Advertisement misleads 150 job seekers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Some 150 people seeking jobs at the city
\nadministration based on a newspaper advertisement felt completely
\nfooled on Thursday when they learned that the financially
\ntroubled administration had no plans to recruit new staff.<\/p>\n
With applications in their hands, the disappointed job
\nseekers, mostly fresh university graduates, arrived at City Hall
\nin Central Jakarta as early as 8 a.m. only to find \"no vacancy\"
\nnotices posted on windows at the entrance and on other parts of
\nthe building.<\/p>\n
\"We feel that we have been fooled by the city administration,\"
\nsaid an angry Andi Santi, one job seeker.<\/p>\n
\"How can they say there's no recruitments here when the
\nMinistry of Home Affairs stated the opposite?\" she asked.<\/p>\n
According to ministry's advertisement in the widely circulated
\nKompas daily on Sept. 12, the ministry is to recruit
\n7,204 people to work in both central government and local
\nadministrations.<\/p>\n
Some of the people looking for jobs at the Jakarta
\nadministration on Thursday also carried copies of the
\nadvertisement calling for people to apply for a job at City Hall.<\/p>\n
The ad stated that the Jakarta administration would recruit
\n318 people and applications should be submitted on Thursday and
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
Santi said she and other job seekers were really disappointed
\nin the administration. She said people were struggling hard to
\nfind job during this time of hardship.<\/p>\n
\"When I was informed by a relative who works at the Ministry
\nof Home Affairs about the opportunity, I enthusiastically
\nprepared all prerequisites required for the applicants.<\/p>\n
\"But I am so disappointed with the administration's response.
\nI think it should be held responsible for causing the mixup,\"
\nsaid the fresh graduate from the School of Economics and
\nManagement of Borobudur University in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Santi and two of her friends, Ranita and Bunga, said they had
\npinned their hopes on working at the administration as they had
\nbeen unemployed since they left university last year.<\/p>\n
\"How can the administration do such a thing amid the current
\ndifficulties of looking for a job at private companies?\" asked
\nRanita.<\/p>\n
Most of the disappointed applicants claimed to have spent at
\nleast Rp 10,000 to complete the requirements, including to obtain
\nmedical reports and photographs.<\/p>\n
Another applicant, Wisnu, wanted the administration to explain
\nthe problem.<\/p>\n
\"We've waited here for about five hours but no single official
\ntried to meet us to explain the case,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to an official from the city's control center for
\nsocial disturbances, Raya Siahaan, who arrived at the scene to
\nhandle possible chaos, the administration received a letter from
\nthe ministry explaining about the recruitment of new civil
\nemployees on Sept. 1.<\/p>\n
\"On Sept. 10, Governor Sutiyoso replied and told the ministry
\nthat the administration could not recruit new employees due to
\nthe drastic drop in the city's budget,\" he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"So I don't know why the ministry still advertised for
\nrecruits,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The city's employee affairs bureau head, Adjat Wiraatmadja,
\nsaid his office, following the ministry's advertisement, had
\nprovided funds to the city's public relations bureau to publicize
\nthe fact that the Jakarta administration was not recruiting this
\nyear.<\/p>\n
Instead of placing ads, the public relations bureau made the
\nannouncement by posting notices on the City Hall building.<\/p>\n
\"I still have no idea why the bureau didn't do what it was
\nassigned to do,\" Adjat said, giving no details of the amount of
\nmoney allocated to the public relations office.<\/p>\n
Adjat explained that the administration currently has some
\n70,000 civil servants.<\/p>\n
When asked to comment on Adjat's statement, public relations
\nbureau head Kamaludin Santos said that nobody had assigned him to
\nplace advertisements.<\/p>\n
\"I know nothing about recruitments. We did not receive any
\nfunds for such an advertisement. The administration is now facing
\n'financial collapse' in that we have no money to make such an
\nannouncement (to counter the ministry's ads),\" Santos said.<\/p>\n
After waiting for about seven hours, the frustrated job
\nhunters dispersed peacefully after an official from the city's
\nsocial political directorate office promised to make a public
\napology. (ind)<\/p>",
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