Talent

WEF, Sea survey reveal 81% ASEAN youths believe internships equally or more important than school

Digital News Asia August 17, 2019

List the two least important skills as maths & science and data analytics Believe internships either equally important or more so than school education

MDEC launches ‘Pay it Forward’ initiative

Digital News Asia August 9, 2019

Encourages homegrown tech champions to share experience & mentor Collaborative effort needed with private sector to drive Malaysia’s Digital Economy

Siemens Digital expands Penang presence to tap regional opportunities

Karamjit Singh July 29, 2019

Capabilities on par with Germany, US in delivering IR4.0 projects Penang CM sleeps easy thanks to talent pool’s manufacturing prowess

Successful pilot of Malaysia’s Premier Digital Tech Institutions lays foundation for strong digital talent pipeline

Karamjit Singh June 24, 2019

3 institutions added including Help University & Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Model of creating experiential learning includes faculty attachment in industry

Taking Google Malaysia to the next level

Edwin Yapp May 30, 2019

It’s not every day that a homegrown talent takes over the local chapter of one of the world’s biggest technology companies. Edwin Yapp sits down for a candid talk with Marc Woo, Google Malaysia’s country head and employee #1, who has been at the helm for about nine months.

Asia Pacific University addresses huge vacuum for cybersecurity talent

Kiran Kaur Sidhu October 8, 2018

To address a large talent gap the Cyber Security Talent Zone is set up through industry-public-academia partnership with MDEC, TecForte, Cyber Test Systems and PGI Ltd.

EY joins What’s Next as sponsor, aims to build a better working world in Malaysia

Karamjit Singh August 25, 2018

Will Duckworth notes that companies, globally, are struggling with "duality of growth" Malaysia has all fundamentals in place to be a digital powerhouse and take on the world