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Cool it was to be at the TwestivalKL...nuff said.:)

2009-09-19T16:11:00.000-07:00

Additional Jobs for an IT company in KL

2008-07-16T01:45:00.000-07:00

Desktop engineer:

- 1 to 2 years experiences

- Diploma will do

- Hand-on and technical sound

- RM1500 – RM2000

Network/Server Engineer

- 2 to 4 years experiences

- Diploma, MCSE or equivalent

- Hand-on, manage AD, Exchange or equivalent

- RM2500 – RM3000

Here's my 1st job posting done in this blog..help yourselves if you see anything that fits you & your friends!

2008-07-14T07:43:00.000-07:00

ImplemaX Solutions (1714891-T)

Dear Candidates,
Here are the URGENT JOB positions introduced by Implemax Solutions (1714891-T) which are divided into 2 parts.
You can find the first part is entitled Malaysian Jobs and the other Singapore Jobs.

(MALAYSIAN JOBS) – 31 JOB POSITIONS WITH 13 COMPANIES

COMPANY 1#
Company:
The company is a fast growing graphic design creative consultancy that is serving clients from Malaysia and within other parts of the region as well. Working hours is negotiable.
Location: Damansara Perdana (near The Curve / Bandar Utama)
Own transport is needed and prefer candidates staying nearby such areas as in Bandar Utama, Kota Damansara, Bandar Sri D’sara and from the surrounding Damansara areas.

Position
Graphic Designer – 2K - 2.5K
Brief Job Description
The candidate will be required to work to work closely with other graphic designers, initiate and provide ideas with the ultimate task of managing the completion of graphic designing tasks based on the Company’s work methodology. To always seek for knowledge and maintain a high standard and quality of work aptitude.
Requirements
• Certificate / Diploma in Graphic Design fresh-grad also welcomed.
• Experience in graphic design-related capacities.
• Chinese female / male.
• Candidates should have at least 1 year working experience.
• Strong creative skills.
• Decent English / BM and a good set of communication skills is a worthy advantage.

COMPANY 2#
Company:
The company is part of a group of companies with regional business interest mainly in construction and engineering, machinery services and products. This particular subsidiary company is part of a Korean and Malaysian joint-venture. Working hours is 9-5pm and Sat is 9-1pm. (It is in the process of changing to a 5-day week).

Location: Bandar Pinggiran Subang (Subang 2)
Own transport is needed and prefer candidates staying nearby such as from the Subang Old Airport area, Shah Alam area, Subang Jaya area, Kota Damansara area and the Sg. Buloh area.

Position
Accounts Assistant / Executive – 1.8K - 2.5K
Brief Job Description
The candidate will be responsible for managing the daily ins and outs of the accounting tasks based on the Company’s work methodology. To always seek for knowledge and maintain a high standard and quality of work aptitude.
Requirements
• Certificate / Diploma in LCCI, ACCA fresh-grad also welcomed.
• Experience in accounting related capacities.
• Chinese or Malay Female.
• Candidates should have at least 1 year working experience.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Decent BM / English and added advantage if can work with a local Chinese environment.

COMPANY 3#
The company is a leading IT software and hardware manufacturer, reseller, distributor and innovator. It’s based in the vicinity of PJ, a US MNC which is currently looking to expand it’s existing workforce in Malaysia. At this point of time, the role available so far is as below:

Pre-Sales
Advising Channel Managers and Team Leaders on the price performance and
options for assigned products.
Actively involved in constructing Bundles and Promotions.
Attend to quotations & tender preparations.
Product Sales & technical presentation to Business Partners / Channel
Managers.
Preparation of Business Partners / Channel Managers training schedules &
certifications.
Involvement in product trainings, POC, demo and Business Partner Innovation
Centre activities.
Solution sizing & proposal assurance.
Working together with the marketing team to promote Low end solutions to be
published. via Email, Fax, and Website.
Weekly meeting with Team Leaders.
Technically involved during events for partners and end-users.
Ensure that both Business Partners and Channel Managers are constantly
updated on product updates and new announcements.
Support the Channel Managers in planning for marketing activities on a
quarterly basis.
Technically Support in the preparation of Sales Kits and Partner Recruitment.
To acquire more than one new product certification per year.
Tracking of all quotations, tenders and events via spreadsheet.
Backup for other pre sales.

Configuration Center Manager:
Skills:

- Strong people skill, able to engage all levels.

- Strong communication and presentation ability to get points
across.

- Good planer, able to plan and divide work for subordinates.

- Effective in written and oral English, and Mandarin.

Attributes:

- Self motivated, with ability to motivate subordinates

- Customer First attitude, always ensure customer satisfaction.

- Result oriented, reliable and accountable.

- Ability to lead team to achieve results.

Other Requirements

- Willing to be stationed in China.

- Flexible in working hour arrangement (may need to work shift
from time to time)
- Technical skills - on IBM Platform or HP Platform

COMPANY 4#
The Company
Established for over 70 years, the Company is one of the world’s leading global market intelligence companies with offices in over 50 countries. Their Operations office in Malaysia is the regional hub for data processing, software development and IT infrastructure. Countries supported include Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

They are looking for energetic and dynamic individuals to join their growing regional team in Malaysia. The following positions (with the suggested salaries) are available.

CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER –
Optical Panel and New Business Development
Budget : RM4,000 – 4,500 (1 position)

The Job
The candidate will be responsible for a portfolio of Optical MNC clients as well as supporting new business development initiatives. To conduct market presentations and analysis to clients based on GfK’s methodology and statistical models. To maintain a high standard and quality of data delivered to clients. To conduct feasibility checks, establish contact and follow up on sales leads.

Requirements
• Degree in Business/Marketing
• A good understanding of the Optical Industry (preferably Contact Lens)
• Experience in Contact Lens/Lens Care market or continuous tracking studies
would be an advantage
• Good track record in business development.
• Candidate should have at least 3 years working experience
• Strong analytical & presentation skills

EXECUTIVE (to be based at Central)
Budget : RM2,000 – 2,500 (1 position)

The Job
The candidate will be responsible to managing and developing a group of retailers within the telecommunication / consumer electronics industry.

Requirements
• Diploma in any discipline (fresh graduates are encouraged to apply)**
• Must have good command of English and knowledge of other main dialects will
be an added advantage
• Pleasant and out-going personality
• Mature and able to work in a team environment
• Willing to travel occasionally
• Preferably age below 35

** Those without a diploma but with minimum 3 years’ working experience are welcome to apply.

ANALYST PROGRAMMER
Budget : RM2,800 – RM3,200 (2 positions)

The Job
The candidate will participate in the complete software development life cycle, including transforming business requirements into software design, performing coding and testing plus system integration, as well as continuous support of software applications across the Region.

Requirements
• Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
• Min. 1 to 2 years’ working experience in software development
• Familiar with .NET (ASP, VB), RDBMS, MS SQL Server, Access, Windows
• Experience in SDLC is a must
• Experience in designing a Data Warehouse and populating data marts by using
Data Transformation Services (DTS) in Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 / 2005 will
be an added advantage
• Experience in MS Analysis Services (OLAP), MS Reporting Services, Java,
Lotus Notes, SAS and Unix will be an added advantage
• Project Leadership experience will be an advantage

DATA SERVICES EXECUTIVE
Budget : RM1,800 – RM2,500 (2 positions)
Budget : RM2,500 – RM3,000 (1 position)

The Job :
The incumbent will be responsible for the final deliverables to our clients. This will involve database management and quality control. The position would also involve enhancement and maintenance of our existing applications and frequent communication between other GfK offices in the region.

Requirements :
• Degree / Diploma in Computer Science
• Familiar with MS Office products, particularly MS Excel and MS Access
• Knowledge of VB, VB.net, VBA, SAS and MS SQL
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Posses a positive attitude
• A team player that is action oriented

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER
Budget : RM6,400 (1 position)

The Job
The candidate is required to design, plan and manage software development projects. Adopt an effective project management process and methodology and to ensure complete and accurate project documentation for operation hand-over. Be actively involve in new software development activities. Candidate is also required to have a thorough grounding in requirements of management tools, techniques and methodologies, be flexible and ability to work through stringent deadlines and odd hours.

