28th May 2023 – JOHOR BAHRU – PGSS FCE was pleased to conduct the online structure course with the given title “Postgraduate Opportunities In The Industry Post-Pandemic” on 28th May 2023 through Cisco Webex platform given talk by Dr Chin Chee Loong. This program wasopen to all UTM students and outsiders. A total of 60 students participated in this structured course.

The Cisco Webex meeting opened at 2.15pm for participants to log in, and the opening ceremony was conducted at 2.30pm. After the moderator finished the speaker introduction, this session was handed to the speaker at 2.40pm. The speaker started the presentation by introducing his experience and academic background. In short, this course gave insight to postgraduate students on preparing themselves in the industry after they graduate. The sharing session was conducted till 4.10pm, followed by the Q&A session.

The speaker also had some poll questions for participants throughout the presentation to keep the session interesting and vice versa communication.The speaker able to clear all the doubts that arised from the participants. The Q&A session ends at 4.30pm. The closing ceremony was conducted after the end of the photo session, and the program ended at 4.30pm. Positive comments were received from the feedback form.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

1. A guide to navigating the graduate job market post-pandemic.
2. The goal is to identify and address the skills gap
3. Determine the development of postgraduate work readiness skills and employability skills.