Proposal

Cycle 2 2021

Call-To-Action: The Ultimate Guide for Future Graduates

● To provide a medium for students and graduates to engage with industry leaders and experts through virtual meet-and-learn sessions which aim to equip participants with the relevant insights, skills and knowledge to survive their new career world after graduating.

● To engage with students, graduates and student associations to understand their needs and demands to provide better initiatives in the future.

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EXPECTED OUTCOME

OBJECTIVE

Objective and Expected Outcome

CAREER PROSPECTS

➔ Understanding the possible career industries in Malaysia and the demand for it while being aware of the skills needed to excel.

➔ Knowing the right techniques to prepare for their first job inclusive of resume building and interviews.

PERSONAL GROWTH

➔ Able to be participative in nation-building and being a better member of the society.

➔ Understanding the importance of self-care and mental health for continuous growth.

Semester Break Programme (SBP) is our flagship event which will be conducted twice a year for both local and abroad students in effort to keep them informed about the opportunities and current demands of the employment market.

For the second cycle 2021, we will be collaborating with Seeds Job Fair for one of our session (career workshop) and they will remain as our vendor for the rest of the sessions similar to the previous cycle.

INTRODUCTION

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SBP Cycle 2Concept, Themes & Suggested Event Flow

Concept: Call-To-Action: The Ultimate Guide for Future Graduates

What is it?The second cycle of Semester Break Programme (SBP) this year will focus on tips for students and graduates stepping into employment particularly in making themselves outstanding in this competitive employment market at this point of time while inspiring them to be a better member of the society.

SBP will take place over 8 session across 4 days tackling 4 different themes:

Day 1: Career InsightsDay 2: Prepare for the FutureDay 3: Emotional Health & Well-beingDay 4: Build your Career Workshop

When is it?16th, 17th, 18th and 19th of August 2021

Overall Event Flow

Day 1: Career Insights16 August 2021

Day 2: Prepare for the Future

17 August 2021

Day 3: Emotional Health & Well-being

18 August 2021

Session 1: The Future of Industries in Malaysia [Panel Session]

Session 8: [Resume, interview and post-interview workshop]

Session 3: Internship 101: How To Secure Ten?

Session 7: Power to the Youth: Creating an Impact with Social Movements

Session 6: Regaining Control From Burnout

Day 4: Build your Career19 August 2021

Session 1: How to be “In Demand”? Insights You Should Know

Session 2: Riding the Next Digital Wave

Session 4: What are Micro-Credentials and Why Should I Care?

Session 5: Does Your Degree Define You?

NB: Watch out for speaker reveals on our social media platforms and through your email!

Theme 1: Career Insights

Rationale

▪ After being hit by the pandemic and economic turmoil caused by it,

Malaysia faced the lowest economic growth in 2020 ever since the

Asian Financial Crisis (Asian Development Bank) that saw thousands of

job losses. However, due to increasing global stability, Malaysia is

predicted to rebound to 6% in 2021 and stabilise the figure in 2022

which will be followed by the development of new and old industries

that may increase the job opportunities for our future graduates.

▪ Due to this volatility and uncertainty, we believe that it is important for

our graduates and students to understand the situation in various

industries in Malaysia and the opportunities that are and will be

available for them when they step into the employment market.

▪ As digital transformation and the role of technology is drastically

increasing in all industries now, we are looking to bring different

industries to share their journey experiencing them and how they are

creating new jobs for graduates with this transformation happening

and what graduates can do to be adaptable for those roles.Source: Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash

Day 1 (16th August): Career Insights

Time Session Focus / Content

10.15 am –

11.15 am How to be “In Demand”? Insights You Should Know

● A session where the current market trend will be discussed and

informed to our participants.

● It is aimed to figure out the industries and particular firms that are

hiring graduates, especially during these trying times.

● Roles that are generally in demand and the skills that are being

looked for by firms will also be focused on.

02.00 pm –

03.30 pm Riding the Next Digital Wave

● Focused on discussing the significance of digitalisation and

technology in the industry and how it is affecting the jobs available

for graduates.

● What are the industries or firms doing to accommodate these

changes and create jobs for graduates?

Rationale

▪ During these trying times, being a graduate with just a bachelor's degree

may not be the most marketable trait in a very competitive employment

market. Students and graduates must equip themselves with adequate

experience and skills to be outstanding compared to the others, Therefore, it

is important for them to be aware of and know how to master them.

▪ Internships and micro-credentials are two important elements to gain

enough experience and learn as much as new on-demand skills like

programming, Microsoft Excel, digital marketing etc. Though a lot of people

know of these, the details are about them are hard to know about and these

are what we are trying to bring to our students and graduates.

▪ On the other hand, as how prepared graduates could be for a particular

job/career, there are so many possibilities that could happen that might

force or willingly cause the graduates to change their career path. Although

this circumstance occurs, it is important that graduates understand that it

might not be the end of their options and they can still thrive in other fields

and career path. The last session will be focused on this to highlight that they

can still be opportunities for graduates in other fields.

