(From R to L) The Centre’s Director of Human Resources, Muhammad Vickneswaran; the Centre’s General Manager, Alan Pryor; CEO, SG Akademi (M) Sdn Bhd, Dato’ Sri Ganes Palaniapan; and Strategic Partnerships and Project Manager, SG Akademi, Sharifah Nabila.
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, October 6, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre), Malaysia’s premier purpose-built venue, is proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SG Akademi (M) Sdn Bhd (SG Academy) to boost the expertise growth of staff members and college students, in addition to assist tackle the workforce scarcity within the hospitality and business occasions sectors.
The partnership additionally goals to profit college students at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges by offering them skilled publicity in an internationally recognised organisation. TVET college students predominately come from B40 (Bottom 40%) communities, so it’s hoped that this publicity will broaden their horizons and open up extra alternatives for them.
The MOU will see the Centre and SG Academy collaborate within the areas of capability constructing and expertise growth; everlasting, part-time and momentary job alternatives for TVET college students and graduates; and upskilling and reskilling of workers within the Malaysian hospitality and business occasions industries.
Speaking through the MoU Signing Ceremony, the Centre’s Director of Human Resources, Muhammad Vickneswaran, shared, “We are excited to be unveiling this new partnership, which builds on the success of some of our previous talent development and capacity building initiatives. The hospitality and business events sectors are facing a huge workforce shortage as Malaysia welcomes international events and tourists back to our shores. In the aftermath of COVID-19, we are dealing with a reduced supply chain, decreasing workforce and stiff competition locally and regionally. As such, this collaboration couldn’t be timelier for us as we look to attract fresh talent and grow our local talent pool.”
He continued, “Since opening, we have made great strides in responding to the Malaysian Government’s call to nurture and develop the local talent pool. Being the People’s Centre, we are also extremely committed to being an inclusive venue that gives back to the community in which we operate. Ultimately, we want to ensure that we do not leave anybody behind as we continue to develop our products and services to cater to the highest international standards. This MOU is hopefully the first of many more to come and I look forward to seeing this partnership flourish to truly benefit our team members and TVET students moving forward.”
The Centre has at all times put an emphasis on coaching and expertise to profit the Centre, the native hospitality trade and Malaysia as an entire. It is that this dedication to creating and nurturing expertise who can’t solely make a major contribution to the Centre’s persevering with progress and success, however the native trade as effectively, with many occurring to utilise these expertise in different components of the Malaysian hospitality and business occasions trade.
Elaborating on the partnership with the Centre, Chief Executive Officer, SG Akademi, Dato’ Sri Ganes Palaniapan, mentioned “We’re happy to be partnering with the Centre to help TVET graduates, many of whom come from the B40 community, to get on-the-job experience, enable employee upskilling and develop workplace learning opportunities. We view this partnership as a long-term collaboration and we are looking forward to working with the Centre, who have always been a leading example in employee engagement and student talent development initiatives. We’re very proud to be partnering with an organisation which puts their people first.”
The MOU with SG Academy joins quite a lot of different programmes designed by the Centre to nurture and develop native expertise specifically, the Ambassador Programme, which addressed the versatile workers scarcity confronted by the trade and even prompted a paradigm shift in expertise administration in Malaysia’s hospitality trade. Other programmes initiated so far embody the Professional Development Programme (PDP), the Student Employment Programme (STEP), and Experiential Learning Programme (ELP).
Earlier within the 12 months, the Centre additionally introduced a RM2,500 minimal wage for its full-time staff members, 40% greater than the Government mandate, which got here into impact on 1 May 2022. The Centre is at present actively recruiting part-timers to affix its Ambassador Programme that gives a complimentary Basic Food Handler course, refresher coaching allowance, SOCSO and EPF contributions, versatile working schedule, uniform, responsibility meal, and evening shift transport allowance.
For the newest information and highlights on the Centre, go to the Centre’s Newsroom at www.klccconventioncentre.com or comply with on social media (Facebook – @klccconventioncentre, LinkedIn – Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Twitter – @klccconvention and Instagram – @klccconventioncentre).
Julian Loh
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
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