This document outlines an individual's career journey from 1997 to present. It begins with their current role as the Director/Principal Consultant of Connecsys Sdn Bhd since 2012. Prior to this, from 2004-2012 they held several roles related to energy efficiency at government organizations. From 1997-2004 they worked as an energy efficiency consultant for consulting firms. The document provides details on qualifications, training, and experiences in areas such as energy management, policy studies, and capacity building programs. It also lists involvement in various media outlets, workshops, and conferences as a speaker and expert in the energy efficiency field.

3. CONSULTANT/ PRACTITIONER
REGULATOR/
POLICY MAKER IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CONSULTANT/
INDUSTRY PLAYER
1997-2004
2004-2012
2012-present
MY CAREER…THE JOURNEY

4. 2012-present
 Director/Principal Consultant, Connecsys Sdn Bhd , CNS
Group of Companies
 Committee member, MAESCO(2012-2014)
2004-2012
 Head the Demand Side Management, Energy Commission
 Head, EPP9 Project- NKEA OGE,ETP ,KeTTHA
 Director of Energy Efficiency, SEDA Malaysia
1997-2004
 Energy efficiency (EE) consultants with local and
multinational consulting firms, Facilities administrator with an
international Integrated Facilities Management Company

5.  Certified Competent EnMS Expert,
UNIDO
 Registered Electrical Energy
Manager, Energy Commission
 Certified Trainer, HRDF
 Registered ISO50001 Technical
Auditor with Certification Bodies
 Registered Consultant, Asian
Development Bank
 Member of Board of Judges,
Asean Energy Awards 2011
 Expert Facilitator for EE Policy
Workshop, IEA 2012
 EE Policy Studies & strategic
implementation plan for national
& state levels
 Expert trainer & speaker for
energy management training,
seminars and conferences at
local & international programs
 EE Capacity Development
Program Designs
 EnMS development &
implementation , energy audit &
business case proposal
preparation & presentation
 REEM Coaching for qualified
professionals/EE practitioners

16. AS A PANELIST FOR LIVE SHOWS AT TV STATIONS

17. Johor FM
Sabah FM
Pahang FM
Melaka FM Mutiara FM, Penang
Negeri FM
AT RADIO STATIONS

18. As a guest columnist in THE HEAT weekly newspaper

19. As a guest columnist in GREEN+, green magazine

20. IN PRINTED & ONLINE MEDIA NEWS

23.  To expose & to create the awareness on
to the importance of early career
planning
 Must start at the school level!

24. Time Topic
Duration
(Mins)
Activities
8.30 a.m Introduction & Objectives 15
Interactive
session
8.45 a.m
Overview Of Current Career Market
Scenario & Basic Requirements
75 Lecture &
interactive
session
10.00a.m Interest & goal assessment 30
10.30 a.m Break 15
10.45 a.m Preliminary goals setting 60 Workshop
11.45 a.m Initiate & write a career plan 60 Workshop
12.45 p.m Commitment setting & final tips 15 Discussion, Q&A
1.00 p.m End of Workshop

25. At the end of the workshop, participants would be
able:
 To explain current key requirements in career
market in Malaysia
 To explain key factors as a successful student &
key requirements for successful career
 To conduct assessment on personal interests &
skills for preliminary career goal setting
 To discuss & prepare a personal career plan

28. KUALA LUMPUR, 23 September 2013- According
to a recent JobStreet.com survey, employers
are increasingly looking beyond academic
results when it comes to hiring fresh graduates.
The NUMBER ONE deciding factor is
GOOD INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION SKILLS…and followed by
A GOOD COMMAND OF ENGLISH and the right
salary expectation.

29. Note: A total of 1,019 JobStreet.com clients, managers
and senior managers across various industries in
Malaysia participated in this survey conducted in July
2013

30. In November 2011, a
Jobstreet poll of human
resource managers found
that more than 50 per
cent of respondents said
they were unable to hire
the graduates because of
"poor communication
skills and a notably lack
of command of the
English language".

