Established 2010 Kuala Lumpur
◆ ASEAN on the Horizon  Extending the ecosystem across the region ◆ Nationwide Presence  Career fairs in every major region ◆ Where Talent Meets Opportunity  Employers, universities and graduates, connected ◆ The Nation's Talent Authority  Trusted on employability since 2010 ◆ Employer Branding  Becoming the employer every graduate aspires to join ◆ Talentbank Career Passport  The AI-native career platform, now in early access ◆ Now Open  Voting for the 2026 cohort is underway ◆ Employers' Choice Award  The universities trusted by the nation's leading employers ◆ Graduates' Choice Award  The nation's most-loved employers, chosen by graduates ◆ 90% MNCs, GLCs and Leaders  The calibre of employers we partner ◆ 50+ Career Fairs a Year  The nation's largest graduate employability ecosystem ◆ Millions of Lives  Touched through career fairs, awards and the Handbook ◆ 100+ Universities  Partnered across the higher-education ecosystem ◆ 10,000+ Employers  From MNCs and GLCs to the nation's fastest-growing firms ◆ 16 Years  Connecting the nation's talent and employers since 2010
About ♡ Pay It Forward
♡ Talentbank Foundation

Success means nothing unless it is paid forward.

Talentbank Foundation is our commitment to giving back, and Pay It Forward is its founding movement. The belief is simple: education and employment should be within reach of everyone, whatever their starting point. This is bigger than any one organisation, so we are inviting people, companies and communities to build it with us. Our CEO, Ben Ho, is championing it personally.

Be Part of the Movement →

Mentor and mentee sign-ups open soon. Register your interest →

The Movement

Opportunity should not depend on circumstance. Yet for too many graduates, the difference between a career that starts and one that stalls is simply someone who has been there before.

Pay It Forward is the movement that closes that gap. MentorXChange is the community that carries it: a community of professionals, one belief, passed from one generation to the next.

Mentors and graduates connecting through Pay It Forward
One hand reaching back for the next.
Pay It Forward · MentorXChange
How It Works

One hour can change a career.

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Join the community

Professionals from every industry raise their hands to give back. Companies and Talentbank stand behind them.

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Get matched

We connect mentors with students and graduates who need their experience most, guided by what we know about both.

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Pay it forward

Real conversations, honest guidance, doors opened. And one day, today’s mentees become tomorrow’s mentors.

Two Sides, One Purpose

Give an hour, or gain a guide.

For Mentors

You have walked the road they are about to take. An hour of your experience can save them years of wrong turns.

  • Mentor pro bono, on your schedule
  • Join the MentorXChange community
  • Shape the next generation of your industry
Mentor sign-up · Coming Soon

For Mentees

Guidance from someone who has been there, at no cost. Because your start in life should not decide your start in work.

  • Free, honest career guidance
  • Mentors matched to your path and ambitions
  • Support from people who genuinely want you to win
Mentee applications · Coming Soon
Where They Are Now

Proof that one conversation changes everything.

“My mentor saw what I could not. Two years later, I am doing the job she told me I was built for.”
Graduate · Class of 2023
“I walked in with a CV. I walked out with a direction.”
Final-Year Student
“I came to give back. I did not expect to gain this much.”
Mentor · Since 2019
“One honest conversation changed how I saw my own potential.”
Graduate · Class of 2022
“My mentor opened a door I did not know existed, then showed me how to walk through it.”
First-Generation Graduate
“I stopped chasing any job and started aiming for the right one.”
Diploma Graduate
“I mentor because someone once did the same for me. The circle keeps going.”
Mentor · Industry Professional
“I came from a small town with no network. Now I have one.”
Graduate · East Malaysia
“The guidance cost nothing, yet it was worth more than any course I had paid for.”
Recent Graduate

Voices shown are illustrative, pending consented mentee and mentor stories.

Beyond Mentoring

More ways we give back.

Mentoring is the flagship, not the whole Foundation.

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MentorXChange Community

The growing network of professionals, meetups, and shared learning that keeps the movement alive between sessions.

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Sponsored Career Access

Free access to career fairs, resources, and guidance for students who could not otherwise afford the head start.

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Community Career Clinics

Bringing career guidance beyond campuses, into the communities where it is needed most.

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Scholarships & Study Support

Helping students who want to study at a local university get there, funded by companies and individuals who believe in the cause.

Programmes beyond mentoring shown are illustrative, pending the confirmed Foundation portfolio.

For Companies

There are two ways your company can give back.

Give time

Your best people mentor the next generation, pro bono, when mentoring opens.

Give funds

Sponsor scholarships for students who want to study at a local university. Talentbank brings your support and the students who need it together, through the Talentbank Foundation.

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The best careers are built together.

Join the movement that believes experience is worth more when it is shared.

Be Part of the Movement →

Mentor and mentee sign-ups open soon.