Requirements
• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in Computer
Science/Information Technology or equivalent
• Experience of system programming, debugging, and testing systems' programs
covering .NET technologies, SQL Database, Lotus Notes Domino and IT
Infrastructure projects
• At least 4 years’ working experience in software development
• 2 years experience in Project Management including cost estimation.
• Ability to conceptualize and think creatively with good analytical skills

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
Budget : RM1,500 – RM2,000 (1 position)

The Job
An exciting opportunity to kick-start your career! The candidate will be groomed to be part of a high performance Client Service team. The candidate will be given intensive exposure to all Commercial activities related to sales, client management and market presentation and analysis. Good progression opportunities for performing individuals.

Requirements
• Fresh Graduates are encouraged to apply
• Degree in Business Administration/Marketing
• Strong command of both oral and written English.
• Self motivated, goal getter and result orientated.
• Outgoing personality with strong interpersonal skills
• Computer Literate

COMPANY 5#
Corporate Q&A Data Sheet

Company:

To be revealed to short-listed candidates
Ampang Putra (Near Ampang Point)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Person-in-charge: (Name & Designation)
General Manager

Position(s) / Designation(s) for hire:
1) Human Resources Executive (Fresh Grad or with exp.)

2) Marketing Executive (Corporate A & P)

3) Accounts Executive

4) Sales Executive (Government X 2 & Corporate X 2)

5) Secretary to GM

6) Secretary to MD

7) Head of Purchasing / Procurement

8) Head of Product Marketing

9) Web Designer

________________________________________________________________________
Reporting channels (i.e. a male or female immediate superior, how many people he or she is reporting to?)

One immediate superior (GM) except for position 6, 7 & 8 (reports to the MD)

_________________________________________________________________________
What are the working hours? (Please provide separate working day info for parent company and/or subsidiaries)

Monday – Friday: 9.00am to 6.00pm
*Saturday: 10.00am to 2.00pm (Mainly Meeting and Training)
*Working hours differ from given subsidiary
_________________________________________________________________________
How many working days per week? (Please provide separate working day info for parent company and/or subsidiaries)

5 and the half*
*Working hours differ from given subsidiary
_________________________________________________________________________
How long has the position(s) been available?

Start from Feb 2008
_________________________________________________________________________
(If any) Are there any relocation incentives such as accommodation (transitional benefits such as possible provision of international movers for outstation and overseas positions? Are there any support for the staff) to other transportation benefits.

No relocation. For the positions of 1, 2 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8 respectively will be expected to move to Ampang Putra (near Ampang point) by April 2008 at the new corporate building. Position 4 will be available at KL, Bangi, Putrajaya and Kuantan.

_________________________________________________________________________
Salary package starting from and capped at what limit? I.e. Basic Salary, fixed allowances and variables / claimable benefits, individual and team sales incentives.

Basic Salary offered: Position 1, 2 & 3: RM 1500.00 to RM 2200.00
Position 4: RM 1200.00 to RM 1600.00
Position 5: RM 2000.00 to RM 3,000.00
Position 6: RM 3000.00 to RM 4,000.00
Position 7 & 8 will be based on a customized package.

Transport & Phone Allowances: Position 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8: RM 200.00 to RM 400.00
Position 4: RM 350.00 to RM 700.00

Variables / Claimable benefits / Incentives:

All Position: Yearly Medical max: RM300.00, Parking & Toll on Official traveling, Medical card and insurance for the more then 1 year service staffs, Outstation accommodation, petrol & food allowance claim, Project/ Fair/ exhibition food allowance claim, company personal loan, Staff price on company product at 5% margin.

Position 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6: Quarterly Profit Sharing (QPS) on 1% of monthly company Net Profit (Sharing basic)

Position 4: Sales Profit Sharing (SPS) on Individual Sales Gross Profit as below:
First RM 20,000.00 GP = 5%, Second RM 30,000.00 GP = 6% and after RM 50,000.00 GP = 8%
_______________________________________________________________________
Please provide details on the salary break-down such as basic salary, fixed and variable allowances.

_________________________________________________________________________
What is the percentage of travel required?

Position 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8: None / less 20%

Position 4: More than 80%
_________________________________________________________________________
What is the given area of flexibility on the technical requirements for technical-related positions i.e. are there any stated technical requirements to be met?

Related Experience and Education on the respective position
_________________________________________________________________________
Products & brands
What products does Our Client carry? And are there any other products carried beside the main core products?

The parent company consist of 4 subsidiaries which are:
1) Our Client – IT business and products in Sales, Rental & Service (catering to the Klang Valley)
2) Our Client – IT business and products in Sales, Rental & Service (catering to the East Coast market)
3) Our Client – Custom made furniture factory with an in-house brand name
4) Our Client – Projector service and repair in microchip & component level.

Our Client – has 2 main associate companies:
Our Client – Training and education business on corporate and government markets.
Our Client – Bumiputra arm company focus at the government market on IT business and Training and education.

_________________________________________________________________________
What is the organization size?

Our Client – is one of the associate companies of Group of companies which currently has 16 companies under the one roof. Our Client are focusing its growth into 5 industries as seen below:
1) ICT Business
2) Training & Education
3) Oil & Gas Industry/ Shipping
4) Construction & Development
5) Plantation

Currently we have about 50 to 80 immediate staffs located at various offices. We are an aggressive growing company and are looking to grow a dynamic team.

COMPANY 6#
Corporate Q&A Data Sheet
Our Client from Singapore (with the parent company based in Hong Kong which controls the market mostly for events like concerts, beauty pageants i.e. Miss Hong Kong etc and most major celebrity shows) which specializes in the sales and installation of state-of-the-art display devices and represents some of the world's most renowned brands in the display segment. Our Client is the Exclusive Distributors for Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for Orion Multi-PDP 42 inch and 82 inch seamless plasma, Lighthouse Technologies LED screens and DET Plasmas. Our Client believes that the innovative products that it represents offer effective solutions for its clients. This is backed up with an experienced team of service and engineering personnel.
They are in the midst of looking to set-up the Malaysia branch and will need to start with the Sales & Marketing Manager to spearhead the marketing and consolidation of existing and continue establishing a new clientele. They will need to also look to hire for themselves a Sales & Marketing Executive and a customer service / admin staff with the office to be located in PJ.

_____________________________________________________________________________
Address:
*Rep. Office in KL / PJ (Malaysia) will be determine at a later stage
_____________________________________________________________________________
Mr. Dominic Yu – Regional Sales & Marketing Manager
Position(s) / Designation(s) for hire:
1) Sales & Marketing Manager x 01
2) Sales & Marketing Administrator x 01
_____________________________________________________________________________
Reporting channels (i.e. a male or female immediate superior, how many people he or she is
reporting to?)
Dom Yu
_____________________________________________________________________________
What are the working hours? (Please provide separate working day info for parent company
and/or subsidiaries)
9am – 6pm Mon. to Fri. (regular days), in the event of jobs / projects, the individual must
coordinate the necessary according during & or after working hours & or days.
_____________________________________________________________________________
How many working days per week? (Please provide separate working day info for parent
company and/or subsidiaries)
As above
_____________________________________________________________________________
How long has the position(s) been available?
New
_____________________________________________________________________________
(If any) Are there any relocation incentives such as accommodation (transitional benefits such as
possible provision of international movers for outstation and overseas positions? Are there any
support for the staff) to other transportation benefits.
Yes
_____________________________________________________________________________
Salary package starting from and capped at what limit? i.e. basic salary, fixed allowances and
variable / claimable benefits, individual and team sales incentives.
Basic Salary offered: RM3, 000 – 5, 000
Transport & Phone Allowances: TBC
Variables / Claimable benefits / Incentives: RM1, 000 – 2, 000 depending on the sales performance.
_____________________________________________________________________________
What is the percentage of travel required?
40%
_____________________________________________________________________________
What is the given area of flexibility on the technical requirements for technical-related positions
i.e. are there any stated technical requirements to be met?
Basic knowledge, however, technical training & on the job training will be provided.
*Relevant technical knowledge will be an advantage.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Products & brands
What products / services does Visual Ads International Pte Ltd carry? And are there any other
products / services carried beside the main core products / services?
They are the Exclusive Distributor for a leading Korean brand – Multi Plasma Display Panel, in the following countries, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam
_____________________________________________________________________________

COMPANY 7#
Our Client is the leading IT software, services and consultancy provider in Asia. Today, Our Client is a public listed company on the Second Board of the Bursa Malaysia (previously known as Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange).
Since Our Client’s inception in 1981, Our Client has been providing quality-assured, end-to-end integrated IT solutions and services to enterprises in the commercial and government sectors through our extensive network throughout Malaysia.

