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KUALA LUMPUR: Since more people may be out of work after the wage subsidy program ends in September, a deputy has decided to become a matchmaker to help people find work.
Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil has opened a two-story work center in a building next to his service center. It will focus on helping voters and those who live within a 10 km radius of the constituency, but “we will not say no to others.”
The center will work with local businesses, government agencies, the Human Resource Development Fund and the Bureau of Labor on open positions in the area.
“The idea here is to see if it is possible to work locally, without traveling 3 hours a day,” he said.
The Lembah Pantai constituency area covers Bangsar, Kampung Kerinchi (South Bangsar), KL Eco City, Mid Valley Mega Mall, Brickfields and KL Sentral.
The main audience is people classified as belonging to the B40 group (comprising those in the bottom 40% of society by income level). But the center’s services are open to all, he said.
The center will help match the unemployed with available jobs, as well as train them with the right skills that will allow them to be hired.
“We will also see sector support,” he said, giving the example of cleaners who were left unemployed when the hotels closed, but who could still be sent to other businesses in the Lembah Pantai area.
The center will seek to help people establish businesses online. “It is not just about selling food or clothes. It could go from selling cloth face masks or other businesses, ”he said.
He said that a Malaysian living in Johor Bahru earned up to RM20,000 a month translating articles and transcribing notes from American companies.
Fahmi added that there were opportunities for people to work from home, but many were unaware of the various opportunities available.
“We cannot email drivers forever. We have to see what the next big thing is, ”he said.
He said the employment center also hopes to learn more about supply and demand in the labor market, as there were no figures on the number of unemployed people according to electoral districts. “Now we only have unemployment according to the states,” he said.
The center contains a function room, a library and an Internet center for young people. It’s online at pklp.my and goes live on September 16.
