TalentCorp Visits UofT Again

On Saturday, October 18, 2014, the TalentCorp Students MY team visited UofT to engage with the Malaysian student population here in the University. The last time TalentCorp visited UofT was back in 2012, and we were thrilled when they gracefully agreed to drop by UofT once again.

Dress to impress.

 This time around, in addition to the regular networking dinner, the TalentCorp team had two other events - the Mock Interview and Dragon's Den. The Mock Interview was a platform for interested students to polish their resumés and  interview skills by being placed in interview mode by the TalentCorp team. The Dragon's Den was an opportunity for students to pitch for projects that will benefit them and the community professionally, where successful projects will be funded by TalentCorp all the way till its execution.

We had two participants each for both the Mock Interview and Dragon's Den, and approximately 45 attendees filling up MP103 to listen to the presentation from TalentCorp's Ms. Yazmin Azman. The two-hour presentation felt rather short, mainly attributed to Ms. Yazmin's unique way of engaging with the audience. Many attendees, when asked after the session, felt that the session was very beneficial and corrected their perceptions and understanding of TalentCorp and what they do.

Zahir and Anas pitching their ideas during Dragon's Den session. 

Of course, an event is considered un-Malaysian if it is missing one important thing - you guessed it - food. Due to the generosity of TalentCorp and Uncle Howard of Restoran Malaysia, attendees were served with authentic Malaysian food such as Nasi Goreng, Mee Goreng, Rendang Ayam, Sambal Ikan, Kerabu Timun, and not forgetting Air Sirap. There was so much food that President Fathuddin had to send out an announcement asking Malaysians within the vicinity to come with their food containers to tapau the leftovers.

MASAT expresses their utmost gratitude to Ms. Yazmin and Ms. Amirah of TalentCorp for their visit to UofT, and we hope to host them again next year.