Throughout Our Client’s history of providing value-added solutions, Our Client has adhered to the value proposition of giving their customers the best product with the best technical expertise. Our Client value proposition are high service quality where they strive to exceed their customers expectation and at a reasonable price.
Our Client activities include hardware, software, consultancy and professional services. The services are categorized into systems support services, Internet professional services, outsourcing services, software services, education services, e-commerce consultancy and development services.

Software Developer / Sn. Software Developer

• Develop application system according to defined standards and guidelines
• Ensures program modifications and development meet user defined requirement and program specifications
• Construct, test and deploy enhancements and bug fixes based on agreed functional/detail specifications and timeline.
• Liaise closely with the Project Manager to ensure that all projects are completed according to plan
• Conduct training for users if necessary
• Ensure all projects undertaken are completed on time with quality

Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree, Post Graduate Diploma
or Professional Degree in Computer
• Required skill(s): SQL Server, ODBC, Crystal Report, VB.NET, ASP/ASP.NET,
IIS, HTML, DHTML
• Required language(s): English
• At least 1 year of working experience in the related field is required
• Experience in HR solutions would be preferred

COMPANY 8#
Our Client established a general insurance presence in Malaysia by setting up a branch operation. Today, Our Client has 13 branches nationwide, offering quality insurance protection plans to the Malaysian public. Our Client are world leaders in insurance and financial services, is the leading international insurance organization with operations in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions. Our Client has participated actively in the development of the Malaysian economy and is a leading general insurer in terms of proactive marketing, specialized insurance products, innovative insurance solutions, capacity and responsive insurance claims services.

Business Development Executives (Employee Care)
(2 positions Based in Kuala Lumpur & 1 position based in Penang)

Responsibilities:
• Assist to develop strategic sales and marketing plans on Employee Care to achieve the budget.
• Monitor and feedback on market trends, competition and new product opportunities.
• Handle Account Management and Business Development.

Requirements:
• Tertiary education with minimum 3 years of experience in sales management, preferably corporate sales in hospitality, hotels, event management, employee benefits, corporate gifts, training programs or related industry.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self starter, highly motivated and results-oriented.

Business Development Executive (Broking)
(1 position Based in Kuala Lumpur)

Responsibilities:
• Secure new accounts on insurance products from brokers, primarily GPA policies.
• Source for new business opportunity and development of new brokers' market.
• Analyze on market trends and competition.
• Ensure existing accounts are renewed timely.

Requirements:
• Tertiary education with 2 to 3 years proven broking sales experience, preferably in the insurance or related industry.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self starter, highly motivated and results-oriented.

COMPANY 9#
Our Client has expanded remarkably since the company was founded to manufacture the product invention, the electric room thermostat. Since its start in 1885, Our Client has grown into a global leader in automotive experience, building efficiency and power solutions.

The company provides innovative automotive interiors that help make driving more comfortable, safe and enjoyable. For buildings, it offers products and services that optimize energy use and improve comfort and security. Our Client also provides batteries for automobiles and hybrid electric vehicles, along with systems engineering and service expertise.

The Core Businesses are in:
Automotive Experience: Global leader in interior systems for light vehicles including passenger cars and light trucks. Systems supplied include seating, overhead, door, instrument panels, storage, and electronics.

Power Solutions: Our Client is the world’s largest manufacturer of lead acid automotive batteries and developer of advanced battery chemistries. About 80% of batteries are sold through the automotive aftermarket and 20% are sold as original equipment.

Building Efficiency: Leading full-line service provider of mechanical equipment as well as systems that control heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, security and fire management in non-residential buildings. Services include complete mechanical and electrical maintenance. Our Client is a world leader in integrated facility management for Fortune 500 companies, managing more than one billion square feet worldwide.

Position: ENERGY ENGINEER
Energy Engineers are responsible for conducting energy audits at commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. This work includes meeting with clients to gather information about energy consuming systems and energy management systems, development of demand side management strategies, analysis of energy consumption data, estimation of demand response capability, and development of reports summarizing the above. Energy Engineers also assist our JCM sales team with the assessment of demand response capability as part of the sales process, and will work on the installation of monitoring and control equipment from time to time.
We are seeking someone who is willing to see this work through to completion while excelling at customer relations. Several days per week of local travel to customer sites can be expected, with remaining time spent analyzing and summarizing survey results and other data. Our technology and our staff is growing and expanding quickly, and an entrepreneurial, self-starting attitude is essential for success in this position.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop demand response and energy efficiency audit reports, including:
• Coordination with clients, utility contacts, and JCM sales team to schedule
audit
• Performance of site surveys, including interview of customer, overview of
facility, gathering of nameplate data, counting of fixtures and equipment,
assessment of drawings, gathering of mechanical schedules, reading of usage
data
• Analysis of utility interval data to establish baseline energy consumption
and demand response capacity
• Development of demand response measures that are appropriate to the
operating requirements, energy consuming systems, and energy management
systems of the facility
• Identification of infrastructure upgrades needed to support demand response
and/or energy efficiency
• Development of summary reports
• Communication of results to internal and external stakeholders
• Assist JCM sales team with sales efforts
• Enable monitoring and control equipment to improve demand response and
energy efficiency capability
• Work with other JCM team to improve processes and procedures

Required Qualifications/Skills/Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field
• A technical and/or service-oriented background in facilities management,
energy management systems, energy consulting, mechanical or electrical
contract management services, or utility services
• Demonstrated customer-facing experience with facility auditing and reporting
in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated capability in technical/business writing
• Experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel, and a general
computing background

Desired Qualifications/Skills/Education:
• Experience with demand response and energy efficiency audits
• Certified Energy Manager certification (added advantages) or the ability to
obtain same within two year

COMPANY 10#
Our Client has expanded remarkably since the company was founded to manufacture the product invention, the electric room thermostat. Since its start in 1885, Our Client has grown into a global leader in automotive experience, building efficiency and power solutions.

The company provides innovative automotive interiors that help make driving more comfortable, safe and enjoyable. For buildings, it offers products and services that optimize energy use and improve comfort and security. Our Client also provides batteries for automobiles and hybrid electric vehicles, along with systems engineering and service expertise.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title Service Engineer, Refrigeration
Reports to: Service Manager, Refrigeration
Direct Reports: None

Core Competencies:
Product knowledge
Technical knowledge
Process systems knowledge
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
Communication & Presentation Skills
Ability to work cross-culturally
English

Key Responsibilities:
Carry out service, maintenance, commissioning, overhaul, trouble-shooting,
installation, warranty repair and any other specialist service on the
complete range of York and other manufactures Process and Industrial
refrigeration equipment.

Carry out comprehensive plant audit for Industrial and Process refrigeration
systems and write detailed report explaining the plant condition,
observations and recommendations

Travel throughout the South East Asia region as required by the business in
order to service the customer base

Carry our service work to the highest possible standard in line with the
Client policy & procedures and industry recognized best practices.

