GET HIRED – Career month

Every year’s April is an exciting signature month at Sunway with the Career Month specially arranged by Sunway Career Services. Themed “GET HIRED 2016”, the Career Month brought in various employers on campus with over 45 companies participating in this year’s career fair. This exclusive month allowed Sunway students to interact with employers through company visits, industry forums, career fair and talks, which further enabled students to explore current job market and be prepared with the most up-to-date knowledge, skills and attitude for better future employment.

The forums and talks which saw a turnout of over 150 in each session, catered to students from diverse disciplines including accounting, marketing, psychology and social entrepreneurship.

This year’s career month is expected to have benefitted at least over 1000 students

One of the key highlights was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Forum, themed “Life Lessons from the CEO” by Datuk Johan Idris, CEO of KPMG, Datuk Jake Abdullah, CEO of Astro Radio and Anthonis Matis FCPA, Educational Development General Manager of CPA Australia. It was an eye opening session for the students and a key message to them was to look beyond their current state of life, go beyond academics and explore the real world through volunteering and seek greater purpose for their life through exploration of new opportunities Yvonne Teng Peck Kim, Senior Human Resource Executive, Deloitte said “The crowd here is good today, and I think Sunway students are very outspoken. They did not hesitate in approaching us and asking the right questions.”

Senior Human Resource Executive Yvonne Teng Peck Kim and Human Resource Assistant Jarriel Tan Lee Shen from Deloitte enjoy the student crowd at Sunway’s Career Fair

Ivan Chong, Human Resources Lead Specialist was a graduate of Diploma in Hospitality Management from the then Sunway University College in 2004. Returning to his alma mater, he was very impressed with the ‘evolution’ of the university with quality students. “The facilities have improved tremendously with the new university building. Even this very hall for career fair has been renovated. I could not stop being in awe with all this changes.”

Ivan Chong, Human Resources Lead Specialist (left) was a graduate of Diploma in Hospitality Management from the then Sunway University College in 2004. He returned to Sunway as an employer at the career fair

He added, “In comparison with other career fairs I’ve been to, the students from Sunway are by far the most promising. They have the quality soft skills that we (employers) are seeking.”

Many forums, talks and company visits were held in conjunction with the Get Hired 2016

Sunway Career Leaders for the year 2016 include Sunway Group, Maybank and KPMG. Their continuous support over years have been very positive for students’ development. While usual veterans like PwC, EY, BDO, Nestlé, Unilever, Shell participated, the event also welcomed new partners such as BP, Damco, Baker Tilly, to name a few.

This year’s career month is expected to have benefitted at least over 1000 students. Sunway Education Group is looking forward to many more initiatives in the pipeline which include but not limited to On-Campus Recruitments, Bootcamp and Internship Fair.

CEO Forum was one of the key highlights of Get Hired 2016 From left: Datuk Johan Idris, CEO of KPMG, Datuk Jake Abdullah, CEO of Astro Radio and Anthonis Matis FCPA, Educational Development General Manager of CPA Australia