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| 27 March 2007 |
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| A Short Step to a Great Career |
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| The inaugural SBS Mini Career Fair hosted by Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TAR College) on Tuesday, March 20 attracted huge interest from some of the top names in business to meet directly with TAR College’s budding business talents. |
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| The event provided an excellent platform for recruiters and managers from the leading international financial institutions and multinational companies to source for prospective candidates for internship, full-time, and part-time positions. |
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| Jointly organized by the College’s School of Business Studies (SBS) and Student Affairs Department (SAD), the Fair was catered specially for the accountancy students and has proven to be a great success. |
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| About 400 TAR College students, most of them soon-to-graduate, had the chance to meet with representatives from renown companies such as KPMG, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BDO Binder, Standard Chartered Bank, United Overseas Bank, OCBC Bank, IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Bata Malaysia. |
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| Large crowd of students throng the SBS Mini Career Fair. |
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| The great response from the participating employers during the Career Fair demonstrates that TAR College graduates are in high demand by the industry, even among the heavyweights. |
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| “We are looking for candidates that not only possess excellent academic qualifications but also soft-skills such as communication skills and ability to work in team. So far we have spoken to some candidates who have shown great potential,” said Nancy Wong, a Senior Resourcing Executive from KPMG. |
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| Christine Chan, who is the Human Resources Manager at Ernst & Young, found the Fair especially conducive for recruiting because it was timely and accounting-focused. |
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| “This Mini Career Fair is excellent because there is a great pool of targeted candidates and most of them would be ready to be employed very soon,” said Chan. |
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| The SBS students also greatly benefited through the informative career leads and exciting networking possibilities that were made available at the Fair. |
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| Sim Hui Pei, a final-year Management Accounting student found the Fair particularly helpful in her exploration of career prospects. “I haven’t really decided what I want to do so this is a great chance for me to find out more about these companies and check out the various job opportunities,” said Sim who is currently completing her CIMA qualification. |
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| On the other hand, Lee Wai Yee, a final-year Financial Accounting student made use of the opportunity to submit her resume to a few of the participating companies and had a preliminary interview with KPMG during the Fair. |
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| “The Fair serves as a great channel for future graduates to find employment because it offers direct access to ample job opportunities,” said Lee who is currently pursuing the ACCA qualification. |
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| Head of School of Business Studies Kho Sok Kee commented that the SBS students have a very well rounded curriculum that caters very much to industry needs and they are well sought after in the market. |
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| She also added that the academic staff at SBS are committed in their quest to be more innovative in enhancing the learning experience of the students. |
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| “The whole team at SBS shares a common goal towards ensuring the highest academic standards and quality in our provision of business education”, said Kho. |
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| In addition to the Mini Career Fair that is especially organized for the SBS students, the College annually hosts a large-scale job fair that caters for all TAR College students and graduates. |
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| Two TARCians (left and centre) getting informative career leads from the representative of a participating company. |
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