Just to clarify, corporate secretary here means those who has attained ICSA and not just any normal secretaries.

I'm a bit lost at the moment. I know the big and famous secretarial firms are Tricor and Boardroom. Not sure if there's any others.

And I did read a lot that Tricor is a very good place to gain experience especially for fresh graduate (I'm a fresh grad btw).

So, if given one medium sized secretarial firm and a large secretarial firm, is it better to work in the large firm instead?

I've been getting all sorts of feedbacks. Some says large and reputable companies like Tricor and Boardroom will be able to give more experience and exposure. But how is a medium size company not able to give equivalent experience?

Anw, I'm in a dilemma now because I dunno where should I start.. I mean to run off to a big co or just a medium co as my stepping stone?

The common opinion is that the larger firms offer more experience. This is more or less true in the sense that they have a bigger client base and hence have more diversity in the industries and work you can experience.

However, that being said, whether you benefit from the size of the organisation also depends on your role and the attitude of your superiors.

Larger firms have the opportunity to afford you a more diverse experience and add a little shine to your CV later on when you leave. This is not to say that medium firms are no good. It all boils down to perception at the end of the day.

Hi Gal

the most suitable place is where you can learn all the corporate secretarial practice not only Sdn. Bhd. but also able to gain valuable experience in Public Listed Companies...such as experiencing in compliance with Listing Requirements, compliance with Securities Commission's Guidelines and etc etc...

My advice to you is ...you should judge the place where you able to have exposure in PLC and Sdn. Bhd. matters.. notwithstanding the place is a medium size or big size companies...if let say u work in big size company but you only experience in sdn. bhd. matter...there is pointless..however, no doubt there is for sure huge exposure in PLC matters gained in big firms such as Tricor, Boardroom, Securities Services, and Symphony..

hope this help ya..

Thank you so much! It has helped me a lot 'Cos there's this company which is only medium sized that has offered me a job. I'm not sure if I should wait 'til there are vacancies in other larger firms.

This company only has a few people in the secretarial department but they do have some PLC clients and lots of pvt co clients.. altogether around 100+ clients.. so i guess with that amount of staffs in the department, I might be able to get experience on both pvt and PLC companies

This post has been edited by blackpumpkinhead: Dec 14 2010, 05:12 PM

Taking the job now won't stop you from changing jobs in future if a position opens up in a bigger firm if that's your plan. Provided no contract/bond.

After gaining a few yrs of experiences in services line...you may try to venture into commercial line which is PLC in house corporate secretarial dept..as there you would have lots of benefit entitlement.

anyway...GOOD LUCK...hope to see you as COSEC in one of the PLC one day...

Means some PLC has their own secretarial department and wont look for secretarial firms outside?

In house corporate secretarial dept???
I believe every company just need 1 company secretary or just outsource the service to the secretarial firm.

every company can name several cosec which called joint cosec...usually for plc..they normally practice to have one named cosec...but also got their in house cosec dept to assist the named cosec...

try to look inside MAICSA website in job opportunity area where lots of plcs are hiring company secretarial executives or assistants in order to assist their named cosec...there are their own reasons why some plcs insist to have in house cosec dept instead of having outsource to outside..

This post has been edited by Zennix: Dec 14 2010, 11:55 PM