Established 2010
16 Years  Connecting the nation's talent and employers since 2010 25,000+ Employers  From MNCs and GLCs to the nation's fastest-growing firms 100+ Universities  Partnered across the higher-education ecosystem 50+ Career Fairs a Year  With universities nationwide, where employers hire 52 Sectors  Covered by the nation's graduate hiring benchmark 1,200+ Employers Surveyed  Behind the latest Graduate Recruitment Handbook 9 Months of Fieldwork  Behind every edition of the Handbook 1,000s of Events  Delivered since 2010 Nationwide Presence  Career fairs in every major region Graduates' Choice Award  The nation's most-loved employers, chosen by graduates Employers' Choice Award  The universities trusted by the nation's leading employers 100% Student-Voted  The Graduates' Choice Award is decided by students Millions of Votes  Cast by university students since 2018 2,500+ Employers Nominated  In every Graduates' Choice Award cycle 40+ Universities  Represented in Graduates' Choice Award voting Graduate Employability Index  How employers rate Malaysia's universities Now Open  Voting for the 2026 cohort is underway 9 Editions  Of the Graduates' Choice Award, since 2018 Graduate Recruitment Handbook  Worth USD 2,100, free for employers Employer Branding  Becoming the employer every graduate aspires to join Recruitment Drives  Your own hiring day, filled with the right people Young Professional Hiring  Two to 10 years' experience, run end to end Executive Search  Senior and confidential mandates LinkedIn Talent Campaigns  Reach the exact talent you want to hire Bespoke Engagements  Built to brief and led from the top Talentbank Career Passport  Register free at talentbank.ai and reach 25,000+ employers Free to Join  Create a profile and be seen by employers Upcoming Career Fairs  See every fair ahead on the events calendar The Career Playbook  The graduate's guide to getting hired Your Work Animal  Find how you work best with the Menagerie Method Boardroom Challenge  Solve a real business problem, set by employers Graduation Keynotes  Pro bono, for your ceremonies University Partnerships  Career fairs, outcomes and industry links Corporate University  Postgraduate pathways for working professionals Annual Dinners  Planned and delivered from A to Z Team Building  Sessions your people will actually remember Menagerie Keynotes  Team sessions built on the Menagerie Method Pay It Forward  Talentbank Foundation's founding movement Game On  Monthly social sports for our community Ask Amira  Our assistant is here to help, whenever you need her The Nation's Talent Authority  Trusted on employability since 2010 ASEAN on the Horizon  Extending the ecosystem across the region Where Talent Meets Opportunity  Employers, universities and graduates, connected Millions of Lives  Touched through career fairs, awards and the Handbook
About Pay It Forward
A man at a window over Kuala Lumpur at dusk, thinking
For Professionals

The next move is rarely the obvious one.

For people two to 20 years into a career, who want to move up, move across, or prove what they can already do. We work with the market every day, so the advice is grounded in who is actually hiring.

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Where Professionals Start

Three reasons people come to us.

Most professionals arrive with one of three things in mind. Each has a different route through, and none of them requires starting over.

Advance

Study without stopping

Qualifications built around a working life.

An Executive MBA delivered with an accredited university partner, or a two-day executive course when a full programme is not realistic. Both assume you have a job to keep.

Prove

Evidence, not assertion

Certification assessed on what you can demonstrate.

IndustryCert is assessed on demonstrated performance by practising industry professionals. It is not a personality test, and it is not a certificate for turning up.

Move

Senior roles, discreetly

Mandates that are never advertised.

Executive Search is our retained practice for senior and leadership appointments. Roles reach a small number of people rather than a job board.

We will tell you when none of these is the right answer. That is worth more to us than a sale.

What Is Available

Programmes for people already in work.

Each of these runs today. Nothing here is a plan or a waiting list.

Study

Qualify while you work

Study EMBA

An Executive MBA for working professionals, delivered in partnership with an accredited university and taught by practitioner faculty.

Digital Leaders Course

A two-day executive short course on digital transformation and AI for business, built for senior people who cannot commit to a full programme.

Prove

Show what you can already do

IndustryCert

Career readiness certification, assessed on demonstrated performance by practising industry professionals rather than on a questionnaire.

Move

Your next role

Executive Search

A discreet, mandate-based practice for senior and leadership appointments. Roles are not advertised openly, so a conversation is the way in.

Give back

Put your experience to work

MentorXChange

The community that carries Pay It Forward, where professionals lend their time and experience to students and graduates. Mentoring is for those aged 18 and over.

Being Straight With You

What we will not tell you.

We will not tell you a qualification guarantees a promotion, because it does not. We will not tell you the market is kind when it is not. And where a programme is the wrong fit, we would rather say so and keep the relationship than sell you the nearest thing we have.

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Tell us the move you want to make.

Start with Amira. Describe where you are and where you want to get to, and she will put you with the right person rather than a general inbox.

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