Recruitment agencies, also known as headhunters, are organizations that specifically find employees for companies or firms.

Recruitment or manpower agencies provide you with suitable candidate endorsement that fits snugly into your job requirements. This helps you to accelerate the recruitment process and get the right candidate faster and in a less risky process.

Speed is of the essence here when you are looking to engage a Recruitment Agency to hire top talents.

Unfortunately, there could be scammy or low-quality recruitment agencies that are out to grab your money and do not deliver as per promised.

That is why the 9cv9 Research Team takes it upon ourselves to research, analyze, and to bring the top 10 Recruitment Agencies in Indonesia.

Before we venture on to share some of the top recruitment agencies, here is something about our credentials and why we are the best people to write on this topic.

About Us

Having more than 5 years of experience in recruitment in Indonesia, 9cv9 has seen it all, heard it all, and done it all. In this article, the 9cv9 research team has condensed and distilled all our learnings in producing some of the best recruitment agencies we have come across.

Indonesia, being one of the most populous countries in the world, has a wide array of recruitment agencies, recruitment consultants, and human resource staffing entities.

If you are a local or international talent acquisition executive, a founder looking for your first hire, or C-Level management, then this article is perfect for you to understand the top 10 Recruitment Agencies in Indonesia in 2022.

Also, if you are a job applicant looking for your next job, you would want to partner with a recruitment consultant who can help you find a proper and high-salaried job in the shortest amount of time. Then this article is perfect for you to start placing your career bets with the right Recruitment Agency.

In This Article

1. 9cv9
2. Consult Group 
3. JAC Recruitment Jakarta
4. Michael Page Indonesia
5. PT Lansima
6. Robert Walters
7. Talent Search Recruitment
8. Reeracoen Indonesia
9. Persolkelly Indonesia
10. RGF HR Agent Indonesia

1. 9cv9

If you are hiring urgently, and are looking for one of the best recruitment agencies and headhunters, then look no further than 9cv9.

(Humble brags coming)

9cv9 partners with some of the top job boards to also push your hiring to, at no additional costs. Some of them are also on this list, such as Neuvoo, Jobble, and Recruit.net.

In addition, 9cv9 uses HR technologies to drive top talent acquisition for 3,500+ companies so far.

Its sister brands are Jobsrefer, a decentralized HR system connecting your hiring posts to 12,000+ recruiters and freelance referrers in the world, and UrbanCV, a modern CV Builder that has over 10,000+ top CVs on it so far and growing rapidly per day.

9cv9 is one of Asia’s biggest HRtech companies in the world.

9cv9 is also endorsed by Enterprise Singapore (of the Government of Singapore) for the latter’s GTTA program. While this is targeted mainly at hiring talents in Vietnam, it says a lot that the Government of Singapore trusts 9cv9 enough to endorse it for its GTTA program. For more information on tech offshoring, please inquire here.

Further, 9cv9 is heavily reviewed and approved by third-party review sites as well. If you do not believe it, have a read here at GroveHR on the 20+ most popular job posting sites in Southeast Asia.

2. Consult Group

Consult Group provides manpower recruitment and HR Business Process Outsourcing services for companies in Asia-Pacific.

Its head office in Indonesia is at World Trade Center 1 Kav 29 – 31 Lantai 16, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, RT.8/RW.3, Kuningan, Karet, Kecamatan Setiabudi, Kota Jakarta Selatan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 12920, Indonesia.

Consult group is more focused on recruiting workers at the middle, senior, and executive management levels.

Their complete services include executive search, market intelligence, recruitment process outsourcing, project recruitment, outplacement service, and payroll service.

Their focus fields of work are corporate & administration, general & executive management, IT & telecommunication, commodities, FMCG, manufacturing, chemicals, banking & financial services, and natural resources.

You can go to the consult group website and choose as a job seeker or employer.

If you intend to find a job, please enter as a job seeker, and if you want to work together to hire people, just click the request talent or need to hire button. 

3. JAC Recruitment Jakarta

The company was first established in London in 1975.

JAC now has an office in 12 countries there are Indonesia, the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Germany, Thailand, China, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, and Korea.

JAC has more than 1200 professional consultants worldwide, especially in Asia and Europe.

The company address in Jakarta is Millennium Centennial Center, 6th floor, units A and H, Jl. General Sudirman kav 25, Kuningan, South Jakarta.

JAC focused a lot on talents in these sectors:

• Finance: accounting and finance, banking & financial including investment services and insurance.
• Business: business process outsourcing and global business service, FMCG, education training, entertainment, and luxury goods and jewelry
• Marketing: sales, marketing & advertising.
• Tech: information technology.
• Engineering: aerospace, oil & energy, automotive, engineering & manufacturing, renewable & environments, and semi-conductors.
• Building: architecture & planning, building & construction, real estate,
• Medical: pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, health care & life sciences, chemical, and medical devices.
• Supply chain: logistics and supply chain, and retail.
• Services: hospitality & tourism, human resource, consultancy, environmental benefit, legal service, food & beverage, transportation and non-profit organization.

The JAC website is also open for job seekers of all levels, from fresh graduates to professionals.

4. Michael Page Indonesia

Michael Page is part of the Page Group headquartered in Weybridge, UK.

The company is founded in 1976 in London and has 140 offices across 36 countries with 6,750 staff.

Michael Page Indonesia has won the award three times in 2015, 2017, and 2018 from LinkedIn as the most socially engaged recruitment company.

Its Indonesia office is on level 12 of the One Pacific Place Sudirman Central Business District, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman kav 52-53 Senayan, South Jakarta.

Michael Page offers permanent, temporary, fixed-term, and interim contracts and its focuses are from middle management to leadership levels and specialists.

The fields of work that it specialized in include finance & accounting, banking & financial service, engineering & manufacturing, executive search, healthcare, human resources, legal, life sciences, marketing, procurement & supply chain, property & facilities management, retail, sales, information technology, and oil & gas.

The webpage has a lot of information on tips and job advice. In addition, there is also an expected salary feature in the job search column.

