The Power of EDS Networking

EDS/AHU Residential BBA, MBA and DBA Studies in Penang, Malaysia is a powerful platform for you to build professional relationships, actively foster international contacts and share information with your fellow course-mates from different countries in Asia.

Additional unique features of the residential studies involves organized study tours to visit successful industries in Penang through our EDS Alumni contacts and also to visit latest shopping mall like Tesco, Carrefour and Gurney Plaza to understand their latest marketing strategies, concepts and positioning.

In conjunction with the Residential studies, we will also organized a welcoming dinner for all our foreign students. This will give them further opportunity to socialize, get to know each other and build the networking among the students, faculty members and EDS management teams.

Occasionally, students from their respective country may organize special gathering such as Vietnam’s night. The students from particular country will gather together and cook their country’s unique cuisine and invite all their fellow course-mates from other countries and the faculty member to dine with them together.

"It's not what you know, it's who you know." This old saying, while not entirely accurate, contains an element of truth. When it comes to planning careers and seeking jobs, networking pays dividends. Networking (the process of taking advantage of contacts with other people for career or professional purposes) can be a key part of occupational success.

Networking is clearly the single most important avenue to successful career planning, career choice, and implementation. Most people who hold really good positions got there through networking.

Identifying job openings is often a major task, whether that means poring over a newspaper's classified ads or surfing the Net. But this is not the only way to go. According to career experts, fewer than half of all jobs are advertised. For the others, as well as for many publicized jobs, the secret to success is networking.

Given a choice between two equally qualified candidates, hiring managers will usually prefer to hire a person with whom he or she has had a previous positive experience. That is why networking is so important, because it brings you into contact with more potential hiring managers.

• Networking can establish contact with people who might ultimately lead you to a job and business opportunity. Experts report that only 20% of all jobs are advertised in the classifieds. Networking can lead to the other 80%! But networking goes beyond actual job leads.
• You can identify role models or mentors to guide your professional development.
• Learn about unfamiliar geographic region or city.
• Obtain support and encouragement from others who share your interests.
• Gain feedback on your qualifications and resume.
• Through networking you can learn the jargon of a particular occupational field. It can be invaluable to know the "words."

“You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.”

~ Charles Jones