BULLETIN_Week 1

A NEW BEGINNING:
GEMS REGISTRATION DAY

Khazanah Nasional Berhad together with Career Excell and Irshad HR Consultant conducted the Graduation Employability Management Scheme (GEMS) program which began in several places. In the southern region the GEMS was held at Desaru Golden Beach Hotel.

The program which will be conducted for two and a half month received a very good response from graduates. About 217 participants registered on that day started from 2.30 until 5.30pm at the hotel lobby.

During the registration, participants were given a program kit containing the schedule for the whole program.

The overall registration process was smooth. To all participants, we welcome you to this program and we hope that you will be succeed throughout this program.

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GET TO KNOW:
WHO'S WHO AT DESARU

A brief introduction about the GEMS program was held at 8.30 pm in Bestari Hall involving all the GEMS participants as well as the GEMS and Desaru Golden Beach Hotel (DGBH) staff.

Mr. Azahari Ahmad, the site’s program manager was the speaker on that night. He gave some ideas of what GEMS is and the people behind it. Col. Mohd Jamal Salleh, the General Manager of DGBH. He introduced his staff to the participants including Mr Abdul Hamid, the security officer who then gave a talk about the security measures at the hotel.





Right after the briefing ended, the participants were divided into eight groups. Each group was given tasks to select the Board of Directors, to create the company’s vision, mission, logo and the motto.

The session gave a chance for the participants to get to know the people behind the program and also to know each other.

GEMS OPENING CEREMONY

The opening ceremony of GEMS program was held at Bestari Hall, Desaru Golden Beach Resort.

The ceremony began at 9.30a.m. Present at the ceremony was Pn. Fazlinda Kassim, the GEMS Project Manager of Khazanah Nasional; Tn. Hj Ahmad Raji Yaakub, CEO’s Irshad HR Consulting; En. Hasnee Mohammed, Vice president of Strategic Human Capital Management of Khazanah Nasional and En. Mohd Razali Abdul Rashid, Project Manager of GEMS DGB01.

The program was officially launched by Pn. Fazlinda in a simple yet memorable ceremony. In her speech she thanks to all participants who came from near and far to gain knowledge from the program. She also hoped that at the end of the eight and a half month in-house training and attachment program, all participants will acquire all the necessary skills to compete in the job market.

After the official launch, all participants, led by Mohd Helmi, wholeheartedly declared their oath to participate in all of the programme’s activities and promise to abide with all the rules and regulations as stipulated. The ceremony ended with all participants singing the GEMS song. The singing was so energetic that even Tn. Hj. Ahmad Raji gave his thumbs up.

Before the guests of honour left the venue, they were invited to have a photography session with all GEMS participants. Although the outside weather was hot, the participants gave their cooperation and were excited to have their picture taken.

MANUAL BRIEFING

Participants were then invited to attend the manual briefing session. At the session, Tn. Hj. Ahmad Raji gave the briefing and explained about the manual which was given to participants. There was also a question and answer session where participants were given a chance to ask anything that they did not understand.

At the end of the session, all participants were satisfied with the explanation.

LET’S AEROBIC

On Thursday, 9th April, in aerobic exercise was held on the evening. It was conducted by two representatives from Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar. The representatives, who were former national netball players, shared their expertise with all GEMS participants. They showed the right way to workout without injury. All GEMS participants had given their full commitment and cooperation.

There were three exercise sessions conducted during the aerobic session. The session began with some warming up. After that, the participants followed the instructors for some aerobic movement. They were also taught some ‘tai-chi’ movement to control the breathing.

Finally, a cooling down session which involved body stretching was conducted.

The aerobic exercise is good as it improves agility, flexibility as well as body stamina. It will lead to a healthy lifestyle among participants. To the GEMS participants, “Let’s aerobic and exercise every day. May healthy body and soul lead us to success!!”

ACHIEVING PERSONAL EXCELLENCE

Right after the holiday, the GEMS training sessions began with the first module of motivation seminar for three days from 9th to 11th of April 2009.

The module, ‘Achieving Personal Excellence’ was conducted at Bestari Hall, Desaru Golden Beach Resort. A prominent figure in motivation talk, Tn. Hj. Nicholas Sylvester @ Muhammad Abdullah (Mr. Nick) was invited to give his expertise in motivating the participants.

The purpose of the module was to motivate the participants while at the same time to change their mindset and attitude from being a passive to an active person. Everyone was eagerly participating in every activity conducted and stand up in front to share their ideas.

On the first day, the seminar began with the arrangement of groups. Participants were divided into 21 groups, each consisted of around ten to twelve members. Each group was then instructed to name their group according to alphabet given, selected the group leader, logo and motto for the group.

To make the seminar more interesting, every activities conducted were given points for the audience participation. The motive was to capture the audience participation in the activity and to make the seminar more interesting.

On the second day, the module was continued by Mr. Nick who explained about the ‘7 Steps Journey Towards Personal Excellent.’ Before he began, he informed the marks for each group to get the group’s motivation and excitement to earn points by participating in the activity. And it’s true. On the second day, more and more participation received from the audiences. Not only for getting more points but also the eagerness to participate.

On the third day, the module came to its final phase. Due to the time shortage, Mr. Nick had to take extra time to finish the module. Yet, no objection came from the participants.

The GEMS site manager, Encik Azahari Ahmad was also invited to share his life experience as a lesson for the audience. “Whatever the task provided, we need a very strong spirit to achieve what we want” said Mr. Azhari to the audience.

Before the end of the seminar, points for each group were accumulated and announced at the prize giving ceremony. The winner of the overall seminar module was group Majestic, followed by group Love, and the 2nd runner-up was group Dynamic.

The module was a resounding success. From the GEMS organizer, they hope that all the participants will alleviate their confidence level and ensuring that they will be ready to face life challenges especially in preparing themselves to enter the work field.

THE AMAZING EXPLORACE

One of the interesting items in the achieving personal excellent program was Explorace. The race began at 3.30pm after Friday prayers after being briefed by GEMS secretariat. The team was divided into 8 groups and after receiving the first clue, the groups started the race from Bistari Hall.

The race started with greatenthausiasm from each group but with respect to each other and maintaining safety all the time. The groups had to complete the task by answering questions given while at the same time exploring through Desaru Golden Beach Hotel.

One of the highlights of the race was at one of the check point where the GEMS site manager,Mr Azahari Ahmad become a goalkeeper while the participants had to shoot the ball pass him.

The race ended at 5pm and it received good comments from GEMS participants where it is teaches about teamwork, active thinking but most importantly to apply GEMS values in the activity.

The explore was closed with debriefing of the activity by motivator Hj Mohamad Abdullah and Mr Azahari in the evening. The participants were also asked to list all the lesson learned during the race and use it to improve themselves.

“Learn to walk before you run.”
Don’t rush into doing something until you know how to do it.

“Pride comes before fall.”
Don’t to be too self confident or proud, something may happen to make you look foolish.