Ensure service work is completed safely and efficiently at all times with
minimum call back and warranty expense

Ensure service reports are completed fully and to a good standard on
completion of each service order or in cases where the duration of the work
is in excess of one week, service reports must be submitted on a weekly basis

During your day to day work in the field, actively identify and promote
new/additional services, parts and products to our customers and feedback
either verbally or via your service report of potential opportunities to the
relevant person in the service office

Supervise subcontractors working on behalf of the Client

Maintain service vehicle and any other tools and/or equipment assigned to
you in good condition

Ensure the continued and sustainable growth of our maintenance base through
customer relationship building with new and existing customers

Ensure the highest standard of Service Quality are maintained at all time

Perform any other duties from time to time, whether ad-hoc or otherwise, as
assigned by your superior or management

Accountability:
• Service performance and efficiency

• Service Quality

• Execution of service orders

Customer relationships building and customer satisfaction

Identifying new service opportunities

KPIs:

AOP
Service Revenue & EBIT
Customer satisfaction index
Service Quality
LRP

Knowledge:
Industrial & Process Refrigeration products and systems knowledge
Screw, Centrifugal and Reciprocating compressor knowledge
PLC and microprocessor controls knowledge
ASHRAE standards
Refrigerants
Health & Safety
PC Skills - MS Office (Excel, Words, PowerPoint)
- Email

Preferred Educational / Experience
Preferred Educational Level:
NTC 2/3 in Refrigeration and/or relevant industry experience

Experience Required:
- 5 years and above experience in HVACR industry
- Valid driving license

COMPANY 11#
ESTABLISHED
Since 1997, The Company has steadily grown in strength and size. They provide a comprehensive scope of products and services. They are ready to move forward with The Client to establish and maintain a superior IT and data system that’s customized to The Client’s specific needs.
EXPERIENCED
Led by a foresighted management team, they are highly focused in everything they do. Their core efficiencies are assured through an internal support team that empowers them to deliver solutions on time and effectively.
EFFICIENT
They are dedicated to building, servicing and meeting the needs of customers through sustainable growth in our services. They continuously invest in quality resources and improved standards to support more business processes. As a one-stop IT support centre and systems integrator, they are committed and dedicated to offering effective business-class networking solutions and client-centric support.
ENTERPRISING
With IBM and HP as their platinum business partner, they have harnessed many strategic advantages. They are empowered towards business-model efficiency and assure the delivery of profitable corporate values across multiple marketing channels.

Position: IT Support Engineer
Reporting to 1 person, the Group Senior Manager
Job Requirements:
• Candidate must possess at least a Professional Certificate, Diploma or Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.
• Experience & knowledge in Windows Server & Microsoft Exchange will add advantage.
• At least 2 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Applicants should be Malaysian citizens or hold relevant residence status.
• Preferably Junior Executives specializing in Technical & Helpdesk Support or equivalent.
• Full-Time / Contract positions available.
What is the percentage of travel required?
80% or to be placed in client’s site

What is the company’s organization size?
100 staffs for total group.

COMPANY 12#
The Client commenced business in 1977 as a bakery shop. In year 2000, the company was made a private limited company.

The company’s principal activity is manufacturing of cakes, pastries, cookies, bread & other halal foodstuff for the local and export market.

Some of their major customers are Tesco, Carrefour, Giant GCH, and KL Airport Services Sdn Bhd.

2 POSITIONS:

(A) General Clerk
– Admin and general paper work, answering calls.

(B) Senior Accounts Exec / Asst. Accounts & Finance Manager

The candidate will oversee the finance, hr and admin dept.

The candidate must be able to work under minimal supervision and has good working knowledge of UBS and Microsoft office.

Following are some of the main functions expected from the successful candidate:

(a) preparation of monthly management accounts, budget & cash flow
(b) liaise with auditor, tax agent and bankers
(c) assist in procurement and HR related matters
(d) assist MD in planning related matters

COMPANY 13#
As a Global Corporation with a distinguished history spanning over half a century, the company has successfully creating innovative quality products that are demonstrated and sold using a unique Business Plan to push its retail sales worldwide. They’re based in Subang Jaya.

Product Supply Executive
Requirements:
- Degree holder
- Able to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal.
- Proficient in computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel, Word and Power
Point
- Working experience required :
-
a)Min 3 years working experience required preferably in a manufacturing environment
b)Experience in production planning, inventory control and follow up delivery from supplier to ensure products supply on time to meet marketing requirements is highly recommended
c)Knowledge in Malaysian Government Regulatory Body eg Custom, MITI etc
d)Experience in negotiating and liaising with freight forwarders on import and export matters is a plus.

QC Executive/Assistant (1 post) – in Subang New Village
Requirements:

- Able to communicate English and Bahasa
- Have basic computer skills ~ word, Excel
- Have own transport
- Diploma / Degree
- 2-3 years work experience preferably in factory environment in QC department
- Male Chinese
- Strong and healthy/ non smoker preferred
- Salary: 2K to 2.5K per month - negotiable
- Below 35 years old

(SINGAPOREAN JOBS) – 6 POSITIONS WITH 3 COMPANIES

COMPANY 1#
Our Client was founded more then 10 years ago in 1990 as a customized software development house.
It develops accounting software, warehouse management, manufacturing process management, clubs & resort management software etc. Its most well known product is used by more than 70% of the major property developers in Singapore. Its clients include Far East Organisation, WingTai Holding, Hong Leong, Allgreen, SingLand, UIC etc.
Our Client has built a strong vertical niche in the property market, over the last decade. We are also a preferred one-stop vendor for property management and building automation systems.
Our Client is also one of the leading vendors for electronic (EPS) and cashcard car park management system, vehicle barriers, road safety products, multi-coloured LED moving message signage, security systems such as digital CCTV / DVR, biometric and card access control etc.

The Job POSITIONS are:

1) Senior Engineer (or tech support mgr for a small company, leading a team of 5 technicians) - someone who is familiar with building and assembling of industrial computer systems. Quite good with electronics (but do not need circuit design experience) and software programming in low level programming languages and C++. Some experience with networks will be an advantage.
(Salary $2,500 - $3,500) Sing dollars per month depending on experience. 13 months.

2) Entry level-Software Sales (Basic $1,500, transport claimable, commission)

3) Hardware Technician – (Salary will be negotiable based on experience)
It’s a 2-in-1post made for a Malaysian candidate who can master both IT hardware (PC) installation and has the electrical background to offer. Male preferred, and any race.

COMPANY 2#
Our Client has expanded remarkably since the company was founded to manufacture the product invention, the electric room thermostat. Since its start in 1885, Our Client has grown into a global leader in automotive experience, building efficiency and power solutions.

The company provides innovative automotive interiors that help make driving more comfortable, safe and enjoyable. For buildings, it offers products and services that optimize energy use and improve comfort and security. Our Client also provides batteries for automobiles and hybrid electric vehicles, along with systems engineering and service expertise.

The Core Businesses are in:
Automotive Experience: Global leader in interior systems for light vehicles including passenger cars and light trucks. Systems supplied include seating, overhead, door, instrument panels, storage, and electronics.

Power Solutions: Our Client is the world’s largest manufacturer of lead acid automotive batteries and developer of advanced battery chemistries. About 80% of batteries are sold through the automotive aftermarket and 20% are sold as original equipment.

Building Efficiency: Leading full-line service provider of mechanical equipment as well as systems that control heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, security and fire management in non-residential buildings. Services include complete mechanical and electrical maintenance. Our Client is a world leader in integrated facility management for Fortune 500 companies, managing more than one billion square feet worldwide.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title Application Engineer
Location Singapore

A. Primary Responsibilities:
1. Project planning, cost control and execution, inclusive of commissioning and handover to owner.

2. Supervision of Assistant Engineer and/or Technician as assigned, and supervision of sub-contractors’ work at site as required.

3. Provide technical support to VARs and ACSs.

4. Other special works as assigned by supervisor from time to time.

B. Duties:
1. Plan work schedule for the project under his responsibility, in coordination with his supervisor.
2. Coordinate and monitor work progress with customer and relevant parties for information to expedite installation.

3. Supervision of sub-contractors’ work at site.

4. Schedule purchase and deliveries of all materials for the project in a timely
manner.
5. Check and ensure all installations conform to project specifications.

