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Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Specialist

Stable

Business

Finds, screens and interviews candidates and manages job offers, either for a recruitment agency serving many clients or in the in-house talent acquisition (TA) team of a bank, MNC or GBS centre. Many start with a degree in HR, psychology or business, and agency recruiters are often paid partly by commission.

Human ResourcesBusiness

In Malaysia

How people get into it here
SPM → Matrikulasi, Asasi, STPM or Diploma → Degree in Human Resource Management, Psychology, Business or Communication → recruitment consultant at a licensed agency or TA executive in-house → senior TA / TA manager. Some agencies take diploma holders as junior researchers or coordinators. The agency itself must hold a licence from JTKSM under the Private Employment Agencies Act 1981.

Sources:randstad.com.mymy.jobstreet.com

Subjects that matter here

The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.

Bahasa MelayuCommunicate policy to staff.
EnglishReports, contracts and interviews.
Economics / BusinessHow organisations are run.
MathematicsBudgets, pricing and profit.

Skills to build

Confident phone and face-to-face communicationReading people and asking good questionsResilience when handling rejectionOrganisation across many candidates at once

Pay in the private market

Monthly pay from fresh grad to mid-career, from the salary guide cited on this page.

Entry

Private
RM5,000 – RM7,000

Mid-career

Private
RM7,000 – RM9,000

Government pay isn't shown: we haven't yet sourced the SSPA civil-service salary tables, and we won't estimate them.

Job demand outlook

Stable

Steady, reliable demand: a consistent number of openings.

Your readiness

How your current SPM subjects line up with this career.

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How to get here

Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.

Asasi / Foundation

One-year runway into a specific university: public via UPU or private direct entry.

12 months

About this information

This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.

Source: Randstad Malaysia 2025 Job Market Outlook & Salary Guide (Human resources: TA executive / recruiter 1–3 yrs; senior TA executive / TA specialist 3–5 yrs) · as of Jan 2025

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