SCHOOL-LEAVERS, undergraduates and the retrenched who are looking for jobs should not miss the upcoming Trade & Career Fair 2009 to be held on Monday and Tuesday, 10am-10pm, at The Oval, 1 Utama Shopping Centre (New Wing) in Petaling Jaya.

The two-day fair, co-organised by YourPartTime.com, KBU International College and Star-Jobs Online, is scheduled to be launched by Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.

Live at Studio V: MDeC chief executive officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali will be speaking in the first session, on ‘Venture Capital/ Funding’ from 11am to noon on July 6.

More than 25 exhibitors – from such industries and sectors as sales and marketing, hospitality, food and beverage, insurance, and retail – will be taking part in the fair.

Among the positions that will be available during the fair are care consultants, graphic designers, education planners, business development and talent for commercials.

Students may also use this platform to lay the groundwork for securing employment upon graduation.

Resume assessment sessions will be held for those who are keen to compile and present impressive resumes. Visit http://star-jobs.com/help for the agenda.

Star-Jobs Online will also be present at the fair to sign up jobseekers.

In addition, it will be hosting the CEO Live@StudioV in conjunction with the fair. The CEOs of various companies will talk about the outlook for their respective industries as well as the challenges they face in the five sessions, as follows:

July 6

Session 1: Venture Capital/Funding (11am-noon)

Datuk Badlisham Ghazali – CEO of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

Husni Salleh – CEO of Venture Capital Management Bhd (MAVCAP)

Wayne Lim – CEO of Malaysia SME

Session 2: Incubation & Financing in ICT (2pm-3pm)

Nazrin Hassan – CEO of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd

Andrew Wong – CEO of MCA ICT Resource Centre Malaysia (MIRC)

Session 3: IT & Business Process Outsourcing (3pm-4pm)

Munirah Looi – CEO Brandt International

David Wong – CEO of SNT Global

Hanson Toh – country consultant, Google Inc

July 7

Session 1: Community Service (2pm-3pm)

Datuk Paduka Marina Mahathir – former president, Malaysian AIDS Council

Dr Hartini Zainudin – consultant, Yayasan Salam Malaysia

Iqbal Rahim – CEO, National Children’s Welfare Foundation

Session 2: Education, Training & Development (3pm-4pm)

See Hoon Peow – principal, KBU International College

Roshan Thiran – CEO, Leaderonomics Sdn Bhd

Datuk Vinod Sekhar – president & group chief executive, Petra Group

Omar Merican – COO of Bursa Malaysia

There are opportunities for live audience participation. For more information, visit http://www.yourparttime.com/tcf/ceo.php.

There are still limited spaces for exhibitors at the Trade & Career Fair 2009. Visit www.YourPartTime.com/tcf or call Michael Tan at 016-338 4548.

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