6. Update projects progress regularly to supervisor.
7. Provide on- the-job training to the field staff, such as PC set-up, etc.
8. System applications as per required specifications, data base generation,
preparation of graphic drawings and commissioning.

9. Propose HVAC controls strategy and assist sales personnel in system applications
and presentations.
10.Assume responsibility for the successful completion of the projects, and meet
customer’s satisfaction.
11.Identify and secure variation order.
12.Cost control. Monitor and ensure delivery of financial commitment as per CIS.
13.Ensure that all work completed are filed and invoiced.
14.Follow-up on payment from customers and verify payment to our suppliers.
15.Train customer and provide first year maintenance warranty schedule visit.
16.Hand over project to customer and later to service team.
17.Perform regular quality audit for all the suppliers and sub-contractors.

E. REQUIREMENT PROFILE (QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED):
1. Technical Degree/Diploma

2. (Degree) 1 year relevant experience, (Diploma) 2 years relevant experience

3. English/Mandarin is essential; dialects preferred

4. Excel, Word, Project, C++, Window Applications, ACAD are essential

5. Some supervisory skill.
6. Need to travel overseas as and when required.
7. Required interaction with customer, consultants and sub-contractors, etc.
8. Need to work odd hours as and when required, whenever the works need to be done
on time.
9. Able to work with minimum supervision

ImplemaX Solutions (1714891-T)

HiPhone versus Iphone (Identical Twin?)

2008-07-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

Our man in Beijing just bought himself a swanky new Apple iPhone (AAPL) for 4,000 RMB ($520ish). It came unlocked, of course, and ready for his SIM card.

(At least our man thinks he bought an iPhone. The Chinese knock-off "HiPhone" sells for about half that, and he says you can barely tell the difference.

The last number our man in Beijing heard for China iPhone sales was 600,000, up from the 400,000 that China Mobile (CHL) reported at the end of 2007. The number of HiPhone sales? Incalculable.

As you may recall, our man in Beijing bet us a steak dinner that the iPhone would not arrive officially in China before the end of 2009. Our man is feeling pretty good about now. Why?

Because why on earth would China Mobile (owned mostly by the Chinese government) agree to give Apple a cut of monthly iPhone subscription revenue, when China Mobile can just sell SIM cards and keep all the revenue for itself?

Why, indeed.

Want to play the-iPhone-in-China trend? Buy China Mobile. And, of course, Apple, which makes a pretty nice living on the unit even when its not pigging out on those monthly subscription fees.

See the Video in the URl below:
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/iphone_in_china_still_selling_like_hotcakes_and_so_are_hiphones_

Got this off Bill Gates on 11 tips for the Kids'R Us bunch out there!

2008-07-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

Bill Gates previously gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to their jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds/geeks. Chances are you'll end up working for one.:P

Mat

2008-07-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

INSTEAD of looking at policeman with respect, she now gets angry whenever she sees a man in blue uniform.
INSTEAD of looking at policeman with respect, she now gets angry whenever she sees a man in blue uniform.

According to her sister, the pre-SPM student was even skipping school and had lost at least 10kg after her ordeal.

This is what is hapenning to the 17-year-old girl from Shah Alam who alleged a police officer had raped her at the Putra Heights police station. She recounted to her family how boastingly the officer, who is married, told her that it was not his first time “doing this” and that many other girls were ‘very co-operative’.

“I do not want any other girls to be the next victims,” she said, adding she wants justice.

Her family claimed that police had yet to give the family any updates on the case. “We don’t even know what has happened to the police officer now, we want a proper explanation,” said the girl’s 64-year-old father.

Subang Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar said: “We are still waiting for the victim’s medical report before we submit the papers to the deputy public prosecutor.” Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar had previously assured the public that police would not side with any policeman who had broken the law and that there was a strong case to charge the officer who had been suspended since the date of arrest. In the incident around 6.15am on June 18, the girl and her 20-year-old boyfriend were detained for a traffic offence at a kampung area in Subang Jaya. The two were then taken to the police station and put in seperate cells. The girl alleged that a police officer had instructed her to strip and told her that if she did not comply, her boyfriend, who was handcuffed in the other room, would be “worked on” for going against traffic rules and would be jailed at least 20 years with whipping. Terrified and not knowing about the law, she complied.

In her police report lodged on Saturday, the girl had also alleged that the policeman had even asked for her number and had asked her to meet him again and had threatened her not to tell anyone. Police say that the case has been classified under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape.

Crappy Nite in The Gardens LOL

2008-07-11T11:32:00.001-07:00

It's been a wreck of things happening for me of late this whole week. I don't know why my life is so dramatic. To illustrate a little on what i meant, this one low-budget dramatic incident was simply titled The Loo Hunt-mania. You see, it's no big deal actually, I thought nothing of it at first, coz' as usual, every time i was there for a meeting, it's naturally easy to find it open but no, not that fateful night.

Right after the meeting, I took that same stroll to that same wonderful loo (which i think has one of the best loos I've experienced LOL and that's free and totally classy) and finding it closed at each floor from the 4th floor all the way down which was along the left hand-side of the mall. The last loo on this side i saw which i thought was open was technically open but not accessible as i found someone using the handicap loo (main loo also closed) with the husband guarding it (telling me to find another elsewhere like he was guarding this treasure trove:))

Anyhow, with the only thing on my mind where if it was just to pee, i could have said, heck it, but no, it had to be an awe-inspiring stomachache roaring down at 6,000rpm (had that bad-case of Baskin' Robbins-must have got some disagreeable milk in it, my gluttony just got to me:)) and then i thought, maybe i should walk (or run as i though that's it!LOL) to mid-valley and later i said, OK, God, i gotta find one soon or I'll crap big-time and in this luxurious Garden, i took one last breathe and walk towards the right side of the mall to find the so-called RM5 toilet on the ground level to be opened and it was totally swanky but missing the massage seat, ass-washer and toilet "butler"LOL.

Anyhow, the moral of the story is that although i had envisioned a crappy situation to turn bad but took a leap of faith towards the unknown side of things found an even better "deal" than the original toilet on the left-side of the mall. and thsat sort of applied to the areas of my outlook of life that even though i had thought it was all going down bad, but somehow, He made a way where there seemed to be no way around it..peace-ouT!

Malaysian Pants-OFF to the Anti-Fuel Rally!

2008-07-07T10:20:00.000-07:00

Well, as the anti-fuel price increase rally people had said it was a success, a little incident made it an even much more popular news to boot which i quote from The Star "Organising chairman of the rally, Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli (PAS - Kuala Krai) PAS treasurer, said "a post mortem" would be done on the episode. Declining to comment on the matter further, he said the rally was considered a success as it went on well despite being given warning by the police for not applying a permit for it" but with all successes comes the side-shows as well, and this dude, singer of Carburator Dung (as crap as can be?), Alak (as mentioned in the web), had took that opportunity to make a break for maximum publicity and what better way to do it (18SG-style) as The Star here mentions "he dropped his pants and exposed his boxer shorts"(i wonder what brand was he wearing?LOL).

Improper behaviour: The singer bending down and showing his boxer shorts to the crowd at the stadium.

Continuing from The Star quotes "His antics resulted in the audience hurling abuses and throwing bottles at him(think of all the Daddies, Mommies and kids who are there for the first time in town, and probably came by the busloads). Security volunteers(i can feel their pain too) had to escort the singer (dumb or smart capitalist?) and his band members (are they gonna stay with him or leave?) off the stage while event organizers (pity them too) tried to calm the crowd ("victims of circumstances?"LOL). It is learnt that prior to his strip performance, the singer was singing a song that included lyrics poking fun at the sodomy allegations against PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. A member of the audience who did not want to be named (could it be a 'mole' w/out the mustache?:P) described the act as inappropriate as there were children (DuhHH!) present at the event. Another man, who also wanted to be anonymous (it's the same dude but sporting a mustache now..LOL), said it was very unprofessional of the singer, adding that he was very upset because many VIPs, including Anwar (talk about getting into more controversies?) would be present. As the situation came under control, event coordinator Hishamuddin Rais (surely a good learning curve..yea!) came out to apologise for the incident."

