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on a free digital transformation
journey

Get your business ready for the Future of Work

Strategise your digital transformation

Understand how digital technologies and tools can drive business growth, increase operational efficiency and enhance your teams' working experience. Take your business to the next level with Digital Presence.
Find long-term work opportunities
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Get started with expert guidance to create and maintain a strong presence on the web and social media channels. Discover the basics you must know to grow your brand. Build a Digital Presence Plan to effectively showcase your brand and reach a wider audience with Digital Presence.
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Who is this for?

For those with Creative Skill Sets:
Copywriters
Graphic Designers
Social Media Managers
Digital Marketers
Web Designers & Developers
For those with Creative Skill Sets:
Admin Assistant
Online Customer Service
Digital Operations Managers

Our approach

Develop a Lasting Impression
Digital presence is YOUR new business card. It's how you show up on the internet, and it's how the world sees you. Your digital presence is your chance to make a lasting first impression and connect with your target audience in a powerful way.
Brush Up Your Technical Abilities
Learn the basics of communication, social media management, web design & development, digital marketing, and operations management. Know what you need to know to be able to build your omni-channel digital presence strategy.
Practice working with a Virtual Workforce
Changing career landscape have opened up new opportunities to find talent across borders. Learn how to work with a virtual workforce that works remotely, grasp the basics of managing a virtual team, and experience the benefits of a virtual workforce.

Choose the path you want to take

The pathways are designed to provide learning opportunities that meets your needs by enabling you to choose your own courses. You will be empowered to learn at your own pace, completing your chosen courses and quizzes at a time thats best suits you. Course assignments are curated to encourage action-learning, guiding you to take concrete actions toward your growth.
Flourish Your Career

This pathway is for youths seeking full-time employment. You will learn to build a thriving career and secure growth opportunities.

4

Courses

3

Office hours

FREE
$129
Digital Entrepreneur

This pathway is for those that are skilled - be it digital or non-digital skills. You will learn to market yourself and earn income

5

Courses

4

Office hours

FREE
USD 149
Kickstart Your Career

This pathway is for those seeking full-time employment. You will learn to build a thriving career and secure growth opportunities

5

Courses

4

Office hours

FREE
USD 149

Application Timeline

PHASE 1
Application form
Fill Up and Submit DB X Futuremakers Application DB X Futuremakers Application (estimated time to complete: 10 mins)
PHASE 2
Virtual Interview
A virtual interview invitation will be sent to you if your application is shortlisted. Keep an eye on your email inbox!
PHASE 3
Training Agreement
If your SME is accepted, you will receive a congratulatory email and a training agreement. Sign and return it. We will share the next steps with you then.

Program Elements

Online Learning

You will complete two online courses within a period of 2-weeks. Majority of learners complete the learning within 1 week.

Digital Presence Plan

You will build your digital presence plan which you can execute in 2-weeks time, with the help of our talents.

Briefing Call

Meet the talent(s) you will be hosting and understand each other's goals and expectations for participating in 2-week project placement.

Host A Talent

Host a talent for 2-weeks during which the talent will help you to execute your digital presence plan.

Embracing Digitalisation

The team at Mereka will closely follow your progress and track your digitalisation progress over the next few months.

Program Elements

FREE Training
Eligibility

Location
Legally registered business entity operating in Malaysia
Participation
Select 1 staff member to participate in the program for the whole duration
Objective
Has the capacity to put training programme learnings into practice

Expected Commitments

Selected staff member is to complete 2 online course on Digital Transformation within 2 weeks upon onboarding
Selected staff member is to guide and manage assigned talents throughout the duration of project placement, including attending briefing calls and filling up progress surveys
Reporting of your digitalisation progress for 3-months post-programme

DB X Futuremakers Application

A program to diversify your income option and build a flexible remote-working career with a higher income potential.
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Read all reviews
This program matches the business owner with the expertise of a digital marketer so that entrepreneurs can improve the utilization of digital platforms for business.
Mawar Yudiana Mohamad
Hafiz Rashid & Co
All three of the candidates assigned did a pretty good job despite being new to the freelancing environment. They have proven their immense growth and adaptability to the new norm of professional working experience.
Az Zahra Alex
‍24 years old
Appreciate the efforts and creative ideas to push this positive initiative in digitalisation for SME.
Nurin Syasya
‍27 years old

