Dr Iwan: Waiting Time for Jobs of Less than Two Months Thursday, November 13, 2014
The waiting time of the Diploma graduates of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) is very short – the longest is two months. This was said by Vice Director of Resources, Cooperation and Development of the Diploma Program of IPB, Dr. D. Iowan Riswandi.
He told that 30 percent of the Diploma Program graduates are absorbed in the job market before they graduate. "The remaining graduates wait the longest about two months,” he said. Next year Diploma Program of IPB targets 40 percent of the students to be absorbed in jobs before graduation.
On the other hand, Dr. Iowan said that the Diploma Program has special programs in cooperation with companies, called Program of Integrated Agricultural Production and Development and the Program of Oil Palm Plantation. Both programs have been running since 2009. These programs are designed with the companies and expected to meet their needs.
The mechanism is the prospective students are enrolled to the Diploma Program -IPB by the company. The registered students are the children of the oil palm company’s employees. Selection is done in stages, starting from the administrative selection and health check. Prospective students who are approved by IPB and the company have the right to take studies in IPB. Scholarship and living expenses are the responsibility of the company.
"This year the number of applicants to the Program of Integrated Agricultural Production and Development reached 458 people, but only 35 people are admitted. Meanwhile the applicants to Program of Oil Palm Plantation, collaboration with the Regional Government of Papua Timika, accounts for 87 people, and 35 are accepted," explains Dr. Iowan.
Graduates of this path, he explained, one hundred percent are absorbed by the company. In addition to taking studies in IPB, during the semester break, the students of this program are always asked by the company to take job practice in the company. Thus, on graduation, they are directly given tasks, job locations, and placed in various regions in Indonesia. The position they would occupy is a Plantation Assistant Manager.
IPB’s Diploma Program is also in collaboration with companies, offering scholarships to the students of the 2nd and 4th semesters. The company will conduct selection directly in campus. These students will be given priority when the companies recruit employees.
Further, Dr Iowan said, the Diploma Program of IPB requires students to take field practices. This is directed, in addition to making the final project report, is to introduce the prospective graduates to the company. (Mtd)
