Creating opportunities

Providing answers: Wan Suraya (right) answering a question at the closing ceremony on March 21 as PROTÉGÉ head of secretariat Norashikin Ismail looks on.

“THERE is this stereotype that youngsters nowadays give up very easily, but this is because they don’t see what we are actually going through. They don’t see the difficulties we face when applying for jobs, they only see, ‘Oh, this kid is very choosy’.”

Those are the words of 26-year-old Sharifah Syahirah Tuan Abdul Rahim, a senior supervisor from the risk management department at Duopharma Biotech Bhd.