SOEs Open 2,700 Job Vacancies: How Many Potential Applicants?

The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) together with the Indonesian Human Capital Forum (FHCI) launched the "2022 Joint SOE Recruitment Program" on Tuesday (12/4/2022).

This program offers 2,700 job vacancies across various positions in more than 50 state-owned companies.

SOE Minister Erick Thohir stated that this program is part of the SOE's human resource transformation. Erick also aims to ensure that SOEs can attract the nation's best talents.

"Because we realize that one-third of Indonesia's economic strength lies in SOEs. Therefore, we must also realize that those who work in SOEs are the best sons and daughters of the nation," said Erick at the launch of the 2022 Joint SOE Recruitment Program, as reported by *Katadata.co.id*, Tuesday (12/4/2022).

"We in SOEs are opening recruitment for 2,700 positions. I'm quite touched, but also very worried because while there are 2,700 openings, the number of applicants is tens of times more," Erick continued.

To date, there has been no official announcement regarding the total number of applicants for the 2022 Joint SOE Recruitment.

However, based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), until September 2021, there were approximately 206.71 million working-age individuals in Indonesia.

Of this number, 140.15 million were part of the workforce, with 131.05 million already employed and 9.1 million unemployed.

There were also 66.56 million individuals within the working age, but not included in the workforce because they were still in school, managing households, or engaged in other personal activities.

The following are the registration requirements for the 2022 Joint SOE Recruitment Program:

1. Indonesian Citizen
2. Maximum age of 27 years as of April 25, 2022, for Diploma I/II/III graduates; maximum age of 30 years for Bachelor's degree (S1) or Diploma IV graduates; and maximum age of 35 years for Master's degree (S2) graduates.
3. Minimum GPA of 2.75 for university graduates
4. Willingness to be placed throughout Indonesia
5. Physically and mentally healthy and free from drugs
6. Possession of a Police Clearance Certificate (SKCK)
7. Relevant training certifications and work experience recommendations, if any
8. Recommendations from communities or achievements in sports/arts/digital creator/startup fields, if any

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