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This paper aims to examine the accounting undergraduates' action plan in designing their first career to increase their chances to be employed immediately after they graduate. This is essential given that the growing unemployment rate were reported in the nation. Using a qualitative research design, semi-structured interviews were conducted involving five finalyear students and five work supervisors/managers in Melaka, Malaysia. The study discovered that undergraduates' initial decision about which career path to pursue will influence their internship placement. To guarantee post-graduation employment, undergraduates should be prepared for real-world challenges, equipped with computer skills, soft skills, interpersonal skills, good time management, and be able to integrate internship experiences with academic knowledge. Employers expect undergraduates to comprehend accounting standards and guidelines like MFRS, MPERS, and MPSAS and possess good attitudes and interpersonal skills. Hence, discovering undergraduates' action plan may provide opportunities to explore areas for improvement in internship practices from the perspectives of key stakeholders including university department leaders, work supervisors/managers, lecturers as well as final year students. It is vital as work-based experiences have become increasingly important in education prior to beginning a career as it allows students to develop skills and competencies that determine their employability. Future research should include more public and private universities as it will provide more generalizability of insights into Malaysian accountancy undergraduates' action plans in designing their first career as well as involving more participants.

Mega events such as expo give valuable opportunities to visitors for them to experience the unique natures of presented themes. Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture & Agrotourism Show (MAHA) was organised annually in Malaysia with a based-theme of agriculture. In general, many factors has been considered in measuring visitor's satisfaction with regards to mega events such as expo. Visitors' satisfaction is crucial as this level of satisfaction affecting their experiential product hence change their whole experiences in visiting expo in future. The purpose of this study is to identify the association of job resources such as skill discretion and co-workers' support among employees at booths during the MAHA 2018 event crossover on visitor satisfaction, specifically through the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) l(e.g. dedication and absorption). 99 onsite surveys were collected on employees and visitors at various booths at the MAHA 2018 event. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20 using multiple regression analysis. Main findings indicates that the dedication of employees mediates the relationship between skill discretion and visitor satisfaction.we also discovers dedication of employees at the expo do crossover to visitors and affect their satisfaction level as been predicted through the actor-partner independence model(APIM). This supports the notions of employees' work engagement, especially the aspect of dedication is crucial as this elements of work engagement has direct effect on visitors' satisfaction level. Further studies should focus on improving dedication of employees at expo as it has the marketing implication to attract more visitors in future.