“I think that JomKerja@NCER and NCER Talent Enhancement Programme (NTEP) are good efforts from the government to help entice corporations to look at fresh graduates as well as retrenched workers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Feedback from Mr. Shankar, Vice President of Clarivate GBC, Pulau Pinang about the programme. JomKerja@NCER is implemented to support companies and businesses that are exploring to employ human resources, or those investing and expanding in NCER. NTEP is to help create job opportunities for Malaysian youths, unemployed graduates, and retrenched workers. Through these programmes, participants receive high-quality work and soft skills training to enhance their competitiveness; while participating companies receive incentives and readily available talents.

“Program ini sangat bagus terutamanya dalam memberikan latihan dan tunjuk ajar bagaimana untuk menjadi usahawan pertanian yang berjaya.” Tonton video maklumbalas oleh peserta-peserta di syarikat Manjung Naluri Sdn Bhd (Perak) mengenai program JomKerja@NCER.

"Collaborating with NCER has indeed helped with our business growth during the crisis. We welcome the assistance in preparing fresh graduates via a series of training and mentorship programmes at their respective job sites. This would greatly help to produce holistic future leaders in the various industries” - Ms Koay Lin Lin, Chief Finance Officer of Greatech Technology Bhd, Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang on the NCER JomKerja programme.

"Collaborating with NCER has indeed helped with our business growth during the crisis. We welcome the assistance in preparing fresh graduates via a series of training and mentorship programmes at their respective job sites. This would greatly help to produce holistic future leaders in the various industries” - Ms Koay Lin Lin, Chief Finance Officer of Greatech Technology Bhd, Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang on the NCER JomKerja programme.

“JomKerja@NCER is part of initiatives of trying to get people back into workforce.” Feedback from Mr Nigel Fisher, General Manager Angsana Hotel, Teluk Bahang, Pulau Pinang about the programme. JomKerja@NCER programme is implemented to support companies and businesses that are exploring to employ human resources or those investing and expanding in NCER.

DUB@NCER diwujudkan sebagai tipping point kepada inisiatif pelaburan swasta Bumiputera di NCER untuk memberi sokongan kepada syarikat-syarikat bumiputera di dalam bentuk bantuan kewangan agar lebih berdaya saing dan menjadi pemangkin kepada pelaksanaan projek-projek.

The government recognises the role of mothers as the main pillar of the family and the community as a whole. Mothers play a pivotal role, not only in educating and raising children, but they also often hold the responsibility of managing family finances.

The empowerNCER programme was designed to enhance the skills of the locals to enable them to compete and seize the economic opportunities created in NCER.

Malaysia’s graduate unemployment rate in 2018 fell slightly to 3.9% from 4% in 2017, with a total of 162,000 unemployed graduates. NCER alone recorded 14,300 unemployed graduates, with Perak and Perlis recording the highest percentage rate.