CCSC Newsletter 3 2018 as of 30 Nov 2018

NO. 3/2018 (SEP - OCT 2018)

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COUNSELING RELATED PROGRAMMES

INTERVARSITY YOUNG MOTIVATOR
COMPETITION 2018 (I-MAC)

Intervarsity Young Motivator Competition (I- National Level
MAC) is an annual programme organized by
Majlis Kaunseling & Kerjaya Universiti- A total of 40 contestants from IPTAs
Universiti Malaysia (MAKUMA). Each University participated in the competition. As for our
is welcomed to send two contestants. For year contestants, Sr. Nur Hafizah, managed to
2018, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) has been enter final after beating other contestants in
selected to be the host for this competition. the semi-finals. She was the only female in
the final round and ranked 7th out of 10
CCSC managed to conduct I-MAC at the contestants
University Level as to select two contestants to
represent IIUM with three stages i.e. Stage 1 Date               :  4th – 7th October 2018
(13th Sept), Stage 2 (19th Sept) and Stage 3 Venue            :  Universiti Utara Malaysia
(26th Sept).  In Stage 1, a total of 23
contestants participated in the competition (UUM), Sintok
and 15 contestants were qualified for Stage 2 Contestants   : 
and the grand finale took place on 26th i. Br. Ahsanu Wardi Muhamad Ali, KIRKHS
September 2018 with 6 contestants. The ii. Sr. Nur Hafizah Miszairi, KIRKHS
Winner and 1st runner-up represented IIUM at
UUM.

University Level

Date    :  13th – 26th September 2018
Venue  :
i. CCSC (13th September 2018)
ii. Mini Auditorium (19th September 2018)
iii.Experimental Hall (26th September 2018)

Judges:           Finalists for National Level
i.    Br. Mohammad Noriman Mustafa Al-Bakry,
Finalists
Astro
ii.   Dr. Mazlena Mohamad Hussain, IWON,

IIUM
iii.  Mr. Sakri Abdullah, Institut Terjemahan dan

Buku Malaysia (ITBM)
iii.  Counselors, CCSC, IIUM
 

Winners

DIRECT INTAKE PROGRAMME

A programme specifically designed to guide new students of direct intake to cope with adjustment
issues that they may experience during their study in campus.

EMOTIONAL WELL
BEING
PROGRAMME
(EWB)

Topic : Campus Survival Workshop This programme is specifically designed
Date      :    5th September 2018 to guide and help students to have a
Time      :   8.00pm – 10.30pm healthy emotional and mental state. 
Venue    :   LT1, KENMS Emotional well-being is a sense which
Speakers : i. Sr. Khairiah Abdul Razak, CCSC, IIUM to help a person functioning well in
                  ii. Sr. Nur Masturah Mohamad Arif, CCSC, IIUM their daily life.  Maintaining and caring
for emotional well-being is important
SELF-DEVELOPMENT because it helps an individual to cope
PROGRAMME (SDP) with problems as well as able to adjust
with changes that may occur in their
life.

SDP emphasizes on the personal growth skills that are essential
for the students to empower their potential.  As for SDP
conducted on 13th September 2018, the programme aimed to
provide IIUM students with better understanding of adulthood
and the skills that are required for them to embrace adulthood
without panic.

Topic : #adulting: Is Growing Up Difficult Topic : “It has been a Long
Date       :     13th September 2018 Journey”
Time       :     8.30pm – 10.30pm Date         :    11th October 2018
Venue    :     Mini Auditorium Time        :    8.30pm – 10.30pm
Speakers :     i. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Rafiah Abdul Hamid, KOED,IIUM Venue      :    LT1, KENMS
Speaker   :    Dr. Nur Fatanah Ramli,
ii. Sr. Fatiha Shuib, Founder of 1moment4them/Social UPSI
Entrepreneur

MENTAL HEALTH MONTH PROGRAMME

Mental illness is a disorder that affect cognitive ii) Collaborated with Jabatan Agama Islam
functioning of human being and may cause changes to Selangor (JAIS)
the individual process of thinking and behaving. It
becomes worst when the affected person started to Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Workshop
have suicidal ideation, intention and attempt.  They (Because You Worth It):
also tend to do self-harm as the method of coping.  22nd October 2018
The awareness about mental health among the society
in Malaysia still need to be improved.  Therefore, it is Panellists for Workshop:
very important for mental health practitioner and
educator to take action in creating and inculcating the i.    Dr. Raja Kamariah, Ministry of Women
awareness among the society as to have physically and Family and Community Development
mentally healthy community. (KPWKM)

