On 14 and 15 November 2007, 51 firms comprising of multinational corporations, large and medium-sized firms converged at TAR College Sports Complex to source for potential employees amongst graduating students.

This annual affair officiated by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Ong Tee Keat, was a golden opportunity for employers to provide more information on their firms in order to attract potential employees from the College’s huge pool of talent. Graduating students can, in turn, evaluate their career options at these firms based on their skills, knowledge, and interest.

Many firms such as Accenture, Hewlett Packard, Gamuda, Genting Berhad, Maxis, and the Sunway Group set up booths and some handed out free gifts to publicise their presence and attract as many visitors as possible.

Prior to the career fair, a series of talks were held aimed at providing graduating students with up-to-date information on the job market and the job search process. Quizzes, games, and dance performances were added to energise the events.

Many TAR College graduates have done remarkably well in their chosen professions and have returned to the College to source for new staff. One such person is Sr Tung May Keen, the General Manager of Gamuda Berhad, who had this to say: “The education at TAR College has helped me to be where I am today. In fact many of my colleagues holding senior positions are from TAR College.”

Another exciting development was the launching of the Phase 2 of the online Student Job Placement Services which saw the introduction of the new online feature called TARCGET JOBS. This is an online feature for companies to put up their job vacancies online as well as source students for internships. On top of that, the students can now search the jobs by location, salary and job title via the search engine.

Datuk Ong Tee Keat summed up the synergy between TAR College and employers best in his address where he stressed that “the eager participation of companies is the testimony of the quality education that students receive from TAR College.”