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Accountancy

Accountancy opens up a whole range of career opportunities. The profession is stable, progressive and pays well. The services of accountants are required by all organisations as they must maintain systematic records of all transactions for purposes of planning, effective management and furnishing tax returns.

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Accountants and Auditors

Accountants and auditors should have an aptitude for mathematics and be able to analyze, compare, and interpret facts and figures quickly. They must be able to clearly communicate the results of their work to clients and managers both verbally and in writing.

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Actuaries

Actuaries conduct financial analyses and manage financial risks by employing skills in interest theory, finance, economics, statistics, probability, and modeling. As such, actuarial skills are transferable to any industry that must mitigate risk. Because actuaries wear many hats, the career outlook is dependent upon the industry in which they work and the type of work they do.

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Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing

In this competitive world, the marketing of products and services calls for ingenuity on the part of advertisers and public relation specialists in order to get the public to choose one product or engage the services of one company over another.

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Agricultural and Food Scientists

Agricultural and food scientists help maintain a country’s food supply by ensuring agricultural productivity and food safety. Agricultural scientists study farm crops and animals and develop ways of improving their quantity and quality. Their work involves researching and testing ways to improve crop yield, control pests and weeds more safely and effectively, and conserve soil and water.

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Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries

The agriculture sector is transforming into a modern, dynamic and competitive sector that requires trained and skilled manpower. The Third National Agricultural Policy (NAP3) is expected to increase the demand for agricultural workers by making agriculture one of the major sectors of the economy.

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Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers are highly trained professionals who fly airplanes or helicopters and work in a variety of industries. The most common is commercial pilots who transport passengers and cargo. Pilots are also engaged in jobs like crop dusting, firefighting efforts, monitoring traffic, and rescuing injured people or in emergency evacuations.

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Art & Design

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If you're creative and love to draw, paint, sculpt, write, or design, you may want to consider a career as an artist. There are many careers to consider if you want to be a full time artist. An Art & Design graduate can do almost anything involving creativity. This includes advertising, photography, animation & illustration, interior design, film & media, fashion and jewellery. Artists can look forward to setting up their own studios or work with museums, galleries, schools, advertising agencies, magazines, newspapers, and even software publishers.

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Banking & Finance

The banking and finance industry plays a crucial role in promoting and sustaining the economic growth of a country. It safeguards the interests of its customers, sells its services and encourages investments.

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Biological Scientists

Biological scientists usually conduct research in laboratories using a wide variety of equipment. They should be able to work independently or as part of a team and be able to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

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Computational Mathematics

Computational mathematics involves mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role. It involves algorithms, numerical methods, and symbolic methods. In engineering and science today, there is a trend towards the use of modern, sophisticated mathematical techniques of both computational and theoretical types.

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Computer Scientists/Technician

Computer scientists are scientist who specialises in the theory of computation and the design of computers. Computer science (academically, CS, CSC or compsci) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems.

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Computer Systems Analysts And Database Administrators

In the fast moving industry of computers and information technology, highly trained workers are necessary in designing and developing new hardware and software systems as well as to incorporate new technologies.

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Construction & Building

The construction industry is concerned with the design, building, management and maintenance of public and private properties as well as infrastructure such as power stations, expressways and airports. This industry requires manpower at craft, technical and professional levels.

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Desktop Publisher

Desktop publishers need to be meticulous with detail and have good manual dexterity. They must also be able to work independently and be adaptable and even-tempered as they often have to meet tight deadlines.

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Engineering

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Engineering is the field of applying science and mathematics to develop economical solutions that have a practical end. Their work often involves designing and inventing commercial applications that meet the needs of the industry and its consumers.

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Engineering Technician

An engineering technician is a person who has relatively practical understanding of the general theoretical principles of the specific branch of engineering in which they work.

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Fashion

As our society becomes increasingly affluent, the fashion apparel industry offers a wide range of job opportunities for individuals who are willing to take on the challenge. The fashion business stretches from designing, marketing and management to computer technology.

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Healthcare

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The healthcare industry involves people in many different professions. These include doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists, radiographers and the list goes on. An ever-increasing population means that the demand for healthcare professionals will continue to rise.

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Hotel, Beverage & Catering

Hotels form part of the tourism industry. As the number of tourists grows, more hotels are mushrooming all over the country. The hotel business can be broadly divided into the provision of rooms for visitors and provision of food and beverage (F&B) to both local people as well as visitors.

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Human Resource Management

Most of us do not really understand what Human Resource (HR) work is. Until very recently, it is one profession where no formal qualifications are required. Many HR personnel worked their way up from the ranks.

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Industrial Designer

Industrial designers are often the brains behind the clever gadgets that we simply cannot do without. They design a wide spectrum of products from household appliances to jet fighters. There are endless projects that need an industrial designer’s touch.