TGV movie website hacked! Can't go in:(

2008-07-04T09:44:00.000-07:00

Crap...as they say..with great powers (konon-nya) have to know how to use their hacking skills with responsibility...right..right...What is this virtual world coming too..LOL..sigh...

TGV Malaysia website hacked with SQL injection

Published

Dr. Safemode

on June 25, 2008

. Tags: hacked, sql injection, tgv, website.

Just when you thought you’ve seen the end of hacked cinema’s website (refering to Malaysia’s GSC website), another one surfaces at TGV.com.my just about 3 months later. According to SANS Internet Storm center, this type of SQL injection uses SQL commands to attack the “sysobject” and “syscolumn” in the database and particularly a website that uses Active Server Pages(ASP).

Latest Update: The malicious script has been removed from TGV.com.my. It is safe to visit again.

We advise you NOT to visit “tgv.com.my” at the moment as a malicious script will be executed prompting a drive-by-download of Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.cs as reported by Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0. The malware is not called at the TGV main page but at the movie’s synopsis page and Showtime section. For users using the latest Kaspersky Anti-virus 2009, you will receive a phishing alert as shown below and at the same time detected as Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.ccu

Refering to the alert above, Kaspersky blocked a javascript call from hxxp://www.coldwop.com/b.js. Further looking at that specific frame source code, we found more links to different websites hosting the same script. We do not know how great is the destruction made by the malware but as seen from the alert above, it is able to steal passwords, credit card numbers or other confidential data.

hxxp://www.bnradw.com/b.js
hxxp://www.chinabnr.com/b.js
hxxp://www.chkbnr.com/b.js
hxxp://www.chkadw.com/b.js
hxxp://www.chkadw.com/b.js
hxxp://www.coldwop.com/b.js

New Updates(June 26,2008)
hxxp://www.aspssl63.com/b.js
hxxp://www.app52.com/b.js
hxxp://www.base48.com/b.js
hxxp://www.aspssl63.com/b.js
hxxp://www.base48.com/b.js
hxxp://www.appid37.com/b.js

Guess the movie from the source code above!

TGV.com.my blocked by Google

What happen when Google visited TGV.com.my ? (quote from Google SafeBrowsing)

Of the 137 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 68 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 06/29/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 06/29/2008.

Malicious software includes 92 trojan(s), 92 exploit(s), 90 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 4 new processes on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 19 domain(s), including heiheinn.cn, qq117cc.cn, supbnr.com.

3 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including qq117cc.cn, aspssl63.com, apps84.com.

More reading “How They Hack Your Website: Overview of Common Techniques”

Latest Update: The malicious script has been removed from TGV.com.my. It is safe to visit again.

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Apparently Google is still blocking users from accessing TGV.com.my

2008-07-03T02:31:00.000-07:00

I read this off the wire and here's some good news rather than the usual bad news we get on a daily dose. This piece reminds me on of those fast-action-packed series that u see on the A-team. Anyhow, have a good read:)

Colombian army rescues hostages from rebels in daring raid

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday, freed from years in captivity by a daring Colombian military raid.

Betancourt, who was captured in 2002, and the three Americans held since 2003, were rescued along with 11 Colombian soldiers in dramatic fashion when the Colombian military infiltrated a rebel jungle camp and removed them by helicopter.

"To all of you Colombians, for all of you French who have been with us, that accompanied us in the world, that helped us to remain alive, that helped the world to know what was going on: thank you," Betancourt said just hours after she was plucked from the jungle in a bloodless military operation that ended her six-year ordeal.

Betancourt said the hostages did not know that their captors on Wednesday were Colombian soldiers in disguise, some wearing T-shirts bearing the portrait of legendary revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

The disguised soldiers made the group board a white helicopter with their wrists bound, saying they were being transferred to another rebel hideout.

It was only when they were in the air that "the chief of operations said, 'We are the national army and you are all free.' And the helicopter almost fell because we started jumping. We screamed, we cried, we hugged. We couldn't believe it," Betancourt said after arriving at a Bogota military airport.

"This is a miracle.... There is no historical precedent for such a perfect operation," she said smiling, speaking in French and Spanish.

She embraced her mother, Yolanda Pulecio, as she descended from the plane, looking fresh and happy, dressed in an army camouflage vest and hat and surrounded by other ex-hostages and Colombian soldiers.

American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, captured in 2003 when their plane crashed during a US defense department anti-drug mission, were also freed in the operation, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the city of San Jose del Guaviare.

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said late Wednesday that the three men, employees of US defense contractor Northrop Grumman, had quickly departed Colombia for the San Antonio, Texas in the United States.

Betancourt, a dual national who was captured as she was campaigning for the Colombian presidency, thanked everyone for keeping their plight alive.

"We were able to dream. We were able to keep hope alive because we heard our loved ones" on the radio, she said, according to a translation on CNN.

World leaders were swift to welcome the news, and celebrations broke out on the streets of Colombian cities as residents hailed the brazen jungle rescue as a bright spot for a country plagued for decades by kidnappings.

There had been mounting fears for Betancourt's health following the release of a video showing her looking thin and frail, and her teenaged son Lorenzo Delloye said he was overjoyed to hear his 46-year-old mother was free.

"It is an immense joy, an indescribable joy, I still cannot believe it," Delloye told AFP.

US President George W. Bush congratulated Bogota on the releases telling his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe he was a "strong leader," the White House said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy also thanked Uribe, who spoke with Betancourt just after her release, and called on the FARC to end their "absurd" struggle.

Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and members of Betancourt's family left France for Colombia on a plane late Wednesday.

Betancourt will likely return to France on the plane, as she "expressed her desire to return... as soon as possible" in a phone call with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the Elysee presidential palace said.

As congratulations also poured in from across Latin America and Europe, street celebrations broke out in Bogota with thousands of cars, their horns blaring, packing onto the roads causing huge traffic jams.

Vicks Vapor promo + socks of course..

2008-07-02T12:52:00.000-07:00

I didn't try it yet but i might..who knows how many more soothing hours of sleep you can get..haha

How to stop cough in 5 minutes!!! This is a must try...

We have all been kept awake by our own or someone else's cough. Try this and pass it on. The tip and not the cough. ANYTHING is better than antibiotics. Even babies could benefit from this and the parents wouldn't worry about the safety of their child. And of course, it is harmless and free from any type of side-effects.

WOW! I was raised, and raised my kids with Vicks. How come I never knew this? I can't wait for my next cough. Amazing!

READ IT ALL. It works 100 percent of the time, although the scientists at the Canada Research council (who discovered it) aren't sure why.

Treatment:

To stop night time coughing in a child (or an adult, as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapor Rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime and then cover with socks.

Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about five minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. This works 100 percent of the time, and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly. I heard the head of the Canada Research Council describe these findings on the part of their scientists when they were investigating the effectiveness and usage of prescription cough medicines in children, as compared to alternative therapies like acupressure. I just happened to tune in to a.m. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs, so I listened. It was a surprising finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, and in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly. My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago, and it worked 100 percent! She said it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her. The coughing stopped in a few minutes, and believe me this was a deep (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds, uncontrollable cough and she slept cough-free for hours every night she used it.

If you have children or grandchildren, pass it on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed.

Facebook’s upcoming conference

2008-07-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

Wish i could attend this and see if i can get my hands on some goodies or meet some totally out-of-this world developers who'll build my recruitment app. platform. Well, anyhow, here's the news at least.

Facebook’s “f8″ conference schedule is out, and it’s going to be covering basically anything you care to know about Facebook, including some new features for its Friend Connect service.

Facebook Connect, a service that essentially lets you log in to Facebook account while on another site, is coming out with some new features, although the company’s not saying much. It was rumored to be launching a new version a couple of weeks ago. The company schedule, below.

The conference itself is happening on July 23rd at the Concourse in the San Francisco Design Center. Also, Facebook is charging $150 before July 7, $250 after, and $50 for students (conferences are a proven business model, after all).

