BINAMANDIRI ENGLISH VERSION

Binamandiri awarded by Governor of East Java

2011-12-02T22:00:00.002+07:00

Taking place at DBL Arena - Surabaya, Binamandiri along with 9 others Indonesian Employment Agencies received Special award from Governor of East Java as the best Indonesian Employment Agencies in Corporate Management

Business Uncertain from Muhaimin

2011-11-30T21:11:00.001+07:00

Today, 30 November 2011, is the expired day of Binamandiri’s license and so 560s other Indonesian employment agencies. Until 04.00 o’clock this afternoon there isn’t any confirmation from Directorate General of Manpower Development and Placement (Binapenta) Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration regarding the issued of the extension license for 560 Indonesian Employment Agencies (IEA).

It has been 7 months since Binamandiri submitted the extension license application to Binapenta as it was instructed to all IEA with formal letter to submit the application before end of April 2011 and all documents application must be completed before end of June 2011.

Binapenta conducted physical evaluation and audit visit based on the submitted documents to each of the IEA from September to October 2011.

So it has been two months since the visit, but no news or information about the new license being issued. For business people, certainly it just shows how poor the bureaucracy inside Binapenta despite the reform bureaucracy campaign led by vice president. Binapenta just add more uncertainty to Manpower Business in Indonesia where nowadays Manpower business is quite in mess and saturated as the government never takes this business seriously to be handled despite 60 trilliun remittance received by this great nation from Indonesian workers overseas.

Rumors said that Binapenta would like to increase the guarantee deposit of IEA from 500 million rupiah to 5 billion rupiah, in order to eliminate hit and run businessman. If the measurement really applied, Indonesian Government shows its ignorance and selfishness. There is no time for IEA to think over, the options are only pay 5 billions or out of the game.

Binapenta should be prepared and informed towards IEA with enough time so that IEA could consider whether it is feasible to extend their license. It should be announce one to two years before, the license is expired.
5 billions Rupiah is considered a lot of money just only to be as a guarantee money without any chances to be invested. It is more profitable to use 5 billions Rupiah for investment and gain more profit than 4-5% a month from Bank interest else Indonesia Government currently only guarantee 2 billions for each saving or deposit. It seems Binapenta hasn't think long term if economy crisis hits Indonesia again such 1997 and banking system has to be liquidate, who will cover for the rest of 3 billions Rupiah ? Will Binapenta or Ministry office cover and guarantee it ?

Anyway, it still a hot rumors although some national TVs already informed it on their running text, but one thing is certain, that tomorrow 1 December 2011, 560s Indonesia Employment Agency including Binamandiri, will have no legal document to conduct its business, and the cloud seems very tight to know when there is a certainty from Government.

Entrepreneur Seminar for Indonesian Workers in Hong Kong

2011-11-25T16:01:00.000+07:00

As part of Binamandiri Social Responsibility Program, incorporate with Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong, Binamandiri organize an entrepreneurship seminar "Cara Cerdas Menjadi Pengusaha" for Indonesian Domestic Helper in Hong Kong. The Seminar was carried out by Entrepreneur Campus, a small-medium Indonesian community, who has a big concern to spawn more small-medium entrepreneur for Indonesia where currently there are only 3% out from 250 million Indonesian are controling the money as an entrepreneur.
Acting Consul, Mr. Hari Budianto was very pleased with the event, and he has a big hope that 147.000 Domestic Helpers could return to Indonesia, start new business and recruit their villagers to work, instead of renewing their contract every 2 years, which bring alot of social problems both in Indonesia and Hong Kong.
The seminar will be followed with 8 sessions intensive courses for the prospective Entrepreneur Candidates with their family, and it will be supervised until they can be an success entrepreneur.
Binamandiri's big objective is to make 7500 Indonesian domestic workers in 4 years ahead to return to Indonesia and set up new business that creates jobs for their villagers.

Can I work in Australia ?

2011-10-25T16:24:00.002+07:00

It’s true: There are well-paid jobs available for East Java workers in Western Australia.

But there are three big catches:

If you’re not properly qualified and experienced in a trade and with genuine documents to prove your skills – forget it!
And don’t bother applying unless you have a reasonable level of English – or are prepared to improve your language skills.
You’re competing against determined and clever workers from the Philippines, Korea and elsewhere.

What sort of jobs?

Semi skilled trades people. Check the list end of the page.

What sort of skills?

• Minimum Graduate of a SMK with good marks in your selected trade.

• At least three years working full-time.

• Fit and willing to work hard for long hours.

• Proper certificates and good references from your bosses.

• No criminal record.

• A clean driving licence.

• Good computer and Internet skills.

Can women and men apply?

Yes

What about age?

Between 25 and 45,

What sort of money can I earn?

About AUD 50,000/year (Rp 37 million / month). Higher levels are paid for skilled and experienced workers in specialised areas, like gas pipe welding – lower wages for cleaners and painters.

Are there deductions?

Yes. You have to pay tax and may also have to pay for accommodation and food – depending on the job and location. Taxes are high – about Rp 6.5 million / month and living costs expensive.

Are these permanent positions?

Can I use the RMA scheme to become an Australian permanent resident?

Where’s the work?

Most jobs will be in mines and mining communities under construction far from cities, in arid areas that are extremely hot. The agents are concentrating on work in Western Australia, which has a Sister-State agreement with East Java.

If I don’t like the job or the location, can I move to a city?

No. If you leave your job you will have to leave Australia.

Can my wife or husband come with me?

No – unless they also have a job.

How long will I be away from home?

We are hoping to start a Fly-In, Fly Out (FIFO) system so workers can return to their families in East Java once a month.

Will I have to take courses and tests?

Yes. Unless you have good English skills you will have to attend and pay for intensive language courses. Medical examinations, police clearances and other checks are required. Your employer will pay for other costs.

How much?

That depends on how job-ready you are. For example, someone who has good English skills and has worked overseas will have to pay less than someone who needs extra training. You will be told the fees once you are assessed.

Suppose I don’t have enough money?

Binamandiri has organised for KUR TKI with BRI to lend money to genuine workers.

Is this a new scheme?

Yes. In 2011 the Australian Government announced a new temporary worker scheme for skilled and semi-skilled overseas workers. It’s called the Regional Migration Agreement (RMA).

What’s the reason?

The Australian economy is booming, creating big labour shortages specifically in remote areas.

How do I know this is genuine?

Get independent advice. Make your own enquiries by contacting an authority like the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, the Western Australian Government’s Trade Office in Jakarta, the Australian Indonesian Business Council or the East Java Governor’s Office.

Who are the agents?

PT Binamandiri in Malang and SBS Ltd, run by Australian Duncan Graham and Erlinawati Graham, have joined to provide agency services.

I’ve worked in lots of jobs. I’m a skilled all-rounder. I’m young, smart and work hard. However I don’t have formal qualifications. Am I eligible?

OK, I’ll get someone to write me some qualifications.

If you use false or forged documents you will be banned from entering Australia.

Why is English important? I know enough to do my job.

A good level of English is necessary to thoroughly understand instructions and health and safety issues in the workplace.

When I get to Australia, will anyone be able to help me if I have difficulties?

Yes. You’ll get special training in cultural issues before you leave Indonesia. Once you get to Australia pastoral care advisers will be available.

Do Australians discriminate against Asians?

Racial discrimination is illegal in Australia. It is also illegal for bosses to cheat you, like paying lower wages.

Suppose I have a dispute with my boss?

Australian law protects workers and SBS will help you with any problems provided you have been honest and not broken the law.

The VACANCIES:

Welders
Carpenters
Air-conditioning fitters
Scaffolders
Steel fabricators
High voltage electricians
Auto electricians
Telecommunication technicians
Electronic technicians
Motor vehicle mechanics
Diesel mechanics
Fitters
Plumbers
Heavy equipment mechanics
Heavy equipment operators

Other jobs are likely to be listed, so contact the agents for updates. You must use English and the Internet to communicate. E-mail recruitment@binamandiri.com

Binamandiri goes to Europe !!!

2011-09-16T15:57:00.000+07:00

Binamandiri has set up new benchmark in placement business by placing SPA Therapist to Slovak Republic - East Europe. Three successful candidates, Dika, Komang and Kadek have been deployed to Therma Hotel as SPA Therapist on 12 September 2011.

It is considered a break trough for Binamandiri to penetrate Europe Market especially with recent crisis hits Europe. From East Java, Binamandiri is proud to claim as pioneer to send workers to Europe, and probably we can also claim as the only Recruitment Company in Indonesia who manages to get Job Order from Europe.

We are looking forward to expand our placement country to more countries in the future

Seleksi dan Rekrutmen untuk Caregiver Kanada di Hong Kong

2011-09-07T12:15:00.000+07:00

SPESIAL!!! Untuk BMI Hong Kong yang ingin kerja ke Kanada

Recruitment for Australia Kicks NOW!!! Start sending your CVs

2011-09-06T17:21:00.002+07:00

The Australian Government has announced a new temporary worker scheme for skilled and semi-skilled overseas workers. The Regional Migration Agreement (RMA) has been created to meet labour shortages specifically in remote areas.

Most jobs will be in mines and mining communities far from cities, in arid areas that are extremely hot.

Australian Immigration is still preparing the rules and regulations for the RMA scheme. We hope that some of the high English standards normally required to work in Australia will be relaxed, but that is still uncertain.

A good level of English and a thorough understanding of health and safety issues in the workplace will still be required.

Semi-skilled workers will be allowed for the first time, but not unskilled workers. Proper qualifications, certificates and references are essential; these will be thoroughly checked to ensure they are genuine.

It’s hoped that the RMA rules will be published in November so the scheme can start in early 2012.

Most jobs will be in Western Australia, which has a Sister-State agreement with East Java. Binamandiri, along with our Australasian partner, has been involved in discussions with Immigration and regional authorities

To anticipate Australia’s labour needs under the RMA, interested applicants should start preparing RIGHT NOW, especially by improving their English skills. For many it will take time and hard study to reach the right level.

Binamandiri is NOW undertaking preliminary recruitment for Australia under the following terms and conditions:

1. Binamandiri will not charge any recruitment fees, as this is the preliminary stage.

2. Binamandiri will only require candidate's curriculum vitae. Original documents will not be retained.

3. Binamandiri will not charge penalties for cancellation.

4. Candidates must be willing to take part in English courses conducted by Binamandiri.

5. Costs incurred for the English course will be born by candidates. These can be paid through KUR TKI loans once the candidate is accepted for work in Australia.

6. Employees in Australia are currently paid a minimum gross salary of AUD 49,330/year (Rp 37 million / month). However taxes are high – about Rp 6.5 million / month and living costs expensive. It is not known if these salaries will apply for RMA workers. Higher levels are paid for skilled and experienced workers in specialised areas, like gas pipe welding.

7. All costs incurred for placement in Australia will be paid directly by the candidate before placement.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, and you HAVE the following qualifications:

1. Male/Female, 26 - 45 years old.

2. Fit, no medical conditions and prepared to work long hours in harsh conditions.

3. Clean police record. Clean driving licence.

4. High-level computer skills.

3. Holder of an East Java ID Card (due to the nature of the placement scheme under sister-state agreement between WA and East Java)

5. Graduates from Vocational High School or higher with experience in the same field of study.

6. Minimum three years experience with references and certificates, for the following positions:

a. Welder

b. Carpenter

c. Air-conditioning fitter

d. Scaffolder

e. Steel fabricator

f. High voltage electrician

g. Auto electrician

h. Telecommunication technician

i. Electronic technician

j. Motor vehicle mechanic

k. Diesel mechanic

l. Fitter

m. Plumber

n. Heavy equipment mechanics

o. Heavy equipment operators

E-mail your CV and recent passport-size photo to recruitment@binamandiri.com. If you are considered to be eligible for work in Australia, we will respond to your e-mail with the next steps.

We will only accept e-mail inquiries in English. We will not accept inquiries by phone or in Bahasa Indonesia.

Note that anyone presenting forged or false certificates will be immediately blacklisted

Happy Eid Fitri

2011-08-30T11:57:00.002+07:00

Iftar Binamandiri Group with Orphanage children

2011-08-24T16:02:00.001+07:00

100% Plagiator from Makasar

2011-08-10T16:24:00.000+07:00

False Banner

Original Banner

A stunning view in front of Binamandiri booth, a x-banner was displayed by other Indonesia Recruitment Agency and it is exactly the same with Binamandiri's x-banner.

The entire design was the same, it just different in company name and also some photos were added in the x-banner.
When it was looked closely, the color quality is very poor compare with Binamandiri which is bright.
Because the original design was using Binamandiri Logo, so at the bottom it was designed with with white rectangle and a bigger white circle for Binamandiri logo. It really showed that the company just erase Binamandiri logo and address and put their logo, but the company logo not even round.
The X-Banner was belong to PT. Tekad Jaya Abadi, a recruitment agency based in Mataran - NTB.
The ridicilous part is, at the top of the banner was under PT Tekad Jaya Abadi, but at the bottom was different company, PT. Sulawesi Mandiri Pratama.

The company action was unacceptable and tends to mislead the applicants. It can consider deception and it is punisable by law. They put all Binamandiri countries of placement such as Slovakia, Australia, New Zealand, while they don't even know how to process the job order.

Binamandiri confront with Disnaker of South Sulawesi as the host, but they assumed that it is one of Binamandiri branch that's why they don't dare to remind the other companies. Assumably they can get the design from inside of Disnaker of South Sulawesi, where the design was only for Disnaker purpose to promote under Disnaker's name where Binamandiri collaborate with, and not to distribute to other company especially company who is irresponsible.

That is one of the reason, why Binamandiri doesn't open any branch office except head office in Malang. Without any legal permit from Binamandiri, everyone can claim that he/she is Binamandiri. It can't imagine, if Binamandiri issues any legal permit, then it can be mis-used to decieve many people from his/her own benefit, and leave Binamandiri to be responsible.

Job Fair in Makasar

2011-08-10T10:01:00.000+07:00

Job Fair BNP2TKI 19-20 July 2011 at Surabaya

2011-07-27T10:30:00.002+07:00

Indonesia Opens Placement to Macau

2011-07-26T10:59:00.000+07:00

Good news for Indonesia workers and Macau employer, from 1st August 2011, Indonesia Government has allowed Indonesian to work in Macau, where previously the placement had to be stopped to allow Indonesia Consulate to put in order the placement procedure in Macau.

Previously, Macau placement was not properly regulated by Indonesian Consulate in Hong Kong. (KJRI) With many problems occurs in Macau, KJRI has the obligation to put everything in order.
It has been more than a year, KJRI had to stop the placement to Macau. They put their effort and time, to evaluate the law and regulation in Macau related to Indonesian Placement and also evaluate Macau Agencies who has the credibility to place Indonesian workers. It has been public secret that many agencies has mistreatment Indonesian workers in Macau.

Now, 26 Macau Agencies has been accredited by KJRI to work with Indonesian Manpower Agencies (PPTKIS) for placement of Indonesian workers to Macau. So hopefully the placement to Macau can be more organized and controlled.
The opening of Macau Placement for Indonesia also followed with the increased of salary, from MOP 2500 to MOP 3000 - 3200, in order to minimize the gap between Hong Kong and Macau so that many people would like to work in Macau.

The good news isn't followed with good socialization towards government institutions in Indonesia related to placement. None of them understand that the door to Macau already opened by KJRI and BNP2TKI. Many PPTKIS are quite confused and don't know how to start with all the difference information.

