Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said the privately-run centres could do so through job attachments which are part of the training curriculum.

The scheme which starts on Aug 9 has more than 200 training providers applying to conduct courses to help unemployed graduates improve their marketability. The courses are in English, information and communication technology, tourism, event management and financial planning. Nearly half of the providers who applied are Bumiputera-run companies.
Fong says they are now processing their applications but they will qualify only if they have the experience and the capacity to teach the courses approved by the ministry. Most importantly, they must be able to give some sort of guarantee that the trainees will get the jobs when they finish the course.

About 15,000 graduates need to be trained. They will each receive a monthly allowance of RM350 for four to six months, depending on the duration of their courses.

Unemployed graduates interested in the scheme should register with state Labour Departments.

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Datuk Fu Ah Kiow, the Deputy Higher Education Minister, commented that these professionals? expertise were required by universities as their years of working experience as well as being well known in their fields would be of value to the universities as well as enhance the name of these institutions. He added that such expertise applies for certain selected courses only. One example quoted is architecture.

In his comment to a local English daily, he added that this practice is common in developed countries that encouraged outstanding individuals in certain fields to teach, even if these people only possess first degrees.

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RM500 million obtained from the Ministry of Finance would be used for this purpose, according to Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn. The fund would be managed by a special body set up for this. He also mentioned that there are about two million legal and 1.2 million illegal foreign workers in the country. The Government is worried by the increasing number and the social problems posed by these foreign workers.

The move by the Human Resources Ministry to provide more loans for school leavers is to ensure that locals are able to take up jobs presently done by foreign workers in order to reduce their intake in the future. Programmes like mechatronics, tool and die machining, and industry machining and automobiles are some of the areas concerned.

Datuk Dr Fong mentioned that only students from institutes that met the ministry?s requirements would be offered the loans. 120,000 school leavers pursuing skills training programmes had received RM562 million from the Ministry since 2001 thus far. The present 20 industrial training institutes can only take in 10,000 students per year.

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Datuk Dr Fong commented that one of the reasons why there were so few non-Malays could be that they probably don?t know about such courses and their benefits. He further commented that the trainees who completed the courses were highly sought after by multinational companies and the starting salary is RM1,200, which is on par with university fresh graduates.

Previous talks and seminars in secondary schools on the courses had encouraged more non-Malays and the Ministry is planning more such road shows. The first road show would be in Segamat, Johor and thence nationwide.

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According to Datuk Dr Jamaludin Jarjis, the Minister to Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, plans to set up twinning programmes with laboratories employing Malaysians with the expertise the country needs and intensive collaboration with foreign scientists will be submitted to the Cabinet next month by the Ministry.

Incentives would be offered to Malaysian scientists overseas to come home. The priority, however, is to mine the expertise of Malaysians wherever they are.

Under this ?brain gain? programme which was announced by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on April 30, the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry will be developing further the Government?s keenness to collaborate with Malaysians and foreigners interested in sharing their expertise and skills in the biotechnology field.

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Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar, the Deputy Human Resources Minister commented that the freeze had been in force since February. A total of 237 private skills training centres were closed for failing to meet the mandatory criteria, two of which are that the courses must be conducted by qualified teachers and a certain required number of training hours must be set for the courses.

Hundreds of such institutions out of the 1,500 and more private skills training institutions registered to conduct these courses are being monitored and the Human Resource Ministry will not hesitate to close them if they failed to comply with the requirements.

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According to its Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Clement Hill, RM75 million will be invested into the construction of SEGi?s flagship campus in Kota Damansara ? targeted to become the landmark of Klang Valley landmark for private education. Some RM5 million per year will, meanwhile, be allotted for the upgrading of classroom facilities at existing campuses.

SEGi, said Datuk Hii, is spending much on capital expenditure as it realized that full-time student market provides high financial returns and therefore, the students need a proper campus learning environment. At present, SEGi is Malaysia?s largest education provider which encompasses, under its wing, Prime College, Summit International College, MSC International College, and a number of Montessori nursery schools and kindergartens.

Meanwhile, SEGi added that it will not neglect its leading position in the adult continuing education market. This is because only some 350,000 students are said to leave school each year, but only 70,000 of them are reported to be pursuing tertiary education, while 35,000 students or so will study at private institutions or overseas; therefore, SEGi has decided to focus and tap into other market segments, so as not to be solely dependant on one particular market.