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Information Technology

With the advent of computers and the dawn of the ICT age, a great part of our lives and what we do are now enhanced by the use of computer technology. IT or Information Technology refers to the use of computers and telecommunication for the collection, processing, storage, packaging and circulation of information.

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Insurance

Insurance is a safety outlet that protects lives and possessions in the form of monetary compensation to anyone who suffers a loss or accident. The insurance company undertakes, in exchange for a payment or regular, fixed payments (premium) from a person to compensate a certain amount in the event of disability, loss or damage to his property, or upon his death

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Interior Designer

An interior designer puts together many aspects to bring out the best in the functionality, safety, and aesthetics of interior spaces. Their main concerns are with how different colours, textures, furniture, lighting, and space work together to meet the needs of a building’s occupants.

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Journalism / Broadcasting

In today's fast-moving society, the role of mass media increases in importance as it updates the public on the latest developments locally and around the world. Journalism provides an opportunity for those interested in current affairs to report on the latest news. Newspapers, magazines, televisions and radios are some of the media people turn to in their quest for updated news and information.

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Law

Lawyers are trained to be both advocates and solicitors. As a lawyer, you can either work privately or in partnership or opt to be in the Public Legal Service. In private practice, a lawyer can assume the position of Company Secretary or Legal Adviser to a bank or commercial firm.

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the making of goods on a large scale. It may involve the manufacturing of finished products or of components and parts to be used in the final products. The manufacturing of goods can spin off supporting industries e.g. industries producing plastic moulds and industries involved in surface treatments and packaging, thus providing plenty of job opportunities. Supporting industries can help cut down manufacturers' cost, who would otherwise have to import components and parts from overseas.

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Mass Communication

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Mass communications encompasses a variety of careers including reporters, editors, television producers, copywriters, account managers and media relations specialists.

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Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the art of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale especially to build microscopic devices (as robots). The nanotechnology field opens a wide avenue for graduates who have intention of being technologists or professional scientists.

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Optometrist

Optometrists examine people’s eyes to diagnose vision problems, such as nearsightedness and farsightedness, and are the main providers of vision care. They also test patients’ depth and color perception and ability to focus and coordinate the eyes. Optometrists may prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses, or provide other treatments such as vision therapy.

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Performing Arts (Music, Drama)

As our society becomes increasingly affluent, there is naturally more demand for quality entertainment. Those who wish to make a career out of performing arts are definitely not short of a vocation.

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Pharmacist

Pharmacy has recently become one of the most pursued fields in the health care industry. Every day, millions of people walk into pharmacies and depend on pharmacists for assistance and advice for their health care needs. Pharmacists are trusted by many people who approach them with some of the most personal health concerns.

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Public Relations Specialist

Aspiring public relation specialists should have a personality that is outgoing and confident. They should be passionate about motivating people and be able to work well in a team setting and be competitive at the same time.

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Retail / Business

Malaysia is fast becoming a shopping paradise for both the local people as well as tourists. There are all kinds of shops selling different goods and services to cater to the multifarious needs of customers. There are small shops, specialty outlets, luxury goods shops, supermarket chains, departmental stores and warehouses.

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Science & Mathematics

The technology-driven 1990s opened brand new frontiers for graduates in Science and Mathematics. The Government is making every effort to equalise, if not reverse, the 60:40 Arts to Science ratio of university graduates.

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Secretarial Work

Secretaries form a big support group for managers and administrators, both in the public and private sectors. They deal with typing and filing work, handle letters/mails and make appointments and arrangements for the people they are working for.

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Social Science / Humanities

School leavers who are about to embark on a university degree in Social Science or Humanities more often than not, faced the dilemma of not knowing what job prospects they have on completion of the course. There are in fact, many doors open to them.

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Social Science Career

The term social science itself is very wide as it touches on all areas related to “soft sciences”, that is, the scientific perspective of human behaviour. Students can major in various fields and gain employment as anthropologists, archaeologists, geographers, historians, political scientists, social scientists, sociologists and even economists and market/survey researchers. Psychologists are also ‘made’ from the study of one discipline of social science.

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Sound Engineering Technician

If you enjoy working with audio and video equipment then you may want to consider a career as a sound engineering technician. Sound engineering technicians need to have skill in working with electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems and equipment. It is also important for them to have good manual dexterity.

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Teaching

Teaching is a noble and honourable profession. It is also an increasingly challenging one as the current generation of young Malaysians is growing up with a different set of values and expectations.

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Telecommunications

Telecommunications is communication over a distance by circuits using satellite, cable, fibre optics, telegraph, telephone, telex, radio or TV. As our country advances into the new millennium, an effective and efficient telecommunications system is vital if we want to keep up with other developed countries around the world.

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