The Current Situation of the Employment Sector in Indonesia

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Airlangga (FEB Unair) held a guest lecture on Thursday, October 19, 2017 which took place in the Tower Hall of FEB Unair. This guest lecture has the theme "The Current Situation of the Employment Sector in Indonesia" and can be attended by students and the general public for free. The resource persons are the Head of the Education and Training Center (Pusdiklat) BPS RI, Dr. Razali Ritonga, MA who has expertise in the field of employment.

The event began with the solemn singing of the anthem Indonesia Raya by all participants. The event continued with remarks by the Coordinator of the Master of Economics Study Program FEB Unair, Dr. Wisnu Wibowo, SE, M.Sc. In his speech, Wisnu said that the collaboration between BPS and Unair needed to be improved and hoped that in the future BPS could fill guest lectures more often with various interesting and relevant themes.

The guest lecture moderated by Rumayya Batubara, Ph.D., Razali presented various latest data on the situation of the employment sector in Indonesia. Not to forget, Razali also pointed out some interesting phenomena in Indonesia's employment sector, especially those related to wages, unemployment, and gender. Inevitably, when the question and answer session opened, participants competed to raise their hands to ask questions. In fact, there were some participants who asked Razali after the event was over.

At the end of the event, FEB Unair represented by Rumayya gave a souvenir to Razali and took a group photo. This event was attended by 102 participants from internal and external circles. The event ran smoothly and was a success. (adle)