Daewoong Pharmaceutical hires Indonesian talent to boost global R&D capabilities
Daewoong Pharmaceutical has hired 19 Indonesian biopharmaceutical experts to join their workforce in Korea, enhancing their global R&D capabilities. The recruitment comes after the company selected Indonesia as a hub country in Southeast Asia. The new hires, who arrived in Korea on April 24, are experts in pharmacy, biology, chemistry, and engineering and will work […]
Minister emphasises business and industry role in reducing Indonesian unemployment
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Muhadjir Effendy, stressed the strategic role of the business and industry sectors in reducing the unemployment rate during an International Workers’ Day commemoration event in Jakarta on May 1, 2023. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data revealed a 5.86 percent open unemployment rate in 2022, down 0.63 percent […]
Indonesia pioneers social and health development in ASEAN 2023
Indonesia leads vital social and health development initiatives in ASEAN 2023, striving to enhance the quality of life throughout the region. Focused on improving education and health infrastructure in remote areas, Indonesia proposes programs like the Healthy Indonesia Card and the Smart Indonesia Program. The nation also plans to construct 100 health centres and schools […]
Minister emphasises the role of doctors in HR development
Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy has underscored the strategic role doctors and health workers have in advancing human resource development programmes in Indonesia. In a recent statement, he stressed their importance in fostering mentally and physically healthy people, which in turn will improve the productivity of the organisations they work […]
Boost to Indonesian digital literacy under deal extension
The Higher Education, Research, and Technology Directorate General at the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry has extended a memorandum of understanding with a private company to promote digitally-literate human resources in Indonesia. Acting Director General Nizam says digital literacy is vital for the current generations now in the workforce. The partnership involves the unnamed […]
Indonesia permits contract adjustments in key sectors
Indonesia’s Minister of Manpower has a new level of flexibility to working contracts in some specific export-oriented industries. The new regulation aims to address work and business continuity challenges arising from weakening global demand. Companies must meet a specific set of criteria, and then also reach a mutual agreement with their labor union to qualify. […]
Indonesian HR leaders prioritising talent and wellbeing: Mercer research
HR leaders in Indonesia are focusing on creating human-centric work experiences as their key priorities for the year ahead. This is according to the Mercer Global Talent Trends study, which was released recently. It found that Indonesian HR leaders were looking at redesigning talent processes around skills (62% of those surveyed indicated this was a […]
Getting to know: Heriyanto Agung Putra of Bank Danamon
In the previous articles, Heriyanto Agung Putra, Human Capital Director of Bank Danamon, mentioned several ways to successfully lead his department in attracting, engaging, retaining employees, and future-proofing them. Catch some more information about Heriyanto Agung Putra in this last segment of the exclusive feature. Job Title: Human Capital Director Company: PT Bank Danamon Indonesia […]
Heriyanto Agung Putra mentors for life
In this interview with Chief of Staff Asia, Human Capital Director of Bank Danamon, Heriyanto Agung Putra, disclosed that a leader must not only pay attention to the key performance indicators as the only growth factors. More importantly, people management contributes to growth. Putra believes in the three major roles that a good people leader […]
Heriyanto Agung Putra beats attrition and wins talents
Heriyanto Agung Putra, the Bank’s Human Capital Director, revealed to Chief of Staff Asia that the attrition rate among banks is high because there are more than 100 banking institutions in Indonesia. According to him, people can move from one employer to another if they want to. They have more choices. “We create a […]