46. Career :
Life long learning
Tertiary Education:
College/University
PRIMARY &
SECONDARY
EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Lessertimetoprepare&freedomtochoose
Foundation
Building & confirming
targets
Leading & exploring the fullest
potentials

47.  S - Self-discipline
 U - Ungrudging
 C - Commitment
 C - Consistency
 E - Excellence
 S - Supports
 S - Sacrifice
 B - Berdisiplin
 E - Elok Akhlak
 R - Rajin
 J -Jatidiri
 A - Akal
 Y - Yakin
 A - Amal
SUCCESS
BERJAYA

48.  Strong academic qualifications?
or
 Excellent soft skills?

49. Academic
qualifications
Soft skills
Measurable from
exam results
Seen from
characters &
attitude
FAITH = IMAN

50. 1. Good
communication
 essential in ANY field
› Flexibility to
communicate with
a range of
different
audiences

51. 2. Strong leadership
 The ability to truly inspire &
instil confidence is at the
heart of all good leadership
 Some are naturally talented
leaders
 Some are developed &
sharpened through practice
,training & development
programmes.

52. 3. Later thinking
 In any career lateral
thinking & problem-
solving skills will
always be beneficial
to find innovative,
creative solutions to
problems.

53. 4. Key influencer
 The ability to talk &
negotiate with people at
all levels to forge
productive relationships &
effectively present ideas
& opinions

57.  http://www.educationplanner.org/students/se
lf-assessments/index.shtml

59. Realistic
Investigative
Artistic
Social
Enterprising
Conventional

60. Realistic
 Practical, hands-on problems
& solutions
 Deal with plants, animals
&real-world materials like
wood, tools &machinery
 Outdoor & less paperwork /
working closely with others
Investigative
 Working with ideas
 Require an extensive
amount of thinking
 Searching for facts &
figuring out problems
mentally
Social
 Working with,
communicating with &
teaching people
 Helping or providing
service to others
Example?

61. Enterprising
 Starting up & carrying out
projects
 Leading people and making
many decisions.
 Sometime require risk taking &
often deal with business.
Conventional
 Involve following set procedures
and routines
 Working with data & details more
than with ideas
 A clear line of authority to follow
Artistic
 Involve working with forms,
designs & patterns
 Require self-expression
 Works can be done without
following a clear set of rules.
Example?

62.  What do you like to do?
 Think about experiences
you have enjoyed?
 What kind of school,
religious, social, or sports
activities do you like?
 Make a list of 5
activities you have
enjoyed doing in the
past 2-3 years

63. › Think about what you
liked about the
activities?
› What challenges did
the activities offer?
› What skills do you
need to develop
further to continue in
those activities?

64. Evaluate school,
volunteer, work, or leisure
experiences
Make a list of your school
activities
 Clubs/associations
which you joined
Make a list of any
volunteer work you have
done
 Social, civic/religious
organizations

65.  http://www.educationplanner.org/stude
nts/career-planning/find-
careers/careers.shtml

67.  http://www.educationplanner.org/students/
career-planning/find-careers/career-
clusters.shtml

71. Good Study
Habits Good Results
Good & More
CAREER
Options
GOOD LIFE!
...and UNFORTUNATELY there is no single formula for a SUCCESSFUL CAREER but still the
best thing to do is PLAN and WORK HARD that will keep us ON TRACK.
GIVE YOUR BEST SHOT!
CAREER
Employee
Employer/
Entrepreneur
What do you love or what do you have to?

76.  Everyone is born to be successful but our
actions determine the final destination
that we will reach
Here we
are today!
Future & challenges
beyond…
The route : Education, skills & best efforts
The challenges & risks
Supports & assistance

77.  No matter what you
dream of doing with
your life…
…. preparing yourself for
life (and most likely
education) after
SECONDARY school is
IMPORTANT!

