Unraveling The Challenges Of The Young Generation In The Midst Of The Phenomenon Of Unsuit Of The College Department And The World Of Work

JAKARTA - The phenomenon of work not in accordance with college majors is increasingly occurring in Indonesia. This is because many graduates are not proportional to open job opportunities, causing prospective employees to take any jobs.

In this context, the statement from the Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture/BKKBN, Budi Setiyono, provides an important perspective on how population data can be the key in overcoming this discrepancy.

"This is why we, the Ministry of Education and Culture, are trying to make population data construction, so that the data can be drawn. We will grow the number of new workforces every year," said Budi Setiyono, when met at the Ministry of Education and Culture's office, East Jakarta on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

"We have to prepare, for example, to grow so much, so we have to provide that many job vacancies. So all workforces are absorbed in the job field," he continued.

However, the main challenge is how to ensure that all these workforces are absorbed in relevant employment opportunities.

According to Budi, to achieve this, companies need to prepare job vacancies that are comparable to the growth of the workforce. Without careful planning, many graduates end up working in fields that are not in accordance with their educational background.

Budi emphasized the importance of accurate and sophisticated population data. With this data, the government can predict the need for workers in the future.

"We must be able to predict, if a few babies are born, a few years later all areas are needed, hospitals are needed, or other public facilities must be seen with volume capacity," said Budi.

This data can also help in designing more directed education and development policies. Without adequate data, planning tends not to be directed.

"For example, students from 100 are increased to 150. For example, we have population data, we only need 1000 chemical engineering jobs, but 2000 graduates, meaning that there are still 1000 graduates who do not work in their fields," added Budi.

One of the proposed solutions is to integrate population data with education policies from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbud).

"We can make a sharp decision to the Ministry of Education so that sectors/fields that are not absorbed are reduced. Plus for majors needed with the market." Budi explained.