Michael Page also has a salary survey report in Indonesia that can be accessed as a reference.

5. PT Lansima

One of Indonesia’s most popular recruitment agencies, namely PT Lansima, was established in 1982, focusing on the Middle East and Asia Pacific region.

Head office of PT Lansima is in Jl. Tegal Parang Utara No.41, RT.7/RW.4, Mampang Prpt., Kec. Mampang Prpt., South Jakarta City.

It also has many branches, offices, training & educational centers spread all over the country.

Having large client partners such as Yasref, Intercontinental Hotel Group, The Oberoi Madina Saudi Arabia, Dolphin Energy, Hilton, Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resorts, Awaliv International, Musbah, etc.

There are three service options offered by PT Lansima, namely, local recruitment, international recruitment, and labor training.

Its focused areas are construction, oil and gas, hospitality, security guard, nursing, and crewing in airlane and marine.

You can log in as an employer looking for workers or a job seeker looking for work.

6. Robert Walters

Robert Walters is a global recruitment company that has offices in 31 countries, including Indonesia.

It has an office at World Trade Center 3, 18th Floor Jl. Jen. Sudirman Kav. 29-31 Jakarta.

These recruitment agencies focus on conducting searches at the manager level to the head of the section.

The fields of work that Robert Walters specialized in are accounting & finance, banking & financial services, general management, human resources, tech & transformation, legal, marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement & manufacturing, F&B, education, and retail.

Clients from large companies that use Robert Walters’ services include Grab, Thiess, Naos, Rodl & Partners, Red Doorz, and INA (Indonesia Investment Authority).

Their website provides a place for jobseekers to find work and also for companies looking for workers.

They also share many articles about career advice and recruitment solutions.

And some webinars and podcasts are useful for increasing knowledge in various fields.

7. Talent Search Recruitment

Talent Search Recruitment is based at Menara Topas (Four Points by Sheraton) – Jl. MH. Thamrin Kav. 9, 15th Floor, Menteng, Jakarta.

Besides recruitment and headhunting, they also offer consulting services, training, and office set-up.

Their focused area are on accounting & finance, automotive, banking, retail, e-commerce, education & healthcare, energy & natural resources, F&B, FMCG, insurance, manufacturing, media, mechanical & electrical, transport & distribution, leisure, travel, tourism and property

Some clients have collaborated with Talent Search Recruitment including OYO, BWP Premiere Best Western, Gojek, Philips, TATA, sleeker, asiapaints, indofood, IndoCRP, and Larsen & Toubro.

The talent search recruitment website only provides services for companies seeking talent.

8. Reeracoen Indonesia

This recruitment agency was founded in 2013 with the aim of helping companies and jobseekers to find their dream jobs and internships.

It is a subsidiary of the Neo Career Group which is based in Japan and currently has seven branches in Asia – in these countries, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and India.

Reeracoen Indonesia’s address is at World Capital Tower, 12th Floor units 09 & 10, Jl. Dr. Ide ​​Anak Agung Gde Agung Lot D, Jl. Mega Kuningan Barat, Jakarta.

Reeracoen Indonesia focuses a lot on Japanese companies in Indonesia (since its parent company is from Japan and naturally has close connections with the Japanese head honchos)

Their career consulting services promise to provide useful interview tips & tricks and support successful candidates in getting a job or career advancement.

The level of workers that they have helped hired so far, ranges from fresh graduates, to experienced, inexperienced juniors, and managers.

The industry focus is on IT, Fintech, web mobile gaming, F&B, retail, hospitality, tourism & leisure, call centers, healthcare, education, manufacturing, finance, FMCG, trading firm, logistics, consulting, property, construction, plantation, mining, oil & gas, power plant & energy, government & non-government organization.

Their available languages ​​are English, Japanese, and Indonesian.

9. Persolkelly Indonesia

Recruitment agency, Persokelly Indonesia is one of the largest recruitment companies in Asia Pacific.

Its address is at Mayapada Tower, Lt. 6 units. 06, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman No.01, RT.4/RW.2, Karet, Special Capital Region of Jakarta.

Apart from Indonesia, Persolkelly has presence in other countries, namely Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Persolkelly Indonesia is looking for candidates from staff to managerial levels.

Specialized in the sought-after fields, including accounting finance, banking & financial service, call center, engineering, executive/management, industrial, IT, office support, outsourcing and consulting, professional support, and scientific.

10. RGF HR Agent Indonesia

RGF HR Agent is a large recruitment agency that recruits globally and has offices in 8 countries – namely, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Japan.

RGF HR Agent’s address in Indonesia is located at Graha Pratama, P1(21st) Floor, T. Haryono No.KAV15, Jalan Tebet Dalam II E, RT.11/RW.5, Tebet Bar, City of South Jakarta.

It mainly looks for workers in the field of staff, specialist, and managerial. In addition, focus on finding Japanese-speaking talent for companies in need.

The industry focuses that are sought include, among others, financial services, healthcare, technology/online, import/export/trading, conglomerates, consumer/retail, services, industrial, energy, and business process outsourcing.

Jobseekers can create an account and complete personal data before applying, and employers can contact you directly to get career advice.

Final Words

If you need to hire top talents and manpower, then you need a recruitment agency. Else, you will be wasting your time and resources (which can be spent better elsewhere) on hiring.

The top 10 best agencies in Indonesia have many large and trusted clients.

They also choose clients who are qualified with the support of professionals.

Read more about job search on the 9cv9 blog and find your dream job on 9cv9.

If you find this article useful, why not share it among your recruitment and talent acquisition counterparts, and also leave a nice comment below?

We at 9cv9 Research Team strive to bring the latest and most meaningful data, guide and statistics to your doorstep.

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With most countries facing an acute shortage of tech talent, several countries have offered solutions to solve the tech talent supply conundrum.

One of those countries is Indonesia.

However, without clear data, and facts on the salaries, experience, and other important information, one will be hard-pressed to find success in hiring tech talents in Indonesia.

This is where the 9cv9 Research Team comes in.