Theme 2: Prepare for the Future

Source: Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash

Day 2 (17th August): Prepare for the Future

Time Session Focus / Content

10.00 am –

11.30 am

Internship 101: How to Secure

Ten?

● The importance of finding an internship while studying and how it might

help.

● The process of the application and how to send an outstanding application

like preparing a cover letter and sending a professional email.

01.00 pm –

02.00 pm

What are Micro-Credentials and

Why Should I Care?

● The significance of constantly reskilling and upskilling with in-demand skills

to be competitive.

● Sharing of new skills that are relevant and how to acquire them.

03.00 pm -

4.00 pm

Does Your Degree Define You? ● Sharing session from a recruiter of the possibility of getting hired for a role

outside of graduates qualifications.

● How to be ready and adaptive to these situations that might happen

Day 3 (18th August) : Emotional Health & Well-being

Rationale

▪ Health and well-being is not limited to oneself but also include others.

In this segment of SBP, we aim to conduct a session on personal

well-being and another on others’ well-being.

▪ With the deepening health and economic crises as well as uncertainties

caused by the pandemic, students and young professionals’ well-being

are highly affected, teetering on the edge of burnout. A session on

overcoming burnout is of relevance to help them regulate their stress

levels, stay engaged and keep the momentum going.

▪ Since youths are the future global driver, there is a need to prep and

advocate youth for social innovation, addressing the current social

issues and provide innovative solutions such as movements to bring

about meaningful change, especially during the pandemic. This is in line

with the ongoing nation-building efforts, creating a holistic and

empowered youth.

▪ Booths of participating NGOs will be set up on Gather Town platform

for them to showcase and promote their organisation, with a main

room conducting a mini session on the introduction to social

innovation.

Source: Photo by Tanya J Peterson on Healthy Place

Day 3 (18th August): Emotional Health & Well-being

Time Session Focus / Content

10.00 am –

11.00 am

Regaining Control from Burnout

● How to overcome burnout and ways to regulate stress levels.

● Tips to stay engage, keep the momentum going and doing what you need to

do but in a positive and healthy manner.

● Insights on striking work-life or study-life balance and regaining control to

things only which is within our control.

02.00 pm –

04.00 pm

Power to the Youth: Creating an

Impact with Social Movements

● Insights on the relevance of social innovation and its importance during the

pandemic.

● Showcasing available platforms for youths to participate in social innovation.

● Empowering youths to be a part of the nation-building quest, impacting

society for better changes

What is Gather Town?

▪ Gather Town is an online platform that allows customisable spaces for

online gatherings that makes virtual interaction more human. Users will

be able to create their own avatar and move around different rooms in

the platform in which they can interact and do activities (e.g

discussions, games and movies) with other users close enough to their

surrounding or in the same room as them.

▪ For Session 7 that focuses on social innovations, each NGO that are

invited will be given each room in Gather Town where participants can

enter and interact with them for networking and QnA purposes. This

will be a good opportunity for students and graduates to understand

movements around them that help to make the society a better place

and be inspired to participate in the ones that they are interested in.

▪ Prior to this Gather Town session, a webinar will be held to allow the

representatives from NGOs to introduce their movement and what they

work for to give an overall understanding about social movement to our

participants.

▪ Hopefully, this new initiative of bridging the gap between social

movements and students will help to inspire our participants to be an

active member of the society by contributing their efforts for it.

Source: Photo from gather.town

Day 4 (19th August) : Build your Career

Rationale

▪ Stepping out of education and into the professional world is exciting

yet stressful. Young professionals may feel overwhelmed by the new

environment and might still be on the transition phase of students to

professionals. For this reason, the workshop aims to acts as a career

starter pack for them.

▪ As SBP Cycle 2 theme is “Call-to-Action”, this workshop will be held

on the last day of SBP, responding to the themes on the day before.

It is limited to 50 participants and will be done via Zoom platform

with the collaboration from Seeds Job Fair. The workshop will cover

resume building, mock interviews and negotiations skills.

▪ In the age of the pandemic where webinars are of an abundance,

this workshop is to give students an opportunity to receive an

e-certificate from TalentCorp if they have completed all 3

workshops.

▪ This workshop will be in collaboration with Seeds Job Fair who will

be running the workshop portion of SBP Cycle 2/2021.

Source: Photo by Akson on Unsplash

Day 4 (19th August): Build your Career

Time Session Focus / Content

11.00 am –

12.00 pm

2.00 pm -

3.00 pm

03.30 pm –

04.30 pm

Future Proof Your Resume

Interview Success Workshop

Preparing For Your First Job

● Resume writing tips and sample

● How to make your resume attractive as a fresh-graduate

● Insights on pre-interview, interview and post interview preparation, and how

to ace an interview

● Mock individual or group interview

● How to confidently negotiate salary, benefits and job offer

● How to humbly highlight self-worth and importance in the workplace

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