The voice of the future workforce.
Every year, university students across Malaysia vote for the employers they most want to work for. The result is the register of graduate employer preference.
A register built by students, for students.
The Graduates' Choice Award is APAC's Most Authoritative Graduate Employer Award. Students at Malaysian universities vote for the employers they would most like to join, and the employers they choose make the register. Talentbank is the Secretariat of the award.
After graduation, the choices are endless.
Graduates face a long list of employers and little to help them choose. We started the award to help them find the employers their peers prefer most.
Talentbank was founded in 2010 to help Malaysian graduates navigate the job market. In 2017, our research team asked students a simple question:
Which employer do you actually want to work for?
The same question still drives the award, now with far more students answering it.
Four steps, every year.
Voting runs from 1 July to 30 June. Every name in the register has been through all four steps.
Students vote.
Any enrolled student at a Malaysian university can vote, and so can graduates of the past 12 months.
Every voter is verified.
A one-time code (OTP) is sent to the voter's own email. It is one person, one vote, each cycle.
Bad votes go. Results are verified.
Talentbank removes fraudulent votes first. The Board of Audit Members then verifies the results.
Winners are announced.
University leaders present the trophies at the November gala. The register is then published.
Independent by design.
The Ministry.
The Ministry of Higher Education has supported every edition since it began in 2018.
See the patronsBoard of Audit Members.
Career services practitioners from public and private universities verify the results.
Meet the BoardUniversity leaders.
University leaders, including Vice-Chancellors, present the trophies on stage at the gala.
See the presentationTalentbank, the Secretariat.
Founded in 2010, 16 years ago. It runs the process and does not choose the winners.
About TalentbankOur guests of honour.
All patronsThe Board of Audit Members.
Meet the BoardFour marks, all earned.
Winner
Voted into the register within an industry category.
Champion
The top-voted employer in its category.
Students' Favourites
The most-voted employers across every category nationally, roughly the top 1%.
Hall of Fame
Champion in the same category for 5 consecutive years. Ten years is marked as a decade.
There is no application, no entry fee and no sponsorship. The title, the Seal and the trophy are complimentary to every winner.
Straight answers.
What is the Graduates' Choice Award?
APAC's Most Authoritative Graduate Employer Award, running since 2018 and 100% voted by university students in Malaysia.
Who can vote?
Currently enrolled university students at any Malaysian institution, public or private, including international students. Fresh graduates within 12 months of graduation are also eligible. A personal email address is fine, no student email or institutional ID required.
Does it cost anything to vote?
No, voting is free.
How are votes verified?
Eligibility is self-declared when you vote. After the voting window closes, the full dataset is validated and audited: Talentbank, as the Secretariat, filters out duplicate, repeated, coordinated and automated votes. The Board of Audit Members, career services practitioners from public and private universities, then verifies the results before anything is published.
Who decides the winner?
Students vote. Talentbank does not select winners.
When are the results announced?
Voting closes 30 June at 11:59 PM MYT. The audit runs through July. Winners are announced live at the November gala in Kuala Lumpur, and the full register is then published online.
Help graduates choose.
Voting is free and open to every university student in Malaysia.