Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Looking for jobs? Check out the BN Youth Job Fair 2012!

Fresh off last year’s success, the Barisan Nasional Youth are back bigger and better than ever with the Barisan Nasional Youth Job Fair 2012. Expect location spots in cities such as Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Ipoh, K.Terengganu, Senawang and the grand finale will conclude in PWTC, Kuala Lumpur. YB Encik Khairy Jamaluddin, Chairman of Barisan Nasional Youth said, “The encouraging and welcomed success of BNYJF’11 where over 1,000,000 participants attended across the country with an estimated 100,000 jobs offered has given us the ammunition and has persuaded us to make this year’s event more auspicious with greater added value for the masses across the country in seven different states.”

JobsDB will be promoting the largest job fair in Malaysia to both its clientele, which are possible employers and its 750,000 jobseekers. Acting General Manager of Jobs DB Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, Mr. Steven Seek said, “As an event partner of BNYJF’12, we are able to present a great avenue for jobseekers and employers through a comprehensive job portal.” JobsDB will also be introducing Radar work style online profiling for the first time in a Malaysian job fair. This is definitely a key feature of BNYJF’12, where candidates can assess and know their work style to match-score against more than 600 researched positions when they register as participants during the BNYJF’12. A minimum 200,000 jobseekers will be allowed to access Radar profiling at no cost to them.

If you’re thinking of a career change, then this is your best chance to seize the opportunity. Job seekers are advised to come early with resumes in hand and be prepared for on the spot interviews with prospective employers.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

One in three Malaysian workers plans to change jobs

Back in February, we shared with you two articles on job-hopping: Costly job hopping, anyone? and Job loyalty: not a priority. Most recently, according to The Star Online, we discovered that many Malaysian workers are planning to switch jobs within the next year following a survey.

The findings of a survey by Kelly Glo­-bal Workforce Index (KGWI), in which nearly 170,000 people from 30 countries took part, including 4,500 Malaysians, found that 58% of Malaysians intend to look for greener pastures over the next few months.

“Many employees have become disengaged from their work, with less than half feeling valued by their employers. More than one in three say they frequent­­ly think about quitting,” said Kelly Services Singapore and Malaysia managing director Melissa Norman.

Journalist P.Aruna highlights that, those aged 19 to 30 (Gen Y) and 31 to 48 (Gen X) are more likely to switch jobs, with 59% from both generations planning to quit within the next year. Poor management was cited as one of the leading causes of this rising phenomenon.

“Many are unhappy in their jobs and are actively looking for new opportunities,” said Norman, adding that even those who were contented in their jobs were seeking greater engagement and “meaning” from their work. “Unless employers can offer meaningful work and ongoing opportunities for growth, many feel it is in their best interest to keep their careers in a perpetual state of motion,” said Norman.

Via The Star Online

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Unemployment Rate Rose In June 2011

Yikes, the month June passed by and not many realised that the unemployment rate for that month actually rose.

This was after remaining steady in the previous month, data released by the Department of Statistics showed recently.

A report from a global financial news-wire, quoted the statistics, saying that the unemployment rate increased to 3.2 percent in June from 3 percent in May, which was unchanged from the figure for April. In June 2010, the jobless rate was 3.6 percent.

The number of unemployed persons in the country advanced to 400,100 in June from 380,300 in the previous month. Year-on-year, the number of unemployed dropped 8.1 percent.

Meanwhile, the number of employed persons remained unchanged at 12.11 million during the month. Compared to last year, employment was up by 2.9 percent.

The number of labor force edged up to 12.51 million in June from 12.49 million in the previous month. The labor force participation rate for the month was steady at 63.9 percent.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Jobs Opportunities in Iskandar

Are you from Johore or would you like to work there. Well, good news as there would be more than 44,800 vacancies for critical and high-skilled workers in Iskandar Malaysia from now until 2015.

A report from the New Straits Times newspaper noted that employers at the development corridor area had created 193,198 such vacancies through the JobsMalaysia work portal between 2009 until now.

State Human Resources, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee chairman M. Asojan was quoted as saying that  the vacancies were in the manufacturing sector, the services sector and others.

"Based on the statistics, the development of Iskandar Malaysia had created more than 200,000 job opportunities.