Again, coordination between government institution is the key point to resolve many problems occur in Indonesian Placement to overseas

Visit to Taiwan's Home Care Facilities

2011-07-20T14:41:00.001+07:00

Waitress/Waiter Hotel Bintang 5 Dubai

2011-07-04T14:44:00.000+07:00

Dibutuhkan CEPAT, 20 orang Waitress/Waiter untuk Hotel Bintang 5 di Dubai, persyaratan

1. Laki/Perempuan
2. Usia 18 - 27 tahun
3. Penampilan menarik
4. Memiliki skill Komunikasi baik
5. Kemampuan berbahasa Inggris secara oral
6. TInggi dan Berat Badan seimbang
7. Diutamakan memiliki pendidikan Perhotelan

GAJI : AED 1100 ++
( AED 1 = Rp. 2.400 )

Fasilitas :
1. Bonus Service Charge
2. Makan 3x
3. Akomodasi
4. Transport
5. Seragam

CV kirim ke recruitment@binamandiri.com sebelum tanggal 7 Mei 2011

CSR : Recreation with Orphan children to Museum Satwa

2011-07-02T15:43:00.002+07:00

Lowongan ABK Kapal

2010-09-07T11:51:00.007+07:00

Dibutuhkan Anak Buah Kapal, penempatan di Kapal Barang 720 Ton di Seychelles-Afrika, untuk posisi :

1. Ch/Off - USD 1000

2. Chief Engineering - USD 1100

3. Able Seaman - USD 500

4. Steward - USD 350

Dengan Kualifikasi :
a. Pria/Wanita
b. Usia 21 - 45 tahun
c. Sehat Jasmani dan Rohani
d. Pengalaman minimal 2 tahun
e. Memiliki Buku Pelaut (Seaman Book)

Biaya Administrasi Rp. 6.000.000 - 15.000.000 (tergantung posisi)

Kirim CV ke recruitment@binamandiri.com sebelum 15 Mei 2011

Break Fasting with Orphanage Children

2010-08-27T11:26:00.000+07:00

During Holy Ramadhan, it is a perfect time to share the happines with Orphanage Children

by hosting break fasting. It is also as a reminder, that there are still many people need to be supported and how lucky we are, that we can still celebrate Ramadhan.

It is part of Binamandiri's Corporate Social Responsibility

INDONESIA CLOSED FOR JORDAN

2010-08-02T14:03:00.001+07:00

Jordan is definitely closed for Indonesian placement said Budi Hartawan, spokesman for Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration office. The minister has issued a decree Number SE-172/MEN/PPTK-TKLN/VII/2010 dated 29th July 2010 regarding moratorium of Indonesian placement to Jordan.

Although in 27 June 2009 at Nusa Dua - Bali, Jordan Minister of Labor, Mr. Gazi Hamdallah, and Indonesian Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Mr. Erman Soeparno (Previous Cabinet) signed a MOU for placement and protection of Indonesian Domestic Worker, unfortunately it didn’t work as it was expected. “There are needs to reorganize the mechanism of placement and protection Indonesian Domestic Workers to Jordan while waiting settle the current problems of the workers in Embassy Shelter before Ministry can reinstate the placement to Jordan for Domestic Workers” said Budi

Jordan is the third country which has been excluded from Indonesian placement with moratorium, after Malaysia and Kuwait in 26 June 2010. It has been a year since then, and no actual actions have been made by Indonesian Government to re-organize the placement mechanism of those countries. Not a word to media about any progress of the re-organization placement mechanism for Middle East, especially to Kuwait, has been informed by Ministry office.

The negotiation between Malaysia and Indonesia has been deadlock for several times and no time frame on when they can end the moratorium although President SBY and PM Najib had witnessed the ink of Letter of Intent (LoI) between both ministers to push the finalization of the MOU.

Nevertheless, the uncertainty of the moratorium eventually creates another problem in Indonesia. More and more people were working to those countries illegally which certainly creates more problems towards Indonesian embassy in Malaysia, Kuwait and Jordan to be next.

Binamandiri accredited “A” by Ministry office

2010-06-12T12:19:00.001+07:00

Dated 11 June 2010 at Tridarma Auditorium Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration – Jakarta, Binamandiri received Accreditation Certificate from new organization under Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, called Accreditation Institution for Training Centre (LKPP), lead by DR. Acep Hidayat, MM

Only 58 Indonesian recruitment companies were chosen to be accredited among 600s companies, as pilot project by Ministry Office and 10 of them were from East Java.

There are nine aspects were evaluated by LKPP, thus are :
• Safety ness
• Work Program
• Teaching Program
• Facility
• Dormitory
• Legal Aspect
• Organization
• Curriculum
• Future Development

LKPP ranks the companies/training centres in A, B or C, where A is Best and certificate valid for 4 years; B is Good and certificate valid for 3 years; C is Average and certificate only valid for 2 years.
On the ceremony, DR. Acep Hidayat didn’t mention specifically the total ranks from 58 companies/training centers, but from 10 Indonesian manpower agencies/training center in East Java, 5 of them receive “A” Score including Binamandiri.

The accreditation completes Binamandiri achievement where previously in February 2007, National Board of Placement and Protection Indonesia Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI), another government institution deals with Overseas Workers, also accredited ‘A’ for Binamandiri along with 11 other companies from total 657 companies were accredited throughout Indonesia.

The Accreditation Certificate is not a simply gift rather than a challenge for Binamandiri to keep up and maintain the achievement that has been given as the competition in Placement Business becomes tighter every day.

Minister to Legalize Worker Scalper

2010-06-06T09:44:00.002+07:00

Caricature is copyright of Wahyu Kokkang, first published Jawa Pos 3 June 2010

A stunning and controversial decision has been made by Muhaimin Iskandar, Indonesian Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, in front of Indonesian Senator Forum on 3rd June 2010 that he will legalize worker scalper.

He claimed that the number of illegal placement conducted by unprocedure placement and worker scalper is far bigger than the number of legal placement registered in Ministry office. It almost reaches twice of the legal placement.
This so called Worker Scalper or Sponsor, provides services without any standard towards Indonesian Manpower Agencies which resulted high recruitment fee and eventually will increase worker’s salary deduction to unreasonable level.
By legalizing the worker scalper or sponsor, hopefully the government can keep them in order; provide training regarding basic knowledge in handling and recruiting for overseas placement.

It seems a very desperate and out of idea measurement by the minister, to issue such decision.
With around 700 Indonesian Manpower Agencies currently supervised by Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration office, it just becomes a new burden for his office to add ten thousand figures of scalpers to be supervised.

Rather than creating new work for his ministry office, there are others current and more important things can be done, which Muhaimin should focus on, so that the illegal placement can be minimize, such as :

How to end the dispute between his office and BNP2TKI and start to get along and work together to synchronize and increase the efforts to minimize illegal placement.
Start to revitalization Provincial and District Department of Manpower offices, so that people can start to trust and make Department of Manpower offices as a reference to get a job using legal procedure rather than using scalper whom currently people trust them although they are crook.
Create Centralize Database and online system of jobseeker, so that Indonesian Manpower agency can easily recruit the candidate and minimize the use of scalper which commonly use nowadays and increase the placement fee for the candidates. ILO recently established pilot project of Job seeker database in Pasuruan Regency, this kind of opportunity should be pro-actively grabbed by ministry office to establish in more location and link them together.
Applied the regulation no.39/2004 of Placement and Protection Indonesian workers overseas, seriously and firmly. Until now, regulation no.39/2004 just a scrap of papers that doesn’t have a teeth. None of Indonesian manpower agencies nor individuals who conduct the illegal placement have been brought to justice. Normally everything cleared out with out of court settlement where’s money talks, thus won’t bring any leery effects. Not necessary to create or amend the regulation where it just wasting money, if the same effort has been done to uphold it. Just try to strictly apply it first.
The Minister should READ and UNDERSTAND the regulation no.39/2004 first, before make a decision. There isn’t any single word mentioning scalper is part of the placement process. The decision just creates blunders and new bureaucracy to the process and certainly will legalize the high cost of placement towards the workers

Well at least the decision to legalize workers scalper will bring new ten thousand formal jobs for Indonesia, as the caricature said, “Don’t be envy, I got new jobs as Workers scalpers and it is written in my ID card”

Pasuruan Job Market Fair

2009-12-01T09:51:00.003+07:00

Visit Binamandiri's Stand and get the latest information also direct consultation on working overseas at Pasuruan Job Market Fair, which will be held at :

Day/Date :

2-3 December 2009

Time :

08.00 -16.00

Venue :

Candra Wilwatikta

Jalan Raya Tretes - Pasuruan

When is due date on RI-Malaysia MOU ?

2009-11-23T22:07:00.000+07:00

21 November 2009 was the expected date from Muhaimin Iskandar, Indonesian Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, as reported by Detik.com, on resolving MOU of Placement Indonesian workers to Malaysia by both governments, so that the moratorium on placement to Malaysia can be dismissed.

2 days have past for the expected deadline, and negotiator teams from both sides still arguing on some crucial things such as new salary scheme, placement fee and others.

No designated date has been informed when most likely the MOU will be inked by both governments.

While the MOU being discussed and negotiated, it is already almost 6 months since the moratorium applied by Indonesian Government thus creates new problems in placement business. Many Malaysian agencies have closed their businesses; else the illegal placement has been increased significantly mostly using water transportation in any legal or illegal exit points along Indonesian coast on Sumatra Island.

Binamandiri talked with an agency in Malaysia, who claimed that they still can get one or two maids who came using boat, as at all airports in Indonesia, security has been tighten due to the moratorium. It just likes Bernoulli fluid law, when we compress certain point or area, then the fluid will look for other area to expand, when the government suddenly stopped the placement to Malaysia, those workers will find other ways as long as they can reach and work in Malaysia, although those ways are illegal ways, and not even the government has the effort to prevent it.

The only way to prevent those illegal activities is the good consent of both governments to put away their selfness and with good intention to realize the MOU as soon as possible.

In other news, today 23 November 2009, the Malaysia Star reported that the MOU would likely to be inked on December 2009, but no specific date has been proposed, said Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, Dr. S Subramaniam. So that moratorium could be ended by December and the Indonesian maids can start to come to Malaysia again, he claimed. He hopes all problems and disputes on the MOU can be resolved by Desember 2009, as Indonesia has proposed their readiness to resolve all the disputes and problems on MOU as soon as possible.

We do all hopes that December 2009, will be the realization of MOU, as December just only a week time

Another survey from BNP2TKI

2009-11-19T23:39:00.000+07:00

Last Friday, 13 November 2009, Binamandiri was visited by people with BNP2TKI name tags. It was a surprised visit, as no prior information by fax or telephone call.

The people with BNP2TKI name tags introduce themselves as surveyors from Sucofindo, the same company who accredited Binamandiri for ISO 9001:2008.

They explained that BNP2TKI is appointing Sucofindo to conduct survey towards Indonesian Manpower Agencies (PPTKIS), Training Center (BLK), Insurance Companies and Medical Centers. Although they are Sucofindo people, but they on duty under BNP2TKI supervision, so they had to wear BNP2TKI name tag. They told that they have been intensively trained by BNP2TKI about the regulation and procedure for a week.

The surveyor explained that currently the government is very concerned about the problems occurred in placement and protection of Indonesian workers overseas, so they conduct survey to analyze the problems. Well, they should be concerned, very concerned, with 24.000 Indonesian workers every year end up in Embassy Shelter for various problems, from salary not being paid, harassment, torture, criminal activity, and many things, as explain by Vice Minister of Foreign Affair, there should be comprehensive action to minimize it in the future.

Firstly the survey was conducted with interview based on the questionnaire. Binamandiri thought the surveyor would ask about the current situation of placement, barriers or challenges on recruitment and placement, and many other critical issues. Quite stunned when the first chapter of the questions were about whether Binamandiri has all necessary documents to establish business related to place workers overseas. So he were asking whether Binamandiri has Notary documents, 500 million bank deposit, 3 years planning, Hinder Ordinance (HO), bla…bla…bla…and the last whether Binamandiri has SIUP or Business License. Such a ridiculous questions, it is actually obvious, we can’t operate manpower business if we don’t have business license issued by minister, and to obtain it, all the necessary documents from notary documents, bank deposit, other documents from a to z should be presented originally in front of the committee in Department of Manpower and Transmigration. It isn’t necessary to ask about all requirements documents, if Binamandiri can present SIUP, even it is not necessary to ask about Binamandiri’s SIUP, as it is still valid and registered in BNP2TKI and Depnakertrans, that’s what make the surveyor came to our place based on the data from BNP2TKI, else it is the job for the police to closing down the illegal company.

Then the interview continued with the second chapter of the questionnaire, and yet it still asked about placement documents, whether Binamandiri has SIP, whether Binamandiri using the appointed insurance company and medical center, whether PAP part of the procedure, bla…bla…bla… another series of ridiculous questions. Where it is already stated on the regulations about all the procedures to place Indonesian workers to overseas, either we have to comply with the regulation or else we can’t place them and/or facing criminal charges of illegal placement (which apparently just a few cases ever end up in court)

Third chapter of the questionnaire were about troubled TKI overseas, still about documented documents on handling any problems for TKI overseas. It was considered quite improvement compare with two previous chapters of questions. And that were it, the questionnaire. Where were the critical questions, Binamandiri thought the survey is intended to improve the placement and minimize the problems with series of critical questions?

If they were only asking about necessary documents, obviously they could always dig up in BNP2TKI or Depnakertrans database and not necessary to go all the way to Malang.

The survey continued with survey on Binamandiri premises. The surveyor where checking whether Binamandiri has room for its directors, has dormitories, has standard office facilities, but the first checking was whether Pancasila Crest and Photos of the President and Vice President are well hanging on the wall. A big question, what is the correlation whether Binamandiri already put Pancasila Crest and Photos of the President and Vice President on the wall with problems on Placement of Indonesian workers overseas ?

By the way, what happened with the survey conducted by BNP2TKI on December 2007 to January 2008 where BNP2TKI issued the result on 27 January 2008?

The result was astonishing that from 250 Indonesian Manpower Agencies who has Training Center all over Indonesia, they can only find 181 Training Centers, and the rest were unknown, and yet they still received the license. From that survey only 16 were categorize A (Very Good), 42 were B (Good) and the rest shared the rate of C for 69 and D for 17, which D is categorized Very Bad. According to the letter issued by Jumhur Hidayat, Head of BNP2TKI, those with C and D category should improve themselves and they would be evaluate within 3 to 6 months started from 1 February 2008 or else the license would be revoked. How was the follow up of Jumhur’s letter? NOTHING !!, those C and D type of Training Center still run as usual, as nothing ever happened, those unknown Training Center still remain unknown and uncertain, and the number of Manpower Companies are increasing by the year, although they are not equip with proper training center, although it is not mandatory, but it should be equip with training center if the private sector and government considered protection is the important thing.

So, how will the last survey end up ? With such method of questionnaire and survey, it is doubted can be used as source of data to evaluate the problems of placement and protection of Indonesian workers overseas.

What a waste of money and time if the survey just a collection of photocopied documents that cannot be analyzed.

Government gives free passport for TKI

2009-11-16T21:14:00.002+07:00

During press conference to welcome 406 troubled TKI from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on 10 November 2009 at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Minister of Law and Human Right, Patrialis Akbar, expressed his plan to exempt the expense of Passport TKI.

Today, 16 November 2009, at his office Jalan HR Rasuna Said, Patrialis Akbar held a press conference to expose 100 days program of his administration, which one of the program is to exempt the expense of Passport TKI.

Binamandiri welcomes with minister's program, but most important things, the passport process is totally free no string attached with other fees and no loop hole on the regulation that can be used by immigration officer to ask bribe money.

