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In a hurry: An expatriate wearing batik in observance of National Batik Day, runs with other workers to catch their train from Dukuh Atas train station. A survey conducted by Robert Walters Indonesia has revealed that e-commerce, digital, health care, and insurance continue to absorb a high number of skilled workers in 2016. (JP/P.J. Leo) (JP/P.J. Leo)
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span class="caption">In a hurry: An expatriate wearing batik in observance of National Batik Day, runs with other workers to catch their train from Dukuh Atas train station. A survey conducted by Robert Walters Indonesia has revealed that e-commerce, digital, health care, and insurance continue to absorb a high number of skilled workers in 2016. (JP/P.J. Leo)
After experiencing an economic slowdown in 2015, four Indonesia sectors are projected
to continue to absorbing a high number of skilled workers this year, especially
those with international experience and multilingual ability, a survey reveals.
The four sectors are e-commerce, digital, health care and insurance, while the commodity
and oil-gas industries are the least promising for Indonesian professionals,
said Robert Walters Indonesia director Rob Bryson.
"The demand for specialist professionals will continue to outstrip the
supply in Indonesia. In addition, this will fuel the interest for returning
Indonesians currently working or studying abroad," he said on Monday
in Jakarta.
Fifty-three percent of the employers surveyed by Robert Walters were willing to
pay salaries of up to 15 percent higher to Indonesians who returned home after working
abroad. However, such workers usually demanded salaries that were at least 20
percent higher.
According to the survey, the highest salary increase was in banking and financial
services, with a 60 percent increase. Legal and human resources followed with a
25 to 50 percent rise, while jobs in accounting and finance, sales and marketing
and IT saw a 20 to 40 percent salary increase.
Robert Walters (Singapore) spokeswoman Germaine Lim explained that many IT
companies would look for IT professionals along with marketers, finance and
compliance workers who understood the digital business.
"English and local language fluency is important due to the growing
investment from abroad, especially in sectors like e-commerce and IT. The
bilingual ability will help international startups in doing projects,
especially for the lawyers," she said. (ags)
