By Nur Aiman Najiha Azman
GOMBAK, 19 October 2019: With the vision to be among the leading corporations in energy and related business globally, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is using modern social media as a platform to approach millennials talent.
Mr. Shafrie Shafie, senior manager of Talent Acquisition (a partner at Tenaga Nasional Berhad), highlighted that TNB is now more proactive in approaching talents.
“The professional method in selecting talents is still going on but we have to approach candidates in the millennial way and we need to go to the candidate, not like before, where we waited for the candidate.
This is what we call talent war. Many companies are hunting talents, so we need to change our method by using social media, such as LinkedIn, without leaving the conventional way,” Shafrie stressed.
“Therefore, IIUM Career Fair 2019 is one of the platforms for TNB to hunt for talented talents, ” he added.
Speaking about the relevance of human resources’ (HR’s) roles in this modern world, Shafrie pointed out that the role of HR is very important to bring new talent, new mindset and new perspective in any organisation.
He said that even the top companies in the world put their high focus on HR as the main goal to change the organisation.
Meanwhile, Mohd Khairi Ismayuddin of Talent Acquisition at Tenaga Nasional Berhad in sharing his views at IIUM Career Fair 2019, highlighted skills and talents that need to thrive in the 4th Industrial Revolution as follows:
1) Creative and Critical Thinking
2) Emotional Intelligence
3) Jugdement and decision making
4) People management and coordinating with others
5) Negotiation skills and service orientation
He added, “TNB always put ourselves not only as a business but also the entity that contributes. While looking into the possibilities to further our capabilities as a utility company, we also look into the opportunities we can provide to bring impactful changes in our community.” ***