TalentCorp’s Mission
TalentCorp was established back in 2011 under the Prime Minister’s Department (JPM), as a response to the Tenth Malaysia Plan which outlined our country’s critical need for highly skilled talent.
Under MOHR, TalentCorp will continue to attract and optimise Malaysian talent, facilitate global talent and build networks of top talent, in order to ensure the Malaysian labour force is well primed to tackle the challenges of 4IR and the Future of Work.
Among the agency’s revised focuses in the short term is to continue working with employers to implement work-life practices, and to recruit and retain women on career breaks through its Career Comeback Programme.
TalentCorp is in charge of managing the tax break for women returnees, which is in the final stages of gazetting at the Ministry of Finance. The tax break was announced last November by YB Kula.
Some of TalentCorp’s other key initiatives include:
- The Critical Occupations List, which aims to map out Malaysia’s talent landscape and industry requirements
- The Returning Expert Programme, which aims to help Malaysians return home from aboard
- The Structured Internship Programme, which gives students valuable industry exposure
- LIFE AT WORK Awards, an annual joint initiative by the Ministry of Human Resources and the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, undertaken by TalentCorp, that recognises companies with progressive workplace practices