CCSC had conducted Mental Health Month Program: ii.   Dr. Abdul Latif Abdul Razak, IIUM
“Know Your Worth” from 3rd September 2018 – 24th iii.  Mr. Aiman Amri, Founder of Aiman
October 2018.  Several programs were conducted during
the Mental Health Month Program as follows: Psychologist

i) Collaborated with Malaysian Mental Health
Association (MMHA)

Mental Health Campaign and Competition:
3rd September – 24th October 2018

Date    :    3rd September – 24th
October 2018

Time    :    8.30pm – 10.30pm
Venue  :   Experimental Hall, IIUM

iii) Story Telling Competition:
22nd – 24th October 2018

Judges for Competition:
i.   Mr. Muhammad Syawal Azrai Bin Mohd

Mokhtar, ASTRO
ii.  Mr. Noorhisyam Bin Razali, Kolej

Kemahiran Tinggi Mara Petaling Jaya

CAREER RELATED PROGRAMME

CAREER BOOSTER

The programme is organized to help students to boost up their career aspiration as well as to
improve their self-confidence by focusing on enhancing generic skills and competencies
required in the field of employment.

Notes from the Grooming Table
Date        :        3rd October 2018
Time        : 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue      :        LT1, KOED
Speaker    :        Ms. Afiqa Latif, PR

Intelligence of Malaysian
Youth Community (MYC)

Leadership Beyond the Norms Employability Skills : What Companies will
Date         :     14th September 2018 look at you
Time        :    10.00am – 12.00noon Date         :     19th October 2018
Venue      :    Conference Room, RMC Time        :     9.00am – 12.00noon
Speaker   :   Shakyh Abu Nahla Venue      :     Conference Room, RMC
Speaker    :    i. Mr. Iskandar Saim, Head –
Alwazani, Noesis
Institute, California, USA Talent & Performance (Asia)
and Learning of Sime Darby
CAREER VISIT - ii. Ms. Saw Ann Ping
EXPERIENCE THE
REALITY TEH TARIK
SESSION
The Career Visit is intended to support the holistic students’
development through career exposure that could facilitate future Teh Tarik Session is a platform for CCSC to
employment of IIUM graduates.  The programme aims to offer new establish positive networking between University
perspectives about current job market, current technologies and and industries which eventually develop new
finally to inspire students to take initiative in job hunting strategies possibilities that could benefit IIUM graduate
that will minimize their dilemmas when making career decision. employability.

Genesis Oil and Consultants Ltd. (Malaysia) Prestariang
 
Date    :           18th October 2018 Date    :      4th October 2018
Time    :           8.00am – 1.00pm Time    :     2.30pm – 4.30 pm
Venue  :           Level 5, Wisma Technip, 241 Jalan Tun Razak, KL Venue  :     LT1, Kulliyyah of Education
Speaker :          Representatives from Genesis Speaker : Ms Shanti Elizabeth Kaniaselan

ON CAMPUS INTERVIEW

On Campus Interview Programme invites employers to
campus to interview graduating students or fresh
graduates for full time job opportunities. Positions are
offered in various fields such as Accounting, Economics,
ICT, Engineering, Islamic Revealed Knowledge, Human
Sciences, Architecture, Law etc. This programme allows
the students to have valuable experience in dealing with
interviewers during interview session.
Interview Affairs

Date    :           26th September 2018
Time    :           9.00am – 4.00pm
Venue  :           CCSC
Interviewers:   i. Aegis

ii. Malaysian Youth Community (MYC)
iii. Hong Leong

EMPLOYABILITY RELATED PROGRAMME
(ERP)

Employability Related Programme (ERP) provides a platform for students and industries in building engagement among
them.  Industries need to brand themselves in campus as a chosen employer while students need to market themselves as
potential employees to industries.

Public Mutual Briefing – Unit Employer Engagement Tips
Trust Consultant  
  Date     :       3rd October 2018
Date     :       21st September 2018 Time     :        2.30pm – 5.00pm
Time    :      10.00am – 12noon Venue  :        Conference Room,
Venue  :       CCSC
Speaker :       Al Mulk Infinity KICT
Speaker :        Ms. Faizah Mawi,

Ex staff of Graduan

Telecom Application Development Hackathon 2018
 
Telecom Application Development Hackathon 2018 (TADHack) is a hackathon that helps people learn about the latest
Internet, IT, and Telecoms technologies and use those technologies to solve problems.  At TADHack people (students, web
developers, IT managers, coders and non-coders, graphic designers, project and product managers, interested individuals
and subject matter experts) collaborate on a software project using new technologies. TADhack ran across 20 to 30 cities
around the world on 13-14th October 2018 including Kuala Lumpur.  10 students from KICT and KOE participated in the
competition but managed to be in the first round. However, it is good to be exposed in this prestige competition for our
students.

