4 sectors remain hungry for professionals: Robert Walters

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Anton Hermansyah
The Jakarta Post   WED, 27 JAN, 2016 3:17 PM

JAKARTA – 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 per cent of the employers surveyed by Robert Walters were willing to pay salaries of up to 15 per cent higher to Indonesians who returned home after working abroad. However, such workers usually demanded salaries that were at least 20 per cent higher.

According to the survey, the highest salary increase was in banking and financial services, with a 60 per cent increase. Legal and human resources followed with a 25 to 50 per cent rise, while jobs in accounting and finance, sales and marketing and IT saw a 20 to 40 per cent 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.

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