Having more than 5 years of experience in tech talent recruitment in Indonesia, 9cv9 has seen it all, heard it all, and done it all. In this article, the 9cv9 research team has researched, dug deep and discover 13 interesting statistics on hiring tech talents in Indonesia.

If you are a local or international talent acquisition executive, a founder looking for your first hire, or a tech talent in Indonesia curious about your salary vis-a-vis your counterparts in the labor market,

Then this article is perfect for you to understand the 13 Interesting Hiring Tech Talents in Indonesia Statistics.

1. Average salary of tech talents in Indonesia is around USD 1,400 or IDR 21.8 million a month

The average salary of tech talents is around United States Dollars (“USD”) 1,400 or Indonesian Rupiah (“IDR”) 21.8 million. This cut across all roles from junior level to senior level positions and roles in Indonesia. Compared to the average salary of tech talents in Singapore, which is around USD 4,900, the average salary in Indonesia for tech talents is approximately 72% lower. For companies in Singapore, this makes good financial sense to hire tech talents in Indonesia to save on salary and hiring costs.

How does it compare to the salary of tech talents in Vietnam? Indonesia is more affordable with around 30% lower salary ranges as compared to those salaries earned by tech talents in Vietnam.

2. Tech Talent in Indonesia Age is 29.7 Years Old

Indonesia is 4th in the world for population ranking. Indonesia’s demographics are dominated mainly by productive young people with an average age of 29.7 years old. Fresh university graduates in Indonesia are usually 22 years old and have started to enter entry-level coding and software jobs. This bodes well for tech companies who are hiring software developers, as younger and arguably hungrier coders can be found in Indonesia. Younger tech talents also confer benefits such as a longer runway to train them and promote them within the company.

3. CEOs of tech startups in Indonesia earn around USD 2,000 or IDR 31.2 million

We find that the median salary of a typical CEO of startups being funded between USD 0 to USD 5 million stages is around USD 2,000. Due to the low cost of living in Indonesia, such salary levels could be amenable and sustainable for CEOs living in Indonesia to drive their tech startups. Interestingly, the salary of a tech startup’s CEO in Indonesia is around 30% higher than the average tech talent’s salary. This means if a typical tech talent were to venture out and be funded as a CEO of his/her own tech startup, he/she will see an uplift of only 30% in terms of a salary earned.

4. 41% of the tech talents work in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia

No surprises there as most of the tech talents in Indonesia reside in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The next top two locations to find tech talents in Indonesia are Bandung (34%) and Yogyakarta (14%). Jakarta attracts tech talents due to the presence of multinational companies, banks, funded startups, and most firms. Bandung, being just 3 hours away by train (as of writing and perhaps could be just 40 minutes in the near future due to the high-speed train), has one of the best, if not the best tech university in Indonesia, Institut Teknologi Bandung. Yogyakarta, being a low-cost city and also has one of the best tech universities in Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University.

5. Junior software developers can see an uplift of 223% to their salary when promoted to a senior software developer

Junior software developers (typically with 1-2 years of experience) earn on average USD 650 a month whereas a senior software developer (typically with 3-6 years of experience) can earn an average of USD 2,100 a month. Therefore, junior-level developers can expect an increase of around 223% to their salary base when they are promoted to a senior level on average during their time period as a senior-level software developers. The increase in salary is the highest among all the other tech roles and it could be due to higher demand and higher premiums being placed on software developers with strong coding experiences in Indonesia.

6. Salaries of tech talents in Indonesia grew 10% year-on-year

According to our salary sample from 2016 to 2020, we find that tech talents in Indonesia can expect an average yearly growth of 10% in their salary level. This could set a good benchmark and guideline for tech talents in salary negotiation or for human resource staff in the company to impose an increase in the salary level for the tech team. In terms of a compound annual growth rate, we find that salaries grew 7.36% CAGR over a four-year period.

7. Java and Javascript are the two most popular coding languages with 83% and 73% of tech talents possessing them

According to the 9cv9 database, we find that 83% of the tech talents surveyed have knowledge of Java and 73% of them are proficient in Javascript. If your company or startup uses Java as the backend language or Javascript libraries, frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular, then you are well placed to start hiring some great tech talents in Indonesia.

8. 9cv9 is among the most-used IT recruiting channels in Indonesia

9cv9 has over 6 years of IT and Tech Hiring experience in Indonesia. 9cv9 has a wide array of HR technologies such as Jobsrefer, and its own modern CV Builder for Tech Developers, UrbanCV. With clients such as Allianz, HydraX, Morpheus Labs, Brick, E-cqurity cybersecurity, Defy Labs Web3, and many more, 9cv9 is reputed to be one of the best in finding and hiring top tech talents in Indonesia.

Some other websites for hiring tech talents in Indonesia are Jobstreet, LinkedIn, Karir.com, Jobs id, Glints, and finally Kalibrr.

9. Around 20% of tech talents in Indonesia want a fully remote working environment

During the 2020 pandemic, many companies have implemented the WFH (work-from-home) system. In the WFH system, the tech talents can stay at their home and use their WIFI to connect to the Internet and code online. Transportation costs and traveling time can be saved in a WFH working model. After the government announced the partial uplift in pandemic controls, most companies are back to implementing the WFO (work from the office) system. We find that only around 20% of the talents in IT, Technology, Digitalisation, and Automation want to work fully remotely. Interestingly, this is similar to the data of the “Indonesian population who have been avoiding going to work during the COVID-19 outbreak”, which is around 20% at the start of 2022.

10. 25% of the students in Indonesia graduate as tech talents, software developers, and programmers

Most of the tech talents in Indonesia are graduates of the IT department. It says on the Ministry of Labour website in 2022, 430.000 people graduated from the IT department. If it is calculated, every year, there are 1.7 million people who get a bachelor’s degree from every campus in Indonesia. So that means there 25% of fresh graduates from the IT department every year. 

