For further details
http://www.mycareerfair.com.my/

Anyone went for this kind of career fair before? Did u guys had on-spot interviews there?
Pls share yr experience here.

This post has been edited by wyen: Nov 3 2009, 01:19 PM

Prepare to see bunch of people rushing to apply job. Its not a good place to get interview, nor deposit your resume. As they is too many candidate which they dun even have time to read & filter it. Dun even talk about on the spot interview & offer job.

But it may still a good place to get some idea about the Co. background & more detail info.
It is advisable you direct email your resume or online job application.

All the best for your jobhunt.

i submitted my resume to bank negara at one of the career fair. they called me 2 weeks later. just my luck maybe.

i totally agree with jacktai thou., they will be like mountains of resume at the company booth. i wonder how, when they will finish going through

Oh really? So u attended this kind of career fair before? What kind of companies there?
I think I will go for it just to try my luck while waiting for news.



So did u prepare all hard copies of resumes to give them? or soft copies in pendrive will do?

my sister got a job by going to a career fair. ACCA one. she was quite desperate that time so she did everything. and its also important to make them remember who you are at least. dont ask me how. maybe be different. speak to the right people

any tips for 1st timers going to the fair?

like need to prepare how many resume copies,
need to burn resume in cd and throw at the guys or not?

Perhaps u can find info from here
http://www.mycareerfair.com.my/

Is internship programme available there as well?

there will be a lot of companies. the biggest i went was like 100++ but among all, only some which interest me. it maybe because of industry, jobscope, reputation etc. actually depends on what you want, your strategy and how desperate are you. oh, there will be hell a lot of ppl that day. just so you know

my advice:

best is bring your thumbrive with resume. from my experience most of them will bring laptop and accept thumbdrive. but just in case bring 10++ hard copies of your resume.

you might want to bring your certs as well. depending on the position you apply there might have on site interview.but usually executive position rarely have on site interview.

most effective strategy. bring a notebook. ask for hr email for you to email your application. or ask for pamplet or business card. sometimes although you didnt go work in the company. to have an hr email is very2 usefull. for example. changing jobs, query for vacancy, to help brother, sister, friends. get the person email if possible e.i ahmad@ibm.com instead of hr@ibm.com

intern also can use the same strategy. usually in applying a position. making a contact is the hardest job.

good luck

I second that. It is useful and may come in handy be it for yourself or friends/family

Attended the career fair 2 years back... big and small players were there. I saw BAT, Marcus Evans, Nestle, Mah Sing, Banks, Colleges (recruiting students =__=||), recruitment companies like Adecco, AllyHunt etc. For BAT they are only there for the job exposure. You'll get to speak to their HR and ask abt the working environment etc. However assuming you're interested to apply, they still ask you to mail their general HR.

wow thanks for the guidelines...going for career fair though

definitely going for the career fair

howwwwwwwwwwwww

im going to. just come to see hehe

was been there once on the last career fair... stand outstand the entrance with big big group of ppl... wait for half hour still cant get in... give up and back home

What kind of clothes that we shud wear there? I mean if we want to do on the spot interview im sure we need to dress appropriately but how about casual cos i just want to go there survey survey

Oh it's fine to go in casual as long as you're not wearing slippers/ short pants etc. Not necessary to wear formal but if you can don something like smart casual, it's the best.

Hmmm feel like dropping by to check out any interesting job offers. Well guess it isn't so bad to go with my friends~ just hope I won't bump into anyone from my office/ suppliers

Hi guys,

I am glad someone is interested with the my company career fair, no doubt the career will be crowded as there will be lot of candidates.

Here is some advices for candidates who are looking for job:
(i)Prepare lot of hardcopy of resume (distribute to any company that you are interested, more resume deposited, more chances, provided that you are really interested in the job / company.

(ii) Proper attire eg: not to be too casual wear , clean and smart look.

(iii) There will not be lot of interview will be held in the fair , as it is too crowded, impossible for exhibitors to interview candidates accordingly.

(iv) There will be really a lot of serious employers who are looking for SPM leaver, Fresh Graduate & Experienced staff and they provide a lot of jobs as well.

(v) First of all, i am not Racism, but according to our statistic, more than 80% of visitors are Bumiputra, and we received feeback from our client mentioned that they are looking for different races as well. Hence, if you are Chinese or Indian , your chances to get a interview/ job will be comparably higher (not a joke)

Should you have any inquiry, feel free to leave a comment here!


