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Well it’s that time of the year again when Career Fair starts recruiting our new members. As expected many talents showed up during the interview sessions and after hours of deliberation we finally have our new members. What better way to break the ice by organizing our annual Career Fair Workshop to welcome our new members to the family.
On the 1st day, we began with a short Introduction about Career Fair and a short speech from our Director, Adrian Teoh. Since it was late in the evening, we decided to keep our members minds active by playing a simple game which is known as the 10 cents, 20 cents game. This game requires our members to group according to the amount stated. Boys are worth 50cents and girls are worth 20 cents. When the amount is stated, they are required to group together and each group must sum up to the stated amount. The atmosphere was lively and indeed a good way to start the bonding process.
On the 2nd day we started with a game known as the Human Bingo. Our members were given a list with specific interests and habits in 5×5 square boxes. Each member was required to find people who have the same interest as stated in the box and obtain their signature. To complete this game one has to complete three lines with signatures from different individuals in each box. Some of the habits stated in the box ranged from “smelling my own feet” to “dancing salsa”. We definitely found out some interesting facts about our members through this game.
We then continued by playing past videos from career fair just to let members have a glimpse on what they will be involved in and why is Career Fair is as awesome as it is today. All of this would not be possible without our IT department that never cease to create videos that makes us look good. Our beloved retired senior members also took the opportunity to drop by and share some of their experience to the new members after watching the past videos.
On the 3rd day, we conducted our annual activity which is Plan your own Career Fair. Members from each department was separated into groups. Each member in each group is required to plan their career fairaccording to their job scope. Each group is then required to present their ideas and as usual, many new ideas sprouted out from this activity. After all the technicality, we decided to have fun at the war museum located on Penang Island. We played paintball (Every boy’s dream came true that day. After all those shooting games, finally it was time to put those skills to action) and hada night walk which was a little hair raising as the war museum was known to be haunted.
In the afternoon we continued with a brainstorming session with every member in their own respective department. Each department is required to discuss on the problems that they face in the past Career Fair and suggest ways to improve on it and new ideas that can be implemented in the upcoming Career Fair. Of course after all the thinking, our members started to feel hungry as dinner was approaching. Since it was the last day, dinner was not going to come as easy as the pass few days. Our members had to go to the nearest supermarket using the bus provided by the university and with a limited budget to prepare their own dinner.
It was indeed interesting as we watched the members showing off their cooking skills and creativity as they work together to prepare the dishes. It was a shame that some of the members didn’t think of becoming chefs. We never know, the next master chef Asia may just be from our campus. After dinner, we had a short sharing for members to express their feelings after the pass few days. And here is what some of them have to say;
“With this workshop,i see things much clearer now,especially the responsibilities that comes with a certain department to get things done and how important every minor detail is.”
“Most important thing in work is teamwork and overall i think the workshop is fun as it bonds the team first before we really start our work.”
“The workshop breaks the border between each department and allow the members understand the importance of teamwork too.”
“It’s a fun way to get to know the others and improve ourselves.”
As you can see we have put our members through many challenges and hardships to ensure we have well rounded members in Career Fair. So do stay tuned for more updates!
Career Fair is an annual event that is held in Universiti Sains Malaysia Engineering Campus which involves both local and international companies. During this career fair there will be more than 70 companies’ exhibitions, 20 slots of career talks and also numerous interview sessions by the companies.
Participating career fair is very beneficial as the participants can gain an early exposure and first-hand experience before they step into the working space after their final year. Besides, students can also get to know about current market demand, the employer’s criteria search by the employee in the related working fields and etc.
On top of that, our IT department has also creates a web apps http://careerfair.eng.usm.my/app/ as a platform for the jobseekers to get in contact with the employees on their own. The web apps allow the companies to post they job vacancies and the requirement for recruitment, and at the same time, provide all relevant information of the employers’ company for the students to decide on the job they desired. The students that are interested can then send their resumes online to the companies and will be informed of the time slots for them to attend the interview sessions which are held during the two event days.
7th March 2015 in the lecture theatre. The core essence of this competition is to build a sense of awareness in the minds of young engineers in the making about the happenings and recent issues of the nation. 6 teams were selected to be in the final round of the presentation based competition, picked from a myriad of 15 teams, presenting in front of 3 well known panels.