11. Tech talents in Indonesia earn about 50% more than the average salary in all industries

We find that tech talents in Indonesia are very well paid, arguably the highest in the whole country. This could be because of the higher premium being placed on their skillsets from companies and startups facing a shortage of tech talents in their own domestic countries. Tech talents’ skills in software development are country agnostics and are applicable in most, if not, all industries.

12. Tech talents in Indonesia are ranked 45 in the world

Indonesian tech talent is ranked at position 51 compared to the rest of the world. Several metrics are evaluated in the ranking which includes the score of students taking the international Programme for International Student Assessment (“PISA”) – Math, level of international experience, presence of foreign highly-skilled personnel, the management of cities, level of digital/technological skills, and net flow of international students. We find this to closely mirror our hiring experience of tech talents in Indonesia as their level of software development is relatively lower than those tech talents in Vietnam.

Read also, our earlier article on why we recommend hiring Vietnamese tech developers.

13. Engineering managers in Indonesia can earn up to IDR 70m a month

We find that engineering managers in Indonesia with 3 – 5 years of experience can earn up to 37m IDR to 70m IDR a month. This is around 2.2 times the average salary earned by a tech talent in Indonesia. Still, it pales in comparison to engineering managers in Singapore, who can earn up to 278m IDR a month (around 3 times more than engineering managers in Indonesia).

Final Words

Indonesia is usually not included in the search for tech talent countries like in Singapore, Vietnam, or Thailand.

However, in recent times, with the high number of funded startups in Indonesia, and the hiring of local Indonesian developers powering the tech startups, we see some of the spotlights shifting to tech talents in Indonesia.

Many tech companies are entering Indonesia, starting from unicorns, tech-based start-ups, telecommunications banks, etc.

Also, Indonesia has a few unicorn companies made by Indonesian people like Gojek, Tokopedia, Treveloka, Ajaib, and many more.

They can help tech talents in Indonesia to develop.

If you find this article useful, why not share it among your recruitment and talent acquisition counterparts, or your tech developer friends and network, and also leave a nice comment below?

We at 9cv9 Research Team strive to bring the latest and most meaningful data, guide, and statistics to your doorstep.

People Also Ask

Why are so many people recruiting talent from Indonesia?

Most of the reason is that Indonesia has a lot of young people who are productive to work. In addition, the wages are quite affordable, and most employees now have a good education from good universities in Indonesia.

How do I start to hire tech talents in Indonesia?

Generally, it is the same as looking for a regular candidate, but you must also pay attention to the law on finding workers in Indonesia. Write down the desired requirements by considering the quality, detailed job description, and also salary range to attract candidates. After that, you can post your job advertisement on Indonesia’s most frequently used job portals or work with professional headhunters. We highly recommend posting 1 job free on 9cv9 to get started or to use 9cv9 IT headhunting services.

How many hours do Tech Talents from Indonesia work?

Indonesian workers work 40 Hours per week, with a scheme like this: 8 working hours per day from Monday to Friday Or 7 working hours per day from Monday to Saturday

What Benefits Should Be Provided To your Tech Talents in Indonesia?

Benefit allowances that need to be considered following Indonesian labor law:

• 13-Month Pay: Paid during Eid or Christmas (if not a Muslim). The terms of payment are one week before the religion day.
• Annual Leaves: The company gives annual leaves for 12 days a year if the employee has worked for a maximum of one year.
• Sick Leaves: Leave given when workers are sick and cannot enter the office. There must be a report letter from the doctor as proof.
• Maternity Leaves: Leave for 3 months for female workers who give birth.
• Paternity Leaves: 2 days leave for fathers who have just had children.

There are a few more, such as employee marriage leaves for two days and many more. The company also pays health insurance for workers and taxes.

What are some companies that are hiring or have hired Indonesian tech talents?

There are so many tech-based companies, start-ups, and unicorns that recruit tech talents in Indonesia, to help them develop software technology, products, etc. Some large foreign companies such as Shopee, Grab, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Gojek, Tokopedia, Nielsen, Traveloka, and many more.

What is the average salary in Indonesia?

The average salary of employees in Indonesia in 2022 is around 3,312,002 IDR. This is taken from the Central Statistics Agency of Indonesia in the month of February 2022.

Sources

We give our gratitude and appreciation to all our data sources herein:

Monk’s Hill Ventures & Glints

Worldometers

Glints

Databoks

Kata Data

Jobstreet

Satu Data Kemnaker

Medcom

IMD

Statista

Statista (Share of Indonesian population who have been avoiding going to work during COVID-19 outbreak from February 2020 to July 2022)

Data Indonesia

Recruit First

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An interview is a stage that most, if not all job seekers must pass before joining a company.

It is important then, to know some methods, tips, and strategies to help you to pass the interviews.

In this article, you will know how to prepare for an interview properly and to excel at them.

According to 9cv9 data, 85% of job applicants went through more than 1 round of interviews before getting hired.

Key point: Interviews will always be there when you apply for a job.

If you want to be hired at your dream company and get a higher salary or better benefits, then knowing how to excel and pass those interview rounds is crucial.

Typically, after you submit your CV to the recruiter, the company will shortlist by emailing or calling those applicants who pass the CV Screening stage to proceed to the interview stage.

This interview stage might create some nerves for job seekers.

Most are also asking about the things and questions to prepare before the interviews.

For example:

• What to prepare before the interview?
• How to make a good first impression on the interviewer?
• How long will the interview process take?

Fret not.

This article will help answer all your worries about the interview.

About 9cv9

With over six years of career and HR experience being one of the world’s best recruiting firms, and being highly involved in helping hundreds and thousands of job applicants find a better job, the 9cv9 team has distilled important learning points into this guide on excelling and getting an “A” grade in your job interviews.

Here are our best tips and tools for you to prepare, impress the recruiters, and be on your way to getting your high-salaried job.

Why Is Preparing for an Interview Important?

According to Nidirect, your CV successfully attracts the company’s curiosity (or in other words, passes the CV screening round) if you receive an interview invitation.

Therefore, you must prepare for the interview as best as possible so you will be accepted for employment successfully.

Preparing yourself before the interview is also helpful as sufficient preparation can help you not to be nervous and stiff.

