According to Randstand, the information technology
(IT) sector in Malaysia continues to see robust growth. There is an increase in hiring trends especially
from business process outsourcing (BPO), shared services centres,
software development companies, banking and IT consulting companies. The top four key hiring areas were software engineers, business
development managers, project managers and regional sales managers. While much of the hiring activity is taking place at the junior to
mid level, Malaysia is experiencing a shortage of senior level IT
professionals, with some professionals being offered a 50% increase in
salary levels as an incentive to join these firms.
The talent shortage is being overcome by bringing in professionals from countries such as from India, Philippines, Europe and Singapore and this is something which employers have been considering. Skills and experience required for roles in IT for software engineers, employers are looking for strong programming knowledge in a variety of languages. With enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and an influx of data centres and shared services centres, infrastructure engineer requirements are on the rise to support IT help desks and set up networks.
In IT sales roles, employers want candidates with both a sound technical knowledge and strong customer relations experience.
Skills required for software engineers:
As this is inherently a sales role, candidates should be customer focused, target-oriented professionals with marketing, pre-sales and relationship management experience, coupled with good overall IT knowledge and some technical background.
Project managers For project managers, it is critical that they have industry or sector experience in infrastructure, data centre management, telecommunication, banking and finance, insurance, retail and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG); backed by an in-depth knowledge of .Net, Java, SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft technologies.
Project managers should have a strong customer relationship focus and stakeholder management experience, as well as a good track record of meeting project deadlines.
Regional sales managers are usually employed by IT consulting firms in outsourcing, consulting or software solutions sales. Malaysian candidates at this level are rare and businesses have been tapping foreign talent to fill these positions.
Regardless of position, employers increasingly say they want evidence of the following soft skills in potential employees — emotional intelligence, communication and interpersonal skills, team work and team management abilities. Businesses also emphasise that having the right attitude is often more important than technical skills.
According to Malaysian Technoprenuers Association (MTA), Malaysia has a shortage of around 2,000 Information Technology and Communication (ICT) professionals in the sector each year, forcing the sector to hire professionals from abroad. MTA president Aziz Ismail said in an interview that between 1,000 to 2,000 ICT professionals are hired from countries like Singapore, India and Vietnam, to meet the demand each year. "Among reasons for the situation is because local ICT graduates do not meet the requirements needed by the industry," he told reporters after the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) CEO Roundtable 2012. Chief Executive Officers (CEO) from 10 industries and organisations from Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore took part in the round table conference to exchange views on strengthening academic programmes, promoting study products and fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship among students of UTeM. Aziz said tasks such as programming and content supply needed many experts because the progress of current technology was more prone towards software demand compared with hardware. He said TeAM had implemented a cooperation with institutions of higher learning (IPT) in the country, including UTeM, to ensure ICT graduates produced, met the current industrial market needs and expectations.
Source: Randstand
The talent shortage is being overcome by bringing in professionals from countries such as from India, Philippines, Europe and Singapore and this is something which employers have been considering. Skills and experience required for roles in IT for software engineers, employers are looking for strong programming knowledge in a variety of languages. With enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and an influx of data centres and shared services centres, infrastructure engineer requirements are on the rise to support IT help desks and set up networks.
In IT sales roles, employers want candidates with both a sound technical knowledge and strong customer relations experience.
Skills required for software engineers:
- .Net Technology (ASP.Net, VB.Net & C#)
- Java & J2EE Technology (Java, J2EE, EJB, JMS, Java Beans)
- C++ / C Technology / Software QA Tester (both manual and automation testing)
- DBA (Oracle & MS-SQL DBA)
- Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Technology (ETL, Informatica, Cognos, Hyperion)
- Mainframe Technology (IBM Mainframe, AS/400, Cobol)
- SAP
- Oracle
- PeopleSoft
- JD Edwards
As this is inherently a sales role, candidates should be customer focused, target-oriented professionals with marketing, pre-sales and relationship management experience, coupled with good overall IT knowledge and some technical background.
Project managers For project managers, it is critical that they have industry or sector experience in infrastructure, data centre management, telecommunication, banking and finance, insurance, retail and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG); backed by an in-depth knowledge of .Net, Java, SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft technologies.
Project managers should have a strong customer relationship focus and stakeholder management experience, as well as a good track record of meeting project deadlines.
Regional sales managers are usually employed by IT consulting firms in outsourcing, consulting or software solutions sales. Malaysian candidates at this level are rare and businesses have been tapping foreign talent to fill these positions.
Regardless of position, employers increasingly say they want evidence of the following soft skills in potential employees — emotional intelligence, communication and interpersonal skills, team work and team management abilities. Businesses also emphasise that having the right attitude is often more important than technical skills.
According to Malaysian Technoprenuers Association (MTA), Malaysia has a shortage of around 2,000 Information Technology and Communication (ICT) professionals in the sector each year, forcing the sector to hire professionals from abroad. MTA president Aziz Ismail said in an interview that between 1,000 to 2,000 ICT professionals are hired from countries like Singapore, India and Vietnam, to meet the demand each year. "Among reasons for the situation is because local ICT graduates do not meet the requirements needed by the industry," he told reporters after the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) CEO Roundtable 2012. Chief Executive Officers (CEO) from 10 industries and organisations from Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore took part in the round table conference to exchange views on strengthening academic programmes, promoting study products and fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship among students of UTeM. Aziz said tasks such as programming and content supply needed many experts because the progress of current technology was more prone towards software demand compared with hardware. He said TeAM had implemented a cooperation with institutions of higher learning (IPT) in the country, including UTeM, to ensure ICT graduates produced, met the current industrial market needs and expectations.
Source: Randstand
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