The Government--in partnership with its various arms, like Bank Negara and other GLCs, like Maybank, Tenaga and Petronas--has undertaken programmes to help university graduates secure employment. The focus is on soft-skills, some industry specific-content and mastery of English. Why this?

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An investigation into racial discrimination in the private sector labor market hiring in Peninsular Malaysia. Scholars from UM conducted a field experiment by sending fictitious résumés of Malay and Chinese fresh graduates, differentiated by quality, to real job advertisements. Interesting outcomes.

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Marketing to the Malaysian metrosexual that it’s the peacock with the feathers not the hen.
Metrosexual is a neologism, derived from metropolitan and heterosexual, coined in 1994 describing a man (especially one living in an urban, post-industrial, capitalist culture) who is especially meticulous about his grooming and appearance, typically spending a significant amount of time and money on shopping as part of this.In this edition of Resource Centre, Flora Remeo and Eda Ismail from Men's Refinery speak to us about getting men into grooming, wellness and pampering services

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What makes corporate culture attractive that it helps retain employees and attracts potential ones. Sarah Robb shares what Google--a company that asserts that it will ‘Do No Evil’--does to create this culture and brands itself as an employer of choice.

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 The new economy requires a new way of selling to buyers. The traditional and consultative selling methods no longer work. Bob Urichuck, trainer, speaker and author of ‘Disciplined for Life --You are the Author of Your Future’ and ‘Up Your Bottom Line’ speaks to us about this.

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What roles accountants can play to add value and sustain business success in an innovative economic environment. Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid, Vice-President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, speaks about this.

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Business circumstances change, the economic climate changes and there’s a need to manage resources. If there’s a need to downsize, what might be the right way to prune the organization so that it doesn’t die from the cuts? In this edition of Resource Centre, Dr Peter Tingling, Associate Prof, Beedie School of Business and CEO of Octothorpe Software Corporation talks about when downsizing a company is necessary, and how it should be done.

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Leon Tan Executive Director of Tripod Entertainment talks about how a locally produced movie is marketed overseas and manages an international collaboration.

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William Ng, Editor-in-Chief/Group Publisher of Business Media International and Eric Chin, COO, Credit Bureau Malaysia talks about the SME Roadmap that was launched this year to drive innovation and what lies in the roadmap to show the way.

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