Introduction and overview of the country
Indonesia is located on the coast of mainland Southeast Asiain the Indianand Pacificoceans. It is the world’s largest island country, and there are 18,108 islands (Pariona, 2018). New Guinea is largest island in Indonesia, and there are some other main islands such as Borneo, Sumatra and Java (Wee, 2019). Three are three time zones across this country.
Today, the total population in Indonesia is 270,625,568 (Worldometers.info, 2019). In August 2019, Indonesia’s Labor Force Participation Rate dropped to 67.5 %, and its unemployment rate has dropped to 5.28% in August 2019 (Ceicdata.com, 2019). Indonesia is a country with an estimated 700 speaking languages, most of which are Austronesian languages (Sawe, 2017).
Recruitment practices
The recruitment process takes a long process, and there are two common ways:
- In-house recruitment
- Outsource with third party agency
But either choosing internal method or outsourcing, there are few common steps:
Launching job vacancy ads
- The job posting would be posted on various national job sites such as jobstreet and karir. But it is more credible to use the companies’ own websites. If the employers want to post job advertisements on the newspapers, they are required to “notify the MOM local office of the proposed advertisement at least three days before the advertisement’s proposed publication date”. The contents such as the number of employees required, the type of work concerned and the criteria of positions had to be notified (Fahrul, 2019).
Reviewing all the requirements
- Gathering all resumes from the job seekers and filtering all information to find out the suitable applicants. Reviewing the criteria of the available positions, and contacting the most suitable applicants.
Selection practices
Firstly, most companies would do phone call interviews about basic questions. Then some selected candidates would attend written tests. After passing the tests, face-to-face interviews would be processed. At the final step, employers are allowed to do background checks and inquires, such as criminal records, medical history, credit check and immigration status(Fahrul, 2019).
Miscellaneous information
Most popular Job posting boards in Indonesia
- Indeed
- Glassdoor
- Jobstreet
- Karir
- Jobindo
- Jooble Aggregator
- jobsdb.com/Indonesia/
- bestjobsindonesia.com
Working hours
According to the Indonesia labor law, the working hours cannot exceed 7 hours daily, and each week the maximum working hours are 40 hours. After working for four hours, the employees should have at least 30 minutes break. Also, employers should provide employees enough time to process religious rites. Furthermore, each employee can have a one-day paid holiday after 23 working days, and paid holidays are a maximum of 12 days per year (Fahrul, 2019).
Minimum wage
There are three sectors to check out the minimum wage: the province, the regency, and the business sector. The country do not set up a national wage, so the unions play important roles. The wages can be different among regions and industries (International, 2019).
Religious holiday allowance
Since religious are playing significant roles in Indonesia, employers must pay employees a religious holiday allowance for one religious festival each year. The purpose of allowance is to support the employees’ costs incur celebrating their festivals. The amount of the allowance is influenced by the length of service (Cuming, 2016).
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