Hotel staff needs not anticipated

Hotel staff needs not anticipated

DENPASAR, Bali: Most hotels and other tourist companies in
Bali rarely report their staff needs to the authorities, head of
the Bali Manpower Office I Gusti Ngurah Mayoen said yesterday.

The information was needed by the authority in order to
organize its programs at various vocational training centers,
Mayoen told Antara.

Better coordination would help the manpower office plan its
programs, he said.

Hotels should know how many workers they need and the kind of
skill required for the next two to three years, he said.

Some job vacancies can not be filled in Bali because they do
not match the skills possessed by job seekers, he said.

There are some 25,000 job seekers registered with the manpower
office. Some 19,000 of them are high school graduates and most of
them do not have the basic skills necessary to compete for the
jobs available, Antara said.

The head of Bali chapter of the Association of Hotels and
Restaurants admitted that most hoteliers had not reported their
manpower plans. "Most hoteliers are more concerned with their
occupancy rates than staffing needs," I Gde Wirata said. (emb)