The Schedule:

Track 1: User Experience

Introducing the New Facebook Profile & More
In this session, you will learn everything you need to know about the new Facebook profile, Feeds and other changes to Facebook Platform, including new authorization and user permissions. Learn how to successfully modify your applications to take advantage of the new integration points.

Integrating Facebook Connect into your Website
Since 2006, Facebook Platform APIs have supported integration into your website to make your site social. In this session, we will walk through the new features that will be available with Facebook Connect. Learn how Facebook Connect can help you socialize and streamline your website using trusted authentication, real identity, friends access, and dynamic privacy.

Building Great Applications on Facebook
Over 24,000 applications have been launched on Facebook Platform in the last year. In this session, we’ll discuss guiding principles and best practices for designing great social applications that stand out. Hear from other developers on what they’ve learned and done to create compelling user experiences.

Design and User Experience at Facebook
At Facebook, we are constantly working to make Facebook easier and more efficient for more than 80 million active users. Hear directly from the Facebook Design team on how we think about design and user experience at Facebook and how you can apply this to your applications for a seamless integration. The team will cover how Facebook designed its earliest applications such as Photos and Events.

Track 2: Technical

Advanced App Building
It’s easy to build a simple Facebook app in a couple hours, but successful developers spend a lot of time understanding the ins and out of Platform. In this talk, engineers behind Facebook Platform will reveal the inside tricks for putting together a responsive, robust application. Fast track your application by learning the caching features of FBML, advanced features of FBJS, smart uses of the API, and more.

Feed and Social Distribution
One of the most powerful features of designing for Facebook Platform are the social distribution channels. With the new Facebook profile, learn how to design great Feed stories that take advantage of Feed templates and new story sizes. We’ll walk through examples of useful requests and notifications – and not-so-useful ones too.

Building Facebook to Scale
Learn how Facebook scales some of our key services to handle hundreds of millions of requests per day. We’ll talk about our News Feed system and how it fits into the rest of our site’s architecture through tools like Thrift and Scribe.

Made for Mobile
Mobile devices are opening up and creating new opportunities to build Facebook applications that extend beyond the Web. We’ll talk about methods for mobile development and engage in a Q&A on how to get started.

Track 3: Business

Building a Business on Facebook / Metrics & Analytics
In this session you will learn everything about how to build a business on Facebook Platform and measure your success. Hear first-hand from developers who are doing it and learn more about the vision behind creating businesses on Facebook Platform from Facebook Director of Monetization, Tim Kendall. Developers will explain the different approaches they’ve taken to building business models, such as advertising, e-commerce and consulting. A Facebook Platform engineer will join to provide a deeper look at the metrics available on Platform for measuring user and business growth.

Marketing your Application on Facebook
You’ve developed an application. Now what? This session will cover end-to-end marketing and distribution of your application on Facebook, from leveraging deep understanding of metrics and analytics to optimize your user experience to leveraging Facebook marketing tools. We’ll guide you through the tools that will help you optimize your distribution and share some best practices to increase the virality of your application.

Entrepreneurship on Facebook Platform
The tools for success as an entrepreneur have never been more accessible than with Facebook Platform. Learning how to raise funding, build a team, and achieve success as an entrepreneur is an important part of building a business on Facebook Platform. In this session you’ll hear from industry luminaries in venture capital and seasoned, multi-company entrepreneurs that will reveal the secrets of their success on Facebook Platform.

fbFund: A Look Inside — Seeding Opportunity on Facebook Platform
Learn about the inner workings of fbFund and see what the grant winners are developing. FbFund representatives will share insight into the selection criteria, goals and the lessons learned in building an all-new fund for Facebook Platform. Learn more about the fbFund Developer Competition where your application can earn up to $250,000.

Reprinted with permission from VentureBeat. Story copyright 2008 VentureBeat Inc. All rights reserved.

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/01/facebook-s-f8-conference-include-new-features-friend-connect

Yes, i started the talk about the recession thingy..but wait, good news(?) on how it's a good thing for business!

2008-07-02T02:44:00.000-07:00

Yes, i started the talk about the recession thingy (my rantings earlier about the 950 ppl out out of jobs in a bursa-listed company in Penang)..but wait, here's the good news(?) on how it's a good thing for business! Tips that i thought just warms-up to the budding entrepreneurs like myself. So, here i got to share about my point.

A recession is looming -- or may already be here, depending on who you ask. Either way, the U.S. economy is undeniably experiencing a significant downturn. And with the financial crunch that accompanies hard economic times comes doubt about decisions regarding money – including doubts about whether or not to start a company.

A recession is generally a difficult time for companies that are trying to raise venture capital because VCs are less likely to fund companies when the economy is suffering. For this reason, a recession is not an ideal time to start a company that requires a lot of start-up capital to get off the ground.

But small Internet and technology-based companies are another story. A recession is actually a great time to nurture and incubate a small company. Here are five reasons why:

1) A recession forces founders to be frugal. Starting a company without a lot of money is an excellent discipline for entrepreneurs and for every early-stage company. While it may feel painful to track every dime, the lessons that frugality teaches are invaluable. Having limited capital leads to creative thinking, healthy deliberation about expenditures, and the need for founders to pay very close attention to cash flow, budgets and balance sheets.

2) Recessions force entrepreneurs to take another close look at their ideas. Incubating a business that is based on a flawed idea won't work. A great start-up team or a lot of money can lend the appearance of success, but in the long run, a business built on a bad idea will end up standing on shaky legs. During a severe economic downturn, entrepreneurs will be sure to look long and hard at their business ideas before jumping in. A recession will force questions like:

Will there be a market for this product if customers are cutting back?
Do I have the capital to get this off the ground without raising VC money?
Will the product or service benefit users in both good and bad economic times?

These types of questions will force business owners to refine their thinking -- and will leave them with more solid ideas and plans.

3) Recessions lead to committed startup teams. A common perception about recessions is that jobs are put in jeopardy. This may not be true, but if people feel nervous about their job security, they probably will not want to leave a comfortable situation -- especially for a start-up. But the flip side of this is that anyone who does come to work for a startup will be incredibly committed. A founder will have employees who really believe in his or her vision and products, and/or who love the start-up environment so much that they're willing to live with the added risk and Spartan conditions. Those are the types of people entrepreneurs need for their teams.

4) Startups get a head start. Let's say you have a great idea and you know that you're going to start a company, but you're wondering about the timing. What should you do? The answer is: Start now. This will give you a lead over the competition, and will be well worth any extra struggle. When the economy comes out of recession, your business will be that much further along, and that much closer to being ready to raise capital (which will once again be available, with VC firms eager to invest after sitting on their cash during the down years). You can get a great head start on that day by starting your business now.

5) Recessions toughen up companies. A recession is a great time to start a company, but it isn't the easiest time to incubate a business. That doesn't mean entrepreneurs should back away from the challenge, however. Adversity brings out qualities that every entrepreneur needs to succeed – guts, problem-solving, strength and perseverance. Starting a company in the lean times helps develop those qualities more quickly, which will help the startups in the long-run.

Melissa Chang is the founder of Pure Incubation, an Internet incubator based in the Boston area. She blogs at http://www.16thletter.com.

Future Watch: Alternative "Green" Petroleum in the making?

2008-07-02T02:28:00.001-07:00

Wow, Great minds at work(though this idea has been thrown around for quite a bit of late.. I'd like to say if it comes true (imagine petrol has an actual carbon copy developed=end to oil shortage or as simple as it might look to be), big oil companies are gonna want to buy in those rights just like Microsoft bidding on Yahoo!

A San Diego start-up says it is using algae to make oil that can be refined into gasoline and other fuels that are both renewable and carbon-neutral, and it plans to produce 10,000 barrels a day within five years.

That's a fraction of the 20 million or so barrels of petroleum the United States consumes each day, but Sapphire Energy says "green crude" production could ramp up to a level sufficient to ease our dependence on foreign oil, if not end it altogether.

Company CEO Jason Pyle says the algal oil is chemically identical to light sweet crude and compatible with America's $1.5 trillion petroleum infrastructure, making it a direct replacement for oil. Although the algal fuels refined from it emit as much carbon dioxide as conventional fuels, the company says the emissions are offset by the photosynthetic process that uses sunlight, water and C02 to create algal crude.

