Representatives from Curtin Sarawak and Intel Penang.
MIRI: Six engineering students of Curtin University Sarawak were immediately offered employment by Intel Penang after a recent career talk by the company hosted by the university’s Department of University Life.
The students included postgraduate student Chua Shin Cheng, alumni Chong Ping Ting and fourth-year students Koh Huey Ying, Jason Ha Heck Teck, Chai Kah Hieng and Kiew Suk Qin.
Curtin Sarawak yesterday said the students will soon be joining the Intel Graduate Training Programme (GTP).
Intel HR talent acquisition team members Hoe Kah Wai and Eunice Ch’ng who represented Invest Penang were among the eight-member recruitment team.
During the talk, Ch’ng briefed the participants on the development of industries in Penang.
She stated that industry players there are always on the lookout for talented individuals who can help them advance.
The recruitment team also held a sharing session during which the six students were shortlisted for interviews and subsequently offered employment with the company.
According to ECE Department and the Faculty of Engineering senior lecturer and Science’s chair of Industrial and External Relations Dr Garenth Lim King Hann, Intel Penang has expressed a keen interest in hiring more engineering graduates from Curtin Sarawak in the future, particularly those with electrical power engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, microelectronics, accounting and finance backgrounds.
ECE Department head Associate Professor Zhuquan Zang remarked that Curtin Sarawak ECE graduates are in great demand, adding that the Electrical and Computer Engineering course at Curtin Sarawak is reviewed together with industry partners twice a year to ensure it meets their needs.
“I am very pleased that the university produces graduates that are up to the expectations of the industries. This also motivates our academic staff to continuously improve their teaching and learning profiles,” he said.