KUALA NERUS—More than 7,000 visitors comprising students and job seekers attended the MyCareer@MOE carnival organized by the Career and Entrepreneur Centre of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.

The objectives of the event were to provide information on employment and business opportunities and to encourage graduates to venture into entrepreneurship.

Among the activities taking place were Pitch 4 Career, Career and Skills Expo, walk-in interviews, a session with the Icon of 21^st Century Learning Datuk Aznil Nawawi, and Career Talk Forum (How to Market Yourself).

UMT Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation Prof. Dr Mazlan Abd Ghaffar said the carnival was intended to provide exposure to UMT students on event organization and management.

“The carnival functions as a medium for sharing expertise and experience. In addition, it helps job seekers to find employment and increases graduates’ employability. Also, it creates opportunities for strategic partnership between university and agencies,” he said.

“The event was also intended to reduce the rate of unemployment among graduates,” he added.

“In addition, we also offered skill-enhancement programmes to the those who would like to earn additional income,” he said.

He added that entrepreneurship programmes were also held during the carnival in conjunction with the Entrepreneurship month.

“We set up Shopee Digital Marketing Class, Biz Idea, and Food Cart Business Pitching. UMT constantly encourages its graduates to venture into entrepreneurship and not merely become job seekers,” he said.

The two-day carnival that ended on 13 Oct. also received participation from JobsMalaysia, the Department of Skills Development (Eastern Region), Terengganu Certified Skills Centre Alliance, and Career Cube.

Also present at the carnival were Director-General of Higher Education Datuk Ir. Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir and UMT principal officers.

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