Currently TKI is burden with passport expense between Rp. 250.000 until Rp. 300.000 although the legal price which state in the price list sign at immigration office is only Rp. 150.000. In the cost structure for placement fee to overseas, government set the pasport only cost Rp. 150.000, the same as the sign, where actually Rp. 150.000 is only the price for the passport book and there are other fees to buy the form at immigration cooperative, fee to take picture, fee for retribution and many other fees that can be totally up to Rp. 100.000 to Rp. 150.000

That's not it, the Memorandum of Understanding between Jumhur Hidayat, BNP2TKI and previous Minister of Law and Human Right, Hamid Awaludin, about Passport TKI with 24 pages gives more burdens to TKI. If a person already have 48 pages passport, and want to work overseas, so He/She has to endorse the passport for TKI passport and it can only be done at Immigration Head Office in Jakarta, else if the cost to Jakarta too expensive, he/she doesn't have any choice to give bribe money to the immigration officer at exit point for a cost of one passport Rp.250.000 !! - and it is already under table common practice.

So, the main thing for Minister of Law and Human Rights, not just give free passport, but all unnecessary regulations and agreements that gives or it can be a loop hole to burden TKI should be revoke, and reformation of his subordinate who interact directly with TKI is a must so that TKI won't be object of exploitation by bad officers of Department of Law and Human Rights

RI-Malaysia agreed on Task Force

2009-11-16T19:48:00.001+07:00

On the way to APEC Summit in Singapore, On 11 November 2009, President SBY took a visit to Malaysia to meet with his counterpart, Prime Minister Najib. SBY was accompanied by the new Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Muhaimin Iskandar, and 4 others ministers. It was the first country that SBY visit after his inauguration on 20 October 2009.

There is certain urgency that SBY has to stopover in Malaysia as recently many incidents happened towards Indonesian Overseas Workers (TKI) in Malaysia, from the maltreatment of Siti Hajar on July 2009, Moratorium by Indonesian, deadlock of Inter-dept meeting between RI-Malaysia until the recent death of Muntik Bani because of maltreatment by her employer which forced Indonesian Foreign Affair department to issue Diplomatic Notes towards Malaysia

On his press conference with Prime Minister Najib, SBY expressed his satisfaction of good progress on legal protection towards TKI in Malaysia nevertheless SBY hopes improvement still continues in the future by both countries. Based on year-to-year evaluation by Indonesian Government, compare with previous years, Malaysia has made significant improvement towards in terms of protection of foreign workers, Right fulfilment and legal assurance.

Previously, Prime Minister Najib also explained that his side would like all TKI to use proper channel to work in Malaysia, in order to have legal status on his/her existence in Malaysia in order to get the protection and legal support if he/she is being exploited.

Malaysia will seek justice to those who exploits the TKI as well as Malaysian who harassment TKI who work legally in Malaysia, said Prime Minister Najib

In the news today, 16 November 2009, Minister Muhaimin Iskandar claimed that both countries has been agreed to set up Special Task Force to take care all troubled TKI in Malaysia and Indonesia will arrange the action plan of the task force to take care those TKI. While preparing the task force, Indonesia will rationalize other matters related to placement so that only those who is ready, can work in Malaysia.

Muhaimin believe that Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia-Indonesia can be settled on 21 November 2009, and moratorium can be revoke as soon as possible

Unsung Heroes and Heroines on Heroes Day

2009-11-11T22:46:00.003+07:00

Indonesia commemorates the heroic action of those heroes who bravely ripped of Dutch Flag and hung Indonesian Flag at Yamato Hotel in Surabaya, which caused the death of the famous British General Mallaby, as Heroes Day every 10 November.

Now, the colonialism era had ended and Indonesia is facing globalization era, where economy is taking the big role for Nation development. During this era, heroes and heroines are rarely recognized as no one literarily armed themselves and fighting for Independency. They are all fighting in different ways, as a teacher, a police, a doctor, an environmental activist and many more, just to be part of the nation development.

But there are heroes and heroines whom often forgotten during this era, those are Indonesian Men and Women who are working overseas. The government claims that they are Indonesian Economic Heroes and Heroines, unfortunately not like heroes during colonialism, fame and fortune still far behind them. Public never knew that those Men and Women have been greatly support Indonesia’s Economy. Each year they contribute remittance almost 10 trillion Rupiah to Indonesia. That number is almost 10 percentage of National Budget or ten times direct foreign investment to Indonesia. From those numbers, we should be thank you to our workers overseas instead of the big conglomerates from overseas who only contribute less than one percent of National Budget.

But that contribution doesn’t return evenly to them. Public often neglect their existence and big role in economy. The though of working overseas mostly connotation as new way of modern slavery, that’s why public consider put them in second class society. There are many sad stories of exploitation, mistreatment, harassment and many things surround them, and those poor treatments happened 80% in Indonesia, by their fellow Indonesian.

There is big banner with beautiful slogan in Soekarno Hatta Airport in Jakarta, “Welcome Home TKI/TKW, Economic Heroes and Heroines”, but unfortunately the welcoming is not as beautiful as the slogan. It is already become public secret that most Indonesian Overseas Workers often being rip-off at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, from the potter, police, immigration officer, even from authorize money changer, who with loathsome, trick the workers with low exchange rate which the incident also happened towards HE Hamid Awaludin, Indonesian Ambassador for Rusia, who was assumed by the money changer staff as Indonesian Overseas workers or TKI. But the government seems helpless to prevent those things happening, and TKI, our economy heroes and heroine still continue to be the object of extortion and exploitation in their own country.

When can we start to appreciate them as the real heroes and heroines ???

…. The slogan “Welcome Home TKI/TKW, Economic Heroes and Heroines” just an allegoric on Heroes Day…

Gentur Priantono, acting head of Provincial Department of Manpower and Transmigration of East Java Province

2009-11-04T21:09:00.001+07:00

Yesterday, 3rd November 2009, held at Agis Restaurant, Association of Indonesian Manpower Agencies (APJATI) East Java Province held meet-greet event with the acting head of provincial Department of Manpower and Transmigration (Disnakertrans), Ir. Gentur Prihantono, M.T. He recently replaces Indra Wiragana, the previous Head of Provincial Department of Manpower and Transmigration who suddenly being transferred to Office of Environment, after only 5 months in the office.

Mr. Gentur graduates from Civil Engineering and has two Master Degrees in Engineering and recently in Law, as he claimed. His tour of duty was deputy of Binamarga Departement (Responsible for Road Infrastructure) and the latest as Head of Archives and Library Office of East Java Province before Soekarwo appointed him as acting head of Disnakertrans.

From his educational background and his experience as a bureaucrat, there should be a big question whether he is the right man for the right position, as none of his formal education and work experience close enough with neither Manpower nor Transmigration.

Anyway, from his introduction speech towards directors of Indonesian Manpower Agencies in East Java, He seems a man with vision, firm and willing to listen for any suggestions and critics. He gave a convincing and remarkable speech about his big concern of the Association’s role whether it burdens TKI with unnecessary fees, something that never been raised by his predecessors.

He said that he will work hard for 100 days of his administration which similar with SBY programs, and once he has his inauguration, he would like to held hearing with all stakeholders on placement of manpower overseas, to catch up the recent issues.

Hopefully he can be a success bureaucrat.

End of the meeting, he walked down from podium and shake everybody hands from front until end of the rows, an excellent gesture as public servant to serve the public not being served by the public

Congratulation to Ir. Gentur Prihantono, MT, MH

Depnakertrans legalize extortion towards Taiwan Female Workers?

2009-10-29T23:31:00.001+07:00

It was being a rumour since April 2009 until fade away on August 2009 that the Taiwan loan for Indonesia care taker will be increased.

Suddenly an email dated 20 October 2009 came from Huanan Bank, informing that the new cost structure has been release and already available for Indonesia Manpower Agencies. Binamandiri directly talked with China Trust Bank, as we no longer cooperate with Huanan Bank, and the information from China Trust Bank that the new cost structure was still in discussion by Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (Depnakertrans). Previously China Trust Bank ever printed the new cost structure as ordered by Depnakertrans unfortunately suddenly it was never applied and China Trust Bank just wasted the printed materials, so we don’t want to waste more printed materials, claimed one of China Trust Bank officer.

So, Binamandiri was assuming that there wasn’t any changing yet, until suddenly China Trust Bank sent email to inform us to get the new loan book with new cost structure, the information was very contrast with the one on 20 October 2009, else Binamandiri’s staff in Jakarta received rejection from Depnakertrans office who deals with documents legalization for Taiwan Visa due to the use of old cost structure.

Like always, not a single letter from Depnakertrans as the policy maker has been released to announce the new cost structure either to the appointed banks nor Indonesian Recruitment Companies. Probably Depnakertrans just want to have their hands clean by not issuing any letters related to it, so that no one can make any lawsuit or protest towards the government and leave the dirty hands to others parties, and probably the bank will be the escape goat.

The big questions are, WHY THE TAIWAN’S LOAN FOR INDONESIAN FEMALE CARE TAKER HAS TO BE INCREASED? WHAT IS THE URGENCY? WHO WAS ASKING FOR THE INCREASEMENT?

Previously, Indonesia Female Caretakers has to lend money for their placement expenses to Taiwan, although she can pay upfront. If the Caretaker does not sign any loan agreement with appointed Taiwan Bank, Depnakertrans will reject any legalization for visa applications. The caretaker has to lend approximately NTD 49.787 or roughly 15 million Rupiah, and total NTD 70.545 for the payment on the loan plus interest and various fees from the Bank or 40% of interest for 1 (one) year term of loan. And yet Depnakertrans approved such loan scheme which consider with unreasonable interest compare with big conglomerates who only pay maximum 18% of interest for their business loan, but mostly even less. Binamandiri though Indonesian Female Caretakers are the true economic heroines in modern era, where their remittances every year achieve 10% of National Budget or 10 times of foreign investment to Indonesia, and yet the appreciation from Indonesia Government is extremely low.

Now, started from 20 October 2009, Depnakertrans has approved to increase the loan to NTD 60.794, NTD 11.007 or roughly 3 million Rupiah more than previous cost structure, and with total of NTD 85.728 for the entire payment. 3 millions is considered big amount for Indonesian Female Caretaker.

It already becomes public secret and common practices in Indonesia that from the previous cost structure, NT 49787, Indonesian Recruitment Agencies can still share NTD 15.000 to their Taiwan agency partner even some Indonesian Recruitment Agencies can even share up to NTD 22.000, which certainly they will cut all the necessary costs such as Training and proper meal and accommodations of the candidates. Some can even share around a million or two to the recruiters which obviously will cut more variable costs related to quality of the candidates.

Those fees are actually not in the cost structure or they are illegal fees but yet that is the common practices.

With the current market situation, where Taiwan demand is higher than the Indonesia supply, Indonesian has bargaining position to lower the sharing fee, so it is unlikely the Taiwan will ask for any increased. Actually it is the appropriate time to revise the cost structure to lower than before, so that, all the excess fee can be suppressed and the Indonesia Female Caretaker won’t be exploited with high loan with high interest.

Probably certain companies who were sharing too much fee were proposing the schemes, so that the can keep increasing the fee while maintain or increase the profit.

In Binamandiri recollection, there wasn’t any inter governments discussion being held about increasing the loan, or at least among associations and Indonesian Manpower Companies. Probably certain crook companies closed to Depnakertrans were proposing and discussing the scheme, because once the loan was increased, some companies also increase the share to recruiters or middle man up to three to four millions as mentioned by one of the recruiter who came to Binamandiri’s office to bargain and comparing the fee with ‘that’ company. Else one Taiwan agency also already asked to increase the fee as they heard about the new cost structure.

Anyway, no matter who was asking for the new cost structure, Depnakertrans is the last line of defence, and sadly Depnakertrans not in favor of Indonesian female caretaker.

The new cost structure only makes “the Indonesian Recruitment Agencies”, “Taiwan Agencies” and the recruiters happier while the Indonesian female caretakers are more extorted.

It is quite odd that the new measurement applied on 20 October 2009, when the cabinet was demission and the new elected cabinet was not yet inaugurated by the President SBY. It was SBY who ordered the ministers including Erman Soeparno, that one month prior to demission, ministers were not allowed to make any strategic decisions, and yet the new cost structure was applied.

Well, how odd it was, the fire ball is in Muhaimmin’s hands now, and Binamandiri hope the new minister can have wise new decision regarding the new cost structure.

New Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Muhaimin Iskandar

2009-10-22T15:22:00.002+07:00

Muhaimin Iskandar is the new Minister of Manpower and Transmigration on the new cabinet of President SBY. It was announced last night (21/10) at exactly 22.00 by President SBY the new cabinet for his second term of his administration.

The announcement of Muhaimin Iskandar as Minister of Manpower and Transmigration was not too surprising, as SBY had already informed to the public about the minister position when he held the audition for Minister at his house in Cikeas-Bogor. After meeting with SBY, each of the Minister Candidates informed publicly about the questions and directives from SBY, and implicitly the public can understand about the position being offered to the candidate.

The composition of the new cabinet dominates by members political parties who supported SBY during the Presidential Election last June 2009. There are 20 Minister out of 34 are from Political Parties including Muhaimin Iskandar as Minister of Manpower and Transmigration.
There are many scepticism and disappointment among experts and the public towards the selected ministers from political party background, as their competence being doubted, else some of them were lost in Legislative election which means their constituents were no longer trusted them, so how they will be able to manage the trust of all Indonesian people during their administrative.

Muhaimin Iskandar currently is the chairman of Nation Awakening Party (PKB), One of Indonesian Party with long history of internal conflicts. He is nephew of the famous Gus Dur, 4th President of Indonesia and also the founder of PKB whom Muhaimin Iskandar had conflict with.
Graduate from Political Faculty of University of Gajah Mada and Master of Communication Science, Muhaimin Iskandar is genuine politician, where he spent most of his time in Political Party and Parliament. His last position was one of Parliament Deputy. He spent most of his young time at Moslem Cleric Enviroment in Jombang.
With such background, there should be concerned with his competence to run Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration as he never dealt anything related to Manpower nor Transmigration, even when he was in Parliament, from any recollection, he never posted in Commission 9 which deals with Manpower and Transmigration.
Muhaimin Iskandar will have to use all his time available to catch up with all the issues related to Manpower and Transmigration and understanding them.

Muhaimin Iskandar is replacing his predecessor, Erman Soeparno who also comes from PKB. It seems Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration is allocated for candidates from PKB rather than choosing competent professional to run it, similar with Ministry of Escalation of Left Territories. But at least Erman Soeparno is businessman who at least ever deal matter related to Labour.

Jumhur Hidayat, head of National Board of Placement and Protection of Indonesia Manpower Overseas (BNP2TKI), in his statement published by BNP2TKI website, is confident that Muhaimin Iskandar is the appropriate person for the job and he is good friend of him, hopefully the dispute between BNP2TKI and Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration can be eliminated during Muhaimin’s administration.
In the same website, Muhaimin said that he will work closely with BNP2TKI of National Program of Manpower Placement Overseas.
Everyone hopes that those statements are not just lips services for the public, where all stakeholders have been suffered from the conflict which made everything rules, regulations, procedures becomes uncertain.

Like the proverb said, “Don’t judge the book from the cover”, we should give Muhaimin a chance to prove the public that he is the best candidate chosen by Presiden SBY to run Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration. 100 days of his administration will be the time for President SBY and the public to evaluate him

Congratulation to Muhaimin Iskandar as Minister of Manpower and Transmigration.