SEGi is currently offering educational services to full-time students, adult learners, vocational students, Bumiputeras, foreign students, and corporate clients. Datuk Hii quipped that the college?s growth will not be via the acquiring of more colleges but will instead, be increased in the number of students by maximizing or increasing usage of capacity in space and facilities.

Its group of colleges can accommodate up to 25,000 students, while the Kota Damansara campus which is due for completion in 2007 can house up to 12,000 students. A steady growth of between 10 and 15 percent students a year is targeted by the group. At the same time, SEGi is said to be also working towards increasing the number of foreign students, and putting in place collaborations with overseas partners in main countries of China, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Mauritius. This collaborative arrangement will see local partners taking responsibility on the infrastructure while SEGi provides the curriculum and academic support.

Datuk Hii believes the full-time and adults programmes are the most lucrative courses, charging more or less the same fees. This is in contrast with the professional courses like ACCA, LCCI and ABE, which does not reap in as much profits due to low margins.

With 9,000 students enrolled in its adult learners? programmes, SEGi group of colleges count on 10 million working adults in the country as its potential customers.

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According to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the Government is expected to send vocational trainers to the region to impart to the inhabitants, vocational skills which would be useful in helping them to raise their standard of living. The details of the sponsorship, which is the latest idea being brought up by the Government, would be worked out by the special committee jointly chaired by Foreign Ministers of Malaysia and Thailand.

The committee will then decide on the forms of assistance to be provided to the southern Thais, which may include sending religious lecturers and vocational trainers to the area to give training to the youths.

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Datuk Dr Fong added that the retraining scheme?s two-month on-the-job training with prospective employers has helped the graduates improve their communication skills and self-esteem, and eventually, gained recruitment in respective work sectors.

He said that universities hold the responsibility in producing graduates who are equipped with marketable skills. This is because the Human Resources Minister felt that graduates? failure to secure jobs is primarily due to their poor interaction skills.

With jobs nowadays involving the marketing of products, it is becoming increasingly important for graduates to acquire communication skills apart from building their self-confidence in order to be able to deal with clients. Datuk Dr Fong also said that graduates? unemployment could have also resulted from the mismatch of university courses and the job requirements of employers.

In the meantime, the Government is reported to have recently granted RM30 million to the Ministry to provide retraining programmes to approximately 10,000 graduates this year. 21,228 unemployed graduates have so far been trained under this scheme which was first introduced in 2001.

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The four simple methods, therefore, to motivate customers to engage in services / to buy products from you are as follows:

i) Personalize Marketing Approaches

It cannot be denied that customers will most likely purchase products from you if you make them feel that you understand their individual needs and are talking directly to them. Based on this guideline, your sales approach should then be customized into a way that would appeal to the specific interests and tastes of prospective customers in each niche market that has been identified.

ii) Focus on Creating Good Feelings in Customers

The buying decision of prospective customers usually depends on how good they feel about the product or service which you are offering. One method to get customers enthusiastic and excited over your service / product is to describe in the best and most vivid way possible, the benefits that they will enjoy and what it feels like to be enjoying those benefits upon the purchase.

iii) Confront and Resolve Buyer?s Scepticism that They Have in Mind

Prospective customers would usually not make any purchase should they have doubts in their minds as to whether you would deliver what you have pledged to. Therefore, one of the many ways which you can use to overcome customer?s scepticism is to use testimonials that have proven track record about previous customer?s satisfaction. To increase effectiveness, a specific result which your customer has received after using your product or service should also be described.

Another way which you can use is to provide specifics by converting general statements into specific descriptions, for example, explaining how quick and easy instead of just making s simple statement of ?quick and easy?.

In addition, toning down bold claims also play a major role in helping to erase any doubts of your customer?s mind. Although it may be true, bold claims should still be reduced to a more believable statement as it would better convince your customers.

iv) Eliminate the Need for Customers to Make Decisions

The selling process should be structured in a way that would ensure that customers need not have to make decisions. This is because every decision which they make will divert their attention away from the action of concluding the sale and will be particularly risky when customers have difficulty making a clear selection from amongst the several options presented to them.

Therefore, you should bear in mind that only one product or service should be promoted at any one time you advertise, while each product or service should be advertised separately. In short, prospective customer?s decision should be limited to only ?Yes, I will buy? or ?No, I won?t buy?, and never the ?Which One? choice for them to decide.

The aforementioned tactics may be simple suggestions but is effective is successfully encouraging and convincing customers to make their purchases from you.

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