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From Microsoft Office Engineer To Starting And Scaling Kakitangan.com

Effon Khoo, Founder and CEO, Kakitangan.com

29-Jan-24 10:00

From Microsoft Office Engineer To Starting And Scaling Kakitangan.com

Kakitangan.com is a one-stop HR platform that wants to empower businesses to work smarter with a fully automated HR system that covers payroll, leave, claims, attendance, and more, so that you can focus on business growth.

On this episode of Open for Business, you will learn what took 2 former Microsoft Office engineers down the road of building a HR platform, the success and and failures along the way, and what it means to become the People Operating System for SMEs in Malaysia.

Produced by: Roshan Kanesan

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan


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Categories:  technologythe workplacemanagingCorporatesentrepreneurs

Tags:  ofbbb2023payroll systemHR systementerprise solutionsHR Softwarepayrollemployee managementhr platformtech startupmade in malaysia





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