Challenges and Barriers in Recruitment of Indonesian Workers in PPTKIS Perspective

2009-10-20T15:47:00.003+07:00

(The Article previously delivered in ILO Workshop of Current Trend of Recruitment Indonesian Workers – 15 October 2009)

3 days Workshop held by ILO in Malang, 14-16 October 2009, to discuss current trend of Recruitment of Indonesian Workers and to identify barriers and challenges of all stakeholders involved, PPTKIS, NGO, Government Officials, Recruiters and many others, looking for the underlying issues.

Barriers in Recruitment
In Binamandiri perspective as Indonesian Recruitment Agency (PPTKIS), it is sadly to say that the biggest barrier is actually comes from Indonesian Government itself.
At least there are 7 (seven) things that makes Indonesian Government becomes the biggest barrier, thus are
1. Conflict between Depnakertrans and BNP2TKI
It already becomes despicable scene the open long conflict between Depnakertrans and BNP2TKI, not only shameful scenery that public think about power and money dispute, but also creates uncertainty in law, regulation and procedure in grass root. Not even SBY and Supreme Court can settle the dispute, although Supreme Court decision was favour to BNP2TKI, Depnakertrans still managed to create new Ministry Decree to continue the dispute.
2. Lack of Inter-Department Coordination
Not enough with problems created by the dispute by two Government institutions responsible for Placement of Indonesian Workers Overseas, it is also worsen by lack of coordination between those two Institutions with other stake holder Departments such as Department of Foreign Affair, Department of Health, Immigration, etc. It is often happens that between Departments do not trust the legal product issued by each government institution, and they tend to avoid interaction between departments. An experience case, when Binamandiri with many local regulations before PPTKIS can recruit the candidates from its region. wanted to apply Recruitment Letter for Canada Placement, Depnaker asked for Binamandiri to call Indonesia Consulate in Toronto rather than they use official letter and send by fax to confirm the validation of embassy letter.
3. Application of Regional Autonomy
The application of Regional Autonomy to Province and Region Government brought many additional problems toward recruitment of Indonesian workers. Although PPTKIS already license nationally, unfortunately because of Regional Autonomy, many province and regional governments, are burdening PPTKIS More often the local regulations are ridiculous and tend to prosper the illegal practices by Sponsor or Calo or whatever the terms is. For example in Banyuwangi, Jember, Kediri, PPTKIS cannot recruit on those area unless PPTKIS willing to set up UP3TKI (such small branch office) where the managers are the Calo or Sponsor, and under UP3TKI, they are legalize. UP3TKI can be considered illegal terminology as the law only mentions that the subjects of Placement are only Government and PPTKIS.
4. Poor Law Enforcement
It is typical of Indonesian Law Enforcement that still full of corruption and collusion. There are many cases of tormenting and neglecting Indonesian workers overseas that involve PPTKIS from the recent 78 female workers stranded for 3 days without food and money in Changi Airport on the way to Saudi Arabia, because the company until the common problems of underage workers, fabricated placement documents and inhuman accommodation and meal on Training Center, but yet from Binamandiri recollection, none of any PPTKIS license has been revoked due such actions
5. Lack and incompetent Officials
Many officials either in Central Government or in Local Government who responsible in Placement of Indonesian workers overseas are mostly never had any training about his/her duty. They comes from various background on previous department: sucah as department of agriculture, Underhead Subdistrict (camat), department of education, department of transportation and many others which not even close to handle workers. While the original officials of Department of Manpower who already has the experience and training, are also being transferred to other unrelated department. Beside need time to catch up with issues about placement, mostly lack of experience and create blunder in Department of Manpower.
6. Complicated procedure
Approximately there are 18 desks or offices or for PPTKIS to go through from recruitment until placement which previously were 22 offices claimed Erman Soeparno.
7. No POLITICAL WILL
Last but not least is NO POLITICAL WILL from the government. Placement of Indonesian workers overseas has started since 1970s until now, almost 40 years. Indonesian government actually can identify the problems, find the causes and look for the solutions but yet the problems getting bigger every year. Indonesia can reflect to Philippines where the can manage overseas placement very well, Why Philippines can do it but Indonesia cannot. It is required POLITICAL WILL.

Because of the 7 matters from the Indonesian government, it reflects towards PPTKIS. Public or candidates who want to work overseas think that to work overseas through Indonesian Manpower Agencies (PPTKIS) will be difficult, time and money consumptive, full of extortion, unsafe and many other bad images. That’s why the illegal placement getting higher every year.
The statistic survey held by NGO, informs that candidates for overseas placement get the information about procedure to work overseas from : Brooker/Calo/Sponsor (86%), Family (6%), Neighbor (6%) and Government/PPTKIS (2%). The statistic shows that Indonesian government doesn’t do his job very well to provide information about working overseas, so it is not the workers fault if they are stranded in illegal placement due to their incomprehension.

Beside from Indonesian Government, barrier also comes from News Media, due to unbalance report about Indonesian workers overseas. Media tends to blow up the misfortune incidents happens with Indonesia workers overseas who mostly using illegal procedure, where information about many success overseas workers are only very little. Thus create generalization that working overseas will always end up in sad and miserable story

Challenges in Recruitment
Beside barriers there are also challenges in recruitment, thus are :

Overseas demands are increasing every time and the jobs become for specific, it is a big challenge to seek appropriate candidates. There are a big need to create courses and profession school for specific job so that fresh graduates can have soft skill to take the demand from overseas
Lack of English or Foreign language always an issues that we always lose the competition with the Philippines
Competition among nations is getting tighter. Now new competitors have emerge, where previously only Philippines, now China, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, and Pakistan are the new competitors
Lack of fund from the candidates. Indonesian Banking system is not favour to Indonesian workers, although they have support income for Indonesian banks from remittance, 10 trillion Rupiah each year. So difficult access to bank loan to arrange for the placement expenses, sometimes become problem for the candidates, it is a challenge for Binamandiri to provide access to bank loan with the guarantee of their job order.

Binamandiri gave suggestion as part of the solution that hopefully can be a starting point to reform the National programs of placement of Indonesian workers.

Firstly, there is an urgent need to revise Ordinance No.39/2004 to be more comprehensive.
Secondly, Indonesian Government must create strong and firm law enforcement to uphold all laws and a procedure referring to placement of workers overseas as it is related to other countries business which eventually can create problems towards destination countries.
Thirdly, Establishing Online System will cut time, cost, and obviously problems, and it is also will be more transparent, accountable and controllable
The last and most important suggestion, it is advised that education about working overseas should be applied as early as possible such as Philippines. So that, since early time, candidates can set their objectives after their graduate from school, understand the procedure to work overseas and surely understand about the rights and duty.

Taiwan New Health Measure

2009-10-03T12:19:00.002+07:00

On its letter dated 28 September 2009, Taiwan Economic and Trade Office (TETO) will apply new health measurement which will be put effectively on 15 October 2009.
The new health measurement is every worker who is placed to Taiwan, must undergo Typhus Health Check at appointed Medical Laboratories.
Fail to comply with the measurement, will be affected on suspension to apply new visa for period of 2 weeks until 4 weeks.

Happy Eid Fitri 1430H

2009-09-19T12:16:00.003+07:00

Boards of Director and Staff PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja

wish all of you Happy Eid Fitri 1430 H

Minal Aidzin Wal Faidizin

PT Binamandiri Muliaraharja ISO 9001:2008 Certificate

2009-09-17T17:05:00.005+07:00

DIRECTOR SPEECH

2009-09-17T10:23:00.001+07:00

WELCOME
by Tri Astuti Sanarto – CEO of Binamandiri Muliaraharja
17 September 2009

Welcome to Binamandiri Website

Firstly, Board of Directors and Staffs of PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja wish you all Eid Fitri Mubarak, Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin, which currently in September 2009, Indonesia as biggest Moslem country in the world and all moslem people all over the world celebrate Eid Fitri.

This past year has been the toughest year for Binamandiri as the world suffer the biggest recession ever. The unemployment rate on advance countries rose sharply and it was predicted by the first semester of 2009 will reach 100 million people lost their jobs.
Binamandiri main core business which related to job placement also received the big impact.
Last November 2008, Binamandiri received many job demands from various countries, e.i Maldives, Australia, South Africa, and Canada ; unfortunately after the winter holiday finished, the demands were canceled as the result of Global Economic Crisis.
Binamandiri exclusive cooperation with New Zealand, had to be revised its target of placement.

During the gloomy period, Binamandiri tended to increase its professionalism by focusing to achieve ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Certificate in order to get International recognition. Finally on 24 July 2009, PT. Sucofindo as ISO Auditor announced that Binamandiri had passed Final ISO Audit and entitled for ISO 9001:2008 Certificate
On 17 September 2009, commemorate Binamandiri's 24th Anniversary, Binamandiri received Original Certificate of ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management from PT. Sucofindo.

In the last third quarter of 2009, It seems the global economy has re-bounce to positive trend. Some advance countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, etc have shown positive economy growth and the number of people losing jobs have been decreasing significantly. On the first week of September 2009, Binamandiri has already received new demandw for skilled workers, from Hungaria, Malaysia, South Africa and Netherlands. Hopefully the demand will increase in coming months.

Next year Binamandiri will celebrate 25th anniversary, it is considered a mature age for a company to survive for such long period. Binamandiri tends to increase and maintain its excellent service towards our clients and Indonesian workers.

Welcome to our new clients

Thank you for become Binamandiri's Client in Global Employment

Jumhur gave Insurance for beneficiary of Late Binamandiri's Worker

2009-09-16T13:16:00.002+07:00

Iftar with Government High Officials and Indonesia Recruitment Agencies

2009-09-14T14:37:00.001+07:00

Iftar with Orphanage Children of Salman Orphan House

2009-09-07T13:13:00.001+07:00

Iftar (Break Fasting) with Orphanage Children of Salman Orphan House

Independence Day Celebration

2009-09-01T13:19:00.000+07:00

Job Placement to Australia by BNP2TKI

2009-08-12T16:47:00.001+07:00

Recently PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja received many applicants from various places in Java who personally came to our office to seek information about placement to Australia. The information were informed on running text of various TV News in Indonesia that BNP2TKI said Australia needs 1000 Farm workers and the approximate salary is 24 million rupiah. They seek further information to the nearest Disnaker and by Disnaker, they were directed to get more information to PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja.

It is part of PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja's duty to give clear information about work opportunity in Australia so that the applicants can understand the work opportunity.

For background information, we would like to inform the current economy of Australia as follows :

Australia like other Western country currently suffer from Economic Crisis. For all states in Australia only Western Australia can still survive with the crisis as NSW is currently at the edge of bankcruptcy.

Western Australia's economic growth is plunge to -1,25% this year and will be expected to raise up to -0,5% on 2010. The budget will be deficit on 2011 and 2012 for AUD 513 billion and AUD 489 billion respectively. It is predicted between 2009 – 2010 approximately 20 million Australian will be queuing at “DOL” to seek the job. (DOL = Department of Labour)

Referring to BNP2TKI information of work opportunity in Australia, the information was gathered when BNP2TKI conducted a road show to Australia on 13 – 19 July 2009. It is actually true that there is a potential work opportunity in the farm (cow), as the economy strikes Australia, people start to return to open farm again or back to work in farm again.

Unfortunately, any positions in farm ARE NOT AVAILABLE on Australia's Shortage List Skill. A foreigners like Indonesian can work in Australia only if the positions available on Australia Shortage List Skill either State or Federal Shortage List. Under the Australia Shortage List Skill, He or She can apply work visa on 457 Sub-Class Visa Scheme or Skilled Regional Sponsorship Visa.

BNP2TKI is trying to look at other possibility that is under Labour Agreement Visa. Under Labour Agreement Visa, the requirements can be decided by both parties, Indonesian Party who deal with recruitment and Australia Party, in this case the requirements can be more easy, such as no language requirements, etc. But to get Labour Agreement, will take unpredictable time to process and large amount of money, as it will involve many negotiations, hearings, discussion, etc... etc which will involve many stakeholders in Australia, such as Parliament, Workers Associations, Business Associations, many government departments, lawyers, solitaire and many others. Binamandiri ever talked with Immigration consultant in Melbourne on last December trip, and the information received was Labour Agreement since it ever been introduce, only 2 big companies manage to get Labour Agreement, so it is almost impossible if an Indonesian Private Company such Binamandiri, would like to try to get such Labour Agreement.

From the above information, We would like to inform to any applicants who wish to work in Australia as follows :

Australia currently in Economic Crisis, and have very high unemployment rate so DIAC have already put some measures to tighten the work visa issue
Under Visa 457 and Skilled Regional Sponsorship Visa, working in Australia is still the hardest compare to work in New Zealand, as the applicants has to be able to get IELTS 4,5 – 5,5 and minimum 3 year of work experience
The work opportunity informed by BNP2TKI is still vague as Labour Agreement takes unpredictable and enormous time and money to process.
It is advise to seek the information directly to BNP2TKI for Australia opportunity which has been proposed, at Jl. M.T. Haryono Kav. 52, P. (021) 7901158

ISO 9001:2008 for Binamandiri

2009-08-02T02:49:00.001+07:00

On 23 – 24 July 2009 were the longest days for all staffs and directors of PT. Binamandiri as there were 3 (three) events happened simultaneously. The biggest event was Final Audit for ISO 9001:2008 certification by PT. Sucofindo.

Since a year ago, Binamandiri prepared itself for applying for ISO 9001:2008 with guidance from BizPlus Consultant, a respective ISO Consultant located in Surabaya. Preparing for ISO was not an easy task for staffs and directors of Binamandiri as it was required a big intention and willingness from the whole stakeholders of Binamandiri, staff, top management, clients and everyone else who involves with Binamandiri.
Because preparing for ISO meant applying standardize work procedures, forms, and checklist; evaluating every targets and quality control; applying high discipline with rewards and punishments; and the most difficult thing is changing the work ethic and mindset.

Why ISO 9001:2008 is so important?
Many people and colleagues asked, Why Binamandiri make a considered bothersome effort to gain ISO? What so important with ISO? While maybe only one or two out of 600 Indonesian Recruitment Agencies already has ISO 9001:2000.
Binamandiri considers ISO is a very important thing for the business, because :

As International acknowledgement for Binamandiri. The main business of Binamandiri involves clients from all over the world, having ISO 9001:2008 Certificate means Binamandiri is internationally recognize and standardize. Our big target is to gain trust towards to Binamandiri from more overseas clients.
The main idea of ISO is standardization of work procedure along with setting targets and objectives, with that in the future Binamandiri can be more specific to evaluate the accomplishment of the targets and objectives and avoid any mistakes and fault which hopefully can satisfy Binamandiri’s clients in high standard.
ISO will make sure the continuing business of Binamandiri, as standardize work procedure has been recorded and applied, so any replacement of staff won’t be effected Binamandiri’s services towards our clients.

Finally, on 24 July 2009 afternoon, the meeting on the result of the final audit was held at Binamandiri Auditorium. It was attended by all staffs, board of directors, BizPlus Consultant and led by PT. Sucofindo as the auditor.
The result was remarkable magnificent, Mr. Bagus, Lead Auditor of PT. Sucofindo, announced PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja has successfully passed ISO 9001:2008 Certificate - Quality Management, with only three minor evaluations which should be clarify within 2 (two) months before PT. Sucofindo officially gives ISO 9001:2008 Certificate.
It was the happiest day for PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja, especially for the staffs of Binamandiri who has given the biggest effort to make everything successful.

We would like to thank give our biggest appreciation BizPlus Consultants, All of Binamandiri’s Overseas Clients and especially to all staffs of Binamandiri for JOB WELL DONE.

