Professional Training and Grooming Etiquette (PRESTIGE)

By Neyley Adriana, Foundation/1st

Tronoh, 8^th March –The popular annual event, Professional Training and Grooming Etiquette (or more commonly known as PRESTIGE) have made its debut yet again this year at Seminar Room 7, Undercroft and was held by Peer Helper Club. Over 100 enthusiastic students participated in PRESTIGE in the hopes of learning how to give their appearance and personalities a makeover. The event aimed to teach and train its participants on grooming etiquettes, how to look professional and how to give an impact to people, especially during job interviews.

The event kicked off at 9.30 am with a session called “Re-groom, Re-brand, Re-fresh” featuring Madam Murshidah, a famous advisor for personal grooming and a corporate image consultant. Her session began with an ice-breaking session where the participants had to draw an image of themselves in order to portray their personality. Afterwards she gave a talk concerning “Love and Respect”, whereby she emphasized on how confidence, and positive vibes will induce a positive aura to those around us.

The second module continued at 11.30 am with Madam Murshidah again as the speaker with the topic entitled ‘Present with Impact’. This session focused on professional communication skills and appearance. Madam Murshidah gave useful tips on how to look presentable in front of people, especially during job interviews where you would want to impress your (future) employer. In addition, she touched upon topics such as self-esteem and how to improve it, as well as how to speak to people confidently.

The event continued after lunch with the third module, ‘What Employers Want’, delivered by Muhammad Gadafi, UTP Alumni. He told the participants of his experience upon entering the industry, and spoke about having the right attitude in the working environment.

Later at noon, the participants were enlightened by Mr.Saiful Nang, a famous Malaysian photographer and a successful entrepreneur, with the fourth and last module, ‘Aspiring to Excellence’. Supplementary to sharing his humorous life experiences, Mr Saiful also shared his road-to-success story and encouraged the participants to start a business (even without any money), emphasizing that perseverance and dedication will lead to success. Uplifting and insightful, his talk gave the participants an idea of the challenges that they will inevitably face in the real world.

“This event really motivates me and teach me on the proper way of grooming etiquette and not to forget meeting many successful people and knowing their recipe of success was something that I would not forget”, said Arshad Arifin (PE, Foundation 1^st). The event finally came to an end at 5pm. For all the beneficial knowledge that PRESTIGE brings, we hope to see more of it in future.