It makes you able to answer questions from the interviewer confidently and smoothly.

According to Twin Employment, “40% of interviewers state that the quality of a candidate’s voice and their overall confidence” is important.

By preparing for an interview, you will feel that you are in control, i.e., be able to determine the success of the interview’s outcome in a much more confident fashion.

Also, you might be competing with many other job seeker applicants for that job offer and an employment letter from the company. According to Legal Jobs, on average, there are around 118 applicants for a job role.

Assuming that is true, then you are facing heavy competition for your application and the chance to outshine others in an interview (by being more prepared) should not be taken lightly.

Giving an excellent impression to hiring managers can increase your percentage of you being accepted at the company of your dreams.

How Long Does a Typical Interview Take?

Job seekers often ask this question.

“How long does the interview take?”

According to Legal Jobs, the ideal interview can last between 45 minutes to 1 hour.

The longer the interview time, the higher the chance of being hired as it might show that the hiring manager is keen to know you better.

You can also get to know your target company in the interview process by asking the right questions to the hiring manager or interviewer as well.

Types of Interview

A company has many types of interviews.

Usually, the hiring manager will provide details about the interview in the invitation.

However, some do not offer such detailed information.

If that happens, you can always contact the hiring managers and ask politely about the type of interview.

The following are the types of interviews that recruiters by Indeed do most often:

• One-on-one interviews

The most common interview was with one interviewer and one candidate present. This type tends to be more private and allows for more confidential and personal questions to be asked.

• Group interviews

Interviews with several candidates in one room. Helpful to directly compare the unique attitudes and answers given by the candidates. This also allows the hiring managers to observe the interactions among the candidates, like in a real-world corporate meeting scenario.

• Remote interviews:

If the candidate resides far from the company, hiring managers can use a remote interview to understand more about the candidate. This remote interview became popular in the advert of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition, remote interviews provide many advantages for both interviewers and candidates. The benefit is to save time and travel costs.

• Interview Panel

Whereas in a group interview, it is one interviewer to many candidates, in an interview panel setting, however, several interviewers, usually three or five, are present in one room and ask questions to one candidate.

• Walk in Interview

This is usually applicable to a retail store or a food and beverage outlet, in which the physical proximity of the job applicant to the stores is important. After sending your CV to the outlet manager, you can do an interview directly in that place.

• One Way Interview

This interview requires you to record your voice and video and upload it to the job registration form.

This one-way interview uses AI to select candidates before being called for an interview with HR.

After understanding a few things about interviews, here are ten guides for interviews that can lead you to your dream company.

10 Useful Tips to Excel and Achieve Success in Your Interviews

1. Find Out About The Company and Interviewer
2. Preparing Answers
3. Practice Can Make You Better
4. Dress Neatly
5. Pay Attention to The Schedule
6. Prepare the Required Documents
7. Make Sure You Have Understood The Job Desk
8. Prepare a Notebook and a Pen
9. Make Sure Your Device Work Without Trouble (Online)
10. Prepare Questions to Ask the Interviewer

1. Find Out About The Company and Interviewer

According to The Undercover Recruiter, if you have little idea of what the company does, that fall under one of the most common mistakes made during interviews.

In quantitative speak, according to Twin Employment, “47% of interviewers said that they wouldn’t offer the job to a candidate if they had little knowledge of the company“

Finding the company structure, you are applying for can make a good impression on the interviewer.

Knowing the company structure means that you are highly curious about the company and are interested in working.

According to Life Skills, you can start to find out about the targeted company from the website, social media, newspapers, etc.

Finding out the company you are applying for can also inform you about the company’s reputation and authenticity.

Besides giving a good impression, you must also be aware of fake vacancies, right?

Reading the reviews on Glassdoor or other company review websites can help to remove the fake companies from the true ones.

For example, there are scammy companies such as “Innovations Groups Philippines”, which reportedly cheated their vendors, and suppliers and imposed onerous working conditions on their employees. Have a read here.

Avoid unwanted events when you have passed the interview and were accepted to work at the company.

Want to know a winning strategy to differentiate yourself from the rest of the applicants?

Go one step further and research your interviewers for the upcoming interviews. Find out about their background, education and work experience histories, and any particularly interesting soundbites or personalities they demonstrated before. All these can be done by searching on Linkedin and news articles on the Internet.

How to find out more about the company before an Interview?

Try using Google to type the company name. Typically it will show up at the top of Google Search Results.

Else, use Linkedin to search for the company and to see it among the top results when you click “Company”

2. Preparing Answers to some Common Questions

Making a list of what interviewers usually ask can help you prepare the answers for them.

That way, you can answer interviews smoothly and convincingly.

But don’t look stiff like you have memorized the answers.

The questions asked by interviewers might have a general pattern.

Here are 9 questions that often come up during interviews, according to The Muse.

Top 9 questions that interviewers ask during interviews

1. Tell me about yourself
2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
3. What’s your most significant achievement so far?
4. How do you deal with conflict?
5. Where did you hear about this vacancy?
6. Why are you interested in this company?
7. What contribution can you make to the company?
8. Give reasons why the company should accept you
9. What are your plans for the next five years?

Try giving yourself some space and time to pour over these questions, or if you are stuck, you can discuss them with some of your friends or family.

Having more opinions and feedback on your proposed answers to those questions above can help strengthen your claim to the job and excel in your interviews.

3. Practice Can Make You Better

You can be more confident with your answers and reduce nervousness through practice.

Just be careful not to be overconfident and display signs of arrogance to the interviewer.

According to Inc, “76 percent of respondents would show a candidate the door if they appeared arrogant“. Hence, it is good to be confident and not arrogant.

Practicing answering interview questions can show your readiness and enthusiasm in the interviews.

Also, by preparing well for the interviews and thinking about common questions asked beforehand, you can avoid taking too long to think about answering the questions during the real interview.

You don’t want the interviewer to see you as a stutterer, right?

Saying too much “hmm, hmm” or blanking out before answering does not leave a good impression in interviewers’ eyes.