Achieving ISO 9001:2008 is not the final job, but it is merely just a start for bigger job in the future to improve service towards our clients, increasing satisfaction towards Binamandiri’s Clients and to hold the achievement of ISO 9001:2008 for next evaluatin

Thank you and Congratulation.

Taiwan Process Postponed for Uncertain Time

2009-05-20T13:40:00.000+07:00

It is already more than a week since 13 May 2009, Indonesia Police Headquarters (HQ) has not issued any police letter. The incident is caused by the discovering of fraud Police Letter by Police HQ, when they raid staffs of various Indonesia Recruitment Agencies who happened processing the visa application for Indonesia Overseas Workers at TETO.
Rumors said around 12 people of Indonesia Recruitment Agencies Staffs who caught in hand to use fraud paperwork. Since then, the Police HQ conducts full scale of investigation towards any individual who manufacture fraud Police Letter and also Police station in District, Regional and Provincial, who frequently issued Police Letter for Indonesia Overseas Workers.

We would like to inform to all Taiwan Employers and Agencies that the visa process in Indonesia has been postponed and no time certainty when the Police HQ will issue Police Letter, probably once the investigation finished.
Police Letter issued by Indonesia Police HQ is one of the main requirements to obtain visa at TETO.
We hope understanding from Employers and Agencies for this incident, as it is beyond our power to resolve it, and it is all up to Indonesia Police HQ.

In the future, there will be expected sudden cancellation for confirmed Indonesia workers, as currently TETO has straighten the checking of Birth Certificate of the applicants. It has been found many fraud cases of Birth Certificate, and TETO already suspend more than 10 Indonesia Recruitment Agencies who allegedly produce and use the fraud documents. TETO already suspected involvement of Indonesia officials in certain Region to provide such documents.

Hopefully, the measure that has been taken by Police and TETO which it should be Depnakertrans and BNP2TKI job in supervising, can select professional Indonesia Recruitment Agencies out from the unprofessional ones who already caused many problems in placement business

2009-04-27T16:42:00.001+07:00

Referral of Insurance and Donation from Friends and Indonesia Consulate in Hong Kong

for the Late Tri Cahyanti Beneficiary

Indonesia Labor Attache visited Binamandiri

2009-04-27T16:37:00.001+07:00

Ms. Sri Setiawati, Indonesia Labor Attache in Hong Kong, visited Binamandiri

Pink Kebaya for Kartini Day @Binamandiri

2009-04-24T16:20:00.000+07:00

Nakerwan is the New Kartini

2009-04-23T15:02:00.003+07:00

Every 21st April Indonesia celebrates Kartini Day to commemorate Raden Ayu Kartini, a residence's wife who set up the milestone for emancipation and women empowerment. R.A. Kartini was a figure to encourage women to be treated equally with men especially in terms of education.

Nowadays, her legacy can be seen in Indonesia. Indonesian women now are as capable as men in all positions, even in certain cases some women can overcome men. Those women are the New Kartini.

Ones of the New Kartini are Indonesian Overseas Female Workers or we called them “Nakerwan”.

Currently there are approximately 4 million Nakerwan scattered all over the world to obtain Dollar in foreign countries. Those Nakerwan mostly are low educated and came from poor villages all over Indonesia. They sacrifice their life in Indonesia, leave their love ones, husband, parents, sons-daughters for one big purpose, to earn high salary in order to increase their welfare back in the village.

Does it worth for sacrificed ?

YES IT DOES, at least for Indonesia.

Indonesia gain big economic advantage from those Nakerwan. According to Mr. Jumhur Hidayat, Head of National Board of Placement and Protection Indonesia Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI), The remittance from Nakerwan becomes Indonesia's number one income from Non-Oil Sector else for one year fiscal, the amount is enormous, it is three times from direct foreign investment to Indonesia. He gave an example that each year Madiun Regency enjoys 72 billion Rupiah from Nakerwan's Remittance while its domestic revenue is only 30 billion Rupiah, half of the remittance and it boost Madiun's economy and welfare.

President SBY on his speech towards Anticipation on Global Economic Crisis, put Nakerwan's remittance as the third pillar to make Indonesia survive from the crisis.

More than those above, each nakerwan works in overseas, can lift up 4 people from poverty and unemployment in the villages.

From Nakerwan side, she can support her husband and her family, pays for her children tuition, builds house and as capital for her for productive purposes. Men should be ashamed for those New Kartini who sacrificed her life to support him, if he just waste the money for useless things.

UNFORTUNATELY, Nakerwan, the Economic heroine, is treated almost the same as Raden Ayu Kartini, by Indonesia Government and some Indonesian societies, scorned. That's not all extortion and ripping off by government officials and crooks always surround Nakerwan.

Not like Philippines both the people and government who gives big appreciation to its female workers overseas, Indonesian still looks down on Nakerwan.

Some high level societies think that Nakerwan is disgrace for Indonesia and marked Indonesia as Country of Domestic Helper Exporter. Well is true, and what's wrong, those Nakerwan is a legal worker and they place legally to overseas. That presumption mostly issued by society from Feudal Generation who think for themselves and never think to make an effort to lift up villager, more than that they should mirror themselves that Domestic Workers in overseas received clear work contract, equal treatment, high salary, and holiday compare with their treatment to domestic helpers.

Although in black and white, the Indonesia government, gives a big attention to Nakerwan, unfortunately hundred and eighty degree in practice. Nakerwan is the source of extortion and ripping off, and those actions 99% happened in Indonesia. Nakerwan has to pass at least 18 desks if they want to work legally and each desks will have legal and underdesk payment with absurd amount of money thus not exclude others extortion in Airport when they arrived back to Indonesia.

There is a banner in Airport “Welcome Home Economic heroine”, but from porter, police, immigration and other officers seems to be racing to extort money from Nakerwan who return to Indonesia, as if they are new naïve rich people and somehow the government seems hopeless to handle it. Many stories I heard from my colleagues and I experienced by myself how those public servant treat badly to our heroine.

It is not enough for the public servant and crooks to rip off the Nakerwan, the banking system also very less supported to Nakerwan. Although Banks enjoy trillions Rupiah from their remittance, unfortunately Nakerwan has to pay commercial interest for their loans and somehow along with administration, provision, transfer fee and other ridiculous fees, the interest can achieve up to 75% per year.

Binamandiri doesn't deny that most Indonesia manpower agencies are thinking for profit only rather than social responsibility. Thus creates poor treatment and many scams towards Nakerwan while they are in Training Center.

Many works have to be done if Indonesia wants to appreciate our New Kartini.

Hopefully with the current election can bring new government who gives more attention to Nakerwan in the future, uphold their rights and give big appreciation for their effort as Ambassador for Indonesia.

In this Kartini Day, Binamandiri salutes to Nakerwan all over the world, thank you for all your effort for Indonesia economy and welfare. You all are New Kartini.

The New Kartini at Indonesia Consulate in Hong Kong

Thank you.

This article is dedicated all Nakerwan to commemorate Kartini Day, 21st April 2009.

Maladewa

2009-04-22T11:04:00.002+07:00

Maladewa atau lebih populer disebut Maldives dalam bahasa Inggris, adalah negara kepulauan yang terletak di Samudra Hindia, di sebelah utara pesisir Sri Lanka. Separuh dari pulau-pulau Maladewa adalah Atoll atau terumbu Karang. Maladewa memiliki kurang lebih 1922 pulau dan hanya 20 persennya dihuni.

Maladewa merupakan bekas jajahan Inggris dan termasuk negara persemakmuran Inggris. Bahasa yang digunakan adalah Dhevinet serupa dengan bahasa Arab, bahkan tulisannya pun berasal dari Tulisan Arab, akan tetapi bahasa Inggris merupakan bahasa kedua di Maladewa dimana sistem pendidikannya pun mengacu pada sistem pendidikan di Inggris.
Total penduduk Maladewa adalah sekitar 300.000 (tiga ratus ribu orang) belum termasuk sekitar 50.000 (lima puluh ribu) orang tenaga kerja asing dari seluruh penjuru dunia, terutama berasal dari Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India. Maladewa adalah negara yang 100% muslim, dan keseluruhan sistem kenegaraan menganut sistem hukum Islam termasuk didalamnya adalah Libur pada Hari Jumat. Adalah menjadi ketentuan, tidak ada warga negara Maladewa yang non-muslim. Penduduk Maladewa merupakan etnis keturunan Bangladesh.

Male adalah ibukota Maladewa yang terletak dalam satu pulau sendiri dimana 70% penduduk Maladewa tinggal. Luas pulau Male sangat kecil hanya kurang lebih 3 kilometer persegi dan dapat dikelilingi dalam waktu 15 menit dengan mobil. Bangunan-bangunan di Male seperti perkampungan di Indonesia yang saling berhimpitan dan tanpa halaman, dengan jalan utama hanya selebar 4,5 – 6 meter. Di Male, terdapat semua kantor pemerintahan dan swasta.
Kesulitan terbesar di Male adalah untuk mengetahui lokasi rumah atau bangunan, dikarenakan Male menggunakan sistem nama bangunan daripada pernomeran, sehingga untuk bepergian harus menggunakan taxi dengan biaya + Rp. 18.000 jauh-dekat. Setiap bangunan memiliki nama yang unik untuk membedakan satu dengan yang lainnya.
Taxi dan transportasi darat lain hanya terdapat di pulau Male saja.
Airport Male terletak di Pulau Hulhule yang berseberangan dengan Pulau Male, dan dapat ditempuh dalam waktu 15 menit dengan kapal penumpang yang setiap 10 menit beroperasi.

Perekonomian Maladewa tergantung sepenuhnya dari industri pariwisatanya. Pemerintah maladewa menyewakan dan memprivatisasi pulau-pulau atol yang dimiliki kepada perusahaan-perusahaan swasta untuk dikelola.
Maladewa saat ini memiliki sekitar 89 resort pada 89 pulau, 1 pulau untuk 1 resort, dan tahun 2009 direncanakan 9 resort baru akan dibuka dan hingga tahun 2015 terdapat total 43 resort baru yang selesai dibangun dengan kapasitas 8000 kamar.
Resort-resort tersebut terletak menyebar di samudra Hindia dan terisolasi dari keramaian. Resort hanya dapat dicapai dengan pesawat komuter kecil atau speed boat. Resort bersifat kawasan pribadi yang hanya dengan reservasi dapat mengunjungi resort tersebut. Tidak seperti Male, yang penuh dengan orang dan keramaian, resort sangat terisolasi, sehingga pegawai yang bekerja di resort diberikan fasilitas lengkap oleh pengelola, dan dapat menggunakan semua fasilitas hotel atau resort yang ada.
Rata-rata gaji terendah yang diterima adalah berkisar antara USD 200 – USD 250, memang tidak besar, tetapi mereka akan menerima Service Charge Bonus yang merupakan 10% dari pendapatan perusahaan dibagi secara proposional kepada seluruh pegawai dan rata-rata mencapai USD 500/bulannya.
Adalah peraturan di Maladewa, bahwa setiap pekerja asing akan mendapatkan fasilitas penuh yaitu 3 kali makan dan akomodasi, sehingga pekerja asing menerima gaji bersih.

Biaya hidup di Maladewa tergolong mahal, dikarenakan semua bahan makanan adalah import dan air minum merupakan penyulingan dari air laut. Rata-rata sehari berkisar Rp. 150.000 untuk kebutuhan makanan.

Maladewa sangat membutuhkan banyak pekerja asing untuk membangun dan menjalankan resort dikarenakan penduduknya yang sangat sedikit yang tidak dapat memenuhi permintaan akan tenaga kerja dari seluruh resort. Untuk setiap resort diperkirakan mempekerjakan rata-rata 300 orang dan untuk pembangunannya sedikitnya 500 orang per-resort dibutuhkan. Penduduk Maladewa bisa dikategorikan masih tergantung pada orang tua sehingga keinginan bekerja sangat minim. Dikarenakan hal tersebut, pemerintah Maladewa memberikan kuota maksimal 50% dari total pekerja dapat di datangkan dari luar negeri.

Maladewa adala peluang bagi Tenaga Kerja Indonesia terutama disektor perhotelan untuk mendapatkan gaji tinggi dan pengalaman kerja yang luar biasa.

Dalam bahasa Dhiveni, “Dhivehi raaje yah maruhabaa" Selamat Datang di Maladewa

Shangri-La Villingis Helping Its Sister Hotels

2009-04-21T11:53:00.002+07:00

It was Shangri-La Villingis the main purpose to visit Maldives in 1 – 9 April 2009, as Binamandiri received demand to supply Hotel Staff on 20 January 2009 for its Human Resource Manager.

Unfortunately, it was different story when Binamandiri met with Human Resource Manager in Male – Maldives. Shangri-La Villingis is the largest investment ever made by Shangri-La Group and ever built in Maldives. It is consist of 143 Villas, 328 Hotel Staff for Pre-Op and occupied 3 kilometre square of Atoll Island of Villingis. He said that Shangri-La Villingis will not be effected by Global Crisis, as big investment already been made, no postponing project, so the show must go on which will be pre opened on July 2009.

BUT, he said, although Shangri-La Villingis will not be effected, The head office of Shangri-La and Shangri-La Hotels all around the world were hit quite bad by economy tsunami. Some Shangri-La hotels chains in some part of the world have to lay off some of their hotel staff.

For that reason and also because based on Maldivian Law, Shangri-La Villingis can hire up to 50% from total employee from overseas, Shangri-La Villingis has to accommodate hotel staff from its sister hotels who being laid off.

The recruitment which has been held by Shangri-La Villingis in Maldives, India and Indonesia which through Binamandiri, has to be postponed until Shangri-La Villingis fully operate in September 2009 where it will add 200 more workers to complete 328 workers that already recruited for Pre-Op.

Hopefully the economy tsunami will not devastate Maldives like the actual tsunami happened in December 2004.

AANZ FTA = Loses for Indonesia

2009-04-17T17:40:00.002+07:00

1 March 2009, Indonesia inked ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZ-FTA) in Bangkok – Thailand, together with all members of ASEAN and Australia New Zealand counterpart. Binamandiri felt surprised that Indonesia willing to ink the FTA, as many aspects has not yet completely agreed.

AANZ FTA had been in discussion since last year among Ministers of Trade on those countries. The idea of AANZ FTA is to increase trades among countries by lowering the import tax for specific items, for Indonesia is to receive beef and milk from New Zealand while Indonesia can export its textile product. But that's not all, some countries like Indonesia wanted similar clause such FTA between China and New Zealand which inked directly by Helen Clark and Hu Jin Tao, where FTA with China included a ‘temporary employment entry’ clause. This was part of the agreement and specified 200 Chinese doctors, 200 Chinese chefs, 150 Mandarin teaching aides, 150 martial arts coaches and 100 tour guides. In addition a maximum of 1,000 ‘skilled Chinese workers’ were to be granted temporary employment for up to three years. It was a good FTA for Chinese.

Indonesia wanted similar deal in the FTA unfortunately New Zealand was not ready to repeat the China deal, because recession was looming and the migrant job issue was becoming sensitive in New Zealand. It was in Indonesia New headlines last November 2008 saying the New Zealand work offer was ‘peanuts’. A list of jobs was published. This included 100 semi-skilled nurses, 100 oil and gas welders, 20 language teaching assistants and 20 halal butchers. The work visas would be for three years and expanded annually. Unfortunately, said in the paper, it was rejected by New Zealand side.

Binamandiri as one of Indonesia Manpower Company who engages with New Zealand market, taking big concern for the AANZ-FTA, and seeking further information, hoping that FTA coulde be successly inked by both parties.

