Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 211-241
Potential Development of Tanjung Buton Industrial Area against Increasing Job Opportunities for Vocational Youth Graduates in Riau Province
Achmad Fadhlan Yazid1, Erika Revida2, Irsyad Lubis2
1Postgraduate Students at University of North Sumatra, Indonesia
2Postgraduate Lecturer at University of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Achmad Fadhlan Yazid
ABSTRACT
In Riau Province, precisely in Siak Regency, Sungai Apit Sub-District, Mengkap Village will be developed by Tanjung Buton Industrial Estate (KITB) which is included in the acceleration program of National Strategic Projects under Presidential Regulation number 58 of 2017. Development of industrial estates driven by four companies namely PT. KITB, PT. Bosowa Corporindo, PT. Zapin Energi Sejahtera, and PT. Samudera Siak is expected to be able to increase regional economic growth evenly. The open unemployment rate in Riau Province in 2017 was dominated by those with a vocational education background of 8.7% so that the development of the Tanjung Buton Industrial Zone consisting of developing port management, the oil and gas downstream industry sector, the agro industry sector, and management of the area itself was believed will absorb the workforce of youth with a background in vocational education. The purpose of this study is to analyze the obstacles that will occur in the recruitment process of youth workforce graduates of SMK, analyze the areas of expertise to be absorbed, and analyze the amount of labor absorption of young graduates of vocational schools in the four industrial development sectors. This study uses descriptive methods that are explorative in nature. The process of data retrieval is done by giving questionnaires to the directors of each company to then be analyzed using frequency distribution tables, cross tabulation tables, and images / graphs. The results of the study show that the thing that will become a bottleneck in the process of recruiting young workers from Vocational graduates lies in the lack of work experience of graduates. Then the areas of expertise that will be absorbed are the fields of Technology and Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Health, Agribusiness and Agrotechnology, Fisheries and Marine, Business and Management, Maritime Affairs, and finally the Energy and Mining sector. While the amount of labor to be absorbed is 174 people with the details of 65 permanent workers and 109 contract workers for five years KITB operates..
Key words: Regional Development, Industrial Estates, Job Opportunities, Youth, SMK Graduates
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