Parents want the best for their children. They oft dream of their children attending the best of universities and then securing a most respectable job in modern society. They work and earn so they…
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The Jakarta administration has recently issued a new gubernatorial regulation that allows entrepreneurs to use their residence as a place of business — a practice previously prohibited. Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno, formerly an…
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According to Nina Tursinah, the best protection a woman has against workplace sexual harassment is courage. As chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO), she’s made fighting discrimination in the workplace a special focus,…
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Once upon a time, Facebook Inc. allowed academic researchers access to its data. We know how that story ends: with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Now LinkedIn Corp., the professional social networking site owned by…
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Greater Jakarta is ranked the fourth most-connected city in the world according to business and employment-oriented social networking platform LinkedIn. In Indonesia, LinkedIn has around 8 million members, mostly students and young professionals. “They use LinkedIn…
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Have you seen any job advertisements in Indonesia with age limitations? From the governmental organizations, private companies, to startups, many vacancies set a maximum age threshold or age range of the applicants. Maybe many…
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In the past, society often overlooked freelancers because the general perspective was that freelancing had less prestige than having a settled and secured job with a well established company. But now, the monetary and…
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Swedes looking forward to a six-hour workday just got some bad news: the costs outweigh the benefits. A two-year experiment cutting working hours while maintaining pay levels for nurses at Svartedalen old people’s home…
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France reportedly made a breakthrough in the working world by implementing “a right to disconnect” law starting Jan. 1. As reported by kompas.com, this new law obliged employers to clearly state when their employees…
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There are many ways to handle stress and mental blocks, but it turns out that exercising is one thing definitely worth considering. Stress from work is said to not only have the potential to…
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