"With the opening of Johor Premium Outlets, a shopping outlet selling branded items in Kulaijaya, and the Legoland International theme park in the near future, more than 2,000 job opportunities will be created," he said to a question by Datuk Tee Siew Kiong (BN-Pulai Sebatang).

Asojan also said the state government, through Iskandar Regional Development Authority, had come up with a comprehensive masterplan on the feasibility study of the development of Iskandar Malaysia.


"We have come up with an action plan to gauge the supply and demand of the local community in tandem with its human resources. It involves three main strategies -- human resource and talent development as well as building and preserving human resources."

According to the masterplan, there would be 850,000 work opportunities until 2025.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Job Alert makes you a winner



The recent Job Alert contest saw thirty winners, 10 each winning for three weeks, ending with the ultimate winner, Mellesa Lai Mia Yun, walking away with a Netbook. But for those who subscribe to Jobsdb Job Alert option are all winners themselves.

The subscribing members will have the job of their choice in their email as they open it every morning and what they see will get them thinking. Is that the job they want? Or even better, is it time to move on?

Or is that the wrong alert? Well, then you have to log in and check your preferences. Have you clicked on the right industry? What about your key words? Get the right one.

And wait for the mails to come. Job opportunities are aplenty with the government’s Economic Transformation Program initiatives itself will see creation of 36,595 jobs by 2020.

(From right) Susan Sia, Sales & Business Development manager representing JobsDB to give the Netbook to Mellesa Lai, the winner for Job Alert Subscription Contest


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Nine new ETP initiatives and more jobs

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has announced nine new initiatives in the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), which include Malaysia's first private teaching hospital and the establishment of two new specialists hospitals, The Sun newspaper reported.

He was quoted as saying the new initiatives are expected to bring in RM2.77 billion in investment and create 36,595 jobs by 2020.

Speaking at the 6th ETP Progress Update here, Najib said the nine new initiatives (see below for list), along with the six previously announced ones, are expected to generate RM63.88 billion in investments, contribute RM66.13 billion in Gross National Income (GNI) and 63,531 new jobs.

This development will see an investment of RM850 million by 2012, which will in turn generate RM1.3 billion in GNI and 2,000 jobs by 2020.

"In the Healthcare NKEA, two specialists hospitals will be established,” Najib said.

"The first will be a 220-bed hospital dedicated to heart, brain, spine and joint diseases while the second is a 300-bed hospital to provide comprehensive children and women's healthcare," said Najib, who is also the Finance Minister.

The report also noted that these two hospitals, undertaken by Sime Darby Healthcare group, will cost RM240 million and RM40 million respectively and will create 1,539 new jobs by 2020.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Aviation industry needs skilled workers. Are you game?

Specifically, the Maintenance, Repairing and Overhaul (MRO) service industry, which is part of the whole big Aviation sector that needs lots of skilled worker, according to Bernama news agency.

In its report, it noted that the global Maintainence, Repairing and Overhaul (MRO) services industry is forecast to worth US$65 billion (RM195.3
billion) by 2020.

And the industry was identified by the government as a profitable industry and
could be one of the “black horses to steer the nation into achieving a high-income nation status”.

The report also said that the Economic Transformation Programme Laboratories expects the Entry Point Projects, listed under the MRO section, to create 21,000 extra jobs and contribute an additional US$4.2 billion (RM12.62 billion) by 2020.

It also quoted Malaysian Aviation Training Academy’s Chief Executive Officer Sulaiman Dahlan, in an interview with Bernama recently, as saying that a Ministry of Human Resources survey revealed that Malaysia needed over 16,000 aircraft engineers a year, but in the last 15 years, only 3,000 licensed engineers were churned out.

He said the vocation was not being promoted efficiently, thus, causing alack of awareness from the public on how important the requirement needs to be fulfilled.

Time to reconsider which industry you want to be in.

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Maximise Your Interview Opportunity

Maximise Your Interview Opportunity - A Job Interview workshop

Date : 26 September 2009, Saturday
Time : 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Price: S$28 (incl. 7% GST)
Venue: Level 5, Possibility Room, National Library Building, 100 Victoria Street, Singapore