1. Why the business environment became hell for fresh graduated andhow we can help them.Daniel Doni Sundjojo Practitioner and Consultant in Human Resources and Organizational Development AbstractBusiness environment become very demanding and will be more demanding from year to year. This conditiongive significant impact to requirement of fresh graduated to compete in job seeker market that set up higherand higher standard. Many fresh graduated frustrated because of they failure in interview process, or if theylucky to be hired, they will be frustrated as new kids on the block that doesnt match with companysexpectation. At the end of the day, they fired and be frustrated again and again. Many of company complaintabout lack of competency, ethics, habit, professionalism and attitude of fresh graduated that doesnt matchtheir standard in interview process or, in probation time. Many of fresh graduated, even the best of the bestgraduated failed to meet companys expectation. In this paper, I will share why many fresh graduated failedand how we can help them.Key words: Fresh Graduated, Business Environment, Education Practitioner and InstitutionResponsibility1. Introduction. other business environment requirement that they never ever imagine before, even in theirTodays business environment become very wildest fantasy. So, the business environmentdemanding, very risky and set up the higher became hell for many fresh graduate. Few ofstandard than before. Todays business tend them can be successful, but many of them diedbecome risky and gambling. If we walk in the in the battle field. In this paper, I will share 5right way, we can win, otherwise, we willthings that make business environment becomebleed. According Mc Kinseys Global Surveys the hell for fresh graduated, and how to help(2011) there are top 5 of barriers that make them to compete in very demanding job seekerbusiness environment become risky : high market and to be successful professional oncecommodity prices, inflation, customer demand,they lucky to be hired.government regulation and geopoliticalinstability. This condition make high impact to 2. Research Questionscompanys expectation when they hireemployee. They tend to minimize risk, cost and I declare my research questions in this paper is:maximize value by recruit the experienceworkers or at least rookie with 1 or 2 years Why business environment become hell toexperience to join their managementfresh graduate?development program rather than hire freshgraduated unless they convincing that they are 3. Methodologythe best talent. A Few position still give hope In this research, I used multiple case study tofor fresh graduated such as sales, clerk, helper, find answer of research questions. Yin (1994,or other entry level that have higher turnoversin their history. And once they hired, many of 45) had defined multiple case study as a majorthem feel the high tension of business insight to consider multiple cases as one would consider multiple experiments. Multiple caseenvironment suchas, uncompromised study, like as single case study had emphasizesorganizational culture, high tempered boss, in multiple source of evidence to findoffice politic that can be dirty, industry and information. In this paper, I use interview, databusiness competition that can be brutally and

2. analysis and observation that involved 20 disaster and they may fired by their parentsexecutive from 5 company with various unitthemselves. Fresh Graduated or even who willbusiness, 2 person from reputable head hunters, run their parents business must realize that50 fresh graduated from various university, that they are nothing until give the excellentacademy, and school and 20 trainee that hired contribution to company. They are useless untilwith fresh graduated status from 5 companybring special value and prove that deserved towith different business unit. gain respect from the company. You evenshould pay your own salary until you make theexcellent impact for company. If you still4. Result and Discussiondreaming when you enter your cubical, youIn this section, I will describe reason thatwill frustrated. And will shoot before your firstmake business environment become the hell lunch in company, even by your parents. Letsfor fresh graduated, and how to help them towake up and synchronize with company if youcompete in very demanding job seeker market doesnt die young in company, and it becomeand to be successful professional once they more embarrassing if the company is yours!lucky to be hired.4.1. Reason that make business4.1.2. Reason #2 : : Many Fresh Graduatedoesnt ready to workenvironment become the hell for freshgraduated As I declare before, Many of companycomplaint about lack of competency, ethics,4.1.1.Reason #1 : Many Fresh Graduated is habit, professionalism and attitude of freshstill dreaming when they are in businessgraduated that doesnt match their standard inworld interview process or in probation time. Theytend stand on their theoretical background Many Fresh graduate is still dreamingwhen they deal with business environment thatwhen they enter job seeker market, or the change radical and rapidly. When they study,worst, still dreaming when they had hired bythe business environment always change withcompany or run their parents business. Theyunpredictable and even unbelievable way.have high ego and ideal expectation, especially When they learn from the text book, the bookfresh graduate from top-tier university. They had old fashioned for business environmentfeel they are the superstars that come to stages. that change in every micro-second in the wholeThey expect good salary, benefit, facility, world. The difference of 1 year between textcompany culture, and other excellentbook preparation until published may seemscondition. They imagine that company will like 300 years in business environment. This iscelebrate and set up the party when theyvery complex thing. But this condition doesntarrived. A few of luck fresh graduated that only their own sin. Many education practiceshave parents who run their own business, come contribute for this chaos. If we willing to beto their family business company as a Princehonest, our education system, even in the top-and shortly, they became the trigger of conflicttier university,doesnt support thesince they do something that doesnt link withrequirement of business environment entirely.companys strategy, needs, expectation andMany theoretical, case study, text book, evenbusiness environment. Many of them have simulation, practical session, but it is not in theconflict with their parents employee or thereal world. It still in program that can beworst, with their parent themselves. Employee controlled. You can make money in businessmay respect them because of their status rather simulation and die in real business world,than their credibility. At the end of the day,especially when you do it with your ownthey transform their parents business into money. That program tend looks like movie 3. than reality. If they failed in this program, they achievement that they can seize with havedoesnt pass for this subject, but they still canspecial value to company.repeat and improve it on the next year. But, inbusiness environment, once you failed, you can 4.2 . How we can help themlost everything, you never has opportunity toIn this section, I will share idea aboutrepeat it without the difficult consequences what can we do to help them in term ofsince there arent save word or hero that save Education Practitioner and Institutionyou and guarantee the happy ending as inmovie world. 