Kamis, 13 Juli 2017

Plenty Of Jobs In Jakarta, But Many Are Unqualified

The image of a young man standing on a pedestrian bridge holding a placard stating he was looking fork work attracted nationwide attention, garnering more than 1,900 retweets on Twitter.
The photo was first seen on Monday on the Twitter account @cabbyjoey. The handwritten sign identifies the young man holding it as Asrofi, a vocational high school (SMK) graduate who said he was looking for 'any' job.
Altough Jakarta has not been lacking jobs and is open to new comers, job seekers with limited skills or education are finding it hard to find employment.
Asrofi finished his automotive major last year in Kebumen, Central Java, and came to Jakarta hoping to find a job while continuing his higher education.
The extraordinary measure he took makes him stand out from thousands of job seekers who have failed to gain the attention of potential employers. Asrofi said he previously worked in a Jakarta restaurant as a dish washer and eventualy a waiter for about a year.
He quit to start selling securities, but has receive no income for the past four months as he has yet to secure investors. To pay for meals and a room at boarding house in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, he has had to sell some of his belongings, including his phone.
According to the Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency, the capital had 17,186 vacancies in the January - May period, which were available to 10,007 job seekers. A little more than 2,000 of them eventually found work, said agency head Priyono.
"There are more than enough job vacancies in the capital. However, most job seekers do not meet the qualifications," Priyono told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
He added that almost 70 percent of job seekers were senior high school (SMA) and SMK graduates.
"Qualifications here do not only refer to formal education, but also competence, skills," Priyono said.
Throughout 2016, thete were 46,140 job vacancies in Jakarta, while the number of job seekers reached 30,857. Some 25,000 later found jobs.
Meanwhile, the Jakarta branch ot the control Statistic Agency (BPS) announced that unemployment in February this year decreased to 5.36 percent from 5.77 percent in 2016.
Priyono said the agency conducts training that lasts one and a half to four months in the Regional Job Training Center (PPKD), which accomodates about 7,000 job seekers annually.
"They are trained on (skills related to) automotives, air conditioning, cooking, sewing, English and computer," he said adding that most eventually work in micro, small and medium enterprises.
A labor economist from the University of Indonesia (UI), I Dewa Gede Karma Wisana, said employers demanded higher qualifications due to tight competition among businesses.
Last years's cencus on Jakarta's economy revealed that the automotive sector dominated businesses in the capital, with 3673 percent of all companies dealing in the sector, followed by hospitality and the food and beverage industry.
"Big cities like Jakarta tend to need employees whose competencies suit the dominant sectors there," Dewa said.
Rizki Ermita Putri, a 24 years old civil engineering graduate, came to Jakarta in October 2016 and said she was still unemployed, citing discrimination.
"I have applied to some construction companies, but they (...) said they prioritize male candidates," the Padang State University alumnae said.
But when she applied to a finace company or as an administrator, interviewers told her to work based on her educational background, she added.
Naria Shania got her bachelor's degree in information systems in 2015 in Medan, North Sumatra, and has yet to find a permanent job.
"I came to Jakarta three months ago, because there are more job opportunities here," she said, but has so far failed to find work because or her low English skills.
To earn money, she has been swlling clothes and accessories online.

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