By the way, according to The Undercover Recruiter, “67% of bosses say that failure to make eye contact is a common nonverbal mistake.”

So when you answer the questions, do try to make friendly and natural eye contact with your interviewer.

In addition to answering questions, according to Glurecruit, you also need to practice adjusting your posture, body language, voice tone, pronunciation when answering, and facial expressions.

Our key tip is to practice in front of a mirror so you can take notice of your body cues and movements.

5 things to pay attention to when practicing:

1. Make sure your posture is straight when sitting
2. Don’t do body language too often.
3. Use a cheerful voice tone to show that you are a passionate person.
4. Make sure your words are clear and can be accessible to listening
5. It would be best if you made a facial expression indicating that you are interested in this job.

4. Dress Neatly and Overdressed if need be

You need to look professional for the interview.

According to The Undercover Recruiter, 33% of bosses know within the first 90 seconds of an interview whether they will hire someone.

And if you still need some convincing, here is the key statistic:

65% indicate that clothes could be a deciding factor between two almost-identical candidates.

65%. Now that is a big number and one that is easily taken care of.

Just put effort into wearing well and dressing smart.

This is accomplished by wearing smart and neat clothes, styling your hair, and putting on formal shoes.

With the usage of online interview platforms such as Zoom, some parts of your body might not be visible during the interview and you might feel the need to not go all the way in dressing to the nines.

That said, we encourage you to still dress up fully and professionally as being well-dressed gives you confidence and reduces the risks of distraction (“what if I accidentally show my lower half during the interview”).

A neat appearance can give a good impression to interviewers when they first see you.

If you are an interviewer, you don’t want to see a candidate who looks disheveled during the interview.

Because wearing neat clothes is a basic manner in an interview. A sign that you value the interviewer who interviewed you.

Remember, a good first impression will determine whether you are accepted.

You will want the result of the interview to be a perfect 10 so dress up to score a perfect 10 beforehand.

5. Pay Attention to The Schedule

When receiving the interview invitation from the recruiter, check your schedule before replying to accept or not.

Whether on the day and date of the interview proposed by the recruiter, you can attend the interview or not.

If you cannot attend the interview, please reply to the recruiter asking if the interview schedule can be changed to a more convenient time for both of you.

Pay attention to the place and time of the interview. Make sure the address is within your traveling time allocated on the day itself. Do some research on the logistical process to travel to the interview venue and the estimated trip to the interview.

Arrive early to avoid traffic jams or things out of control that might happen.

Try to reach the interview venue around 10 – 30 minutes in advance.

Stand by at least 15 minutes in advance if your interview is online.

6. Prepare the Required Documents

If some documents are required for the interview, ensure you have prepared them in advance.

Keep all the documents needed in one folder.

Store them with care and use a water-resistant folder just in case of inclement weather on the way to the interview venue.

Typically, the recruiter will inform you ahead of the interview what documents to bring for the interview.

But if the information is less detailed, here are the documents that are usually needed for the interview according to Top Interview:

• Resume or CV
• Reference letter from the previous company (if any)
• Copy of driver’s license
• Portfolio work

7. Make Sure You Have Understood The Job Desk

If you have prepared all the answers to common interview questions, have done your company research, and practiced in front of the mirror,

But you do not understand the job desk regarding your applied job.

Then, it is simply the case of taking one step forward and two steps backward.

Knowledge of the job desk is essential to convince the interviewer to accept you even if you don’t have experience in this field.

Understanding your job desk makes the company increasingly confident that you can work well and quickly.

8. Prepare a Notebook and a Pen

Books and pens will help you jot down something important in the middle of the interview, especially for those with a forgetful nature.

According to Reed, preparing books and pens can give the impression of attention to detail, and the hunger for the job.

In addition, it can also help prevent unnecessary hand movements.

That said, it would be best if you do not record everything the interviewer says.

Write down only the essentials, such as an address, phone number, email, or mandatory-knowing rules.

The impression will not be good if you focus too much on taking notes because you are not studying in the classroom with the teacher.

9. Make Sure Your Device Work Without Trouble (Online)

According to the Gartner HR Survey, 86% of organizations are conducting virtual interviews online. So, it is very likely your company might request to send over an online interview link.

If you have the opportunity to attend an online interview, make sure your primary interview tool is functioning correctly.

Ensure your laptop, and/or smartphone camera, and microphone are functioning normally. In addition, also pay attention to the internet network.

Have both a WIFI and an Internet data network ready and working.

You don’t want to be in the middle of a network interview, experiencing lagging or even being disconnected.

Interviewers will usually use one of the video calling applications, such as Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Team, or Skype.

Make sure you already have an account in these applications.

If not, please create it first.

Also, learn how to use it via YouTube or by reading blogs.

Don’t waste the interviewer’s time because you don’t understand how to use the video call application.

10. Prepare Questions to Ask the Interviewer

During an interview, it’s not just the recruiter’s time to get to know you. But also you try to get to learn more about the company.

You can ask any detailed questions you want to know about the company.

That way, you will leave a favorable impression on the interviewers, who might think you are enthusiastic and interested in the company.

Here are 7 questions that you can ask according to Prospect:

1. Can you tell me more details about the daily job desk?
2. How can I make a good impression in the first three months?
3. Is there a possibility of becoming a permanent employee after training?
4. In the next five years, what will this company be?
5. How is the working environment?
6. Do you enjoy working in this company?
7. What are the characteristics of the team?

In Conclusion

Interviews are crucial. According to 9cv9 data, on average, 85% of job applicants went through more than one round of interviews before getting hired.

Therefore, we feel obliged to set out some of the top tips and advice we have received so far to write 10 useful tips for you to excel and pass your interviews with flying colors.

The tips are to first find out about the company and the interviewers for your upcoming interview. Next, it is good to prepare answers to common interview questions and practicing to answer them in front of a mirror. Do note that dressing to “kill” is necessary to slay the interview demons.

Paying attention to your schedule and not clashing with your existing commitments are important actions to take. Do also remember to prepare any required documents and to bring along your CV at the very least to the interview venue.