Success stories

In this success stories section, we've compiled a collection of real-life examples of how our learners overcame challenges and achieved remarkable results upon completing this programme. We hope these stories will inspire and motivate you as you consider how the Future of Work programme can help you reach your own goals.
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Breaking the glass ceiling: Qash Aris advocating Malaysians to pursue success through technology
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Make a career out of your passion: Herald’s way of overcoming unemployment
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Will A Seasoned Gig Worker Benefit from the Me.reka Digital Entrepreneur Programme?
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FAQ

Eligibility
Qualifications
Program Details
Program Requirements

Eligibility

Who is considered unemployed?
You are unemployed if you are currently not working but are available for work and are actively looking for work.
Who is considered underemployed?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.
I am a student. Can I apply?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.

Qualification

Who is considered unemployed?
You are unemployed if you are currently not working but are available for work and are actively looking for work.
Who is considered underemployed?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.
I am a student. Can I apply?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.

Program Details

Who is considered unemployed?
You are unemployed if you are currently not working but are available for work and are actively looking for work.
Who is considered underemployed?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.
I am a student. Can I apply?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.

Program Requirements

Who is considered unemployed?
You are unemployed if you are currently not working but are available for work and are actively looking for work.
Who is considered underemployed?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.
I am a student. Can I apply?

You are underemployed if:

  • You are employed less than 30 hours per week due to the nature of your work or because of insufficient work and are able and willing to accept additional hours of work.
  • Or, you want to change your current employment situation in order to use your occupational skills more fully and are available to do so.

A few example circumstances are:

  • You possess a Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma but are working in semi-skilled and low-skilled occupations.
  • You are working a job that is mismatched with your skills, expertise, and experience and you are earning a low salary due to the mismatch.

Program Details

What is this program about?
DB X Futuremakers is designed and developed to support SME digitalizes their business through online training and providing pro bono assistants to support the digital engagement strategies and project management tasks.
What is the background of the talents we will be hosting for Project Placement?
  • The participants are B40 youths across different states in Malaysia that are either unemployed or underemployed. Since they are from the B40 group, some of them may be facing challenges in terms of internet connectivity, limited devices but they are highly enthusiastic people who are seeking career opportunities either in freelancing  or in employment.
  • You will be assigned with a maximum of 2 participants for 2 weeks, with skills background as indicated in the Application Form, depending on participants availability.

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What will be the talents' working schedules and the availability?

The working schedule is entirely up to your discretion with the participants. In total, each talent will be contributing 80-hours worth of work during the 2-weeks Project Placement.

However, please be reminded that:

  • Participants who are freelancers are likely to have other day-work engagements. Therefore, do discuss the organization’s expectation, work schedules, meeting schedules and work progress/update calls as well as deliverables timeline clearly during the Briefing Session.
  • Some participants do not have prior working experience, and require a bit  of guidance in the beginning. As stated above, do set the expectation, especially deadlines and deliverables.

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Project Placement Details

What will happen at the end of the Project Placement?
  • We highly encourage you to  re-engage the participants either as freelancers working on specific campaigns or projects, or you can hire them as your full-time staff as they are already exposed to the organization business and structure!
  • We will also schedule a quick post program check in call to get your feedback on your experience working with our participants.

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Are the tasks assigned to the participants limited to the listed sample in the Application Form?

The tasks listed in the Application Form  are meant to be as a guide. You may assign any other tasks as you see fit to the participants capabilities. However, we highly encourage you to add responsibilities that are focusing on digital engagement strategies and project management as that is what most of these participants are proficient in.

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Do I need to provide anything, for example stipend, to the participants?

You are not required to provide the participants anything as they will be receiving their stipend from us. However, if you decide to engage with them after the Project Placement period, you may discuss the fee / rate directly with them.

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What is the reporting process?

We will do progress check in with you, to ensure we provide sufficient support throughout the Project Placement period. Additionally, you may highlight any challenges or feedback to us during the check in as well. The schedule of this will be shared in due course.

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What are the benefits my organization will  receive participating in this program?

Your organization will be getting tailored pro bono support from our participants for 4 weeks. They will assist you on the  digital engagement tasks and additional support for the day-to-day operational task.

You will also get a virtual working experience exposure with our B40 youths nationwide.

Additionally, you may see previous SMEs testimonials here.

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