"At the very worst, it's carbon neutral," Pyle says, calling the fuels a "benchmark for an entire new industry" and "a paradigm change."

Energy experts and air quality regulators say they'll withhold judgment on those claims until they've seen a production-to-combustion analysis of the fuel's emissions. But they say Sapphire could be on to something.

Making fuel from algae is nothing new, and a lot of organizations, from the smallest start-up to the biggest oil companies, are trying to find the best way to do it. But most of the effort has been on replacing diesel fuel or kerosene. Sapphire wants to replace petroleum.

"We designed it to be a completely fungible product with crude oil," Pyle says. He says the company has refined its algal crude into 91-octane gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene chemically identical to conventional fuels. He wouldn't disclose how the process works or what it costs but said it is competitive with deep-water oil drilling and extracting petroleum from tar sands.

Sapphire also avoids the food-for-fuel debate that has plagued crop-based biofuels because it uses algae and works on non-arable land with non-potable water. Pyle wouldn't say where Sapphire plans to build the demonstration plant it will have running later this year, but it's reportedly working in Oklahoma and may locate its facilities in the South and Southwest. It hopes to have a full-scale plant up and running within five years, producing 10,000 barrels of green crude a day. The company has lined up more than $50 million in funding from investors like ARCH Venture Partners.

Ramping up to that level of production without killing the algae can be tricky, one expert said, and the environmental impact of green crude remain to be seen. Even if it is carbon neutral, the algal fuels will emit pollutants that contribute to smog and ozone, says Don Anair of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

"You're still going to get combustion emissions. You aren't eliminating those with algal fuels," he says, echoing a point the California Air Resources Board made. Still, Anair is cautiously optimistic.

"The fact that there is a lot of interest in finding a better way to fuel our transportation system is encouraging," he says. "This is one avenue to pursue that has very good potential."

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/making-renewabl.html

950 ppl out out of jobs in a bursa-listed company in Penang

2008-07-02T00:24:00.000-07:00

I happened to pick up on the online news, The Star (smacked in the middle of all the political big-time news) on the sad sudden retrenchment issue that i found so shockingly true to my own assumptions that recession is creeping in and even big-time manufacturing companies listed on the bursa can affect employment security more so these days than ever before.

On that note, if anybody who happens to chance upon a need for work in KL who has been retrenched this suddenly, do drop me a note via my email and I'll be more than happy to assist (send me their Resumes / C.V.) in the best way i can to help in getting employment opportunities for them with no agent charges whatsoever as i get paid by companies to locate the right staffs.:)

Wednesday July 2, 2008

Nikko closes toy factory leaving 950 jobless

GEORGE TOWN: Japanese wireless toy manufacturing company Nikko Electronics Bhd closed its Prai factory Tuesday, throwing about 950 people out of a job.

InvestPenang chairman Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the company, which is listed on Bursa Malaysia, closed due to dwindling exports and market demand and escalating production costs.

“As far as the state government and InvestPenang are concerned, we are looking into measures to ensure the welfare of the retrenched workers,” he told a press conference Tuesday.

“We are working closely with the Labour Department to compile reports on the situation of individual workers. When that is done, their claims can be filed in the Magistrate’s Court.”

Lee said the state was trying to contact the factory’s managing director to seek an amicable solution for the workers and the factory management. Most of the retrenched workers, including 73 foreigners, were from the assembly line.

“We can help the company if it is interested in selling its Prai property. Investors on our reserve list may be interested to take over the premises,” he said.

Lee said he did not think Nikko Electronics was planning to relocate its company, as it closed down the factory without giving its employees a month’s notice as required by the Employment Act.

However, it was learned that the company had informed Bursa on Sunday of the situation.

“We are not assigning blame to any party. Our main task now is to ensure the workers get their entitlements and to help them get employment,” Lee said.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp

It's a slow but nerve-wrecking week...

2008-06-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

Here's my first grumblings and thoughts...I've been having some thoughts of late on how to gain people's attention to the idea of Recruitment and Social Networking and freelancing together to save the world..(ok..gone cuckoo..way on top of my head:P).

On the point of being on top of things, I'm actually in the midst of preparing to give a talk on "Recruitment & Social Networking" and am wondering if i can get my "sharing" prepared without turning it into some thesis lecture. Yes, this will soon be my first sharing with the good people of Barcamp M'sia and come to think of it, it's alot of "First" really. I'm not sure how to truly go about it but will hold my nerves of steel+aluminum(light-weight thinking) together and try and get myself ready to speak in front the expected 150 people.

Yikes!...i may just brain-freeze and worse still, get booed off-stage..okay, i'm getting ahead of myself already. It's gotta be simple and good and I'm gonna just say what i know. That's it..or is that just all there is to the world of recruitment? Again, I'm just gonna prepare the best i can and let it rip on that day! gently of course:P

Anyhow, i still got 5 weeks to go and get things in order.

Ah, stomach grumbling, not eaten anything since this morning..now only i feel hungry, geez..am gonna knock-off right after. Tomorrow's an uncertain day though i got cell group and volunteer meeting about the same time. Gotta really put my timing properly. Looking forward to hear some good news from candidates and also clients here and over in S'pore. One thing is certain though, it's gonna get better before it gets any worse..haha!..okay.. i hope to be back soon to share more.

Later...

Some Great Points Tweaked to my Recruitment World:)

2008-06-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

Dear Candidates!,

3..2..1.To begin my foray into the blogger's sphere, here are some of my favorite excerpts from 'wise man/men' in regards to work or jobs to share which i dug-out of somewhere.

(Highlighted ones are my own 1st choices.)

1) Don’t just let your business or your job makes something for you, let it make something of you.

2) Is salary everything and how to get it working for you? My father taught me always to do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.

3) To know a candidate’s employment value: Resolve says, “I will.” The man says, “I will climb this mountain. They told me it is too high, too far, too steep, too rocky, and too difficulty. But it’s my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or dead on the side from trying.”

4) Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom.

5) A compass for every client and candidate: You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?

6) In preparing for job interviews, you cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective you first need to have it. Good communication starts with good preparation.

7) Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to your bank but not the marketplace.

8) You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to an hour.

9) The guy says, “When you work where I work, by the time you get home it’s late. You’ve

got to have a bite to eat, watch a little TV, relax, and get to bed. You can’t sit up half the

night planning, planning, planning.” And he’s the same guy who’s behind on his car payment.

10) At the end of each day you should play back the tapes of your job performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.

11) Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.

12) Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.

13) Make rest a necessity, not an objective. Only rest long enough to gather strength.

14) The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be bold, but not a bully. Be thoughtful, but not lazy. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant. Have humor, but without folly.

15) Good people are found, not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, “We don’t teach our people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.” Wow! What a clever short cut.

16) Learn to help people with more than just their jobs; help them with their lives.

17) In leadership training for the candidate, we teach: Don’t send your ducks to eagle school because it won’t help. Duck finishes eagle school, see his first rabbit, and makes him a friend.

18) The most important question to ask on the job is not “What am I getting?” The most important question to ask is “What am I becoming?”

**Dan's Den**

Cool it was to be at the TwestivalKL...nuff said.:)

Additional Jobs for an IT company in KL

Here's my 1st job posting done in this blog..help yourselves if you see anything that fits you & your friends!

HiPhone versus Iphone (Identical Twin?)

Got this off Bill Gates on 11 tips for the Kids'R Us bunch out there!

Mat

Crappy Nite in The Gardens LOL

Malaysian Pants-OFF to the Anti-Fuel Rally!

TGV movie website hacked! Can't go in:(

TGV Malaysia website hacked with SQL injection

Latest Update: The malicious script has been removed from TGV.com.my. It is safe to visit again.

Latest Update: The malicious script has been removed from TGV.com.my. It is safe to visit again.

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Wednesday July 2, 2008

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It's a slow but nerve-wrecking week...

Some Great Points Tweaked to my Recruitment World:)

Dan's Den