MIRI: A total of 29 employers offering 2,028 job vacancies participated in the Miri Division Careers Carnival Programme at Miri’s Indoor Stadium here, yesterday.
The State Department of Labor (JTK) director Awang Raduan Awang Omar said the 10th carnival organised by the department offers various positions in various sectors and industries.
“Up to 71 vacancies out of the total are vacancies for postgraduate candidates, while 1,957 vacancies are for non-graduate candidates.
“Among the types of vacancies offered for graduates today are from lecturers, health and safety officers, executive engineers, legal advisors and managers,” he said when met by the media at the carnival.
According to Raduan, the programme not only involved employers from Sarawak but also from Peninsular Malaysia.
He further said various activities were carried out throughout the programme in addition to open-ended interviewing activities such as online job seeker registration activities on the JobsMalaysia portal, career talks and employment advisory services.
“The launch of today’s career carnival programme is in conjunction with the ‘Jelajah Kerjaya Kenyalang 3.0’ programme which runs from Aug 14 to 20.
“This programme involved the organisation of career carnival programmes in the Samarahan, Betong, Sibu and Miri divisions,” he said.
After the carnival ended, an overall total of 93 employers have registered for the career carnival programme and with a total of about 6,000 vacancies offered.
The concept of the programme also involved the activities of convoy groups with the government departments and agencies under the Ministry of Human Resources and under the state government and saw the participation of employers in the private sector.
In addition, the main objective of the programme was to help jobseekers find employment according to their current qualifications by attending open interviews held throughout the programme.
In addition, it also serves as a platform for employers in the private sector to find potential employees to fill the job vacancies.
