KUALA LUMLUR, December 8 – PIKOM and Talent Corporation Malaysia (TalentCorp) recently signed a collaboration in areas of nurturing the Digital Global Business Services (GBS) industry, talent development and employability, among others. PIKOM Chairman Dr Sean Seah says, “PIKOM has always been a strong advocate of talent growth and development, making sure that our members get the right talent, with the right skillsets and the agility for change. Our collaboration with TalentCorp today will benefit, not just our members, but sectors across industries, that are constantly in the lookout for talent.
This includes bridging job creation for the Digital Global Business Services Industry as it moves towards digitalisation.” Among TalentCorp’s programmes for this collaboration will be structured towards knowledge transfer with the Digital GBS communities, including expatriates working in Malaysia. TalentCorp’s Group CEO, Thomas Mathew says, “Through our strategic collaboration with PIKOM, members and industry players will be able to leverage on TalentCorp’s national talent mobility initiatives.
This is where our Malaysians can benefit, and gain from exposure to global experience, business environment, intercultural and business dynamics across the region. Other talent programmes run by TalentCorp include mynext and the National Structured Internship Programme (MySIP). mynext is an online self-proprietary and profiling tool that helps talents to understand and plan their career strategically for the future. MySIP encourages employers’ participation to train more local talent for the workforce by providing meaningful and relevant internships experience, where eligible employers receive a double deduction tax incentive.
The collaboration was documented as signed by PIKOM Chairman Dr Seah and TalentCorp’s Group CEO Thomas Mathew, witnessed by Anthony Raja Devadoss, Chair of PIKOM Academy and GBS Malaysia, Chair. Our collaboration with TalentCorp will go a long way as their programmes are designed to upskill, reskill, provide on-the-job training via internships and educate in adapting to the multi-business cultures today. Our focus on graduate employability in areas such as Digital Transformation, Cloud Services, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics pillars will create future ready workforce.
This effort augmented by talent development and industry academia collaboration is key to meet the growth demands of the Digital GBS Industry in Malaysia,” says Anthony at the signing event. This collaboration, which will run for 2 years, will increase employability amongst the GBS sector players as well he said. The signing ceremony was attended by over 40 industry players that included ecommerce, oil & gas, management consulting, outsourcing, telcos, training providers, academia and data centres, among others.
