INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)

The IBM Corporation is today one of the world's largest and leading IT companies.
Worldwide, IBM operates in some 170 countries and employs more than 390,000 people.
In Malaysia, IBM was first established in June 1961 and since then, has played a major role
in delivering solutions to all types of Malaysian businesses. The company's key strengths are
its skilled and experienced IT personnel, and its worldwide infrastructure of international
offices and laboratories. IBM Malaysia is a wholly-owned onshore subsidiary of IBM World
Trade Corporation.

Over the decades, IBM Malaysia has contributed and will continue to contribute
towards assisting Malaysia achieve her vision and goals. The company will continue to
introduce state-of-the-art technologies to the marketplace, thus enabling local companies to
compete effectively both locally and globally.

In IBM Malaysia, there are a few thousand employees of diverse backgrounds and
talents serving in professional and support function roles, including regional positions. IBM
Malaysia is committed to playing a major role in cultivating the use and development of IT in
Malaysia, a mission that mirrors the Government's objective of making the country a regional
and global hub of knowledge-based industries. The company is also heavily involved in
developing local capability through a string of alliances. Its Business Partners represent IBM
in almost all the country's industry segments. Together, IBM and its Business Partners deliver
open, integrated, end-to-end solutions that help clients innovate for competitive advantage.
IBMers collaborate every day with their over 390,000 colleagues with growing networks of
clients, advocates, experts and peers and with our neighbors, local organizations and millions
of people they have never met and never will meet. This is simply how business is done in a
globally integrating economy.

In an increasingly "flat" world, Malaysian companies will need an IT partner which

offers tools that work in new ways, and professionals who understand the business and the
technology it runs on - in other words, a trusted partner that is a leader in the IT field. IBM is
that partner with more than 90 years of leadership in helping businesses globally to innovate
and be smarter.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
A Study Conducted By Eduadvisor.My Shows 32.6% Of The Fresh Graduate Population Are
Coming Out Of Technical And ICT As Their Chosen Field Of Study. As Malaysia Spears Into
The Digital Economy, How Can We Attract Non ICT Graduates Into ICT/Technical Industry?
METHODOLOGY
We used two methods to collect our data which are survey and interview. Through survey we
able to get 20 respondents whom consist of university students, fresh graduates and
employees. Our survey which we created from google doc are shared through Facebook and
Whatsapp groups.
DATA ANALYSIS

Figure 1 : Age

Based on figure 1, 30% of respondents are aged between 20 to 23 and followed by aged group 24 to
26 and others where both have equal number of respondent which are 25%. Lastly around 20% of our
respondents are in aged between 27 to 30.

Figure 2 : Sex
Based on Figure 2, majority of our respondents are male in percentage of 60 and the remaining 40%
consists of female.

Figure 3 : Current Position

As we can see in figure 3 , we can conclude that 50% of our respondents are employees, followed by
35% of respondents are university students and 20% are fresh graduates.

Figure 4: Do you think ICT will improve your daily effectiveness and quality?
Based on figure 4, majority 65% of respondent said that ICT improve their daily effectiveness and
quality which enables them to have a better life style. 20% of respondent have a natural feeling on this
statement and 15% of respondent agreed.

Figure 5 : How many ICT/Technical industry do you know ?

Based on figure 5, 55% of respondent agreed that they knew more than 8 ICT
industry in Malaysia such as IBM, Sony, Dell and so on. 25% of respondent said
they only knew 1 to 3 ICT industry and followed by 20% of respondent who knew
4 to 7 ICT industry.

Figure 6: What are ICT/Technical industry related service?

As we can see from figure 6, 85% of respondent said that Hardware and software

consultancies which provide services such as supporting and developing strategies in the
application of servers, networks and computers are related service to ICT industry followed
by 80% respondent said that Database activities include data management, data security and
data retrieval services and

Internet-based business application services include e-mail

services, Application Service Provider (ASP) services, hosting services are also related
service to ICT industry. Besides that 50% of respondent agreed that Content development
services include producing educational CD-Rom, providing on-line news and information,
and gaming software related to ICT industry.

Figure 7: What do you think about working on ICT/ Technical Industry?

Based on scale 1-5, 45% of respondent said that working in ICT industry
give a neutral feeling for them followed by 30% of respondents said its
very stressful working in ICT industry and 20% of respondent said that
stressful working in ICT industry.

Figure 8: Currently, Malaysia Has The Strengths And Capabilities In The

Following Sectors Such As Vertical ICT, Creative Multimedia & Content, ICT
Hardware And Telecommunication?
Based on figure 8, 100% of respondents said that Malaysia Has The
Strengths And Capabilities In The Following Sectors Such As Vertical ICT,
Creative Multimedia & Content, ICT Hardware And Telecommunication.

Figure 9: What Traits Attract You The Most In Ensuring You To Join In ICT/ Technical
Industry?
55% of respondent said that high salary is the main trait which attract the most in ensuring
them to join in ICT industry as we see in Figure 9. Secondly , 50% of them said that proper
training motivates them to join ICT industry followed by 40% of respondent said that good
working environment attract them to join in ICT industry.