Global Talent Connect | Malaysians Exploring Careers: Dozens of Talents Joining, with Many Insights Shared by Industry Experts

Cake hosted a Global Talent Connect event on July 31, 2024, bringing together dozens of talent coming from Malaysia and sharing our insights on topics like post-graduation work in Taiwan, the experience of returning home as international students with the participation of professionals working in both regions.

As Taiwan welcomes many overseas students coming to its region to study and explore career opportunities post-graduation, it attracts thousands of students from Malaysia to come and study in Taiwan, mainly in arts and humanities fields, services, business, administration, and law. To encourage talent retention and align immigration policy with the current labor market demands, the government has introduced the Scoring Criteria for Foreign and Overseas Chinese Students to Work in Taiwan, leading to many Malaysian students opting to stay and work here. For graduands, the decision to stay in Taiwan or return to their home in Malaysia is critical; either way, they will have to lay the groundwork for their future carefully. Many students are on the fence. 

Understanding these difficult choices to make, Cake, the global talent network, hosted a Talent Connect event, inviting professionals—Jsean (柯典均), Bing Fung (馮文彬), and Cheryl Chong (張惠絲) to come and share about their journey, as well as their advice for the graduands joining our event.

The event has attracted more than 30 Malaysian talent gathered at Cake’s Event Space (located near Nanjing Fuxing Station, Taipei, Taiwan) to explore their career potential and expand their network.

Participants were introduced to job opportunities in Taiwan, where companies like Cake or Family Mart is actively seeking foreign talent to join their teams, and in Malaysia, where big names like MSI welcome fresh graduates with experience overseas, adding diversity to their team culture.

Our panelists also shared their personal experiences and analytics working at global platforms like Cake, Tata Consultancy Services, Compal Electronics, and fashion brand agencies, offering more insights for participants to decide whether to work in Taiwan or return to Malaysia. 

At the end of the event, our host — Coco Yap, who is a Taiwanese Malaysian, shared the Returning Expert Program, an initiative from the Malaysian government to support Malaysian talent in exploring careers in their home county.

The event ran smoothly as planned, down to the last detail. We’ve received positive feedback from our participants. We’re looking forward to hosting similar Talent Connect events that can connect talent with opportunities.

A big thank you to our strategic partners: The Malaysia Student Association in Taiwan (MSAIT 馬來西亞旅台同學會), Youth of Malaysia 大馬青年, and our sponsor 吧生仔大馬料理店, without whom this event wouldn’t have been possible. 

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