KOTA SAMARAHAN: A total of 1,820 jobs were offered by 21 employers during the Kota Samarahan career carnival held at The Summer Shopping Mall yesterday.
About 498 of those vacancies were for degree holders and the other 1,322 were for non-degree holders.
Human Resources Deputy Minister Datuk Mahfuz Omar viewed the programme as an initiative by the Sarawak Labour Department (JTK) to reach out to applicants which they can interact directly thus filling the available job vacancies.
“Such programme can be used as a platform to match applicants and employers,” he said in his speech when officiating at the carnival yesterday.
“The policy of the government is to ensure Malaysians are given the utmost priority in filling job vacancies in the country.
“We are committed to identifying employers that are able to offer job opportunities to locals in Sarawak and in Peninsular Malaysia,” he said.
Mahfuz urged Samarahan and Kuching residents to grab the opportunities given and prepare themselves in advance be it physically, mentally and also by bringing the relevant documents.
“As of July 2019, JTK Sarawak has organised job carnivals across the state from Mukah, Lawas, Kuching and Bintulu which involved 96 employers and 3,125 job applicants.
“From that 3,125 applicants, 726 of them were successfully hired by the employers. Other than that, 2,461 applicants were hired through the JobsMalaysia job application portal along with various agencies.
“While in 2018, JTK Sarawak has collaborated with 234 employers and with 2,957 applicants being hired from 7,602 visitors across the programmes,” explained Mahfuz.
Also present were JTK Sarawak director Awang Raduan Awang Omar and Samarahan Resident representative Juhairi Bujang.