Of course, it goes without saying that you need to understand the job desk and prepare a notebook and writing materials to facilitate note-taking during the interviews.

For online interviews, which are pretty common for most interviews due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is highly advised to check and make sure all your devices are working well.

Last but not the least, prepare some questions to ask the interviewer to signify interest in the job and also to learn more about the company and the job.

Interviews need to be prepared well so that your chances of getting a job are higher.

Find out more tips about interviews on the 9cv9 blog.

If you find this article useful, why not share it among your friends and network who are going for their interviews, and also leave a nice comment below?

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Source:

Gartner

Inc

The UnderCover Recruiter

Twin Employment

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Digital marketing is one of the most in demand professions today, so how to become one of the best digital marketers around?

According to LinkedIn, digital marketing and media keywords are dominating the top 10 job search results list.

Singapore, as one of the world’s regional tech hubs and also one of the highest salaries for its employees in the world, has listed “Digital Marketing” as one of the most in-demand tech skills.

As you can see from the image below, 43% surveyed mentioned that they are looking for “Digital Marketing” skillsets when hiring potential employees.

So if you have a dizzying array of digital marketing skills, you can be sure to be part of the most in-demand talent pool in the world in 2022.

The opportunity to get a job in digital marketing can be very lucrative.

According to Grit’s salary research, a head of marketing position can earn up to SGD22,000 a month, and a senior Digital Marketing role can reap up to SGD 11,000 a month.

Not bad right?

If you want to dive into the world of digital marketing and acquire digital marketing skills, here are the top 10 skills you must master to become the best Digital Marketer out there.

10 Top Digital Marketing Skills You Must Have in 2022

1. Search Engine Optimisation (“SEO”)

SEO is a useful skill and is one component of digital marketing.

SEO can have many benefits but chiefly, it is utilized to optimize for search rankings, i.e., to increase website rankings so that your website (or mobile app in the case of App Store Optimisation) appears on the first page of the search engine results.

What are the advantages?

Your website will be more visible and you will get more inbound leads (or awareness to search engine users)

According to Search Engine Land, “The first organic result in Google Search has an average click-through rate of 28.5%”

If you have good SEO skills or even become an SEO expert, you can become a great Digital Marketer that companies are willing to hire or pay for.

Your skills in SEO will make marketing budgets more efficient because there is no need to pay for advertising.

Also with SEO, the website can continue to appear on the top page of searches, for a period of time.

However, it is also necessary to get to know more about SEO skills.

A point of note is that search engines need time to detect and push up your website up the search engine rankings.

You need to be patient and also have the willingness to be consistent in your SEO work.

If you like to start learning SEO, then we will recommend to follow and read some top blogs and guides in the SEO niche.

A few of our recommendations for top SEO guides to follow and read are the following:

Top 7 Guides and Blogs to Learn from for SEO

• Moz Blog
• Neil Patel
• Search Engine Land
• Ahref
• SEMRush
• Yoast
• Backlinko

2. Search Engine Marketing (“SEM”)

SEM has the same goal as SEO, which is to make your website more visible so as to get more leads and clicks.

For SEM, however, it involves you paying to “artificially” push your website above the normal search results in order to gain visibility.

This is different from SEO, in which the latter requires no payment and its search engine results are called “organic results”.

By using SEM, it is hoped that the search engine users will click on your website, which is technically more visible than the organic search results, and thereafter do valuable actions, i.e., to register on your website, or to buy your goods if let’s say you are doing an e-commerce business, etc.

For SEM, it requires you to learn how to use a marketing ads platform or a programmatic ads platform to optimize your content, audience targeting, and marketing objectives.

Some examples of a marketing ads platform include Google ads, Facebook ads, or any tool that can help you promote your website.

As you pay to use SEM, you might see your website popping above the top of the normal search results in a much quicker time.

Top 5 Guides and Blogs to Learn from for SEM

• Search Engine Land
• Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Ads Blog
• Search Engine Watch
• Search Engine Journal

3. Content Creator Marketing Skills

To become a strong digital marketing professional, you must also be able to master the ability to create content.

According to Michael Page, you must be able to create content that is easy to understand for your audience, not just good and SEO-friendly content.

Content creation is useful for keeping existing audiences to stay and making people curious so you can invite new audiences.

Also, open up greater opportunities to get loyal customers.

To support content creator marketing skills, you need creative thinking and soft skills.

In content marketing, Digital Marketers frequently use Content Management Systems, or CMS for short.

Digital Marketers using CMS can help make content schedules and planning much neater and more organized.

CMS also can make it easier when you have to make a final report or view content schedules, i.e., which content has not been implemented and which has been implemented.

Currently, you can easily get ideas from all directions, all you have to do is change the abstract concept of the idea into clear and easy-to-understand content.

Top 5 Guides and Blogs to Learn from for Content Marketing

• Hubspot
• Coursera
• Udemy
• Google Digital Garage
• SEMRush

4. Email Marketing

Email Marketing continues to outperform most, if not, all marketing channels in terms of Return-On-Investment (“ROI”).

According to Campaign Monitor, “For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI and gives marketers the broadest reach of all the channels available to them.”

Email marketing has one of the greatest reach and more than that of Facebook and Twitter.

As you would need an email to register with most social media accounts, it is more probable everyone has an email account rather than a social media account.

This means, using email marketing, your potential reach could surpass that of social media marketing.

According to Radicati, the total number of worldwide email accounts was 3.9 billion in 2013. This number is higher than the monthly active users of Facebook, which stands at 2.91 billion in 2022.

To be an effective Digital Marketer, it is highly encouraged to learn the tools and trade of Email Marketing. With mastery in Email Marketing, you can add more value to your company and organisation.

Top 5 Places to Learn from for Email Marketing

• Hubspot
• Google Digital Garage
• Youprimer
• Wishpond
• Mailchimp Academy

5. Writing and Copywriting

To be a top Digital Marketer, then you must definitely be smart in content writing and marketing to attract customers to buy the products you sell.

