WASHINGTON: TalentCorp Malaysia is on the road again in its global search for skilled and talented Malaysians in the United States and Canada.

Its Chief Executive Officer Johan Mahmood Merican told Bernama here that Talent Corp's mission was not only to reach out and attract Malaysian graduates and experienced professionals overseas to seek opportunities back home, but also to persuade them to collaborate and share their knowledge with other Malaysians from wherever they are.

Johan said he understood that Malaysians abroad, an estimated one million of them, might not all come home for various reasons at this point, but they could still contribute to nation building, share their expertise, invest or engage in business with their fellow Malaysians, from their respective locations.

Johan and his TalentCorp team have so far ventured out to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan to fulfill their mission this year.

In the US, the team had garnered the interest of about 300 Malaysian professionals working or with businesses in the fields of engineering, ICT, biotech, finance and medical research in Los Angeles and San Jose in California; Atlanta in Georgia; New York City and Washington DC since last Sunday.

Apart from plans to meet professionals in Dallas, Houston, Chicago and additionally in Edmonton, Canada, he Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad team had engaged in discussions with about 500 Malaysian students in the MidWest, including University of Michigan, Purdue University, Indiana, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Iowa State University, University of Minnesota and the Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey.

More interactions with Malaysians have been scheduled with students in 10 other universities, including those at Harvard University, MIT, Brown University and Cornell University plus students in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto in Canada. Their outreach in the US and Canada will culminate in a Career Fair on September 30 in Chicago.

Johan said he was pleased with the positive response from Malaysians abroad to the Returning Expert Programme (REP) where 1,192 applications had been approved since TalentCorp first administered the programme 18 months ago, which surpassed the 1,130 applications approved between 2001 and 2010.

The increase in the number of Malaysians returning under the REP indicated the success of TalentCorp's outreach programmes to Malaysians abroad in cooperation with private companies, Johan said. - Bernama http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...2320&sec=nation

First they can't reatain, don't take about bringing back.

why not work on sorting out things that caused talents from leaving in the first place? then there's no more need to keep forking out more money everytime with this talentsh1tcorp thing paying kroni dumbasses to do this work

Lawatan sambil belajar.. all on Tax Payers money =)
no KPI summore....
If get ppl come back, then big big Media headline...if don't have...go to have more lawatan sambil belajar on Tax Payer's money....

adik beradik merican lagi.....

the program does not sound attractive for me. although i qualify, it is hardly appealing.

2 cars tax free. car prices in other countries are not that expensive anyway. this is easy to fool local malaysians
15% flat tax rate for 5 years. this would be appealing, until you see what the gov does with the tax money

more info: http://www.talentcorp.com.my/malaysians-ab...pert-programme/

useless la...one of my relative/friend studied actuarial science in US...suppose to be a high salary job
she came back here...ask for job from bank, bank say have to start frm sales..wow

Been hearing this shit for like 2 or 3 yrs.. Did they manage to bring back anything?

Keep repeating the same statement i also can hafal already

Those pipu won't come back even if US economy is in deep shit.

Talentcorp songlap besar. How can they bring back talents when the nation cant even pay them.

meaning ppl whos working for talent corp now always on business trips to 1st world countries to lure the malaysians there back? by bringing them to loads of entertainment and say.. "c u dont have to live in crampy rental apartment or hdb flats" me working in malaysia today am here with u drinking champagne tomoro am going to milan to lure our fashion genius who's working for gucci/prada to be back to malaysia to help bonia

lidat?

oh another fishing expedition...got stories of ones this<---------------------------------->big that got away?

notthisshitagain

Reaching out to those in trouble yes, they will return since tak da rezeki already but for those really doing great, what reason to return and even if they wish to return, what malaysia can offer? better income? Not possible lor.

Gov kicks them out of Malaysia and now want talents back? Fix the system first, merit is always more important than race, religion and skin colour.

its not hard for a capable person with 4-5 yrs relevant experience to get this pay in GLC such as Sime Darby, Khazanah, Petronas etc

bring back and do what?

when my bro married his wife, immigration make it so hard for her to live here, summor cannot work, because she's not muslim

how can i work in talentcorp ? seem like the only chance i able to shopping spree around the world

wrong. we dont leave in cramp hdb flats.
we are paid handsomely to rent a decent landed house around outskirts of Toronto.
Even though we need to travel everyday but heck, the public transport here is seamless.
probably gonna save up n get myself a new ford focus next year