Sponsored Graduate Entrepreneur Innovation Programme (PIUS-LEAP)

Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KLSICCI) in collaboration with CEDAR of SMEBank are organizing Graduate Entrepreneur Innovation Program. Interested participants shall be screened and assessed to be eligible to attend this program. This sponsored program is worth RM980 per pax and will be a pre-requisite to enable the participants to secure a start up business loan up to RM500,000 from SME Bank .

Date: 9th December until 11th December 2015
Venue : SME Bank , Jln Sultan Ismail , KL
Time: 10am -4pm

PIUS-LEAP is a unique entrepreneur development programme for new and existing graduate entrepreneurs with a strong desire to turn their ideas into a sustainable and bankable business plan. The specially designed 3-day programme provides participants with a set of powerful tools to turn complex challenges into great business opportunities. The programme will also help participants develop a full set of business proposal for the Graduate Entrepreneur Fund financing application.

Who Should Attend:
-Aspiring graduates (employed & unemployed) keen to pursue into entrepreneurship
-Existing young entrepreneurs not more than 40 years old
-Diploma / Adv Certificate holders keen into entrepreneurship

Do email Nivas Ragavan, Chairman, Young EntrepreneurS (YES) of KLSICCI at mahaalakshmi.properties@gmail.com for further communications. 50 sponsored slots available for eligible participants to participate in the organised programme.

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Planning to become a Petroleum Engineer ??

Who's planning to become a Petroleum Engineer? PEMANDU surveyed oil & gas companies in Malaysia and found out where they usually get their fresh graduates from....

BEng (Hons) Petroleum Engineering(A 8931) @ UCSI

The Petroleum Engineering degree programme at UCSI University is designed to equip students with a solid foundation and knowledge of oil and gas exploration, production and development.

The programme encompasses a well-balanced curriculum that focuses on both upstream and downstream industries. It covers a wide range of courses that include but are not limited to mathematics, basic sciences, computing, introductory engineering, geology and petrophysics, drilling engineering, reservoir engineering, production engineering, economic and project management, as well as humanities and social sciences. Special features of the programme include:

• Commercial reservoir simulation software used for teaching and learning;
• Reservoir engineering including elements in rocks and fluid properties, enhanced oil recovery and natural gas engineering;
• Oil and gas production operations including well completion, well diagnosis and treatments;
• Field trips;
• Laboratories to study drilling, rocks and fluid properties;
• Field development project; and
• Final Year research and development project.

In this programme, students are also required to undergo industrial training under UCSI University’s Co-operative Placement (Co-op) Programme at the end of their 2nd and 3rd academic years. The Co-op programme aims to provide an avenue for students to gain exposure to professional practices in an actual working environment as well as develop the necessary soft skills.

Accreditation

All of UCSI University’s engineering degree programmes comply with the latest requirements for accreditation by the Malaysian Engineering Accreditation Council, which fulfils the international requirements drafted in the Washington Accord.

Professional Recognition

Board of Engineers Malaysia

Assessments

The structure of the Petroleum Engineering curriculum is developed to provide both breadth and depth across the range of Petroleum Engineering specialisations in order to produce competent graduates. The teaching and learning approaches vary according to the nature of course or topic being delivered. The programme employs a range of teaching methods to ensure the successful achievement of the learning outcomes of its programmes that include:

• Lecture delivery
• Laboratory experiments
• Industrial experience / Co-Operative placement
• Field development
• Final year projects
• Seminar/site visits

Career Opportunities

In terms of responsibilities, graduates from the Petroleum Engineering course can conduct studies for the exploration, development and extraction of oil and gas deposits as well as; plan, design, develop and supervise projects for the drilling, testing, re-working and completion of oil and gas wells. A graduate of this programme will find career opportunities as one of the following:

• Drilling Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Field Engineer
• Reservoir Engineer
• Operation Engineer
• Project Development Engineer
• Mud Engineer
• Well Completion Engineer
• Cost Engineer
• Workover Engineer
• Process Engineer
• Subsea Engineer
• Offshore Engineer
• Simulation Engineer
• Health and Safety Engineer

For more information please call/SMS/Whatsapp Mr Pervin @ 012 3262 108 

The next intake will commence on 29/4/2014.
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Why should I consider vocational and technical education?

Admit it! When we think of vocational and technical education, we oftentimes assume that it is for students who are not great with academics. Even worse, the words sweat, grime, stuffy workshopsand manual labour automatically play in mind.

Don’t be fooled by appearances…

That’s the typical response from people brought up in societies where white-collar jobs are desired and glorified. In Malaysia, only 10 percent of upper secondary students are enrolled in technical and vocational courses, lower than the 44% enrollment of students in developed countries. In Germany, Finland and Austria, 50% to 80% students pursued vocational education.

With those figures, it is no wonder why we are flooded with many doctors, engineers, pilots, and lawyers.

Do you want to be faceless in a crowd? 

And with that misconception there has been an imbalance in the workforce causing many industries to look far and wide for highly skilled people to do certain jobs a white-collared worker can’t handle.