Binamandiri talked with lead negotiator in New Zealand side, Ms. Vangelis Vitalis, who had been very kind and pleasant to brief about the FTA and she claimed that New Zealand never offered any job positions to Indonesia negotiator and probably it was just a wishlist. She suggested that Binamandiri should talk Mr. Guntur Witcaksono who is lead negotiator for Indonesia side.

Last January 2009, Binamandiri had a chance to talk with Mr. Guntur Witcaksono, Head of International Cooperation in Department of Manpower and Transmigration. He explained comprehensively, that the job lists came from Presiden SBY when Helen Clark visited him. The offer then became wish list by Indonesia Ministry Trade office and put on Labor Agreement official proposed by Indonesia Government, and it was his job to make sure the Labor Agreement agreed by New Zealand negotiator.

Unfortunately it was deadlock between Mr. Guntur Witjaksono and NZIS (New Zealand Immigration Services), which from Mr. Guntur information, NZIS cannot approve and secure any job positions for Indonesia, and it is domain policy of NZ-DOL (Department of Labor).

It was quite strange for such information given by New Zealand side, as NZIS is part of NZ-DOL.

Mr. Guntur said that Labor aggreement offered by New Zealand delegation was normatif agreement to ratify ILO ordinance which emphasize no child labor. Although Indonesia already ratifies ILO Ordinance, he afraid the agreement can be used to counter FTA Agreement when Indonesia exports its textile as there are still many child labor in Indonesia although not officially work.

On his last statement, The master FTA cannot be signed unless the labor aggrement is inked first.

Unfortunately it was different story on 1st March 2009, the FTA was inked by all participant countries, and only Indonesia-New Zealand Labor agreement was excluded.

Thailand, Vietnam and Philipines inked the labor agreement as proposed by New Zealand, and their people now can enjoy Working Holiday Visa Scheme for 100 people each year. The requirements for Working Holiday Visa is very simple, aged 25-35, University graduate, and has 50 million rupiah on their account. They can work for a year in New Zealand in all field of jobs. Special for Vietnam and Phillipines, they gained some ‘temporary employment entry’ positions – though far fewer than the China FTA.

Indonesia gets NOTHING in terms of Employments, No Working Holiday Visa and especially No Temporary Employment Entry.

Binamandiri spoke with Steve Jones, Head of Visa Officer New Zealand embassy in Jakarta on 3rd of March 2009 after the FTA. He explained that Indonesia Labor Agreement was actually had to be signed prior to Master FTA, but it was about politic.

New Zealand is prepared to talk about this issue as something outside the FTA though only if the Indonesia initiates discussions and no limit of time for the discussion. The Indonesia Embassy thinks there’s an New Zealand team in Jakarta doing this right now - MFAT (Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade) says that’s not so.

Well, It is election year now in Indonesia, so it is unlikely Indonesia will open the talk with New Zealand about the Labor Agreement.

Once again, we lost our opportunity for employment, while other countries gained it and New Zealand received big advantage on low import tax.

SPA Therapist a Booming Market

2009-04-17T14:08:00.003+07:00

Although Global Economy Crisis causes huge negative impact, it is also create opportunity for work such SPA Therapist. Many people in advance countries such USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan etc are stress facing the biggest recession ever, most of them want to escape by relaxing themselves.

In recent news, there is increasing number of people visiting Comedy Clubs in UK and USA, where people just want to avoid any stress caused by recession, similar situation happens in SPA establishment.

On Binamandiri's visit to Maldives, most of the demands are for SPA Therapists and SPA Managers. The increase of Tourist coming to Maldives to get SPA Treatment has been very high recently. Beside Maldives, Binamandiri also received similar demand from Hungary, Malaysia, Turkey, Slovakia and Morocco.

It just recently after Indonesia won as the best SPA destination on Berlin Tourism Exhibition on 17 March 2009, that demand of Indonesian SPA Therapists has been increased.

SPA therapist is a very attractive position, in average SPA therapist can earn from USD 500 – USD 1000 net salary.

What is the challenge ?

In SPA therapist, Indonesia has only one competitor, Thailand, it is good opportunity, not like housemaid where Indonesia has also to compete with Filipino, Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Thailand.

The challenge is, not like Thailand, SPA Therapist is not so popular position in Indonesia, probably Bali is exception. Indonesian society still thinks that SPA Therapist is disguise position of prostitute, the same idea for sending Domestic Helper to overseas, is a despicable job, they says.

Well, those statement are entirely bad judgement. We are sending professional Domestic Helper and professional SPA Therapist, with better welfare and salary compare for the same position she does in Indonesia.

Beside the biggest challenge to turn image and culture of Indonesian society, the other challenge is there are very few SPA Therapist Schools to accommodate both domestic and overseas demand.

Binamandiri talked with Soul of Java, a respective SPA Establishment in Jakarta, about the situation, and they also concurred those statements above.

To accommodate the both demands, domestically and overseas, Binamandiri sister's Foundation, Binakarya Mandirimulia Foundation, incorporate with Soul of Java will establish SPA Therapist Course designated for unemployed Indonesia female teenager by the end of May 2009 in Malang which also part of the Ministry of National Education programs in profession course.

SPA Course is a must for the candidate as one of the requirements to obtain work visa is Diploma on SPA Training/Education from respective institution. Most of SPA Course is only taking 150 hours – 300 hours course or around 3 months.

Some demands require experienced SPA Therapists, but according to Soul of Java, actually candidates with fresh training are better, because the training will be designated to type of SPA massage and material requested by SPA Owner. Every SPA has its own unique massage and such as Java Style, Bali Style, Hot Stone, Shiatsu and many others, and the material also unique, oil based, cream based, natural based that's why understanding the concept of SPA is critical to provide appropriate SPA Therapists.

It is better for the owner to try first the massage skill prior to select the candidates.

The demands are ready, Binamandiri invites candidates with SPA Therapist experience to send the CV for better work and salary to overseas, we also invite any Institution related to SPA establishment and Indonesia Manpower Companies to grab the very good opportunity in Placement of Indonesia Workers.

Maldives : Potential Market for Indonesian Workers

2009-04-13T16:53:00.005+07:00

Recently in 1st – 9th April 2009, Binamandiri visited Maldives and Sri Lanka, to respond demand of Indonesian workers from Shangri La Villingi, the largest resort in Maldives and Shangri-La Hotel Chain, and some prospective Maldivian Agencies.

It is part of Binamandiri’s standard procedure to assess work placement, economy-social aspect of Destination Country and most important thing is credibility of Maldivian employers and/or agencies. The same things that Binamandiri had conducted in Seychelles – Africa, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.

Maldives is an island Moslem country located north of Sri Lanka coast, with approximately 1192 islets scatter across Indian Ocean. The biggest economy income comes from Tourism Industry and followed by Fishery. Total Maldives population is approximately only 300.000 people excluding 50.000 expatriate workers, and mostly comes from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. Most of the population is concentrate in Capital City in Male Island, a small island that only takes 15 minutes by car to circle it around. According to H.E. Djafar Hussein, Indonesia Ambassador for Sri Lanka and accredited to Maldives, there are around 500 to 700 Indonesian working in Maldives in various sector, Shipping-Fisheries, Airlines, Construction, and the biggest positions is in Hospitality Industry.

Although the world is facing Economy tsunami, it seems Maldives doesn’t get big impact from it, not like the physical tsunami which devastated Maldives and of course Indonesia in December 2004, at least that was told by Mr. Endang Sugiharto, from Indonesia Workers Association in Male-Maldives, who currently work as Mechanic at Maldivian Air. Everyday at least 700 tourists are served by Maldivian Air to various Resorts from Male International Aiport, almost same amount before the crisis hit the world economy. Even the highest ever was 1200 people in one day were transported somewhere on February 2009. Now with the low oil price and many Low Coast Carrier Airlines from Europe schedule direct flight to Male, keep the tourism industry stabilize from recession. The statement also concurred by many Manpower agencies whom Binamandiri met with.

Maldives currently has high demands for foreign workers especially for Hospitality Industry. This year only, Maldives will open 9 (nine) new resorts and until 2015, approximately 43 resorts and hotel will be opened. Each resort approximately requires 300 workers from all level. Thus exclude workers for construction workers to build the resorts which mostly will require 300 to 500 workers for the projects.

Maldives Government realizes that its population isn’t enough to fill the gap of demand for the resorts, that is why employer such resorts can bring foreign workers up to 50% of total employee. Although such measure already implemented by Maldives Government and the work age is started at 15-16 years old compare with Indonesia which started at 18 years old, with only around 100 thousand work forces, Maldivian cannot fill 50% of the demand.

The young age to work also gives big effect for the increasing of turn over staffs for Maldivian. They are not mature enough to work, many of them just want to have fun and rely on their parents economically and not yet ready to work with schedule.

Beside workers for tourism industry as explained above, huge demand also comes from Construction Sector to build the resorts and also in Health Sector. Binamandiri received Demand from Maldives Ministry of Health to supply Doctors and Nurses with very attractive salary and facilities.

At least 10.000 foreign workers are required to fill in the gap this year only and about 70.000 foreign workers will be needed until 2015 to run all the resorts, that if 43 new resorts are established. Most of the workers come from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Philippines respectively. The order is sorted from the lowest salary given by employer, and also the largest number of people. It is obvious that the lower the salary, the more people can be hired to work as less money given by employer. But in terms of skill and attitude, Indonesia and Filipino are the best ones compare with Bangladesh and India. The information was also given by Mr. Yasir, Indonesia workers whom Binamandiri met in Bandarnaike Airport – Sri Lanka. Mr. Yasir with 9 of his colleague were Trades Workers (Tukang) who on the way home after successfully finished their term of contract at Shangri-La Villingi Maldives.
Mr. Yasir said, 10 Bangladesh workers were assigned to build Restaurant but after 3 months the foundation didn’t even finish while he and his men were assigned to build 20 bungalows with 35 meter height and 80 meter square wide which can be completed as schedule, 1 bungalow in a month time. Thus gave big appreciation from the construction company who hired Mr. Yasir and his men.

Beside vast job opportunity, Maldives also gives interesting and competitive salary towards foreign workers. For waiters and waitresses, the lowest position in Hotel Industry, although the basic salary is only around USD 200, a worker can earn from USD 650 until USD 1000 per month includes service charge and tips. All workers will receive Net Salary, as 3 day meals and lodging must be provided by employers according to Maldivian labor law. Mr Yasir who worked as Carpenter, earned around USD 500 Net Salary. For Doctors and Nurses, the salary also very attractive else the requirements is not very high such in other countries. For fresh graduate nurse, can earn USD 500 while Specialist doctor with 2 years clinical experience, can earn up to USD 2000 with full furnished apartment

Bits and Pieces also occurs in Maldives, Mr. John Admiral, Consular Function of Indonesia Embassy in Sri Lanka accredited to Maldives, informed Binamandiri that some labor cases involved Indonesian occurs in Maldives, mostly unpaid salary and ignorance Maldivian agencies and also related to drug problems, added by H.E. Djafar Hussein.
The recent matter in Maldives, 4 Balinese carpenters were felt home sick as they never expected the work situation in Maldives. The broker or “Calo” who brought them in, was hit-and-run type of person, and just wanted to gain for his personal benefit only. The employer refused to pay their return ticket as they only worked for 2 months, certainly they didn't have money. Luckily, embassy managed to contact the “Calo” and asked him to provide return ticket. There should be more labor problems actually than it was reported, because none of the workers or the sender ever make any report of their arrival and departure, so that make embassy has difficulty to track down and collect the data of Indonesian in Maldives.

It is advised by H.E. Djafar Hussein that Indonesian agency should assess the agency credibility very carefully and also the work placement in Maldives such what has been done by Binamandiri. Ambassador gave big appreciation to Binamandiri for coordinating with Indonesia Embassy.
Binamandiri more than agrees with Ambassador statement. Currently in Maldives, for total population of 300.000 people, there are 370 Licensed Manpower Agencies compare with Indonesia who has around 600 Manpower Agencies in 230 million population. Almost 90% of Maldives manpower agencies are crook and no-ethical business conduct as it was told by Mr. Yasir. Many of the manpower agencies tends to rip off the foreign workers especially from Bangladesh and they mostly neglect the responsibility as mediator between employer and employee.
Binamandiri previously also received offered from at least 5 Maldives Manpower agencies, but when Binamandiri checked the location of the manpower agency's office, it was just like street hawker.
It is advice for Indonesia Manpower Agency to double check the credibility of Maldives Manpower Agency before conducting any further process of placement, and for Applicants, it is advised to use Indonesia Manpower Agencies when dealing with Maldives Manpower Agency. The process will be a bit higher in cost, but certainly it is more safe.

Maldives is 100% Moslem Country and it is advantage for Indonesia which 70% Moslem, to send more workers to Maldives compare with Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka who are mostly Buddhist and Hindu. We have big bargain position in terms of Moslem population, good skill, and better attitude. The only problems for Indonesian is long distance and no direct flight from Indonesia to Male, that's make the guarantee money to Maldives Government very high. It is mandatory for agency or employer to submit deposit money of 1 return ticket price before the Maldives government can issue work visa, and because the deposit money already so high, the agency or employer doesn't want to pay the airfare for the applicants to go to Maldives thus will be bare by the applicants. Unfortunately, the Indonesia banking system is not big supporter for Indonesia workers overseas although they enjoy their remittance which almost three times direct foreign investment to Indonesia, so the applicants can't bear for the process and air fare ticket.
If only the government related to Manpower placement, can directly persuade Maldives Labour and Youth Minister to lower the deposit money and Indonesia Government will give full guarantee for any deportation, just like Philippines does, certainly Maldivians will be more than happy to accept their fellow Moslems to work in Maldives ….

Like Maldivians said in their language “Dhivehi raaje yah maruhabaa” … WELCOME TO MALDIVES

International Business Meeting of Indonesia Workers Overseas

2009-04-04T22:46:00.000+07:00

Once again National Board of Placement and Protection Indonesia Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI) held International Business Meeting from 30 – 31 March 2009 located in Hotel Jayakarta Bali. It was the third times BNP2TKI organized such meeting in order to promote Indonesia Workers to overseas users and to encourage both Indonesia and Overseas Agencies to cooperate. The Business Meeting itself held on 30 March, and continues with visit to various training institutions located in Bali on 31 March.

It was very attractive on the proposal and information about the Business Meeting published in BNP2TKI website previously as it will invite diplomats, officials, and prospective agencies related to Manpower Placement from Canada, USA, Jordan and Brunei Darussalam that made Binamandiri become the first Manpower Agency who applied for participant. Actually when Binamandiri applied, there was doubt that there will be rejection from BNP2TKI. In previous Business Meetings, BNP2TKI officially invited all Indonesia Manpower Agencies to attend the Business Meeting, but on this Business Meeting the target of Participants which stated on the proposal were only for Government Institutions related to Manpower Placements and Vocational Training Institutions. The committee, Ms. Evie, also confirmed that it is only for Government officials but Indonesia Manpower Agencies are welcome to attend the business meeting. The purpose for the third Business Meeting, as informed by Ms. Evie, was to encourage G to P program. It seemed BNP2TKI aggressively transfer itself into State Company to compete with Indonesia Manpower Agencies rather than being Referee or Facilitator in Manpower Business.
On his opening speech, Mr. Jumhur Hidayat, Head of BNP2TKI denied the allegation that BNP2TKI will take over Manpower Placement business by showing that some Indonesia Manpower Agencies attending the Business Meeting, unfortunately it was not more than 10 Indonesia Manpower Agencies were attending the business meeting, and either they located in Bali nor they looked the information in website.
Binamandiri recently just came back from Canada, so it will be good opportunity to share information and establish network, regardless whether it was for G to P program.

