The Competitiveness and Its Employment Prospecs of Indonesian Skilled Workers

Nowadays, more and more firms in the so-called New Economy complain about their shortage of adequately skilled workers that led many developed countries to admit more skilled migrant workers and set up new initiatives. These new initiatives change an outstanding immigration policy from ‘zero-immigration’ policy since the first oil-price crises in the early 1970s to welcome immigration particularly in the European countries. The initiatives focus on the information technology and health industries that made possible for the non—EU citizens come and work in the European Union. This book will explain the characteristics of Indonesian workers and also will discuss how the competitiveness of Indonesian workers and its prospect to work in the Netherlands. This book suggests there are great opportunities for Indonesian people to be able to work in the Netherlands but also a great role for Indonesian expatriates to contribute to the development of Indonesia however this has been used.