Good News For Jobseekers, Swiss Government Opens Job Opportunities For 50 Indonesian Young Professionals

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JAKARTA - The Swiss government is reportedly opening up job opportunities for 50 young professionals from Indonesia to work in the country. In fact, the developed countries in Europe have stated their commitment to increase the quota to 100 people per year in the future.

Director of Trade Negotiations for Services at the Ministry of Trade Iskandar Panjaitan said that the agreement reached with Switzerland was contained in the Agreement on the Exchange of Young Professionals (YP Agreement).

“The YP Agreement is Indonesia's request to Switzerland during the IE-CEPA ((Indonesia-EFTA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement/IE-CEPA) negotiations as part of the commitments of each country, both Indonesia and the EFTA countries (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)," he was quoted as saying Monday, December 6.

According to Iskandar, guaranteeing the availability of quotas for the category of young professionals is in accordance with the requirements in the agreement to work in the countries of both parties with the aim of increasing professional skills.

"To be able to take advantage of the YP Agreement, young professionals in the specified age range are expected to have completed professional training with a duration of not less than two years and have documents for completing studies in fields relevant to their work," he said.

If these requirements are met, it is hoped that there will be job opportunities for all professional fields that do not violate the legal provisions in both countries.

"If you meet the requirements, then authorization will be given to young professionals to work for a period of 12 months and can be extended for a maximum of 6 months," he said.

On the same occasion, the Director General of Manpower Placement Guidance at the Ministry of Manpower Suhartono revealed that the authorization given to young professionals related to entry permits and residence permits must comply with applicable regulations.

"Young professionals who have obtained authorization to work in the countries of both parties, will work under an employment contract," he said.

Suhartono added that the employment contract includes rights and obligations such as working conditions, salary and taxes in accordance with labor regulations in the country of work.

"Meanwhile, salary elements must be in accordance with and reflect general wage conditions in their respective places, professions and fields," he said.

The agreement between Indonesia and Switzerland was signed by Suhartono directly with the representative of Ambassador Vincenzo Mascioli on Tuesday, November 30.