This project is a first joint collaboration effort of Career Fair USM Engineering Campus, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers. We were fortunate to host Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif, the Chairman of Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP), senior lecturer from School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dr Muhd Nasiruddin Mahyuddin, and lecturer from School of Civil Engineering Fadzli Mohamed Nazri, as panel judges of the event day.
Our morning started off at around 10.30am with a simple inauguration speech by our advisor, Prof Dr Ahmad Farhan, also the dean of School of Civil Engineering. The competition then begun with the first team presentation by team Aeronians. The team proposed on a policy to improve the public transportation in Malaysia. The second team, team Anomalies, presented on “Grease Trap”, where they hand-designed a grease trap mechanism that captured the heart of the judges. The third and fourth team, Amazing Minds and Dream Team also presented on ways to improve public transportation in our country, harping on different perspectives and giving wonderful solutions.
The session then went on with team M&M, who spoke about water management system in our country and how to prevent unprecedented water woes that have strike quite some many continents on our homeland. The last team however, team Lemon Juice made quite a sentimental debut, as their issue was on dumping, and policies they proposed were near to the hearts of many, i.e. awareness. Many of the angles of their proposal are cost free, awareness based and very feasible to be implemented in our system. Kudos to all team!
After a brief lunch session, we moved on with the award ceremony which saw team M&M, Anomalies and Lemon Juice as the 2nd runner up, 1st runner up and Champion, walking away with RM 60, RM 90 and RM 150 respectively. Daryl Tan from team Lemon Juice won the best presenter award of RM 50, capturing the hearts of the judges! Datuk Maimunah then gave a short speech about how we, the young engineers of tomorrow are very important in nation building and she extended her invitation to all participants to be involved with her initiatives of her council. Very inspiring indeed!
We adjourned after a short photography session where we bid a sweet goodbye to one another after ending a hard, intense session of public policy presentation. May more ideas and best of perspectives emerge once again next year for more exhilaration and discussions!
The Winning Teams are:
Lemon Juice (Champion)
- Daryl Tan Hock Ann
- Chim Yi Shen
- Lee Hong Lean
Anomalies (1 st runner up)
- Faiz Azizi Che Alias
- Tengku Muhammad Faris bin Tengku Afzan
- Mohommad Amiruddin Bin Mohd Maidin
M&M (2nd runner up)
- Aaron Tan Cheng Siong
- Douglas Bong Lip Seng
- Teh Ye Sam
Career Fair 2015 is proud to have Robert Bosch as our exclusive platinum sponsor and honoured to have them present a Career Talk on the 4th of March 2015 to an audience of more than 300 students.
Bosch is a multinational company hailing from Germany and is established in Malaysia as Robert Bosch Sdn Bhd since 1923. In Malaysia, Bosch is active in the areas of Automotive Aftermarket, Power Tools, Security Systems, Drive and Control, Solar Energy and Thermotechnology.
Ms Denise, the company representative from Germany started the talk with the history and vision of Bosch and the prominence of the company in the world. Bosch, as a leading technology and services company in the world, strives to enhance the quality of life with innovative and beneficial solutions.
For the second part of the career talk, Ms Nana presented about Bosch in Asia and Malaysia. Bosch is continuing to expand their operations in Asia. In Malaysia itself, the Bosch group has locations in Penang as well as in Petaling Jaya. The company’s growth in Asia is rapidly increasing, and more growth is projected in the future.
The Bosch Group truly values innovation and research. At Bosch, the main drivers of innovation are resourceful and highly committed engineers, a high-performance yet efficient research organization, and a historical background that is both an inspiration and an obligation, driving the company on to further outstanding achievements.
One such innovation is the IXO Cordless Screwdriver, one of the most easy to use, versatile and stylish power tools in the market. This invention truly lives up to the Bosch slogan – “Invented for life”.
The Career Talk ended on a high with a Q&A and lucky draw session.
Want to know more about opportunities Robert Bosch can offer to you? Catch Robert Bosch on the 18th and 19th of March in Career Fair 2015 as our Platinum sponsor. See you there!
Career Fair 2015. Your future unfolds here.