Need to share this. There is this ex PETRONAS (retired guy) going around promoting Protege program as a "means" for fresh graduates to join the O&G industry. But so many Protege program students (including those from our local Fortune 500 companies) are not given the opportunity to continue after 1 year (i.e. convert to Contract staff or Permanent employment).

Most are being told: This is your last date and need to look for job elsewhere.
I also found out that this did not only include O&G but also other companies including SME whom are using this program as method to get cheap labour (and not pay EPF in many instances). As the program was proposed by the government, the numbers may look encouraging (but the reality says otherwise).

He's not wrong. The program helps to give experience for those fresh grads who needs o&g experiences for them to be in the industry, because to enter the industry you either need to have experience in o&g, cable or luck. I know a few of these fresh grads from the programs who got decent jobs in or outside the company after / before completing the program, but of course got some who are just lazy and their superior also didn't help to recommend them anywhere