He then continued studying at University of Melbourne for five years under the Chartered Accountancy under the Colombo Plan.
He worked as a broadcasting assistant at Radio Malaya, Tobacco Co. Bhd, at the Ministry of Culture, and SSC & B Lintas Sdn.
1981 established the company's own Aboriginal Artist Generation XX Sdn Bhd with Wan Rohani Zain, former RTM newsreader.
He was responsible for lining up and highlighting star-studded talents since the 70s, and his latest featured popular singer Misha Omar as a musical theater star with a balance in acting and singing.
Dato' Rahim is best known for his collaboration with Syamsul Yusof in the movie Munafik where he had the role of the father of Ustaz Adam.