4.2.1. Leverage #1 : Improve your self soyou can Tell the Truth for them4.1.3 Reason #3 : Many Fresh Graduateddoesnt have goal and commitment to seizeMany of fresh graduated that I hadit.interviewed admit that they had shocked about I had interviewed many fresh graduatedthe very difference between what they hadeven best fresh graduated from top-tierlearn from their lecturer and the reality inuniversity, and the reality is really hurt : manybusiness world. They admit that lecturer tendof them doesnt know about what is their goal, to give their dream rather than reality even itat least 5 years from now and how you will will be hurt. So, If you are Educationseize it? They only answer with classic andPractitioner, you must tell the truth to them,diplomatic manner but still remain confusing that business environment is never be easy. Butmind in their brain. How can they will success the question is how can you show to them theif they even never know what of their goal?way that you never do? If you want tell theHow can the soccer team will win if they never truth, you must have experience to work inever know that they play for win?profitable business and prove your value in managerial level, otherwise you had4.1.4. Reason #4 : Many Fresh Graduatedexperienced to manage your own business. Ifdoesnt have sense of belonging andyou want be the ideal educator you shall do it,commitment to company. so you can tell the truth behind the show. If you are decision maker in education institution,Many of fresh graduated tend to work for you shall facilitate your lecturer to work in thethemselves. A few of them think aboutcompany as employee not consultant. If youcompany and have commitment to makeare employee, you are implementer, so youcompany to be the best company. All of their know exactly about the condition, pressure,promise in the interview session will gone onceorganization, people, system, process, andthey hired. They tend to do everything withother ingredients of business environment. Youtheir own mind and never feel about the furthercan feel the real high voltage tension aboutimpact for company. Even they work for their business and how to synchronize it to achieveparents themselves, they tend have sense ofthe special value. If you are consultant, youbelonging less than their parents. only know the interface of it, because actually you never ever dive by yourself. You seems4.1.5. Reason #5 : Many Fresh Graduate like a coach that never ever be a player in yourfocus on the activities not achievement. life. Maybe you can success with this way, but you must do million times better than others. Many of fresh graduate only work basedOnce the educator has experience inon activity, few of them work focus on professional business organization, they willachievement. They tend work only to meet the more confidence and the best part is they cantarget and expectation doesnt concern totell the truth for their student, how toimprove it into special value to company. They synchronize it and win over it. After that, youwork with emphasizes on the work itself notstill can improve yourself with many project 4. with many roles such as consultant, trainer orconsultation,strategic professionalresearcher. development coaching, and even the shoulderto cry on their entirely career or business. In4.2.2. Leverage #2:Educationreturn, we can develop ourselves by the Practitionerand Institutioncomplex case from them, and if they success, Responsibility : Be the agent of that will be our achievement too. success for their student in their entirely career or business4.3. What next? Lets action! Many of Education Practitioner andinstitution dont realize that they have roles as What must you do after all of previous sectionthe agent of success for their student in their of this paper? Lets action! For the short term,entirely career or business. Many Education we can improve ourselves. For the long term,institution has career centre but few of them we can improve our system of education in ouractually concern to do it. They dont havedepartment first, and always improve it on thecomprehensive talent program to develop and larger scale. Together, we can help them toprepare the student to win in business worldcompete in business world, and at the end offrom the first time they enter the first classthe day, we help our country to minimize theuntil they had graduated, and keep monitoring unemployment rate. However, It needs the longand help them in their entirely career or term commitment from all of component thatbusiness. They dont have comprehensive relate : government, education institution,program that can monitor, develop and educator, parent, and the student themselves.maximize their student in term of But we can start for ourselves to makecompetency, ethics, habit, professionalism, difference.attitude, and other ingredient to compete inbusiness environment. Education institution 5. Conclusionshall provide the individual development We must help the fresh graduated know,program that managed by professional. Thecomprehensive program contain training, synchronize and win the real world. If we dothe idea that I had declared in section 4, weapprenticeship/ internship, capacity and talentmay help them to compete in very demandingbuilding, coaching, certification and otherbusiness environment. We can transform themactivities that bring value added to compete ininto very experienced fresh graduated thatbusiness world must be provided in partnershipwith business world. With this program, whenready to win in real world. However, It needthe student became graduated, actually they the long term commitment and maybe we canfrustrated in many part of the process. But ifhas good curriculum vitae that can help them towe success, we can help our country andwin the competition in the real world.nation.Education Practitioner and institution mustpromote their student to business world andconvincing business world that their student isthe best talent who will bring special value forReferencesorganization. Education Practitioner andinstitution must guarantee that their graduatedMc Kinsey, & Company (2011), : Mc Kinseyhas good career or business that they deserved.Global Survey : Economics ConditionOnce they hired by the company or run theirSnapshot : March 2011 Mc Kinsey &own business, never ever forget this role.CompanyEducation Practitioner and institution shallcoach them in entirely their careers or businessto maximize their potential by provide 5. Senge, P. 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