Talent

APU’s latest career fair breaks record with over 10k jobs and internship opportunities
Over 1k interview conducted, 200 graduating students given job offers Collaborated closely with MDEC for interview sessions with employers
Impact of AI on jobs: Substitution or displacement?
Brookings Institution notes every tech shift tends to create more jobs than it destroys Pikom maps out four courses of action, including to equip workforce with AI-related skills
After-sales 3D diagnostic tool lands APU Grand Champion prize at HILTI IT global competition 2023
A solution leveraging 3D scanning & ML to achieve better quality control HILTI seeks ideas that transcend limitations of digitalisation in construction
Elvis Chew Pushes For Continuation Of Knowledge In Malaysian 3D Animation
Experienced animators move out of country/industry, leaving knowledge gap Aims to nurture current & future generation of talent with right skills, mindset
China-ASEAN Exchange Week and Forum paves road to better cooperation in higher education 
Guest professors for Belt and Road Industry-University-Research Center listed  Spark innovation, build ecosystem, push limits towards achieving excellence
Malaysia faces escalating cybersecurity breaches and skills gap: Fortinet Survey
45% of respondents experienced breaches costing over US$1mil in past year No single org or entity can solve problem alone, vital role for govts to play  Image source: 2023 Fortinet-IDC Asia Pacific SASE Survey
APU-AWS DeepRacer competition 2023 showcases future machine learning and data science talent
Competition kicked off in March with AWS experts guiding participants Inspire APU students to explore full potential of ML & cloud technology
An Expanding Gig Economy: We Have Little Choice But To Deal With The Growing Pains
Low-income & low-skilled gig activities do not add real value to economy Pikom is confident that various gig issues will be overcome in due time
Three in five Malaysians are worried about losing their jobs: Randstad
In the softening economy ladened with global-wide business restructuring, employees are voicing their concerns about their financial and job stability.
MDEC launches Digital Content Creators Challenge (DC3) 2023
Funded 372 projects, disbursed US$3.6mil in prize money since 2006 Assist content creators in developing world class digital content and IP
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