IBM Corporate Service Corps lands in Kuching

Kuching, 13 September 2012 – IBM announced on Monday the start of its seventh Corporate Service Corps (CSC) assignment in Malaysia, the first in Kuching, Sarawak. A team of 12 volunteers, identified as high achievers and potential leaders from across the globe, arrived in the state capital to deploy essential projects that are set to help local organizations from diverse industries to develop and enhance the necessary skills required to grow in the global marketplace.

Here for one month, the volunteers from Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, Switzerland and the USA will impart their skills and expertise with the Sarawak State Library, Sarawak Cultural Village and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, in establishing fundamental marketing and data management training capabilities for the organizations. This is with the aim to help the organizations reach out more effectively and better serve their respective communities.

The team began the CSC assignment officially yesterday. Present at the opening session were representatives from Sarawak State Library, Sarawak Cultural Village and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, hosted by Tang Choeng Weng, Geographic Expansion Leader, IBM Malaysia. (Back row, standing,1st left). 


About Corporate Service Corps
The Corporate Service Corps (CSC) is part of IBM's Global Citizen's Portfolio, a suite of investment programs to help IBM employees enhance their skills and expertise in order to become global leaders, professionals and empowered citizens of the 21st century workforce.  It also includes matching accounts for lifelong learning and enhanced transition services to create second career opportunities. Australian Business Volunteers (ABV) is the Service Corps partner for participants assigned to Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Since its launch in 2008, the Corporate Service Corps program has sent over 1,400 participants on over 120 teams to more than 20 countries around the world. The participants come from over 50 countries and have served communities in Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. The program continues to expand to new locations each year.

For more information on CSC, please visit http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps.