Fatimah: Training is sponsored by the government and is open to retrenched workers, unemployed graduates and youths aged between 17 and 45.
RETRENCHED procurement officer Tan Phoey In chanced upon a train-and-place scheme that was different from what she was doing before but seemed useful to take up.
“I was fighting for my retrenchment benefits from a former employer and when this legal secretary’s course came up I quickly enrolled to continue my battle,” said Tan, 47, who was retrenched sometime in May this year.
After two months of pursuing the legal secretary’s course along with scores of other retrenched workers and unemployed graduates, Tan has no regrets.
“In fact, I am advising my former manager on how to claim for retrenchment benefits,” said Tan, who had persuaded her 19-year-old daughter to take up the course.
Tan, who thanked the Government and the Human Resources Ministry for offering the train-and-place scheme for retrenched workers, said schemes such as this would benefit thousands of people.
“What I am learning now will be very useful after I graduate as a trained legal secretary in another two months,” said Tan, who is paid a monthly allowance by the government under the scheme.
Another retrenched employee Mimi Farizah Mukhtar, 33, said she hoped to pursue a degree in law later in life.
“Since there is a shortage of legal secretaries in the country I can start work immediately after completing this four-month course,” said the mother of two children aged four and five.
Vijay Rao, 19, who lost his job as a maintenance technical assistant in Singapore four months ago, and Low Chui Yean, 22, who was retrenched as a sales person, echoed what Tan and Mimi said about the course.
Beneficial course: A lecturer teaching a group of retrenched workers and unemployed graduates at the Malaysian Academy of Legal Secretaries. “I have to work hard in order to graduate,” said Vijay, who is looking forward to becoming a legal secretary.
“This is a very unique training programme where you can pursue a law degree if you have the intention of becoming a lawyer,” said Low from Rawang, Selangor.
Course provider, Malaysian Academy of Legal Secretaries’ (MALS) director Fatimah Zainuddin said the training was sponsored by the government and was open to retrenched workers, unemployed graduates and youths aged between 17 and 45.
“The four-month course will give them a basic guideline and practical knowledge to enter the job market,” she said, adding that there is a high demand for legal secretaries in a host of legal departments within the country and overseas, particularly in the banking and financial institutions.
Those interested can email Fatimah at legalacademy@gmail.com or visit the academy at Semua House in Kuala Lumpur.
A paralegal training can really be helpful as this job is high in demand and the pay is great. It also gives you an opportunity to work in a law office and have that chance to see if you would like to continue on the career and study to be a lawyer yourself.
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