SHAH-AZZ, INCORPORATED: Irshad. The Beginning...

...and now, ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to Irshad HR Consulting Sdn Bhd.

Want to know more about this company? Of course, click the link above!

Ok, let me give you some quick history lesson (although in truth, I HATE HISTORY! Mind you…)…Founded as Irshad Institute on August 23^rd, 1988 by Hj Mohd Adam Mohd Said (CEO), and with the hiring of their 1^st staff, Hj Ahmad Raji Yaakub (COO), it strives to be the leading HR consulting company in Malaysia. Originally, Irshad covered lots of ground in consultancy but since 2006, they are more focusing on human resource, hence the changing of names from Institute to Consulting and finally, HR Consulting. (Irshad has its sub company, Sage Consulting that does the rest apart from HR). For those (include me) who thought Irshad is ‘someone’s’ name in the company, it is way off the mark. It is an Arabic word meaning ‘guidance’, ‘advice’, or simply ‘consult’.

"We Strive to Become Our Client’s World-Class HR Consulting Partner by Leveraging on People, Technology and Best Practices” – Mission Statement.

What I like about this company is that they emphasize the concept of ‘barakah’ in whatever you do, which means, you always have to have niat (intention) ‘in the name of God’ and pray for His blessings in doing your job. It is simply the matter of collecting goodies and richness and be wealthy as it is not the most important thing. It is whether you have fulfilled your responsibility and fulfill it well, be it to God and the rest of the people.

How did I end up here? Around early February, they had posted a job opening, and prioritize GREEN participants. At first, I kind of ignoring this as I thought that it doesn’t fit with what I already have and what I wish for (computers, video editing etc). Then during foxholing, our Mr. Raji told us that they are still looking for new Executives and become part of GEMS secretariat team for the upcoming intake. I thought that, well, I might want to try and give shot. Who knows, if this field will, in the end, could be well suited for me. We always hear things like “jangan memilih kerja”, sort of. I had a couple of failed interviews; some of them were directly based on my degree / my ambition. So let’s try on something that completely unrelated to me, consultancy.

I’ve got the interview on early March, handled by Mr. Shamsul and Mr Ismail. It was very direct and straightforward. I thought they’re going to hit me with “Why do you want this job?” or “Why should we hire you?” type of question but they’re going for a smoother approach (fuhhh…lega)…Two days before GEMS launching, I’ve got a call from Ms. Ani of Irshad…"Tahniah, anda terpilih untuk menyertai Irshad”…woo hoo, it sounds really good, much better than “You’re hired” during my mocking interview couple of years ago. (In fact, I can hardly remember the last time a company had accepted me after an interview. Should I say, none?).

So I’ve got to meet a lot of similar faces during my 1^st day at Irshad on 19^th March 2009, whether from my batch or the facilitators. There were also four people from Batch V, as well as newly hired non-GREEN staffs.

Faizah A Rahman (SE-DPC), Nurhanani (ex-SE-GVR, now Central), Shukri (SE-GVR), Siti Fairuz (Central), Faizul (SE-FRT) and Rafidah (SE-DGB)

On right side, Faizah Zainal (SE-SRM) and Shazree (SE-SRC)

this is how a consultant-to-be (poyos) give his presentation to his audience

Irshad’s office is located at the 10^th floor of Block A, Phileo Damansara II. However, we, the GEMS secretariat team have our own office at the 9^th floor, just below Irshad’s. During our 1^st day, it was still new and empty. The office was eventually operational on our 2nd day.

still empty like a desert

Fazri (left) is our client, working at Khazanah. one must respect him and polish his shoes every day, or he'll kick us out...baiklah tuan...hihihihihi

Welcome to our GEMS office. Please make yourself comfortable.

Hmmm...I have a very tight schedule...no time for rest...

FAR and Hjh Zaireen, our site manager of DPC.

busy people from other sites

people will mistakenly think that Dato' Mukhriz Mahathir works here...nope, this guy here is Mr Wan Toren, SM for GVR.

this smiling guy is Hj Razali (PM) who look Hj Rashid (SM-HSH) do his work. The one on the phone is Mr Suhaimi aka Jimi, one of GREEN/GEMS facilitator.

