JobStreet English Language Assessment (JobStreet ELA)

From this evening onwards, JobStreet.com users in Malaysia will be able to find a link within the "Career Enhancer" of your MyJobStreet account, and you will be able to reach to JobStreet English Language Assessment (JobStreet ELA) .

You can do as many practice as you want, to test the level of your English Language and hopefully can improve on your English language.

And from there, you can take the assessment, where you will know how you fare compared to your peers and also have your score to impress on the recruiters/employers. Do practice first before taking the assessment, as you would only be able to take the assessment once in 3 months.

Good Luck!

Check it out at here .

ZDNet Asia IT Salary Benchmark 2009

ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between October 2008 and May 2009, to gain insights into salary trends and the IT workforce across Asia.

The study polled a total of 21,627 respondents from various sectors including government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, and across eight Asian economies: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

In this year's salary benchmarks, IT professionals in Hong Kong again led the pack, commanding the highest average annual salary of US$66,140. Their peers in Singapore and Thailand ranked in second and third, drawing annual paychecks of US$45,341 and US$20,154, respectively.

For the full details, go to here .

Click here for the details for each particular country.

ZDNet Asia - China IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - Hong Kong IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - India IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - Indonesia IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - Malaysia IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - Philippines IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - Singapore IT Salary Benchmark 2009
ZDNet Asia - Thailand IT Salary Benchmark 2009

Malaysia IT Salary Benchmark

ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between October 2008 and May 2009, to gain insights into salary trends and IT workforce across Asia.

The study polled a total of 21,627 respondents from various sectors including government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, and across eight Asian economies: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Some 2,722 respondents were from Malaysia, holding full-time positions with job functions that cut across several areas such as systems development, project management and support.

In addition, 154 respondents from the country were either contract or independent consultants, while another 15 held part-time positions, working fewer than 28 hours a week.

Respondents who held IT management responsibilities in the IT, Web and telecommunications industry were the highest paid among their peers in Malaysia, pulling in an average salary of 102,280 ringgit a year.

For the details, do click here .

UNESCO/KEIZO OBUCHI Research Fellowship Programme

UNESCO/KEIZO OBUCHI RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAMME: CYCLE 2010: JAPAN FUNDS-IN-TRUST PROJECT quoted from here .

Fellowships are being offered for the following research activities:-

Environment-particular emphasis on Water Sciences
Intercultural Dialgoue
Information & Communication Technologies
Peaceful Conflict Resolution

For further information, please kindly refer to here.

To those who are interested, do submit your full information to Bahagian Dasar dan Antarabangsa, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia through faks or
email on or before 16th November 2009.

Surveys on Working Abroad

If you are interested to work abroad, do participate in this survey, where you get to share on your inclination to work abroad.

Check it out at here .