Key Industries in Indonesia
Auto manufacturing - The Indonesian automotive industry is poised for further growth and is set to surpass Thailand as the regional leader in the sector.
Energy - After having been launched in 2011 the Indonesian Clean Energy Programme (ICED) is continuing to work towards goals such as economic growth and reducing greenhouse emissions. Indonesia also plans on increasing its geothermal energy usage by 700% by 2025.
Insurance - Indonesia's insurance industry is set to triple and the Indonesian Life Insurance Association (AAJI) targets a rise of at least 25% in 2012 to reach US $55.4 million in assets by 2014.
Legal - Investors and law firms have recently been attracted by multibillion dollar projects in the mining, natural resources and oil and gas sectors. The industry has therefore seen growth in its employment prospects and is experiencing a lot of job market activity, especially in insurance and projects.
Logistics - The industry is forecast to grow by 14.2%, to US $153 billion this year, up from US $132.6 billion in 2011.
Packaging - The Indonesian packaging insustry continues to predict growth and aims to reach a value of US $9.6 billion by 2016.
Petrochemicals - The government has encouraged the development of an integrated petrochemical industry cluster. The Indonesian government has therefore created five petrochemical industry clusters: Bali, Tuban, Balongan, Tangguh and Bontang. This demonstrates the way in which the government is investing in the petrochemical industry as part of the Master Plan for Economic Growth.
Tourism - Despite shocks in recent years such as natural disasters, the tourism industry remains as one of Indonesia’s strongest industry’s. There is also always potential for this industry to expand in coming years.
If looking for a job in Indonesia, one must be open to networking and actually going out to meet people in their workplaces. Indonesia is not an information based society and therefore try and get your resume out to businesses and they may even pass it on to other businesses if they do not have an opening or store it themselves for when they get an opening.
Networking is often key in finding employment and any job seeker should be open to handing out cards and resumes to businesses, being part of local community organisations such as sport clubs and churches, and join an expatriate business association (your home country should have a business, chamber of commerce in Indonesia you can contact). One must also be willing to volunteer as it may lead to valuable business connections. You must simply be ready to meet new people and when you meet someone in your relevant field, exchange details so that your details can be exchanged within the sector you are looking to be employed in.
Job-sites and employment agencies in Indonesia
http://www.bestjobsindonesia.com/ - It’s free to join an users can select whic category of job they want to search for. The site is also divided into areas of Indonesia so is perfect for expatriates that are looking for work before moving. Simply upload your CV and get searching!
http://www.jobstreet.co.id/ - Claiming to be Indonesia’s number one job website, jobstreet.com.id clearly has a lot of listings and is a very accomplished site that is easy to use. The user can select a variety of different settings while searching for a job, and there are a lot of high profile employers on the site looking for employees.
http://www.karir.com/ - This is a very easy to use job site and from the language menu being both English and Bahasa, one can see it is used by both expatriates and native Indonesians. Once again free to use, karir.com allows users to upload their resume and choose from a variety of dropdown menus when searching for a job including job title, job function, industry and job location.
http://id.tiptopjob.com/ - This is a world-wide job site but you can search specifically for Indonesian jobs and similar to other sites, users can specify job categories and sectors within the search parameters. If you are unable to find a job you can always enter your email to receive updates once any matching Indonesian jobs are posted.
Once in Indonesia, you can get a rough idea for the job market, average salaries and the need of foreign workers from classified adverts both on the web and in local newspapers. The benefit of local newspapers is that they are directly on place and you can even go to enquire about the job which has been listed. Valuable newspapers could be the capital’s Jakarta Post or Suara Pemburan . However, these are national newspapers and unless looking for high-profile, city based jobs, you are more likely to be successful with local publications.