The pandemic has certainly made businesses take a step ahead on how they operate, especially on digitalising their businesses. This could be seen when thousands of companies had to shut down their operations over the past 2 years because they were not digitally ready.
If there is only one lesson that we can learn from the pandemic, it is that adoption of digital technologies is no longer optional for businesses – it is a necessity.
Long gone are the days where business digitalisation is only focused for tech companies. Today no matter which industry you are in, you need them. From enabling teams and working remotely to training employees, digital technology has never been more critical.
Say hello to MYWiT
MyDigitalWorkforce Work in Tech (MYWiT) is an initiative by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) that incentivizes employers via salary and training subsidies to hire Malaysians for digital tech and services jobs that enables businesses to thrive digitally beyond 2021.
MYWiT aims to support companies to employ digital talent through salary and training incentives.
This incentive is available for companies that hire fresh graduates, unemployed Malaysians and retrenched employees for digital business services jobs and digital tech jobs. Companies from any industry are open to apply, such as from education, manufacturing and Information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
MYWiT programme benefits
Salary incentive:
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Offers the highest incentive of a 40% salary subsidy for 6 months (Minimum salary: RM2,000/month)
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Salary incentive capped at RM2,600 pax/month (40% from RM6,500 pax/month)
Training Incentives:
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In-house training: Up to RM5,000/pax : In-house training with minimum of 40 hours; The training provider can be from other entity within the same group of company
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External training: Up to RM8,000/pax: External training:Courses listed in MDEC’s Digital Skills Training Directory:
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Work and Learn courses or
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Career upgrade courses or
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Learning on Demand courses (min 20 hours)
Why MYWiT?
One of MYWiT programme’s main objectives is to create 6,000 job placements in Digital Tech and Business Services Roles and also highlight the importance of hiring digital tech talent for a company.
Hiring employers
Reduce hiring cost with salary incentives.
Ways to implement the MYWiT programme into your recruitment strategy
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The first step is to identity an organisation’s skills gap
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Revise the job descriptions to attract candidates that are willing to learn new skills
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Offer ongoing skills training to current staff
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Focus on recruiting adaptable and open-minded employees
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Make broad investments in training
Upskilling and Reskilling Employees
Reskilling and upskilling provide employees with the skills they will need to succeed and even advance their own careers. Doing so gives employees an active role in digital transformation, which can ease their worries and gradually replace uncertainty and resistance with approval.
As organisations transform the way they work, they may replace old functions, technologies, and processes with newer, streamlined ones. This begs the question of what happens to the employees behind them.
Organisation that has been struggling to recruit good job candidates, should rethink their recruitment strategy. Positioning training and certifications as a central draw whilst recruiting could draw in candidates that are committed to learning and growing alongside with the organisation.
Instead of letting go of that talent, organisations should reskill employees by upgrading their skills to fill new demands.
MYWiT application process
Step 1: Hire or select candidate with the commencement date stated in Letter of employment is any date 5th April 2021 to 31st August 2022
Step 2: Apply online at www.mdec.my/mywit
Step 3: Get approval from MDEC
Step 4: Sign partnership agreement
Piqued your interest yet? For further inquiries, you can visit this website and even stay updated with what MDEC has to offer through their social media pages at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
