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ment, invoicing and marketing – all requiring and professional skills. Technologies such as AI/big
specialized digital skills such as data and AI, data analytics, cloud computing and intelligent
developers, coders and digital marketeers. automation are already mission critical roles in future-
On the flip side, daily or weekly wage workers will be savvy organizations.
most affected by the pandemic according to Monash
University Malaysia’s Prof Mahendhiran Sanggaran MDEC’s Premier Digital Tech Institutions (PDTIs) fills
Nair, in a news report in the Star. This opens up a pool the demand by providing a pipeline of skilled digital
of potential talents available for hire and re-skilling. talents for future jobs. A result of a collaboration
between MDEC, the Ministry of Education Malaysia
3. Outsourcing and freelance jobs and industry leaders, the PDTI branded academic
institutions deliver end-to-end solutions to ensure that
Hiring workers on a need-to basis will grow as future graduates are educated and trained into
businesses explore ways to reduce physical office becoming dynamic members of an innovation-driven
spaces and fixed headcounts. in an uncertain economic and digital-powered Malaysia.
environment, a core business and operations team are
more likely to manage a team of experts specific to a Several PDTIs are also offering eLearning courses
project. worthy of note during the MCO period, and they may
just be where you find your next Cybersecurity or Data
Programs like MDEC’s GLOW (Global Online Science hire during and beyond the Covid-19
Workforce) was launched to assist Malaysians leverage pandemic.
on crowdsourcing platforms to generate income. In
addition, there is a treasure trove of talents that Let’s for a moment consider this; the International
businesses can look at for their next freelance or Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that by 2022, over
remote worker hire. Here are some Malaysian job 21% of Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) will
sites and portals to explore: be contributed by the digital economy. Even as we
expect bumps on the year ahead, the digital economy
1. Upwork certainly has the ability to weather challenges and will
2. 123RF Limited be one of the main areas driving Malaysia’s economic
3. KerjaDigital progress to deliver shared prosperity. The time is ripe
4. Supahands Dotcom Sdn. Bhd to re-consider current plans and redirect businesses
5. Ezyspark towards the digital economy and encourage the digital
6. Freelancing.my businesses to tread new ground. ◊
7. Freetimeworkz
8. Favser By Raymond Siva,
Chief Marketing Officer, Malaysia
90% of future jobs will require digital literacy. Presently, Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
there is a shift from traditional job roles to building
‘composite’ capabilities that require a mix of technical

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