Kedah offer a diverse pool of skilled as well as unskilled manpower to suit a wide range of industry needs. Home to prestigious tertiary educational institutions including UUM, UniKL MSI, UiTM, AIMST, UniMAP and a variety of polytechnic academies, employers in Kedah enjoy the distinction of having a consistent supply of well-trained talents to recruit from.

Working in collaboration with these institutions, Kedah has also implemented various specialized, industry-specific educational and training programs to produce industry-ready workforce to better meet the needs of companies. This ready supply of quality human capital serves as a powerful platform especially for human-intensive industries to set up and establish themselves quickly in the marketplace.