As a Digital Marketer, you don’t need to offer directly to customers like a sales team (though you could as well).

But, you must be able to invite new customers with just a series of words.

Is it true that words can have such magical power?

Of course, if you have mastered great copywriting skills, you can definitely attract and touch the hearts of customers to move to buy your product.

In addition to copywriting skills, you also need good writing skills because you will communicate with many people who have different needs, backgrounds, interests, professions, and all kinds of differences.

So, you must be able to write well and have many writing styles to get closer to your audience.

Until it gives a more familiar vibe to your audience.

According to GoDotMedia, there are 5 great tips to write good copy:

1. Make every word matter
2. Write an impactful and intriguing headline
3. Don’t just write smart copy, write copy that sells
4. Don’t speak down to your audience
5. Keep it clear and simple

Also, your writing will distribute on various platforms for digital marketing, such as blogs, email, social media, script writing, and many more.

6. Data Analytics and Visualization Data Skills

Part of the “Digital” in “Digital Marketing”, the ability to read, understand and synthesize data is very helpful for those of you who want to become strong in digital marketing.

The task of a digital marketer is not only to think about how to promote and create campaigns but also to look at data and measure the success of promotions and campaigns through data.

You need data to see if the campaigns are successful or not and to find out what solutions to some problems, also you need data for future digital marketing strategies.

According to Maryville, data is needed to gain insight from consumers and help in final decision-making.

The decisions obtained can be regarding about the product to be sold, the target market, and the price.

You need data visualization skills for digital marketing to present plans or report a project that your team has achieved so far, to company leaders and other divisions.

You as digital marketing experts must be able to make the analysis and presentation with data look simple and structured.

This will enable you to make smooth communication with people from other divisions or those who are not very familiar with marketing, to understand what is going on.

Top 5 Places to Learn Data Analytics and Data Visualization

• Coursera
• Udacity
• Udemy
• Data 101 Workshop
• edX

7. Social Media Marketing

To truly master digital marketing, according to Whello, one must be able to understand and use social media that is popular and widely used by people, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc.

These social media platforms can be useful for executing marketing strategies such as using them to campaign for your new product or service.

Social Media Marketing can be a powerful tool in your Digital Marketing arsenal.

You can also use social media to interact with your users and become closer to your customers, listen to suggestions from these platforms (“social listening”) to develop your products and services in a better direction without the need to open surveys or questionnaires and look for fresh new ideas from people’s posts.

There are many things you can achieve in the Digital Marketing domain, if your social media marketing skills are good.

Also, it will open up greater opportunities to become a better digital marketing professional.

Top 5 Guides and Blogs to Learn from for Social Media Marketing

• HubSpot Marketing Blog
• Social Media Explorer
• Social Media Examiner
• The Future Buzz
• Mari Smith

8. Customer Relationship management (“CRM”)

Have you ever wondered how digital marketers understand their customers?

Is it enough to monitor customer behavior through social media?

Of course not.

Social media can give you insight and new ideas on how to attract your target audience to look at your products and services.

However, it might not keep your customer satisfied and happy over his/her lifetime, i.e., the Customer’s Lifetime Value might be overlooked if you only focused on Social Media Marketing.

So what tools do digital marketers usually use to help them to keep the customer engaged, and to manage the relationship?

By using CRM or “Customer Relationship Management” tools.

Learning to use CRM is a digital marketing skill that combines technology with humans.

By being well-equipped with CRM knowledge, the Digital Marketer can increase sales by attracting new customers and doing re-marketing to old customers.

Through CRM, you can find out customer behavior patterns and get insights to further develop your products and services.

According to Appvizer, using a CRM can build your connection with a customer more strongly and have a long-lasting relationship.

CRM also can make processing time faster, avoid an error, and save costs.

Top 5 Places to Learn CRM skills

• Zoho
• Engage Bay
• Hubspot
• Monday.com
• Insightly

9. Web Design

To be an excellent digital marketer, it is best and recommended to learn about web design.

To be able to design a landing page on the website can lead to better branding, engagement, and conversion.

This is why having web design skills can be important to excel as a digital marketer according to GMI:

1. Make a good impression on the customer
2. Make your company more trusted
3. Help SEO work in a much better fashion

An optimized website can make your website eye-catching, friendly, fast, full of interesting content, and different from your business rival.

Top 5 Places to Learn from for Web Design

• Skillshare
• Coursera
• Udemy
• Great Learning
• Alison

10. Project Management Skills

A good digital marketer must be able to manage time for projects, content publication, and other Digital Marketing tasks at hand.

With the number of campaign projects held by the digital marketing team, a lot of data must be compiled afterward.

So it is crucial to must have good project management skills.

5 great tips to do project management skills

1. Have a clear communication
2. Understand the project well
3. Set your goal
4. Use the right tools
5. Flexible

Conclusion

These are the 10 skills you must master to become a great Digital Marketer and to be sought-after by organizations and companies all around the world.

You are not required to master all of them overnight, so try to learn each and every one of them slowly.

With lots of practice, you will feel the results gradually, and thereafter, to give you more motivation to absorb the guides and blogs as described above, more quickly.

Also, it is crucial to have a keen sense of learning and curiosity.

To be able to delve into the Digital Marketing domain is interesting and in demand from hiring managers these days, you should have high curiosity to be sensitive to the development of popular trends in the Digital Marketing domain.

The Digital Marketing domain and industry can have new information and updates every day so you should keep on the lookout for trends in that niche.

Learning about digital marketing has to be consistent.

In addition, according to Ahrefs Blog, there are always new strategies, ever-changing search engine algorithms, new digital regulations, and new emerging fields to that you can apply Digital Marketing techniques each day.

Sharpen yourself every day to dive into Digital Marketing such as SEO and SEM, and following the discussion trends on forums or even on Reddit can help you to become a good digital marketer easily.

Over time, you will get used to it and unknowingly become a professional in digital marketing. So don’t give up and good luck! Check out 9cv9 to get more information about Digital Marketing and go to 9cv9 to grab your job!

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