Contrary to popular belief, vocational and technical education isn’t for the weak of mind but for people who can “see opportunities”. Speaking of opportunities, our country needs at least 3.3 million skilled workers in the next 10 years to meet the demands of the country’s economic developments.

Skills gap continues to halt the country’s development speed

Tourism, agriculture and aviation need more of these skilled people. SCORE (Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy) alone will need 500,000 skilled workers. To make that happen, government is now transforming the Technical Education and Vocational Training (TEVT) sector to make it more appealing to students.

Now, bigger and better.

For the past few years, a lot of transformation programmes have been made. This includes upgrading 79 vocational high schools nationwide to vocational colleges this year as well as the setting up of University Teknologi Sarawak in Sibu. These and more are currently being done to help students meet the demand for skilled jobs that pay as much as RM10,000 a month.

Presently, 117,000 students applied for vocational and technical courses. How about you? Have you made up your mind about vocation and technical education?

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How to Get Everything You Want. Seriously

You'd like to be successful in everything you do, of course. Here's how to make it happen.

Getting what you want in your career and in life isn't as difficult as it may seem. I mean it.

I've been very fortunate, both professionally and personally, and along the way learned seven key ways to help make it happen. In essence, I work to put others first, and to be more likeable, to end up with what I want in everything I do. I'll be writing about this in far more detail in my third book next year.

In the meantime, here's a sneak peak at how you can be successful in everything you do, too:

Listen First and Never Stop Listening
Listening is the single-most important skill in professional and personal relationships. Ernest Hemingway said, "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." It's sad, but true: Most people have their own agenda and are too busy talking (or waiting to talk) to listen to you. So here's the paradox: If you, unlike most people, can truly listen with empathy, then people will like you--and eventually help you get what you want.

Help Others
It's perhaps another paradox, but it works: When you want something from someone, instead of asking for it, help that person get what he or she wants. If you don't know what he or she wants, then simply ask, "How can I help you?" Since so many people are out to only help themselves, when you genuinely seek to help others succeed in their goals and dreams, you'll stand out. And those people you genuinely help will in turn fight to help you succeed and give you everything you want. Help others first, without expecting anything--and the returns will be enormous.

Be Yourself: Authentic, Transparent, and Vulnerable
Oprah Winfrey stated, "I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier." Professionals, especially of an older generation, tend to have a tough time with authenticity and transparency in the workplace. People, especially men, tend to have a tough time being vulnerable, especially with people they don't know well. Many also aren't sure how much to reveal online, or at work, or to people they've just met. But, hard as these choices may be, authenticity, transparency, and vulnerability all breed trust. And when people trust you, they'll do anything for you. Open up to people, and take a chance, and you'll be rewarded.

Tell, Don't Sell
As important as it is to listen and help others, in order to get what you want, eventually you've got to tell people what that is. But nobody wants to be sold to. So whether it's a product, service, idea, or yourself that you're trying to sell--give up on "selling." Instead, focus on telling a great story--captivating your audience, bringing to life what the future will bring, and painting a great picture of what will happen if you get what you want. When you get good at storytelling, people want to be part of that story--and they want to help others become part of that story too.

Inject Passion Into Every Interaction
Passion is contagious, but so is lack of passion. If you're not passionate about what you're talking about, why should someone else care? If you want something, you must be more excited and dedicated to it than anyone else. If you're not passionate about it, maybe it's not really that important to you. Not everyone is super high-energy and extraverted, though these qualities can help convey passion in many cases. Passion and energy alone put me through college with my first job. But ultimately, you don't need to be bouncing off the walls to convince someone of something. You just need to reveal your true passion, in the way that's genuine for you.

Surprise and Delight Others
You know how when you walk into a casino, there's always a slot machine going off somewhere in the background, telling the world that another person just hit a jackpot? This is what social psychologists call variable rewards. You don't know when you're going to win; you just have enough positive experiences that you feel excited, even when you're not winning. When you surprise and delight others, not only do you make them happy--you remind them that you're the type of person who might surprise and delight them soon again. Some classic examples: bringing home flowers to your wife for "no reason"; telling a customer his order will arrive next week but then overnighting it; and now, tweeting to a random prospect that she's won a free prize. If you go out of your way to make an experience with you special, especially when people least expect it, you will get huge results over time.

Use The Four Most Important Words in Business and Life
Say "I'm sorry" when you make a mistake and "thank you" as much as you can. These words are so simple, yet so often people overlook the importance of saying them. Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone knows that. It's not when you make a mistake that's a problem; it's when you make a mistake and are too proud or embarrassed to be vulnerable, fess up, and apologize. Just say "I'm sorry" and let another person forgive you, so you can move on, and eventually get what you want. Conversely, sincere gratitude to people is a powerful emotion to convey, and opens up many doors. I send three hand-written thank you cards every morning. I send them to staff, customers, vendors, the media, and friends, and not only do I find people love receiving cards, but writing "thank you" puts me in an incredible mindset to start my day. This is not just about sending cards, though. It's about having a deep appreciation for and wonder about the people and world around you.