Guide to Grow

Your Career
Outside Your Major

Presented by Jovita Jims | #CiciHR

Hey I’m,
JOVITA JIMS
I am a,
● CURRENTLY
Recruiter & HRBP Specialist at Chilibeli Pte Ltd
● 2018 - 2020
Head of Strategic Resources Management
at Bernofarm Pharmaceutical
● 2015 – 2018
Recruitment SPV at Samator Group

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Have you ever been in this phase?

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Have you ever been
in this phase?
1. It’s difficult to find a job that fits your
major. There are lots of vacancies,
but it doesn’t match your
educational background.
2. Meanwhile, it’s also not easy to
successfully hired for a job that
doesn't match your major.
3. Wrong choice of majors during
college, or taking certain majors for
the sake of your parents, which
ultimately leads to an identity crisis
during job hunting moment.

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Well, you’re not alone!

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Here’s the fact!

87% 63% 9,7 mio

Indonesians admit that they Work in industries/function People currently are
choose the wrong major in college unrelated to their degree unemployed

(Indonesia Human Resources (Kemnaker, 2017) (BPS, 2020)

Forum, 2017)

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But hey, here’s the fun fact!

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It’s not completely out of your control!

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Let’s focus on what’s on your control!

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OUR AGENDA

01
Find out ‘who
you are’
How to identify our
02 03
Set your
career GPS
Define your career
Fill the gap &
get hired!
How to increase
strengths, skills, destination through your potential to
abilities, and deeper analysis on get hired in a job
weaknesses to be external & internal that is different
able to get jobs factor: Business sector from your major
that are potential that are currently
and good for you growing/essential &
your ikigai
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Find out ‘who
you are’
Identify your ability/skill, things you
love, your personality, goals, selling
point, last but not least, YOUR WHY,
to define what’s right for you!

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 “Ikigai is a Japanese concept
meaning a reason for being. A
reason to jump out of bed each
morning, or your life purpose”
• What you love?
• What you are good at?
• What you can be paid for?
• What the world needs?

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 Set your career GPS
Set you focus and don’t mess with
random application. It’s important to
secure yourself from massive rejection.

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1. Define your career destination/job

Set your role through deeper analysis on

external & internal factor:
Business sector that are currently
destination growing/essential & your ikigai.

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Let’s
learn
from
Seo
Dal Mi
Do you remember Self Driving Car developed by Nam Do San and team?
#NamDoSanTeam

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2. Do you have the skills for this new

Research & function/industry?

Do some research to identify required

identify the
skill of the job role (requirement &
skill needed based on job description
in the relevant job vacancies)

skill gap You need to be the answer of the

requirements!

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Fill the gap!
Personalize your selling point and
point out how you fit the vacancy.
Let your ‘specification’ be the answer
of the vacancy requirement.

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 Grow your skills
● Identify possible skills gaps and
make plans to close the gap (e.g.

How to training, e-learning, volunteering,

mentoring, internship.
● Identify skills that can be
fill the gap! transferred to the new
job/industry (e.g. customer
service, leadership, budgeting)
● Considering ‘free trial until full
subscription’ strategy.

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 Congratulations!
You're halfway there!

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What’s next?

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Customize
your resume
Be the answer to the requirement.
● Write a resume objective/summary to
highlight what type of job you're seeking,
your goal & reason.
● Highlight your relevant & transferable
experience, skills, training, and
achievements.
Connect the dots of how your educational
background (past) & your development
effort (current) has provided you with the
skills you need in your new field (future).
Prepare for the
interview
● Talk about the clear pull factor for your
career destination.
● Emphasize the transferrable skills and
knowledge you have acquired that are
related to the new role, instead of only
explaining your unrelated background.
● Serves ‘new menu’ to the table! (a.k.a fresh
idea, new perspective)
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Look for people, Build & shift
not only for job your personal
Opportunities often comes from brand
peoples in unpredicted ways.
Thus, build connections to expand ● Utilize your personal brand as your living CV
opportunities and be more visible for any ● Re-brand yourself as your career goal for
recommendation. unpredicted opportunities

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Imagine if you’re in this situation
John is a fresh Marketing Communication graduate.
He’s keen to explore his career destination as HR which is often seen
as more open to psychology or law majors.

What should he do?

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John’s IKIGAI
What I love What I’m good at What I can be What the world
paid for needs
• Design • Interpersonal skill • Marketing • Company need to
• Art • Public speaking • Copywriter improve their
• Communication • Graphic design • HR Employer brand & attract
• Singing • Video editing Branding top talent to
• Cooking • Communication • Video editor reduce hiring cost
• Storytelling • Analytical thinking • Influencer • UMKM need
• People enthusiast • Singing • Social Media professional
• Cooking Manager support to
• Gadget engineer improve their
brand awareness
to potential
customer

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John’s IKIGAI
What I love What I’m good at What I can be What the world
paid for needs
• Design • Interpersonal skill • Marketing • Company need to
• Art • Public speaking • Copywriter improve their
• Communication • Graphic design • HR Employer brand & attract
• Singing • Video editing Branding top talent to
• Cooking • Communication • Video editor reduce hiring cost
• Storytelling • Analytical thinking • Influencer • UMKM need
• People enthusiast • Singing • Social Media professional
• Cooking Manager support to
• Gadget engineer improve their
brand awareness
to potential
customer

John’s Career Destination: HR Employer Branding

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Research for HR Employer Branding
requirement to identify skill gap:
John’s Career Destination: HR Employer Branding
Skill needed as
Employer Branding
• Graphic & video design
• Communication
• People enthusiast
• Social media
management
• Copywriting
What I’m good at Skill gap
• Interpersonal skill • Copywriting
• Public speaking • Social media
• Graphic design management
• Video editing
• Communication
• Analytical thinking Training:
• Singing • Professional Copywriting
• Cooking • Social media
• Gadget engineer management &
marketing course

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Key takeaways
● Start figure out yourself by finding out
‘who you are’ (internal)
● Define your career goal and research
to identify the skill gap (external)
● Fill the gap and bring to the table in
the right way

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 We can’t control our past,
hence, why don’t we focus on what we can control
for our current and future?
- #CiciHR -
THANK YOU
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