Golden Period to Fix Civil Service

It is surprising in the era of disruption and start-up companies developing rapidly, that interest among millennials in becoming civil servants in this country remains very high.

KOMPAS/BAHANA PATRIA GUPTA

Civil service applicants submit documents at the Sawunggaling Building, Surabaya City Hall, in January (7/1/2019). The documents of up to 434 civil service applicants were used to check the authenticity of the requirements for the application process.

A Kompas poll on Nov. 16-17 2019 shows that 47 percent of respondents said they were still interested in becoming civil servants. The respondents to this phone-interview survey were 542 students aged 17 years old and spread across 34 provinces, covering several cities and towns chosen randomly using the systematic random sampling method. (Kompas.id, 27/12/2019)

The actual figure may be much bigger because 16.8 percent of respondents were still “thinking” about it. This phenomenon is certainly encouraging. The more people who are interested in becoming a civil servant, the more stringent the competition will be and it will lead to the recruitment of candidates of quality and integrity. The success or failure of a country cannot be separated from the performance of the country\'s civil servants, both civil servants and government employees with work-contract agreements.