The Institute is constantly taking steps to ensure its fresh ICSA graduates and IQS students are able to seek employment once they qualify and obtain the professional qualification. The common problem faced by graduates and students has been that they could not obtain gainful employment for lack of experience. For this reason, the Institute has implemented the MAICSA Internship Programme (MIP) with the objectives of providing graduates and IQS students with an opportunity to obtain practical training and develop their skills and knowledge in company secretarial practice and corporate administration. A set of best practices has also been developed as a guideline for successful implementation of the Programme.

MIP will offer interns (i.e. fresh graduates and IQS students) a six-month on-the-job attachment with an Internship Partner (IP). During this period, interns will be trained and given an opportunity to experience the working environment relating to company secretarial practice and corporate administration, as identified in the Guidelines and Best Practices for the MIP.

The IP will assign a mentor for each intern. The role of the mentor is to provide proper guidance and supervision for the duration of the Programme. At the end of the internship, the mentor will assess the intern by submitting a feedback form and sign a letter of declaration confirming the completion of the programme by the intern(s) to the Institute. At the same time the intern(s) would be required to submit their evaluation forms to the Institute for review and assessment. The IP is allowed to offer the intern a full time employment upon successful completion of the programme.

Fresh ICSA Graduates and IQS students, who meet the minimum eligibility criteria, may submit their applications to the Institute. The Institute will then select a suitable IP for the graduate or student and liaise with the IP to take on the graduate or student. Short-listed candidates will be notified of interviews to be conducted by the respective IPs. All successful candidates will be required to attend an induction programme.

Interns will be paid a minimum allowance of RM700 per month for the duration of the programme. The induction programme to be conducted by the Institute will cost RM100 for a one-day event.

Certificates of Participation will be awarded to interns upon successful completion of the full six months of training.

All applications will be strictly confidential and no correspondence will be entertained once a decision has been finalized. IPs are encouraged to take on more than one intern at any one time.