![]() ![]() The Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI) organised a joint career day with APU Careers Centre & APIIT Corporate Training in APU Campus TPM recently. The Career Day is an ongoing initiative by the APU Careers Centre, in which it acts as a bridge between potential employers, students and alumni, to fulfill the demand of the current job market, as well as to ensure that our students remain highly employable through exposure to different internship opportunities and job openings. We were happy to see some of our alumni who returned to APU as representatives from their companies as well! For instance, we spotted Michelle Loh Yee Teng, who graduated in May 2016 from the BSc (Hons) in Information Technology (Business Information Systems) programme representing her current employer, HILTI Asia. Over 30 companies took part in the career exhibition, including some renowned multinational companies such as DHL, Hewlett Packard (HP), Toshiba, HILTI and more. On Wednesday, 24 August 2016, the APU Careers Centre organised a Career Day at APU Campus TPM, to provide opportunities to current students who are seeking for job opportunities as well as internship placements. We are delighted to see our students’ active participation in this event, and we are even prouder when we see them successfully performed well and secured a job with the companies who were here! Next year, we look forward to a bigger career fair that exposes students to more opportunities in the current job market. This year, it is bigger and better, especially when it is held at the new Courtyard of the APU’s New Campus. ![]() The APU Career Fairs are part of the regular activities organized by APU Careers Centre annually. All pocket talks received tremendous responses from our students, in which they took the opportunity to gain valuable insights that enable them to gain a better advantage while searching for jobs later on. Students from the Computing & Technology, Business & Finance, Engineering, Media & Design disciplines attended the expo to search for full-time employment and internship opportunities.īesides a 6-hour expo, the APU Mega Career Fair 2017 also featured a series of pocket talks conducted by industry speakers on interesting topics, such as “Career Opportunities As A Financial Planner” by the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), “Personal Branding, Your Advantage to Getting & Keeping That Job” by Jobstreet Malaysia and more. The career expo saw participation from more than 80 companies, including large local and multinational businesses such as Microsoft, HILTI, KPMG, Maybank and Volkswagen. In order to provide students with a platform to discover their future career pathways, the APU Careers Centre recently organized the APU Mega Career Fair 2017 at APU New Campus. In line with the implementation of the system, we look forward to seeing our students being exposed to the vast opportunities for jobs and internships in the market, through the system that encourages interaction and knowledge sharing, we hope that our students are able to benefit by being more well-equipped as graduates later on. The ceremony was also witnessed by YB Datuk Dr Mary Yap Kain Ching (Deputy Minister of Higher Education), Norhizam Hadir (Vice President, Growth Ecosystem Development, MDEC) and Associate Prof Dr Arham Abdullah (Director, Industry Relation Division, Ministry of Higher Education). A MoU was signed earlier this month by Prof Ron Edwards, Vice-Chancellor, in conjunction with the Together Gather 2017 forum, that was organized by the Ministry of Higher Education to discuss problems and solutions in relation to employability. The system, developed by ICONIX Consulting, is an integrated Triparty Graduate Employability Management Services platform. Followed by the launch of the Talent Ready Integrated Graduates Employability Smart System (TiGrESS) that took place at APU previously, we are pleased to share that APU is now on board to adopt the system, in which our students and alumni are able to interact with potential employers and companies. ![]()
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