78.  Your school years may be
the most exciting &
important ones
 You have lots of choices to
make about what you
study

79. Important to know
that the choices
you make for
each year you are
in at school - will
affect the choices
you'll have for the
rest of your life

80.  No matter what you dream of
doing with your life, preparing
yourself for more education
beyond high school is your wisest
plan right now
 Whether or not you go on to a
college, university, career or
technical school, the information
& skills you learn in your
secondary school classes will
always be useful in the world of
work

83. http://apps.moe.gov.my/permohonan_matrikulasi/min_o.cfm

84. http://www.pendidikanmalaysia.com/2013/09/syarat-memohon-biasiswa-JPA-PIDN.html

85. http://educationsponsorship.petronas.com.my/

86. http://scholarships.index.my/

88.  The strategy for success
in both school , university
& at work
› What do you want?
› What you are doing?
› Where you are at the
moment?
 At every class &
assignment
› focus on that class
› that assignment
› that grade
 Don’t let your attention
be diluted with outside
interests until your
schoolwork is
completed!

89.  Education is your utmost & #1 priority at this
time in your life
 All decisions & activities must be made
around that priority

90.  Get enough sleep &
eat a balanced diet
 Stay healthy,and you
will do better in school
 Junk food, smoking,
doing drugs, & staying
up all night do not
create a successful
person!
 Take care of you. Your
success depends on it!
X

91.  Go to all classes all the
time
› Skipping class is the
best way to fail
 Attend every class &
be a part of each one
 Ask questions &discuss
class material with
other students
 It’s your education…so
be a part of it, and
strive to be good at it!

92. At school
1. ……………………
2. ……………………
3. ……………………
 At home
1. ……………………
2. ……………………
3. ……………………

93. SECONDARY SCHOOL
PRE-U
GRADUATION
UNIVERSITY

96. Your journey to be successful or
to fail has started yesterday

97. Assess your
skills &
interest
Research
careers
Develop your
career plan
Start to act
based on your
plan
Review your
plan
Periodically

98.  Type of career & interest
 Identify requirements from working world
› Academic
› Skills
› Others

99.  Identify routes/ways to get there
› Normal (by application)
› Others (by being in touch with the field
through academic/non-academic activities)
 Identify personal strengths & weaknesses
› Enhance the strengths
› Overcome weaknesses

100. Strong academic
qualifications may get
you to the interview
stage, they may not
always get you the
place or job that you
wanted!

101.  Determine the relationship between skills
& interests with possible careers
 Once you have found a career that
matches your interests & skills…
….you are ready to develop a career plan

102.  School counsellor,
teachers/principal…
….will have the answers
or know someone who
does to many
questions about
education after the
school
 Your family & relatives
often have good
information
Do not hesitate to ask as many questions as necessary to
obtain all the information you need!

103. YOU
WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO
BE?
With all of the career
possibilities available -
HOW DO YOU MAKE A
DECISION?
Once you know what
career path you want
to follow, HOW DO YOU
GET THERE?

104.  A career plan helps
you to
› determine your skills
& interests
› what career best
suits your talents
› what qualifications,
skills & training you
need for your
chosen career.
 With a plan
› you can FOCUS on
what you want to do
& how to get there

105. Let’s prepare your career plan
today…

106. •More clearly on
possibilities available as
you move forward
Help you
to focus
•What do you want
•Field that you want
SPECIFIC
JOB/FIELD

107. › A career goal may help you discover
career possibilities you wouldn't have
thought of otherwise
› There are several job possibilities with
any chosen career
› A career goal can also guide you into
doing what you want with your life

108.  Determine what you
need to do to
prepare for your
chosen career
› Do you need special skills
or training?
 If so, find out where &
how can you gain it
› Determine what kind of
experience will you need
to be successful in the
career
 Consider an option as a
way to get work
experience in the
career field

109. Write it nicely since it will
become the most
important paper for you to
refer from today to achieve
you dream career!

