6 Must-Haves For Successful Recruitment
By: Moon Won
Hiring talent in Malaysia has been an ongoing challenge faced by businesses over the years. This has prompted both the Malaysian government...
EXTREMISM BAD FOR ECONOMY
Malaysia will lose economic competitiveness if it continues to be held “captive” by extreme racial and religious based politics, warns former senior diplomat Tan...
35,000 ACCREDITED SKILLED WORKERS TARGETED BY YEAR-END
The Ministry of Human Resources is targeting to produce 35,000 skilled workers accredited by Gazelle Group, by the end of this year. Its minister,...
TRAINING GAP PLAGUES ISLAMIC FINANCE INDUSTRY
Finding a job is difficult for graduates entering Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry; employers are choosy about qualifications. Thousands have flocked to many Islamic finance...
APPROXIMATELY 200,000 MALAYSIAN WOMEN UNEMPLOYED
Approximately 200,000 or 1.42% of women in the country are unemployed as at December last year. Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Jaem, however, did...
RISING HOUSEHOLD DEBT HITS NEW RECORD
Malaysia now has the highest householddebt-to-GDP level in Asia. According to the central bank’s annual report, household debt in the country had grown at...
MALAYSIA IDEAL FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Malaysia has come in at 2nd place in in the region Arcadis Global Infrastructure Investment Index, the only other Asian country in...
TPPA BENEFITS LOCAL SMES AND MANUFACTURERS
The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia president Datuk Lim Kok Cheong hopes US President Barack Obama’s state visit to Malaysia...
MAS BRINGS IN FOREIGN CEO
After letting go a number of their staff and delisting the airline, Khazanah now has a foreign set to head Malaysia Airlines (MAS) as...
GST SUMMIT
A GST Expo and Conference was held in the beginning of October to educate the public and businesses on the changes that will come...
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9th Malaysian Shared Services and Outsourcing Week
Venue: Malaysia
Date: 13-16 June 2022
The pandemic has proved the importance of Shared Services, and the demand for Shared Services is rising. Malaysia remains...