Disappointment occurred when the Business Meeting started. There weren’t any diplomats from all embassies or Foreign Affair Department. On the two previous business meeting, Diplomats from Embassies of Indonesia and Destination country were attending and supportive, so that the participants could get clear information about the real situation to place workers. Rumors said that all diplomats and officials from Foreign Affairs Department suddenly were recalled to attend urgent meeting in Jakarta. So basically, it just BNP2TKI official involved in the Business Meeting.

The first session started with Canada Session with keynote speaker Mr. Loay AlGhoul from AlGhoul Immigration Agency located in Manitoba – Winnipeg. Mr. AlGhoul described information about opportunity to place workers to Canada regardless the global recession that already increased unemployment rate in Canada up to 8% or 3% increased since last year. Mr. AlGhoul was still optimist that currently demands of workers still available from Canadian Employers due to shortage of workforce in Canada.

The second session was started after lunch for Jordan Session. The second session was very short because the three participants from Jordan explained on their opening sentence that they were felt fatigue after long journey from Jordan, well I can’t imagine how fatigue Mr. Alghoul after more than 24 hours trip from Toronto to Denpasar compare with 12 hours flight from Jordan, but still can have long discussion with the participants.
Binamandiri only attend half of Jordan Session, and attending Special Business Meeting in separate room with Mr. AlGhoul and all Indonesia Manpower Agencies.

The third session was USA Session. With all due respect, it was unprofessional arrangement of BNP2TKI by putting InQai International as keynote speaker. Not like two previous keynote speakers where they are native people so they understood all information about employment and immigration in destination countries, InQai International is only such representative agent who has cooperation with USA Company for Cruise Ship. No different with Indonesia Manpower Agencies attended the Business Meeting. Beside that, although InQai International is sending workers to overseas, unfortunately it doesn’t has any legal license as Indonesia Manpower Agency which stated in Ordinance 39/2004 and yet he lectured the participants about placement to USA, ridiculous. It just like a burglar gives speech about ethic to the police. I don’t think that Indonesia Embassy in USA will propose InQai International as keynote speaker, at it never been registered in Indonesia Embassy in USA. Actually BNP2TKI should prosecute InQai International for illegal placement.

The disappointments not yet finished, after USA Session it should be continued with Brunei Darussalam session as stated in the invitation/proposal and also seminar kit, but suddenly the MC announced that the Business Meeting was over and requested Deputy of Promotion and Overseas Cooperation, Mr. Ramli Saud, to close the business meeting. The participants look each others confused, but no explanation were given about Brunei Darussalam Session.

The business meeting was closed with Gala Dinner at pool side restaurant, with dances and singing. Only half of tables were filled and three forth were only filled with BNP2TKI officials and staffs.
Personally it was the worst arrangement of Business Meeting compare with previous Business Meetings.

Aside from bits and pieces, Binamandiri gives big appreciation on BNP2TKI effort to promote Indonesia workers to Overseas user especially in this time of World Crisis. Hopefully next Business Meeting can be more coordinated with other departments especially with Indonesia Embassies, Foreign Embassies and Foreign Affair Department so that comprehensive and clear information can be given.

Global Financial Crisis slams Global Workforce

2009-03-06T18:30:00.001+07:00

As we all know United States of America and most advanced countries in the world are facing big recession nowadays which was started by the failing of sub-prime mortgage in USA and continues with various financial scandal which involved huge number of money. The world economy which has been build since 9/11 is like house of cards, economy was at peak supported by greed and big consumption, but very fragile, and once one card collapse the whole building is flatten. It is just too complicate to explain what is really happened to world economy, the simple explanation is now many people have to be laid off because not enough money to run the world economy.

In recent news, just gave information about many people lose their jobs. Big companies in the worlds such Nokia, Microsoft, GM, Ford, Freeport, Newmont, Canon, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, etc thousand up to hundred thousand workers being laid off. 50.000 Philippines overseas workers all around the world being sent back to Philippines. In China, 20 millions people out of 130 millions workforce lose their jobs as many manufacture companies are closing down. BHP, the largest mining company in Australia, just sent home 2000 of its trades-workers. Just yesterday, Sealord, biggest fishing company in New Zealand laid off 180 workers for the same reason, Global Crisis.

The world bank estimated on the first quarter of 2009, approximately 120 millions people will lose their job due to world darkest recession ever.

But experts and analysts said the world has not received the worst of economy tsunami yet. At this stage, we just seen the water being suck out, and the big tide still hanging over our head. We just running around looking for safe ground when the tsunami makes the big slams.

How about Indonesia ?

Indonesia started to feel the effect after Lebaran Day, the stock market and Rupiah plunged down to the lowest point ever. Then slowly but sure, the result of Global Crisis starts to make the effect, approximately 200.000 people loss their jobs all over Indonesia. Freeport, American based company in Papua just released its announcement to lay off 1.500 top – bottom staffs. Malaysia announced that they will send back approximately 100.000 Indonesia workers due to economic downturn. G to G program for Korea also been postponed as many factories facing bankruptcy.

Well, it is unfortunate that Binamandiri also received the big hit of the economic downturn. We just received many cancellation from our Client in Canada, Australia, South Africa and Seychelles especially for Mining and Construction workers thus also happened with most Indonesia recruitment agencies especially who concentrate to place workers to Malaysia.

What Industry survived and plunged ?

Well not all industries are effected by the Financial Crisis, but the biggest hit strikes Manufacture Industry, Mining Industry, and Construction Industry. The export and import of products all over the world are down because the decreasing of demands. The mining industry also receives big hit, all commodities prices are plunge down such as steel, copper, oil, etc, thus make infeasible economically to explore and exploit mining product. The cost to exploit the mining commodities is more expensive compare with the current market price for the mining commodities

The industries which not effected by any Financial Crisis are, Education Industry, Health Industry, Livestock Industry and Domestic Workers. People still have to go to school or to hospital if they are sick no matter crisis or not. Livestock Industry such as Fruit Plantation, Poultry Farm, Dairy Farms, and other similar sector, has to be kept process or the fruit becomes rotten, the animals die and to start new livestock industry takes quite long time while mining products can always wait until the economy boost again.

What is the advise ?

If you don't have any background in Health Industry or Livestock Industry, better for you to keep working in your current job to get more experience that is if you haven't lose your job. Once the economy boost again, certainly you can try to work overseas which obviously with high salary. Well if you did lose you job, better to try open small business similar with your previous work, the Important thing is you still using your skill. If you have background education and supported with similar work experience with your education in Health or Livestock Industry, there is still job vacancy in overseas. Binamandiri recently receive demand for Health Care Assistant from New Zealand, and we still receive for Dairy Farmer. For Domestic Workers, it is widely opened, it seems doesn't have any effect by Global Financial Crisis, the demand is still very high.

Many experts and analysts predict that probably next year the economy will back on track. All we can do, just pray and hope that every government in every country especially advance countries, can do the right thing to boost up the economy soon.

NZ TEST RESULT

2009-02-25T11:21:00.012+07:00

New Zealand TOEIC Test Result on January 24, 2008

2 x Test TOEIC

No	Test Number	Dairy Skill	Language Skill
1	A115	FAIR	POOR
2	C321	FAIR	POOR
3	C307	GOOD	FAIR
4	C336	GOOD	FAIR
5	C330	GOOD	FAIR
6	C339	GOOD	FAIR
7	C327	GOOD	FAIR
8	C326	GOOD	GOOD
9	C318	GOOD	GOOD

New Zealand TOEIC Test Result on February 14, 2008
2x Test TOEIC

No	Test Number	Dairy Skill	Language Skill
1	C425	GOOD	FAIR
2	C437	GOOD	FAIR
3	C439	GOOD	FAIR
4	C312	GOOD	FAIR
5	C400	GOOD	FAIR
6	C418	GOOD	FAIR
7	C419	GOOD	FAIR
8	C428	GOOD	FAIR
9	C429	GOOD	FAIR
10	C433	GOOD	GOOD
11	C415	GOOD	GOOD
12	C422	GOOD	GOOD
13	C402	GOOD	GOOD
14	C436	GOOD	GOOD
15	C417	GOOD	GOOD

DAIRY FARM SKILL :
GOOD - [eligible for further process for NZ Placement]
*FAIR - [you still need improvement, try again after 6 (six) month from the last test]*
*POOR -[Not Eligible for further Process, need more improvement, Suggestion : Take more dairy farm experience and try again after 1 (one) years from the last test]*

ENGLISH SKILL
GOOD - [you are eligible to join English Course for NZ Placement ]
FAIR - [you Still need improvement, try again after 3 (three) month from the last test]
POOR - [you are not Eligible to join the course, need more improvement, Suggestion : Need to improve your Basic English skill and try again to test with us after 6 (six) month from the last test]

NOTE. The test result does not GUARANTEE the applicant will work in New Zealand. It is simply reflecting your preliminary qualification. Your readiness and keenness on the Final Interview and Selection by New Zealand Employer will determine your acceptance to work in New Zealand. Oceania Division (oceania.division@binamandiri.com)

Learning Different Way of Farming (REPOST with Photo)

2009-02-23T09:52:00.000+07:00

An Article taken from Waikato Times Farmer January 2009 Edition about one of Binamandiri's Pilot Project workers :

Christmas was definitely a different experience for 23-years-old Fatkhur Rohman from Indonesia.

He came to New Zealand in June 2008 to work in dairy farm in South Waikato.

Fatkhur now works as an assistan herd manager looking after 650 cows which has been a very different experience – having come from his family farm in Indonesia. Where he learned farming skills from his father.

The family farm has five cows and two calves. Those cows are fed using a cut and carry system, feeding mainly elephant grass, banana leaves and vegetable leaves. The are milked by hand and the milk is carried to the co-operative twice a day in milking cans.

Fatkhur first heard about New Zealand agriculture through a Discovery Channel programme he watched on television in Indonesia.

He could see that working in New Zealand agriculture would give him the opportunity to learn about a different way of farming that he could apply to the family farm on his return to Indonesia. When the chance arose to come and work on a New Zealand dairy farm, through ATR-Fegan, Fatkhur applied for the position along with a group of other Indonesians.

After, being accepted into the ATRFegan intake, he completed a four week English language and New Zealand culture course. Two months later he arrived in New Zealand ready to begin his Kiwi farm experience.

Since arriving on-farm, Fatkhur has found the favourite part of his job to be getting the cow in and milking.

Learning a new farming system is a challenge but he wants to continue learning the Kiwi way. Managing the key dates of calving, matting and drying off cows is something that he has found to be intriguing. As this is not so structured in Indonesia.

The pastured-based feeding system has also been interesting as it is so different to what he is used to on his family farm.

Although there have been challenges along the way, Fatkhur has adapted very well to his new home and job in New Zealand.

One of the hardest things he has had to deal with has been living so far away from his family.

“My parents are very proud of me for coming to work in New Zealand. They want me to improve my farming skills,” he says.

Fatkhur plans to return to Indonesia in a few years where he will be able to implement a mix of both New Zealand and Indonesian farming practices on his family farm.

Do you want to know more about working in New Zealand, click this link or send any inquiries to oceania.division@binamandiri.com

Download Original Posting from Waikato Times Farmer

Australia@Binamandiri Launched !!

2009-02-17T18:50:00.005+07:00

17 February 2009, Binamandiri has launched its new subdomain site :

australia.binamandiri.com

Previously Binamandiri was one of two company in Indonesia who had license for placement to Australia, under MOU between OSS International Ltd and Disnaker Jawa Timur, unfortunately the MOU was death in the water. Due to Moral Obligation towards prospective applicants who already submitted their CV to Binamandiri, on December 2008, Binamandiri seek new opportunity in Australia courtesy of Western Australia Government. Binamandiri has managed to deal with several prospectives Recruitment Agencies in WA.
The previous site which were designed according to the MOU content while the new subdomain will give more general information about working in Australia with detail requirements.

Please send us email in English for any inquiries related to Australia placement, we are more than happy to respond it as we don't accept phone inquiries and/or consultation regarding Australia Placement.

Welcome to Australia@Binamandiri

Pengumuman : Interview Shangri-La's Villingili Resort & Spa

2009-02-17T18:20:00.005+07:00

Dikarenakan terdapat revisi jadwal oleh pihak Shangri-La's Villingili Resort & Spa, maka jadwal wawancara yang rencananya diadakan pada tanggal 17 Februari 2009, di UNDUR menjadi 27 Februari 2009. Kandidat yang telah memenuhi syarat akan menerima informasi melalui email dan telepon untuk jadwal wawancara.

Binamandiri masih membuka kesempatan untuk pencari kerja yang berminat untuk mengirimkan CV dan melakukan walk-in interview.

Untuk lowongan yang masih terbuka adalah :

1. Landscaper (Laki-Laki)

2. Carpenter (Laki-laki)

3. Waitress (Wanita)

4. SPA (Wanita)

5. Bartender (Wanita)

Info Lebih Lanjut : oceania.division@binamandiri.com

Minister VS BNP2TKI, The Battle Continues ...

2009-02-03T17:55:00.002+07:00

The information was already given by Mr. I Gusti Arke, Acting Directorate General of Placement and Protection Indonesian Workers Overseas of Department of Manpower and Transmigration, mid January 2009 referring to revision of Minister Regulation (Permen) 22/2008 about the authorities of National Board of Placement and Protection of Indonesia Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI), Minister Level of Operational Unit directly under President.

The main idea of the revision are to cut off the authority of BNP2TKI which will be only handle placement under G to G and only for Korea Placement and Nurse Placement to Japan. The rest of authority will be share-handled by Department of Manpower and Transmigration and Local Government (Province and City). The Minister Regulation will be put effective on 1st February 2009 with 6 months transition time

Since then, it becomes controversial among stakeholders in Manpower Industry. The Minister said, the main purpose of the revision is to straighten the Ordinance 39/2004 about the authority of BNP2TKI while Chairman of BNP2TKI said the minister is envy because part of his authority was taken based on the Ordinance 39/2004, and he wants to take it back.

Each institution has met with the parliament to clear this matter, but unfortunately no solution has been made. The parliament would like to invite both in the same occasion, but both institutions don't want to be met together with their own unreasonable political excuse.

What ever the matter are, the battle between Minister and BNP2TKI just only gives confusion to manpower company such Binamandiri, local governments and obviously Indonesia Workers. Yet they never realize it and the more care with their own ego rather than public service.

From Binamandiri objective point of view without any preference to certain party, the revision of Minister Regulation is extremely ridiculous especially if being done this year, because of the following reason :

The Idea to create BNP2TKI was to have similar excellent body such POEA in Philippines who has big authority to control placement of Indonesia workers to overseas. BNP2TKI is supposed to coordinates 18 departments/institutions who have interest in Manpower placement. Each departments and/or institutions has to send their rank officer as their representative and liaison in BNP2TKI so that the policy of Indonesia Manpower Placement can be synchronized with other departments and institutions
If the minister want to extract back the authority of BNP2TKI to his department with the reason to straighten the role of BNP2TKI according to Ordinance 39/2004, why he just decided Now ? BNP2TKI has been exist for almost 3 (three) years... it is too late !!! Does the minister read the the ordinance when BNP2TKI was established and Mr Jumhur was inaugurated by President ? Because he could directly create the regulation to guidance the role of BNP2TKI, and not waiting after 3 years.
We have been in transition period for 3 years since BNP2TKI establish, and when all stakeholders in Manpower Industry are get used with the system, and we all try to build better system by trial and error on the experiences.... suddenly the minister just revoke the regulation and start a brand new system and we (all the stakeholders) have to adjust again.... with all trial and error that we never know in the future. Such a very good Indonesia bureaucrat, … by always to make everything difficult while it can be done easily
Why the President or Indonesia Government have to bother to create new Institution such BNP2TKI, with new arrangement of organization, budget, office, and everything related if now the minister just revoke most of the authorities. Indonesia government or minister level can just create new directorate general under his organization just to accommodate for the small role of BNP2TKI, and it won't cost hundreds billion rupiah such creating new Institution like BNP2TKI.
By sharing the authorities to local government, it just mean that either the process will be more problems because no local regulation has been made to accommodate the authorities so they don't know how to do it, else it will be more costly as local government will charge for local retribution. But the most important and trouble thing, that each local government will have their own regulation and we have to adjust or comply which each and every local governments. I can't imagine how costly and exhausted the process will be.
With Global Crisis facing Indonesia, and gives big negative impact to Indonesia, either BNP2TKI or Minister willing to end this war, because they both rejected Parliament offer to meet together and find good solution for the dispute. They have ego and power to uphold, rather than to save our Nation from increase of unemployment.

