M'sia A Great Place To Build Career, Says Talentcorp

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is a great place to build a career because many companies in highly-competitively industries, such as oil and gas, electronics and palm oil, are based here. Talent Corp Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp) chief executive officer, Johan Mahmood Merican, said the companies, local and international, were constantly looking for more talents and workforce. "The major companies are running to us to get talents. "We're collaborating with leading key employers and they provide us the inputs," Johan told reporters at the Moving Forward Forum organised by TalentCorp here Tuesday. He said the Economic Transformation Programme has spurred the need for more experts and workforce in finance, business services, engineering, healthcare, telecommunications and information and communication industries. "The need is particularly strong in these areas and TalentCorp's focus would be where there's demand, " he said. Johan said TalentCorp's priority this year was Malaysians in Malaysia and in areas such as career awareness, structured internship, upskilling, leadership and labour market policies and practices. "We would continue to engage the private sector in talent supply segment because they're our major stakeholders. We want to reduce the talent miss-match," he said. On engaging talents abroad, Johan said, TalentCorp was encouraged that not only was there an increase in the number of Malaysian talent coming back but they were also of higher quality. "They came back to hold positions as chief executive officers and high management positions in multinational corporations," he said. He said the focus was not only to bring Malaysian experts back but to leverage on their network. "They still can contribute to the country's growth from overseas. "For example, we have London-based economics professors as consultants for economic policies. "During TalentCorp-Silicon Valley Nexus workshop last year, Malaysian technopreneurs based in Silicon Valley shared their expertise and link up 50 Silicon Valley professionals with Malaysian investment opportunities. "They too, are keen to contribute," he said. Meanwhile, two new websites were launched at the forum -- TalentCorp's corporate website and the talent engagement portal MyWorkLife. -- BERNAMA