Montag, März 13, 2006
Aceh Journal: Alien vs Non-Alien 2
Hi folks! :)
This week I found something interesting. Here's the story ...
An INGO was trying to internally recruit several team leaders. So the mail was delivered to everyone's address, giving the equal chance for everyone to apply, and the management said that they would be interviewing suitable candidate(s). 10 shortlisted candidates were called to have an interview. 4 were aliens, 6 were non-aliens (read Aceh Journal: Alien vs Non-alien). Apparently that wasn't just an interview ... the candidates were only asked to have a discussion. Then they went home. The next morning the management decided to have a 2nd interview. From 10 candidates, they decided to only call 6. 2 were senior aliens, 4 were non-aliens. There's no problem about the next recruiting process, but something tickles me. It's not about the interview or how many aliens/ non-aliens applied for that position, but about the management's decision.
I found out that in the original announcement it was stated that they only need people who have certain qualifications, including good spoken and written english. Now what's so funny about this whole story was that from 10 candidates that were called, 5 didn't have what it takes to be a team leader, but they were non-aliens, so the management called them anyway.
And from 6 further candidates, 3 was said to be unqualified candidates. NOt only because they don't know english, but also because they don't have other skills that were needed to be a team leader. It's no one man's opinion. I heard that other staffs were also talking about this.
So this came to the surface ...
Was the whole process just a cover for the decision they already made?
I heard several staffs of that NGO talking that the interview won't matter much because the management will eventually choose non-aliens to be the team leaders. Well, in exception that one's very qualified, one can be considered to be a team leader, no matter he's an alien or not. I was also told that the idea was actually to just look for one, because the other 3 has previously been chosen.
And later I wondered if the whole process was really a cover ... or was it in fact a political decision?
How can it be a political decision?
Over the past year, eversince tsunami stroke Aceh, hundreds of NGOs have come here and that also opened thousands of new opportunity for job seekers from all over the world. We have to admit that the disaster has brought a blessing for some people, oth from Aceh and from outside Aceh. Often do I hear that the NGOs have a certain issues with the locals (Acehnese). They often feel that NGOs are treating them unfairly. This has to do with the aliens and the benefits they have. Sometimes the jealousy even caused big problems including strike etc. In some NGOs, I heard that the non-aliens tried to kick the aliens out. The bottom line is that non-aliens feel that aliens are taking their job. So some NGOs try to employ more non-aliens to muffle the restless non-aliens. That's why ...
On the other hand .. as I said I heard ... it could've been a mere cover of the decision they've already made, to show their staffs that they are following the recruitment procedure while the candidates have already been shortlisted.
In the end, the decision was as predicted ...
Funny! .. but it happened here in Aceh .. and who knows you guys might have/ heard the same experience.
Meanwhile .. news about BRR "The rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board" Aceh-Nias. There was a suspicion that they still have about 2 Quintillion (=2000 Billion) Rupiahs to spend from the last year's budget. It was said that the central government was furious to hear that and BRR was told to spend it. So then BRR decided to recruit around 1500 new employees to be deployed in all over Aceh and Nias.
*hyemissingy'all*
March 08, 2006
This week I found something interesting. Here's the story ...
An INGO was trying to internally recruit several team leaders. So the mail was delivered to everyone's address, giving the equal chance for everyone to apply, and the management said that they would be interviewing suitable candidate(s). 10 shortlisted candidates were called to have an interview. 4 were aliens, 6 were non-aliens (read Aceh Journal: Alien vs Non-alien). Apparently that wasn't just an interview ... the candidates were only asked to have a discussion. Then they went home. The next morning the management decided to have a 2nd interview. From 10 candidates, they decided to only call 6. 2 were senior aliens, 4 were non-aliens. There's no problem about the next recruiting process, but something tickles me. It's not about the interview or how many aliens/ non-aliens applied for that position, but about the management's decision.
I found out that in the original announcement it was stated that they only need people who have certain qualifications, including good spoken and written english. Now what's so funny about this whole story was that from 10 candidates that were called, 5 didn't have what it takes to be a team leader, but they were non-aliens, so the management called them anyway.
And from 6 further candidates, 3 was said to be unqualified candidates. NOt only because they don't know english, but also because they don't have other skills that were needed to be a team leader. It's no one man's opinion. I heard that other staffs were also talking about this.
So this came to the surface ...
Was the whole process just a cover for the decision they already made?
I heard several staffs of that NGO talking that the interview won't matter much because the management will eventually choose non-aliens to be the team leaders. Well, in exception that one's very qualified, one can be considered to be a team leader, no matter he's an alien or not. I was also told that the idea was actually to just look for one, because the other 3 has previously been chosen.
And later I wondered if the whole process was really a cover ... or was it in fact a political decision?
How can it be a political decision?
Over the past year, eversince tsunami stroke Aceh, hundreds of NGOs have come here and that also opened thousands of new opportunity for job seekers from all over the world. We have to admit that the disaster has brought a blessing for some people, oth from Aceh and from outside Aceh. Often do I hear that the NGOs have a certain issues with the locals (Acehnese). They often feel that NGOs are treating them unfairly. This has to do with the aliens and the benefits they have. Sometimes the jealousy even caused big problems including strike etc. In some NGOs, I heard that the non-aliens tried to kick the aliens out. The bottom line is that non-aliens feel that aliens are taking their job. So some NGOs try to employ more non-aliens to muffle the restless non-aliens. That's why ...
On the other hand .. as I said I heard ... it could've been a mere cover of the decision they've already made, to show their staffs that they are following the recruitment procedure while the candidates have already been shortlisted.
In the end, the decision was as predicted ...
Funny! .. but it happened here in Aceh .. and who knows you guys might have/ heard the same experience.
Meanwhile .. news about BRR "The rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board" Aceh-Nias. There was a suspicion that they still have about 2 Quintillion (=2000 Billion) Rupiahs to spend from the last year's budget. It was said that the central government was furious to hear that and BRR was told to spend it. So then BRR decided to recruit around 1500 new employees to be deployed in all over Aceh and Nias.
*hyemissingy'all*
March 08, 2006
