Politeknik Kuching Sarawak partners with industry leaders to enhance career prospects for graduates
KUCHING: Politeknik Kuching Sarawak, in collaboration with Schlumberger WTA Sdn Bhd (SLB) and PERKESO, has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative aimed at providing promising career avenues for fresh graduates. The event, hosted at the PERKESO Sarawak Office on Tuesday (Feb 6) and Wednesday (Feb 7), saw the participation of 40 enthusiastic graduates from Politeknik Kuching Sarawak […]
Jobs await 30 forestry course graduates
KUCHING: Thirty fresh graduates from the Forestry Training Institute (FORTRAIN) have jobs ready for them at the Forest Department Sarawak (FDS). They will be serving the department soon. FDS director Datuk Hamden Mohamad said Sarawak being the largest forested region in Malaysia with 7.72 hectares of forests, it needed trained employees to look after and […]
Franchise industry holds out potential for fresh grads
By Gabriel Lihan KUCHING: The franchise industry has the potential to provide more job opportunities for fresh graduates. Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi held out thus potential at the Jelajah Franchise Bay programme launching here today. He said every year 70,000 IPTA graduates look for jobs in the market. […]
BeSquare by Deriv, is now open for applications
KUCHING: BeSquare by Deriv, a hands-on, practical programme is now open for applications for its next batch of fresh graduates for the April 2022 intake. According to its statement today (Jan 31), the programme offers industry learning, professional growth, and self-development through carefully curated sessions and scenarios designed by members of Deriv’s senior team. “Working […]
STIDC’s programme for furniture designers launched
KUCHING: The Sarawak Timber Industry and Development Corporation (STIDC), through its fully owned subsidiary Saradec Management Sdn Bhd, has implemented the Gayung Bersambut programme. It is an incubator programme connecting SayD’SignersSarawak, who have completed their two-year furniture training developed and implemented by STIDC for fresh graduates since 2018. “I am glad to have a Saradec […]
Underemployment, low starting salary temporary for fresh graduates
KUALA LUMPUR: The issue of unemployment and low starting salary among fresh graduates is temporary, said the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). Its president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman echoed the statement by Minister of Human Resources (MOHR) Datuk Seri M. Saravanan that the undesirable situation caused by the current extremely challenging economic environment arising […]
Unemployed graduates are not idling by
BY CRYSTAL WONG KUCHING: Fresh graduates are having a hard time looking for jobs since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Malaysia in March 2020. Indeed, the unemployment situation among graduates has grown from concern to becoming an issue that is beguiling education planners. According to Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad, the unemployment rate […]
Technical fields grads will be much sought after in future
KUALA LUMPUR: The younger generation needs to be encouraged to venture into technical fields, especially engineering which is often associated with the term ‘dirty, difficult and dangerous’ or 3D, as these fields have brighter job market potential with higher returns. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said graduates of fields that often raise negative perceptions, […]
Fresh graduates, unemployed urged to join PPKS programme
KUCHING: Registration is ongoing for the October 2020 intake of the Integrated Internet of Things (IoT) and Cybersecurity in Manufacturing Programme at the Sarawak Skills Development Centre (PPKS), Tabuan Jaya here. PPKS highlighted that diploma and bachelor’s degree holders majoring in computer science, computer systems, electronics, information technology, mechatronics or software engineering, are encouraged to […]
Dept to recruit jobless grads as educators
SERIAN: The State Education Department is in the process of recruiting unemployed graduates as school teachers. According to Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong, there is a shortage of about 2,170 teachers in primary and secondary schools throughout Sarawak. He said he had briefed the Cabinet on the issue and […]