111.  CAREER GOAL
 QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
 CURRENT PERFORMANCES,SKILLS POSSESSED &
RELEVANT ACTIVITIES INVOLVED
 TARGETED PERFORMANCES & SKILLS NEEDED
 SUITABLE & POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO TAKE

112. Career goal
 I WANT to become a
…………………………………………
…………………………………………
…………………………………………
…………………………………………

113. Requirements
 Academic:
……………………………....
……………………………….
 Oral & Writing Skills
……………………………....
……………………………....
……………………………….
……………………………….
 Soft skills:
………………………………
………………………………
………………………………
………………………………

114.  Academic Results:
…………………………........
…........................................
……………………………….
 Skills possessed:
…………………………........
…........................................
 Extra curriculum
activities:
…………………….....
………………………..
………………………..
……………………….
 Sport activities:
………………………..
………………………..
…………………………

115.  Other requirement:
› ………………………
………………………
………………………
………………………
………………………
Qualification:
 Bachelor
degree/diploma/
certificate/license in
………………………….............
…………………………………..
…………………………………..
 Competent skills in
……………………………………
……………………………………
……………………………………

116. Form 1-3 Form 4-5
Form 6/ Pre-
U/others
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………
……………………

117. Form 1-3 Form 4-5
UKM
Matriculation
UKM
DOCTOR
(Parent’s
wish)
• Study
hard
DOCTOR &
ENGINEERING
• Had some
advices
• Still
undecided
DOCTOR
(Parent’s
wish)
• Study
hard
ENGINEERING
• Made my
decision
• Started
acquiring
soft skills
intensively
MISSED MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE EARLY
PLANNING & ACQUIRING NECESSARY SKILLS TO
BE MUCH BETTER PREPARED FOR MY CAREER

119.  At school
› In classes
› Non academic activities-
sports, clubs, uniformed bodies
 At home
› Time management
› Improve in language
communication
› Self discipline
 During school holidays
› Visit related places/events
› Enroll in relevant
courses/activities
While socializing with
relatives, friends &
others

120.  Knowledge need
to be updated
 Experiences that
need to be
gained
 Skills need to be
built & polished

121.  Knowledge
› Field of interest
› Formal/communication
ethics
 Communication
› Writing
 Vocabulary and grammar
 Effective writing techniques
› Oral
 Conversation
 Language proficiency
 Public
speaking/presentation
capability
 Appearance
› Physical
› Attire

122.  It’s common to feel low in self confidence or
inferiority complex…but

123.  Decide milestones , timeline &
frequency to review – every 6
months/yearly
 Record evaluate your
performances & achievements
› Academic
› Co curriculum activities
› Soft skills
 Check against your plan & targets
 Discuss with family/teachers/good
friends to review plan based on
checked performance for
improvement

125. NOW…
 Show your career plan
 Read it the person closest
to you
 Promise to yourself that
you will act based on the
plan by SAYING “ THIS IS
MY CAREER PLAN. I WILL
DO IT, I CAN DO IT AND I
WANT TO DO IT!” VERY
LOUDLY
 Put your signature at plan
and get someone to sign
it as your witness
AT HOME/YOUR ROOM…
 Show it to your
parent/closest person to
you
 Put the plan at the most
visible location to you
everyday

126.  You are what you DID YESTERDAY and
will be based on what you DO TODAY.
 More RIGHT things you DO TODAY, the
STRONGER foundation you will build for
your FUTURE.

128.  All of them
faced
challenges,
failed and
working very
hard with
discipline to be
where there
are today.
 YOU CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL
TOO!

129.  It’s been a pleasure
sharing with you today!
 SEMOGA BERJAYA!
MASA DEPAN ANDA
BERGANTUNG KEPADA
TINDAKAN-TINDAKAN
ANDA SENDIRI PADA HARI
INI
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