Date                   :           13th – 14th October 2018
Time                  :           9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue                :           University Kuala Lumpur, KL
Organizer        :           International Community of Telecom Application

Development

OTHER PROGRAMMES

Public Speaking IIUM MUMTAZ18
Date          :       21st September 2018
Time          :       3.00pm – 4.00pm Another initiative programme introduced by CCSC to empower
Venue        :       LR1, KIRKHS graduate employability of graduating students by providing them
Speaker     :       Br. Saiful Redza Mohamed, with employability related skills such as self-branding and
communication skills.  At the moment, this programme is
CCSC specifically focused on IRK and BAR students.
 
IIUM Mumtaz18 (IM18) Workshop is a program which intends to
introduce the members with skills and knowledge on several
aspects that related to employment such as self-branding,
interpersonal, NLP and module formulation to enhance their soft
skills and to empower their talent and ability to be exposed to the
community.
 

COUNSELING AND GIG ECONOMY
CAREER AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN (CARES) Gig Economy 2018 is a grant given by the Ministry of Education
2018 (Higher Learning) to execute structured programmes for IIUM
students as to enhance IIUM graduate employability.  This
Counseling and Career Awareness Campaign programme will give an opportunity to 1000 students to enhance
(CARES) is consistently organized so that the their talents in becoming professional freelancers and also can
students are aware of the existence of the Centre support their future marketability. A series of trainings according
and the services provided for them. This to niche area will be conducted under this project. 
programme aims to increase the awareness within
the IIUM Community and to reduce the gap Training for Translator (Niche Area) : Translating, Transcribing
between the Centre and the IIUM Community and Proofreading
especially among students. Among the activities Date           :           5th October 2018
conducted were personality and career tests, Time          :           2.30pm – 4.30pm
resume checking and some fun activities which Venue        :           LT1, KOED
related to counseling and career matters. Speaker     :           Ms. Suhaiel Amdan, Professional trainer of
 
Date          :           27th September 2018 Malaysian, Freelancer Association (MAFA)
Time          :           10.30am – 2.30pm  
Venue        :           AIKOL Basic Training for IIUM Freelancers
Speaker     :           All staff of CCSC Date           :           20th – 21st October 2018
Time         :           9.00am – 5.00pm
Venue        :           Seminar Room 1.6, KENMS
Speakers    :           GLOW (Global Online Workforce)

i. Mr. Mohamad  Iamie bin Rosli
ii. Mr. Muhammad Hazim bin Norlee
iii. Mr. Amierul Syafiq

CCSC'S SUPPORT GROUPS

IIUM STUDENT CAREER
TEAM (ISCT)

IIUM Student Career Team (ISCT) has been established
to support career development programmes as well as
services that are organized and rendered by Counseling
& Career Services (CCSC).  The members are required
to undergo specific modules before they are granted
with certificates.

IIUM PEERS Understanding Career Assessment
Date           :           19th September 2018
IIUM PEERS is specially established as a medium to Time          :           8.30pm – 10.30pm
provide non-professional counseling assistance through Venue       :           Mini Auditorium, IIUM
students who being undergo basic counseling skills and Speaker     :           Br. Mohd Norhafifi Zolkiaply, CCSC
psychological related skills and knowledge. The main  
function is to support the Counseling & Career Services
Centre in promoting better well-being among IIUM
community

IIUM COUNSELING Retreat 3rd Batch
RESPONSE TEAM (ICRT) Date          :           13th – 14th October 2018
Time         :           8.00am – 11.00pm
IIUM Counseling Response Team (ICRT) is a new support Venue       :           El-Azzhar Camp, Morib, Selangor
group established under Counseling and Career Services Speakers   :           Staff of Career Section, CCSC
Centre (CCSC), IIUM. The word ‘counseling’ is added to the
name of the support group because it will emphasize the role
of the support group to the IIUM community.  ICRT aims to
equip members with psychological first aid skills, crisis
intervention skills, relevant knowledge on risk-management
procedure and to educate members with practical helping
skills as well as first aid skills.
 
Psychological First Aid
 
Date          :           12th October 2018
Time         :           8.00am – 12.30pm
Venue       :           Seminar Room 1 & 2, ICC
Speakers   :           i. Dr. Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, Psychiatrist,

Hospital Tuanku Jaafar, Negeri Sembilan
ii. Dr. Yusadilah Maslin Yaacob, Psychiatrist,

Hospital Tuanku Jaafar, Negeri Sembilan

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