The Job Clearing System, JCS, which is part of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELX) and was previously run under the Ministry of Human Resource (MOHR) website, has now been transferred to its exclusive domain, www.JobsMalaysia.gov.my.

Developed by Solsis (M) Sdn Bhd, the Job Clearing System is an electronic service that matches job seeker’s qualification, skills, experience and interest to related available job vacancies advertised in the website.

It also allows employers from both private and public sectors to find potential candidates for their vacant positions.

The service is offered free for both job seekers and employers.

Since its inception in 2002, the portal to date has received more than 10 million visitors. JCS is one of the 3 modules created for the Electronic Labour Exchange, with the other 2 being the Labour Market Database (LMD) and Office Productivity System (OPS).

Additionally, the list of the job vacancies in the website will appear on Selamat Pagi Malaysia on TV1, everyday between 7.45am and 10.30am.

JobsMalaysia also accommodate placement for disabled job seekers.

Click here to visit JobsMalaysia website.

Starting a business but short of ideas? Try one of the following 40 small business ideas, both can be done on part time or full time basis.

Best of all, you can spend not more than $500 (your own currency, regardless of which country) to start with (some virtually come without any cost):

1. Flea market

2. Tour guide

3. Photography

4. Musician/singing/club band

5. Painting

6. Gardening/lawn care

7. Baking/cooking

8. Knitting/alteration

9. Personal shopping

10. Food delivery

11. Real estate agent

12. Conducting seminars

12. Carpet/upholstery cleaning

13. Restaurant/fast food/stall

14. Accounting/book keeping/secretarial service

15. Seminar/workshop organizer/presenter

16. Teaching/private tutoring

17. Event management

18. Wedding services

19. Web/graphic design/illustrator/interior designer

20. Webmaster/SEO consultant

21. Writer/editing/blogging

22. Financial planner

23. Travel agency

24. Catering service

25. Home based child care center/babysitting

26. Multilevel/direct selling

27. Translation service

28. Advertising agency

29. PC/computer maintenance service

30. SME/small business consultant

31. Mobile car wash

32. Office cleaning service

33. Piano/guitar/music instructor

34. eBay (or other auction sites) seller

35. Hotel booking service

36. Book binding

37. Handicrafts/jewelry/personal accessories

38. Business plan writer

39. Hamper packaging service

40. Internet business/marketing/entrepreneur

Simon Nixon, founder of MoneySupermarket.com, has been named as UK’s richest young entrepreneur, as released by Daily Telegraph, British based popular newspaper recently.

His net worth is evaluated to be £363 million (US$680 million).

Nixon, 40, dropped out from his accounting studies in Nottingham University at the age of 20 out of boredom. He landed his first job selling life insurance and pension schemes but he was not enjoying the job either.

One day, spotting a potential market for information dissemination in the mortgage industry, Nixon worked his way to create a system that allows buyers to compare mortgage deals available nationwide.

His first product was a successful fortnightly magazine but the growth in the computer and internet technology drove him to persuade another friend of his, an IT graduate to help him setting up PC and internet based application. As a result, MoneySupermarket was launched before the turn of the 21st century, providing easy access to retail customers to compare prices and deals.

MoneySupermarket takes small commission from the deals secured through the online transaction, starting as low as 30 pence. As the visitors grew by leaps and bounds, Nixon and company was netting more than £100 million dollars in revenues after 5 years of experience. Today, the website does not only provides information on mortgage but has expanded to other fields and areas including travel, broadband, gas and electricity, mobile phones, motoring and shopping.

MoneySupermarket has its own building, employing more than 600 employees, with half of them internet developers. Nixon took his company public in 2007. Today, every night before he goes to sleep, Nixon would grab his favorite travel magazine and browse through holiday places he wants to visit next.

Image: Jane Mingay.