Nurturing leaders of tomorrow
GRACE Chong Ting Hui found her calling at SEGi. Inspired by her parents’ positive mindset, she chose to pursue a study path in business and has never looked back.
Now, she is a promising education executive of the University of Sunderland (UoS) South East Asia Regional – a proud testament of SEGi’s capacity-building potential.
The 24-year-old business alumni attributes her success to a simple recipe of confidence, patience and strong determination – a much-needed combination in the fast-paced changes of a highly competitive business world.
“Whenever I have the slightest urge to give up, I try to learn from the experience, analyse the problem, express my feelings and move forward. I’ve learnt to be independent, let things go and live my life without caring too much about others’ judgment,” said Chong, urging other students to learn to do the same in order to prepare for the workplace.
According to the 2017 TalentCorp (Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad) Report, there is an urgent need to develop a highskill, future-ready Malaysian workforce to transform the nation into a global and dynamic, market-oriented talent hub by attracting, nurturing and retaining the right expertise to spur economic growth.
Employers often point out that the current education system teaches yesterday’s skills to tomorrow’s graduates. Having hard knowledge of business know-how is not enough. In fact, there is growing concern over job applicants’ lack of soft skills such as interpersonal, communication and analytical problemsolving abilities.
Recognising the gap in the market, SEGi empowers graduates through its curriculum, helping them to stand out and excel in their chosen career. The quality education provided is benchmarked with top-notch world institutions and the curriculum is constantly reviewed to ensure relevance with the rapidly changing industry demands with the help of esteemed industry advisers.
Sharing her take on future in-demand business skills, Chong emphasises the need to also develop social skills, patience and determination: “In this digital era, young adults have developed an impatient attribute, which affects their decisionmaking process. They want everything fast and tend to be impulsive, giving up on their goals easily. With no determination or patience, it will be quite difficult to achieve anything.
“Most young people now lack communication skills as they hide too much behind monitors and screens and have forgotten how to communicate in real life. Without communication skills, business students would not be able to perform operations such as closing sales and performing competitor analysis,” she adds, complimenting the nurturing years at SEGi, which enabled her to easily blend into the corporate world as a team player.
The holistic industry-driven syllabus offered provides students with a platform to compete in every aspect of the business domain and rise as future business leaders.
SEGi College Subang Jaya Faculty of Business and Accountancy head Koh Yoke Ling said students are equipped with global business leadership traits through experiential and service learning.
“Tapping into the needs of today’s market, students harness their potential as business leaders through exposure to real-life projects, practicing analysis of consumer behaviour.
“To further boost business leadership traits, SEGi entrepreneurship clubs such as the UoS Entrepreneur Club hone creativity and leadership skills while inculcating team spirit and a sense of commitment in their activities and community engagements,” said Koh.
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