Google Ignite Career Fair Returns for 2017 – 1,400 students compete for Google Partners’ internship opportunities

Google Ignite aims to ignite the future of young Malaysians

Last weekend saw the return of the Google Ignite Career Fair with the Google Ignite Career Fair 2017 being the third time Google has organised the fair in collaboration with The Malaysian Advertising Association (MAA) and Jobstreet.com. The Google Ignite Career Fair is an exclusive event by Google, only for Google-certified students and top employers from the program to interact and network, and to facilitate applications and conversations regarding internship opportunities within the Google Ignite programme.

There will be a few activities for participants during the Google Ignite Career Fair which include talks and interview sessions. Most notably speed interviews as well as 1-on-1 career mentoring sessions.

What is Google Ignite? Google Ignite is a training-to-internship programme targeted to students who will later on
be likely to pursue a career in digital marketing. The programme trains applicants to be proficient in Google AdWords (which is Google’s main online advertising platform) by providing them with online resources for learning as well as training through their participating universities. Google Ignite modules include Fundamentals of Search (Basic Search), Advanced (Advanced Search) and Advanced Display (Detail View), with those passing the Fundamentals of Search exam as well as one of the other two modules will receive Google AdWords certification.

This year’s Google Ignite Career Fair saw 1,400 students from a variety of different universities in Malaysia compete against each other for a chance to snag one out of 300 coveted internship opportunities from 64 different companies. All 64 companies are of course comprised of top Google Partner agencies, companies as well as leading digital brands in Malaysia.

For Google Ignite Career Fair 2017, Google Malaysia has officially worked with students from 11 different Malaysian universities which include:

• Universiti Teknologi MARA (Shah Alam)
• INTI International University (Shanghai, Value, KL, Penang and Sabah)
• Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Sg Long, Kampar)
• Sunway Monash University
• Multimedia University (Cyberjaya Melaka)
• Limkokwing University
• the University of Nottingham Malaysia
• Sunway University
• Help University
• University of Malaya
• Tunku Abdul Rahman University College

With the Google Ignite programme and the Google Ignite Career Fair 2017, Google hopes to provide students with a good stepping stone in the digital marketing world once they graduate.

For more information regarding the Google Ignite Career Fair as well as the Google Ignite programme, visit their website here.