MyCareer Fair
Nov 13-15 ( This FRIDAY-SUNDAY)
10am - 7pm





Company lists
C& K Wealth Venture Sdn. Bhd(Prudential Assurance)
Jack Tan Marketing
Petronas Nasional Berhad
CIMB Bank
RHB Bank
Celcom Mobile Sdn. Bhd
Scicom (MSC) Berhad
Your Part Time .com
Watsons Your Personal Care Sdn. Bhd
Public Mutual Kelantan
Jotun(M) Sdn. Bhd
Tune Talk Sdn. Bhd
KLIA Holdings
Habib Jewel Sdn. Bhd
Secom Malaysia Sdn. Bhd
Bank Islam malaysia
TM Sales and Services
N2N TRANSFORMER
International Islamic University Malaysia
Cosmopoint Sdn. Bhd
Dyson Manufacturing SDn Bhd
Public Bank Berhad
Nep Holding
Mcis Zuric
MSU
Perodua
Pharmanaiga Sdn
Ocbc
PNB
RBCdexia
University Malaysia Kelantan
airgate media networks
Prestige events and Training
KFC
Sybas
Royal selangor international sdn bhd
Price Solutions Berhad
Gagasan Carriers Sdn Bhd
PLUS Expressway Berhad
Etiqa Takaful (Mahmudin Agensi)
Rapid KL
Mah Sing Group Berhad
Bank Negara
Malaysia Marine Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd
Airborne Discovery Sdn Bhd
MSP Hitect
Synthomer Sdn Bhd
Prudential Malaysia (Agency)
Affin Bank Berhad
FABER GROUP BERHAD
CSC Malaysia Sdn Bhd
VKA Wealth Planners Sdn Bhd
Western Digital (M) Sdn Bhd
GTI Specialist
INS Legend Corporation Sdn Bhd
Heitech e*Business Solution Sdn. Bhd
Manulife Technology & Services Sdn Bhd
Mieco Manufacturing Sdn Bhd
AWC Berhad
My-Partners Sdn Bhd
Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad
Ingenious Recruitment Agency
Sunway Resort & SPA
Pharmaniaga Berhad
Walton International
HSBC

Oh Mah Sing is here again this year... had an on-the-spot interview with them 2 years back. They called me for a formal interview afterwards but rejected it. Found out the HQ is somewhere in Sg Buloh

Nestle and BAT isn't here this year, kinda disappointing... nevertheless, just go and survey d place

We failed to persuade these 2 big head into this event ... So unlucky.. Hmm...


And here is an interesting article i found from previous post in lowyat .
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/841854

Tips by kelvinlym on Nov 11 2008[[I]


A tip from me which I have used successfully during job fairs.

Get a list of exhibitors before the day.

Wear a fancy suit and a nametag. Go to the venue 30-45 mins earlier. Tell the security you are an exhibitor. Go in and you have beaten the crowd. Hunt down the companies you are interested first. That way you could get more exposure time and the exhibitors are usually fresh and more eager to entertain you.






Another tip from me.

Instead of printing out your resume and bringing a whole pile of certs, print a stack of business cards. On it state your name, contact numbers, email, your education/ job title and lastly your resume link online (to your website ideally).

When you are there exchange business cards with the reps there. Jot down notes behind their business cards for follow ups.

I have my resume posted online on my website in pdf form. This way I also know which company viewed my resume by looking at my website stats.

You give a better impression, save on paper and you know automatically which companies you gave your card to by checking the cards you get so that you can email them later to ask for status (cross ref with which company read your resume).

I had a very high success rate of getting interviews this way. Try it and tell me how it worked for you.

(Although I got my current job neither from job fair nor going for interview)

This post has been edited by chin20350: Nov 11 2009, 11:43 AM

so is the list finalized?
only that company would join the career fair?

thx 4 info........

hmm from the list... just 1 company interest me... nevertheless... i will drop by

Yup, only the company listed above will participate which around 70+ companies

How useful are jobfairs like this for fresh grads? Most i've been to look for experienced applicants.

any updates from those who already went there today?
planning to go tomorrow =D

any updates please???

We went there this morning and there was a lot of bank companies such as Public Bank, Eon Bank, RHB and etc. Those multinational companies such Petronas, KFC, Bank Negara and etc were also there. They have vacancies available there but mostly all sales and marketing, finance, admin asst etc. Sad to say that there were limited job available for science related field like me unless in academic line. There were Masterskill and Sc Management for tutor/lecturer vacancies. They conducted the interviews on the spot for Bank Negara only that time and there were a lot of forms we filled.

We went there as early as 9.30 am and there were not so much crowd there thus we grabbed a lot of freebies
But we deposited resume there. So its better to prepare more than 10 copies of CVs. They usually prefer to accept hard copy more than soft copy.

any news regarding engineering jobs?

This post has been edited by yarusaru: Nov 14 2009, 02:30 PM

hot some company there offer engineering position..
+ even some company show their products..
btw if anyone want to go tomorrow..please be early around 10..coz if you come during noon @_@
so many people..

can u pls list the engineering companies that were there?
so tmrw i can straight away look for the companies..
ur help will be very helpful tq

why's that? care to elaborate further?

Omg dude thanks for this list! I love you!!

I've been searching all over for this, how did you get it?

i went the the fair this morning. not that interesting thou

why was it not interesting?

not many companies. esp for my field.

Hmpf I went at 5.30pm yesterday and guess what, most of the booths were already closed! Thought it was suppose to be till 7pm? Was quite dissapointed but still managed to drop my resume at a few places only. Am not putting high hopes at getting any calls.

I attended career fair last friday and just now i received call for interview from CSC. But the post is not really related to what I've studied. Anyway during career fair i just deposited as many I can all my resumes.



The jobs offered mainly for field such as engineering, IT, marketing, business, finance etc

ei? For engineering i don't see much....Only saw the famous Petronas, MMHE and Western Digital....Other than that not much

Ah nearly make a mistake with the venue... din manage to go in the end coz it's too far and friend couldn't make it. Perhaps better luck with jobstreet

i missed it again.. i m working now and also studying.. plan to get a job that is related to my field of study. better still if there are those company that recruit u and send u to oversea for training.. but not existed/hardly get it in my field..

What was your field of studies and what was the job they offered to interview you for?

why?
any reason for that?
just got a call from one of the company from the career fair for an interview...
maybe they take my data before they throw it away?
lol~

Some biology-related course and they offer the interview for procurement sumthing like that..not sure but I din attend the interview

Suprisingly I got a call from one of the company for an interview

Which company?

CIMB