Until the President himself set the game rule (because both claimed that they only listen and obey what the President instructed) well, for now we just have to become spectator of this despicable war.... and the battle continues

NZ Test Result

2009-01-31T16:04:00.002+07:00

1x Test TOEIC (24 January 2009)

No	Test Number	Dairy Skill	Language Skill
1	C438	POOR	260
2	C404	POOR	325
3	C408	POOR	365
4	C427	POOR	395
5	C420	POOR	405
6	C410	POOR	435
7	C412	POOR	510
8	C406	FAIR	300
9	C435	FAIR	325
10	C424	FAIR	345
11	C414	FAIR	365
12	C426	FAIR	390
13	C431	FAIR	470
14	C411	FAIR	630
15	C409	FAIR	705
16	C419	GOOD	235
17	C403	GOOD	250
18	C428	GOOD	305
19	C418	GOOD	310
20	C407	GOOD	315
21	C429	GOOD	315
22	C400	GOOD	335
23	C405	GOOD	335
24	C423	GOOD	340
25	C422	GOOD	355
26	C425	GOOD	365
27	C402	GOOD	365
28	C433	GOOD	370
29	C437	GOOD	395
30	C436	GOOD	395
31	C417	GOOD	405
32	C415	GOOD	425
33	C434	GOOD	515
34	C439	GOOD	605

Qualification Explanation :

DAIRY FARM SKILL :

GOOD - [eligible for further process for NZ Placement]

*FAIR - [you still need improvement, try again after 6 (six) month from the last test]*

*POOR -[Not Eligible for further Process, need more improvement, Suggestion : Take more dairy farm experience and try again after 1 (one) years from the last test]*

NOTE. The test result does not GUARANTEE the applicant will work in New Zealand. It is simply reflecting your preliminary qualification. Your readiness and keenness on the Final Interview and Selection by New Zealand Employer will determine your acceptance to work in New Zealand.

For those who still take the first test, we will inform you for the second test. Please be ready.

Oceania Division

(oceania.division@binamandiri.com)

Australian Placement : Side Story of Boyolali Socialization

2009-01-27T13:07:00.002+07:00

We were thrilled to received invitation from Disnaker Boyolali – Middle Java, beside we have to give presentation about Job Placement Overseas towards 250 candidates, the CV which was sent a week before quite prospective especially for NZ Placement as Dairy Farmer.

When we arrived at Disnaker Boyolali, we were briefed by Mr. Suwarno, Sub-Unit of Placement and Protection, about Boyolali's potential for workers placement. I found out that Boyolali is the center for Dairy Farm and Industry for Middle Java, and we are very happy that we found new resource supply for Binamandiri Placement to NZ.

From Disnaker Boyolali, we went to Transito Auditorium Centre, where the socialization held and 250 people were already waiting for us. After 45 minutes we socialized about Working Overseas, we opened for Q and A with the participants. First and second questions were about general questions, and then the third participant, with quite angry tone, he urged us to explain about working in Australia as he said he received invitation about Working in Australia, although at glance we already informed him about how hard to work in Australia. So we explained more detail about working in Australia.

Other participants were unsatisfied with our explanation which we also didn't understand which part of the explanation that they didn't understand. Then 2 participants gave the invitation letter and suddenly I stunned reading the invitation, which stated :

Peluang Bekerja ke

A U S T R A L I A

(Pemetik Buah dan Peternak)

BIAYA PENEMPATAN POTONG GAJI !!

So the purpose of most of the applicants, they want to be selected to work in Australia as Fruit Picker, which hard labour, without any qualification at all and obviously without any payment at all.

But when I read the rest of the invitation, it was made by what we called SPONSOR or CALO, name KARSANA and it also stamped by PT. Elkarim Jakarta. We were quite relief that it was done by other parties and also KARSANA was at the location. So Disnaker suggested that KARSANA should be responsible and explained his purpose to write and distribute such invitation and make unrest to the participants.

But, we could only more stunned with KARSANA's explanation, where he said only that his company used to have Australia job order as Fruit Packers but it was finished now, and he already recruited more than 200 hundreds people for Australia placement, so when he heard that Binamandiri has Australia recruitment license and will visit Boyolali for socialization, he directed his candidates to Disnaker event. He also asked for Binamandiri discretion to accept them to work as Fruit Picker, more over he told that if Binamandiri won't charge any fee up front, there will be more applicants who wants to work to Australia.

Dooh..... everyone knows if you offer someone work in Australia and no charge and no qualification at all, all people will come and go to Australia, and we didn't have to go as far as Boyolali, we can always get the workers in Malang, more than enough, we can maybe 200.000 workers out from a 3,5 million Malang Raya population.

After KARSANA gave explanation, he just left the angry mob back to us again. Well, we can only suggest them to report to the police if they felt any loss.

The information we received, KARSANA already collect some money from the applicants, and he will collect more money if Binamandiri finished selecting the applicants. More report came from others Disnaker about his bad activities although he doesnt have any license, and yet he seems cannot be touched by law enforcement. His main idea, is to direct the applicants which he recruited to Binamandiri, and if something wrong Binamandiri will received the fault. A Very Bad Person

Beside, KARSANA, we also met a person name HERU along with some friends, still young, 27 years old who wants to go to Australia. Unfortunately his gank is a lazy type person who like to enjoy life, less work but big income. He asked whether Binamandiri can process or at least suggest him and his friend, the illegal way to work in Australia. We said to him, we cannot explain to you about any illegal procedure because we never done it and surely we cannot explain it. So he asked everything about how to obtain visa, type of visas and the procedure to get visas.

I asked him, why don't you try to look for work first in Indonesia in Trade occupation, or maybe try other country which doesn't have big qualifications as a stepping stone to work in Australia. His answer arousing pity, I am already aged, he said (although he said he is 27 years old), so I don't have time to try from the bottom, I want to work as fast as possible to Australia. I tried to explain to him, you are still 27 years old, if you work in Africa for 3 years in trade work, probably you can work in Australia at age 30, it is still young.

Yup, He seems doesn't want to do hard work, he already spoiled with easy facilities, parent's money never feel that if you want to earn something you have to make big effort to earn it. There's no easy life unless you father is multi billionaire president director.

From those experiences we had, it just reflects Indonesian as following :

Indonesia people is lack of information about how to work in overseas, so it becomes weakness to be exploited by KARSANA type person. Yet the government either BNP2TKI or Depnaker are more busy with their rivalry rather than to more focus to educate our people
Not like Filipino who has been indoctrinated to work overseas along with education about qualification, rights and responsibility, since elementary school, Indonesia people never receive such education at all. Thus make Indonesia people, especially peasant people, more concern with their prestige while they neglect to reflect themselves in the mirror with this questions What I have to offer to work in Australia ? All they want is POKO'e (as long as) I can work in Australia in instant time without qualification, I will bare all the consequents, because people will look at me if I can go to Australia. It just like day dreaming.
With poor quality of our Indonesia Sinetron (TV Series), our young generation become Instant Generation, where as possible as can be they don't have to work hard, but instantly can have a lot of money, such HERU type person.
There are many people such as KARSANA, who has no legal permit, but he can recruit, gives false information and collect money, which cause many people being rip-off, illegal placement, deportation from destination country, ….it just bad name for Indonesia, but the people like KARSANA grow more and more every years, because we lack of law enforcement, while the police more busy to annoy the legal company while illegal ones can free.
DONT EVER TRUST to ANYONE who offer to work in Australia as Fruit Pickers because it is illegal for Indonesia people to work as Fruit Pickers.
Working in Australia requires HIGH SKILL and QUALIFICATIONS, also GOOD ENGLISH with IELTS 4,5. Australia doesn't need no-skill workers, because they have alot in Australia.

Pengumuman : Test Perhotelan

2009-01-26T14:40:00.004+07:00

Binamandiri akan mengadakan test umum - Walk in Interview untuk tenaga perhotelan (semua bidang) untuk rencana penempatan ke Maladewa, Palau dan Kanada, meliputi :

1. Test Bahasa

2. Test Ketrampilan

Pelaksanaan akan diadakan pada :

Tanggal : 28 Januari 2009 - 12 Februari 2009

Jam : 10.00 - selesai

Tempat : Aula PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja

Jl. Kartini No. 1 Malang

Biaya : Rp. 5.000

Persyaratan : Bawa CV dan Foto

Informasi dan Pendaftaran hubungi :

Sdr. Ihwan Basuni (Ihwan)

Sdri. Mariana Kumalasari (Ani)

Tlp. (0341) 347474

Lowongan Kerja Restoran Jepang di Palau

2009-01-26T13:19:00.003+07:00

Dibutuhkan pekerja untuk Restoran Jepang di Negara Palau dengan masa kontrak 2 (dua) Tahun, dan formasi sebagai berikut :

Tukang Masak (Cook), dengan Kualifikasi :

Kebutuhan : 2 orang

Jenis Kelamin : Laki-Laki/Wanita
Umur : 28 - 49 tahun

Gaji : USD 500 - 800/bulan

Pengalaman Kerja : Minimal 5 (lima) tahun

Biaya : USD 500

Pelayan (Waitress), dengan Kualifikasi :

Kebutuhan : 8 orang

Jenis Kelamin : Laki-Laki/Wanita
Umur : 21 - 35 tahun

Gaji : USD 300 - 450/bulan

Persyaratan Lain : Penampilan Menarik

Biaya : USD 300

Informasi Umum :

Persyaratan Bahasa : Inggris atau Jepang

Waktu Kerja : 8 jam sehari, 6 hari seminggu
Libur Tahunan : 2 minggu

Akomodasi : Disediakan
Makan : Disediakan pada waktu kerja

Sistem Pembayaran :

Tahap 1 : Rp 150.000 untuk Medical Check-Up (Non Refundable)
Tahap 2 : 40% setelah tandatangan Penawaran Kerja
Tahap 3 : Pelunasan setelah visa dan tiket dicetak

Cara Proses :

Langsung mendaftar ke PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja dengan membawa CV
Dilakukan Medical Check-Up, Foto dan pemeriksaan persyaratan
Dilakukan seleksi dengan tes keahlian dan wawancara
Bila FIT dan memenuhi syarat dilakukan pemasaran biodata kepada pihak pengguna jasa
Test oleh Pengguna Langsung pada awal Maret 2009
Bila terpilih akan dilakukan Penawaran Kerja dan dilanjutkan prosedur pembuatan dokumen penempatan

Batas Akhir : 28 Februari 2009

Info Lebih Lanjut : oceania.division@binamandiri.com

Lowongan Kerja Shangri-La's Villingili Resort & Spa - Maladewa

2009-01-26T11:02:00.005+07:00

Dibutuhkan Tenaga Perhotelan untuk Shangri-La's Villingili Resort & Spa dengan masa kontrak 2 (dua) tahun, dengan formasi kebutuhan sebagai berikut :

Division	Department	Position	Level	Gender	Persyaratan
ENG	Landscape	Service Leader - Landscaper	4	Pria	Klik Disini
ENG	Engineering	Service Associate - Painter	5	Pria	Klik Disini
ENG	Engineering	Service Associate - Carpenter	5	Pria	Klik Disini
ENG	Landscape	Service Leader - Landscaper	4	Pria	Klik Disini
F&B	Manzaru	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Pria	Klik Disini
F&B	khazaanaage	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	khazaanaage	Service Associate - F&B (Waiter/Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Fashala Lounge	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Jaavu / Piaaza	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Jaavu / Piaaza	Service Associate - F&B (Waiter/Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Jaavu / Piaaza	Service Associate - F&B (Waiter/Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Endheri Pool Bar	Service Leader - F&B (Captain)	4	Pria	Klik Disini
F&B	Endheri Pool Bar	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Pria	Klik Disini
F&B	Manzaru	Service Associate - F&B (Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Entertainment Centre	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Fashala Lounge	Service Associate - F&B (Bartender)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Fashala Lounge	Service Associate - F&B (Waiter/Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Fashala Lounge	Service Associate - F&B (Waiter/Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Jaavu / Piaaza	Service Associate - F&B (Waiter/Waitress)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Endheri Pool Bar	Service Associate - F&B (Beach Usheretted)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
F&B	Endheri Pool Bar	Service Associate - F&B (Beach Usheretted)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
Kitchen	Jaavu Kitchen	Service Associate - Kitchen (Commis)	5	Pria	Klik Disini
Kitchen	Fashala Kitchen	Service Associate - (Commis)	5	Pria	Klik Disini
Kitchen	Jaavu Kitchen	Service Associate - Kitchen (Commis)	5	Pria	Klik Disini
OOD	SPA	Service Associate - SPA (Receptionist)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
OOD	SPA	Service Associate - SPA (Therapist, 3 levels)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
Rooms	Housekeeping	Service Associate - Housekeeping (Room Attendant)	5	Wanita	Klik Disini
Rooms	Housekeeping	Service Associate - Housekeeping (Room Attendant)	5	Pria	Klik Disini

Keterangan :

Level 4 - Level Supervisor

Level 5 - Level Entry Position

Lokasi : Male - Maladewa

Gaji : Level 4 - USD 450

Level 5 - USD 250

Service Charge : + USD 600 (Merupakan jumlah rata-rata perbulan yang akan diterima pada 12 bulan pertama dan diterima setelah 4 bulan bekerja untuk Level 3 - 5)

Makan : Disediakan Gratis 3x
Akomodasi : Disediakan Gratis dengan kamar berdua

Fasilitas Lain : Cuci, Internet, Gym, Movie Room, Kios Staff, dll

Biaya : USD 300 (Level 5) dan USD 400 (Level4)

Sistem Pembayaran :

Tahap 1 : Rp 150.000 untuk Medical Check-Up (Non Refundable)
Tahap 2 : 40% setelah tandatangan Penawaran Kerja
Tahap 3 : Pelunasan setelah visa dan tiket dicetak

Cara Proses :

Langsung mendaftar ke PT. Binamandiri Muliaraharja dengan membawa CV
Dilakukan Medical Check-Up, Foto dan pemeriksaan persyaratan
Dilakukan seleksi dengan tes keahlian dan wawancara
Bila FIT dan memenuhi syarat dilakukan pemasaran biodata kepada pihak pengguna jasa
Test oleh Pengguna Langsung pada tanggal 17 Februari 2009
Bila terpilih akan dilakukan Penawaran Kerja dan dilanjutkan prosedur pembuatan dokumen penempatan

Batas Akhir : 15 Februari 2009

Info Lebih Lanjut : oceania.division@binamandiri.com

Happy Chinese New Year

2009-01-23T14:44:00.001+07:00

Learning a Different Way of Dairy Farming

2009-01-17T15:14:00.006+07:00