TalentCorp and MDeC team up to improve skills of 300 newly employed graduates in ICT sector

• 300 selected graduates to undergo skills training to align with ICT demand
• Emphasis on soft and technical skills during the two-month boot camp

Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp) and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) have made an agreement to help 300 graduates enhance their skills through the Job Camp - Graduate Employability Management Scheme (JC-GEMS). The agreement was signed by MDeC Chief Executive Officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali and TalentCorp Chief Executive Officer Johan Mahmood Merican.

Under the JC-GEMS, selected Malaysian graduates will undergo a two-month classroom learning by MDeC-authorised training providers, followed by on-the-job experience with leading employers to equip them with the relevant soft and technical skills to help them advance in the ICT industry.

“The JC-GEMS scheme enables us to optimize our young Malaysian talents and equip them with the right skills to take advantage of the many emerging opportunities in ICT,” said TalentCorp CEO Johan Mahmood Merican.

He added that this partnership with MDeC is aligned to TalentCorp’s mandate to facilitate public and private sector collaborative efforts in creating, motivating and retaining a skilled workforce for the Economic Transformation Plan (ETP).

MDeC CEO Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said “MDeC has over the years strategised and formulated various programmes aimed to meet the demand of the current and future workforce requirement of the local ICT industry. Our partnership with TalentCorp on the JC-GEMS scheme is in line with the MSC Malaysia initiatives for fresh graduates and undergraduates to be upskilled and equipped with the industry-relevant skills and knowledge whilst addressing the ICT industry’s talent needs”.

TalentCorp took over GEMS from Khazanah Nasional Berhad in December 2012. It aims to take the scheme to the next level by increasing the employability of graduates nationwide through “sector-focused” training. This year, TalentCorp targets to train 6000 graduates under various graduate employability programmes.