But wait, between our 1^st and 2^nd day, we had our Irshad’s ‘eat-air’ time at Suria Cherating. Actually, it was our GEMS Programme Management Training on 20-21^st March 2009. This was the time we’ve got along with all the site managers and executives around Malaysia. There are 9 sites, and I am placed at the one and only, GREEN most beloved place, Kompleks Darul Puteri, Cheras [DPC]. The remaining sites are: Harvard Suasana Hotel, Sg. Petani [HSH], Suria Resort, Cherating [SRC], Regent Rajah Court, Kuching [RRC], Kompleks Tabung Haji (uncomfirmed?), K.Kinabalu [KTH], Genting View Resort, Genting [GVR], Suria Resort, Marang, Setiu [SRM], Felda Residence, Trolak [FRT] and Desaru Golden Beach [DGB]. This means that I do not need to travel a lot. My project manager for this site is ‘Datuk’ Azahar Mansor, site manager Pn Hjh Zaireen Mohamed Shah, and my executive partner, Ms. Faizah A Rahman. We also hired a site assistant Mr Shahmi afterwards.

Emm, let me simply put some pictures and captions.

Don Salim (Central) once was our GREEN secretariat, now an Irshad associate. Khairani (SE-DGB) and Jaslizan (SE-SRM) were from GREEN batch V.

ngeh3x

The two girls at left are Nur Deyana (SE-SRC) and Edayu (SE-FRT), also from GREEN batch V.

The all-black guy on the left is Mr. Eizel (SM-SRC), while next to him is Mr. Shukri (SE-HSH). See the happy face of the SM and SE...

...and even happier face of Dato Azahar (PM) and Mr Azman (SM-SRM)

Hj Raji (COO) aka Mr Photogenic helped with the pipe thing

yeahhh...fill em up, fill em fast! My team include Maza (Central), Hj Muhammad (SM-RRC), Mr Eizel, Shaz & Hanan. Faizah Zainal and Edayu not shown here.

Hj Muhammad is the one with grey shirt. He handles Borneo (RRC/KTH)

Nobody sees anything! says Mr Shamsul aka Sam (PM), the orange guy.

What card is this? Is this the one? Blind like a bat, they're looking for a pair card. Hj Adam (CEO) looks on back there.

Dato' Azahar: yeyeea! we won! - Mr Sam: don't count on it, Dato'... - Mr Azman: I've got a pair. So I win la ekk? The guy with cap is Hj Ibrahim (SM-RRC/KTH)

Kak Zaireen (SM-DPC) with Doc Mail (Central) at her back, Ms. Salina (Central), Fida, Asmaa' (ex-HSH), Fairuz, Naniq, Mr. Ahmad Shukri (Central), Mr. Azman, Mr. Haron?? (Central), Mr. Ismail (Central)

Don Salim, Hj Raji, Jazz, Mr. Azahari (SM-DGB), Mr. Azlan (SM-FRT), Ms. Khatijah (Central), Deyana, Ms. Salmah (Central), FAR

Hj Rashid is so serious...as well as others back there...

Look! a T-Rex passed by over there....we looked with awed.

On March 30^th, 2009, the our GEMS office was officially launched, with VIPs coming like our boss Hj Adam and Khazanah’s GEMS Project Manager Pn Fazlinda.

Now, even busier office than ever. (Actually, they all waiting for food)

Yes Fairuz? pick up some virus on your PC? Not to worry, Bro Hairul from Masscomp (glasses, seated at middle) the tech-guy will help you

Central girl power: Zylla, Kak Ani, Nadia, Meiza

Poor Sabarina. She had her sweet tooth removed, so she's clutching her cheek.

What? Black-shirt Faizal (SE-RRC/KTH) and purplish clad Dayang aka Mimi (Sage) also present

No matter what pose he does, or what angle this camera is, Hj Raji always looks kacaks!

The boss, Hj Adam, with Pn Fazlinda beside him

Makan time!

the food tray all will be half-empty by the time Don Salim took his meal

VIPs dining session

Mr Azlan: Sam, dah le tu keja..mohle kite makan...takkan xterliur tgk kak Katty makan tuh..jomlerr..Mr Sam: ah ko, sampai ati tiru gaye Wan Toren..tinggal sikit2 cam aku dah le...

So there it is. On my next entry, I will talk about my Darul Puteri experience as a secretariat.

[* sebahagian caption2 gambo diatas hanya gurau2 je ye..hihihii]

Picasaweb photo collection link below:

[Irshad Day 1][Cherating][Irshad Day 2][GEMS Office]

the next step in life would be:

buy a car or find a girlfriend.

right? so many girls right?

n ur salary's higher than mine oso..

Posted by Unknown | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:16:00 AM

so many girls...sum looks pretty...already shortlisted...but to attempt? i dunno how...shower with money? hahha pejadahnye...duit kalau ade lebih pon, potong sane sini beli keta, rumah, baya utang etc2 tinggal ciput gak...

Posted by Shah-Azz, Inc. | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:15:00 AM

Ehh.. Mcm knal muka2 ni?..H3heh saya peserta GEMS DPC 01 la.. Oho ade blog rupenye..

Posted by kaori_kenshin | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:32:00 PM