Only 1% of new IT grads in Indonesia is really qualified
I met with a gentleman which has his own IT professionals recruiting services several weeks ago and I had a very interesting conversation with him. In essence he’s indicating that the quality of the IT professionals available in Indonesia isn’t very encouraging. In fact he says only about 1% of all the new IT grads available is really qualified to work professionally. This statistic comes from his company’s own experience with recruiting IT professionals.
There are several factors that come into consideration when he says they are qualified, including, among other things:
- Technical Competencies
- Passion for the job
- Work ethics and attitude.
After grueling screenings, about 99% of the applicants fail and only about 1 % “diamonds” are found. Most of them fail in the passion and work ethics area.
This is a very sad statistic. Just when other countries are gearing up for information economy, we are only producing a measly 1% qualified IT professionals.
How is your experience in this area ? Is it just as bad ?
