YCM Summit was here again!

The Annual Young Corporate Malaysians Summit (YCMS) was held for the 3^rd time around and GRADUAN was there!

Held at the InterContinental Hotel, KL, on 17 December, the summit was organized by the Young Corporate Malaysians (YCM) with the very exciting (and very relevant) theme of “China and India: The Next Frontier”.

Established in 2008, YCM aims to provide a platform for young professionals in building their network amongst peers, meeting industry leaders through YCM events and learning to develop organizational and leadership skills.

There was a whole list of amazing speakers and boy did they have a lot of valuable information to give out!

Some of the speakers present were President Emeritus of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, Datuk Rohana Mahmood, Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia Dato’ Seri Johan Raslan, Editor of the Wall Street Journal Hong Kong Hugo Restall, En Shah Hakim Bin Zain of Scomi Group and many others. 

Maybank Career Day 2011

Hi guys! Were you at the Maybank Career Fair last Saturday? If you were, did you visit the GRADUAN booth to get your very own copy of GRADUAN 2011?

And boy, were there a LOTTTTTT of people at the Maybank Career Fair 2011! There was an estimated 5000 people who visited the fair and that volume alone speaks for itself (seriously, if you've never heard of Maybank, then you're either Tarzan or a martian).

It was an exciting experience to be able to meet and talk to all the fresh and eager faces. The fair definitely exude a positive energy and I say this with confidence - everyone went back a winner! (free career advice from one of the top banks in Malaysia, what's not to love?)

There was even a talk by our very own Pn Elia Talib on advising young employees on climbing the corporate ladder for all those ambitious ones out there!

It was truly an honour for us at GRADUAN to be given the chance to participate in this fair and most importantly, we had a blast!

Here’s hoping to see you guys at the next career fair!

ARE YOU READY? I'M ALWAYS READY!

Three cheers for the Teach for Malaysia Team who is doing their bit to solve education inequity in Malaysia!

Nada Marie and Zuleana Abdul Razak from GRADUAN had the pleasure of visiting the Kem Skorlah! session at SMK Bandar Baru Batang Kali for a fun filled day of teaching. 

A non-profit organization, Teach for Malaysia is a partner organization of Teach For All, an international body which enlists outstanding graduates and young professionals to teach in high-poverty areas in its mission to eradicate education inequity.

FUN FACT: Malaysia is the first country in South-East Asia and the third in Asia to introduce this programme!:)

GRADUAN’S day at Kem Skorlah was an inspiring experience. Watching the kids learn through various means is truly amazing! We take out hats off to the TFM Fellows!!

The dedicated TFM Fellows!

Kem Skorlah at SMK Bandar Baru Batang Kali is a 4 week training platform for Teach For Malaysia Fellows to hone their teaching and leadership skills as well as provide Form 1 and 2 students free additional classes during their school holidays. 

The students got to play all kinds of games, including the ever popular Jeopardy, to better understand their lessons.

This is Jeopardy!

Maybank Career Day

Hi guys! Maybank is gonna have their very own career day on 10 December 2011 (Saturday). Catch them at Foyer, Menara Maybank from 10am until 5pm.

Highlights: 
Meet their Senior Management Team 
Career Clinics 
Lucky Draws 
Maybank Scholarship Scheme 

See you guys there!!!

Blood suckers

Ever wondered what it would be like if you were a vampire? No? Well neither have I. But to millions billions gazillions of Twilight fans out there, this would most likely be top 10 in their wish list - to live out the lives of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan (or perhaps to just strike off Bella and claim their rightful place next to Edward). The latest continuation to this epic love triangle of vampire + human + werewolf has finally made it to Malaysian shores last week much to the delight of our Events Exec, Neesa Omar.

On 23 November 2011, our local Twilighters held an exclusive premier for Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 to celebrate the marriage of Edward and Bella. A fictional but gorgeous wedding nontheless. Three cheers to the happy couple from us at GRADUAN!

Yep! The wedding is THAT huge!

BoBoiBoy!

Are you guys familiar with our local animation scene? If you are, then two thumbs up for you! If you're not, then keep on reading this post :D

Our Editorial Coordinator had the pleasure of visiting Animonsta Studios Sdn Bhd in Cyberjaya last Tuesday. Yep, the studio that gave birth to BoBoiBoy, one of Malaysia's top animation series. According to her "it was an eye-opening experience". Getting the chance to learn about what lies behind the scene of producing a high-quality animation was definitely a valuable experience for her. She said that the words "cool and fun" immediately comes to mind the moment one steps into the studio. BoBoiBoy is inspiring as well as addictive which goes to show how much thought was put into the storytelling and creation of each character,

We'd hate to ruin the fun for our upcoming GRADUAN 2012 issue so we'll save the juicy details for the magazine instead ;)

NRC11-GRADUAN Career Talk @ Universiti Malaya

On 22 October 2011, GRADUAN had collaborated with NRC11 to organize the first ever NRC11-GRADUAN Career Talk at Universiti Malaya. We had the pleasure of inviting 8 amazing individuals to speak at the event -

YB Senator Dato’ Sri Idris Jala, YM

Tengku Dato’ Zafrul,

Dato’ Sri Zamzamzairani,

Dato’ Noorizah Hj Abd Hamid, Ms Chin Suit Fang,

Dat

o’ Sri Syed Zainal,

Mr Johan Mahmood Merican, and Mr Paul Subramaniam.