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Enthusiasm abounds at APU career fair as over 6,000 jobs on offer

Banks such as Maybank, telcos including Maxis among leading firms participating in exhibition last week

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 04 Jul 2022 4:03PM

Enthusiasm abounds at APU career fair as over 6,000 jobs on offer — Over 400 recruiting personnel in 120 booths across 14 industries participated in the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) career fair last Wednesday. – APU pic, July 4, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) career fair attracted thousands of visitors and job seekers who vied for more than 6,400 jobs.

Over 400 recruiting personnel in 120 booths across 14 industries participated last Wednesday.

Among the companies with recruiting booths were AirAsia, Maybank, Alliance Bank, Arvato Systems, Bank Islam, Bank Negara Malaysia, BDO, CIMB Bank, Coca-Cola, DHL, DKSH, Epson, Fusionex, Great Eastern, Habib Group, Hilti IT Services, Hong Leong Bank, Micron Memory, Pos Malaysia, Public Bank, PwC, Schlumberger, Sun Life Malaysia, Tata Consultancy Services, Maxis, Deloitte, KPMG and Standard Chartered Bank.

“I have been informed that the registered number of vacancies offered includes 3,498 full-time positions and about 3,000 internships, which added up to more than 6,400 job positions,” said APU CEO Datuk Parmjit Singh.

“APU is considered to be a professional development institution in keeping with its vision of ensuring that our students emerge as professionals and not merely graduate with a degree.

“You can be reasonably assured that the graduates of APU would be professionally guided with highly competency-based courses,” he told the brand leaders.

KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, was among the companies with recruiting booths at the APU career fair last Wednesday. – APU pic, July 4, 2022

Meanwhile, APU vice-chancellor Prof Ho Chin Kuan said there was a continuous engagement with employers and students leading up the fair to ensure that they would be able to maximise their time there.

In conjunction with the fair, APU also launched its Exclusive Partner Engagement Programme, where the university will assist employers in areas of talent acquisition, upskilling and retention.

“I think APU has done a better job compared to many others in preparing their students or young professionals to come into the workforce,” said BDO Governance Advisory Sdn Bhd executive director Sanjay Sidhu.

“We are formalising our position as a partner of APU, and we are looking forward to that turning into recruitment. I am satisfied with the talent search at the fair. I have seen many very promising resumes, and I have spoken to very promising people. I am happy.”

The event even attracted undergraduates beyond APU, such as Racheal Bingas, Siti Nabilah Mohd Noor and Norliana Akilah Mohammad Adam from Universiti Kuala Lumpur.

They shared that they visited the fair after seeing an advertisement on APU’s Instagram account. – The Vibes, July 4, 2022