field.

No waiting.

No waiting for the right person to come along.
No waiting for a more favorable horoscope.
No waiting for the new administration to take over.
No waiting for you to get 2 years older.
No waiting for someone to discover you.
No waiting for a clear set of instructions.
No waiting for year-end bonuses.
And so on.

When you take action, you trigger all kind of things that will inevitably carry you to success. You let those around you know that you are serious in your intention. People wake up and start paying attention. People with similar goals become aligned with you. You begin to learn things from your experience that cannot be learned from listening to others or from reading books. You begin to attract others who will support and encourage you.

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HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd head of human resources Adrian Groom talks about how graduates can launch a career with the bank through its Management Development Programme.

ASK anyone to name some prominent banks and chances are, they will mention HSBC. “The world’s local bank”, as the company dubs itself, is no stranger to the majority of young graduates in the country, and landing a job with this multinational definitely qualifies as a dream for many.

With over 9,500 offices in 76 countries and territories around the world, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. Yet, getting a job with the company need not necessarily be a nerve-wracking experience.

HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd head of human resources Adrian Groom says all it takes is a positive attitude and commitment to the job.

“I genuinely believe that HSBC is a good place to work; we have a low turnover rate, and there is a high demand from other companies for HSBC employees.

Full story on The Star Online.

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If you have not been to the SKOR Career Malaysia new site; you should know that now there’s a free resume assessment service available on the website where you can copy your resume and send to a group of consultants who will assess your resume for free.

If you want to know whether your resume meets the standard and expectation of the employers, or unsure how your resume rates compared to other jobseekers, then you’re highly recommended to use this service. It will only be made available for a limited time period only, so hurry up!

The service is made available in conjunction with Zul’s Online Resume Workshop, accessible at ZulkifliMusa.com

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A degree alone is not enough to succeed in today’s competitive jobmarket. To give undergrads the extra edge, local public universities have integrated soft skills into their programmes.

With an estimated 100,000 students set to graduate from public universities this year – not counting the thousands completing their studies at private institutions and overseas – the company above should not have a problem finding a suitable candidate to fill its vacancy.

Unfortunately, as many employers have oft complained, most Malaysian graduates lack the necessary soft skills vital for work such as communication, problem solving and team work skills.

According to Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar, it is this lack of soft skills which is largely responsible for the difficulty faced by some 90,000 young people in finding employment in Malaysia.

To address this problem, the Higher Education Ministry recently introduced a soft skills module to prepare students for the world of work.
The module is a combination of all the ideas and programmes from the 17 public institutions nationwide, says Assoc Prof Thanthawi Jauhari Ahmad who is head of the Career, Counselling and Alumni centre at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).

The standardised soft skills module allows the universities to share their best practices and enhance existing programmes at the same time, he says.

“In UiTM, we start from Day One to prepare students for work.

“This new module adds detail to our current student development programmes.”

At the university, he adds, employers’ expectations have always been emphasised.

“Our graduates are more marketable than their counterparts fro  other universities due to their strength of character, entrepreneurship skills and good command of English; our course are tailored to market needs,” he says.

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Those who are not cut out for higher academic enrollment e.g. degree can alway choose to go to community colleges around the country. The problem is, they are always considered ‘2nd class’ with little to promise on the employment and job prospect.

But this will change as the malaysia government is taking an initiative to rebrand community colleges to improve job prospect opportunities for students enrolling in the colleges. It is targeted that the employment rate will improve from 57% to 80% under the new rebranding exercise.
The crux of the rebranding will involve collaboration with private companies and the over 30 courses offered will be customized to tailor the job market needs. These companies, which also include government-linked companies will provide inputs on which courses suited to their needs as well as providing trainings and internships.

Diploma courses will also will be added, and as many as 25 new community colleges will be opened to cater for this.

14,000 students pursued the 21 full-time courses offered at the colleges last year. During the same period, 71,684 people attended the short-term courses offered at the colleges. 

The rebranding exercise was officiated by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, witnessing the signing of memorandum between Ministry of Higher Education and over 30 companies involved in the collaboration in Kepala Batas. 

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According to PIKOM, Malaysia is having a shortage of IT specialists, especially in the networking field. Part of the problem is due to lack of exposure among IT graduates in the real world of IT business.

This situation leaves IT graduates who only have generic knowledge and skills in IT with a mismatch between the skills they have and the skills wanted in the job market.

Sandy Walsh, Cisco regional Networking Academy Programme manager, said Malaysia is short of 4,200 networking specialists, according to statistics from a study by research firm IDC. The study had been commissioned by networking vendor Cisco.

The problem spans the Asia-Pacific region, which faced a shortage of 210,000 networking professionals last year, said Walsh.

She said the region-wide shortage would double by 2009, leaving some 40% of networking positions unfilled, especially in the most critical areas of network security, wireless networking, and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol deployment.

More story from The Star Online.

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