AGE OF TRANSITION: COMPETITIVENESS OF GEN Z IN INDONESIA

Globalization has made human mobility high and the employment sector in a tight competition. In this era of globalization, all workers from various countries can find the same point of competition, Indonesia is no exception. Indonesia has a high population surplus and Indonesia also has a population dominated by productive generations. However, the era of globalization also brings a quite worrying impact, namely in the age of free competition. With the implementation of free trade cooperation, many foreign workers must be allowed to work in Indonesia and compete freely with workers from Indonesia. Competitiveness is crucial to keep Indonesian workers have a sense of competitiveness with workers from other countries (Ernst & Haar, 2019). The purpose of this study is to determine the competitiveness of Generation Z in the face of a free work competition in the disruptive era by identifying some main ideas about preparing and equipping Generation Z in developing portfolios and skills needed by the world of work. This research will use two option methods. The first method is a quantitative paradigm by using a questionnaire as a tool to determine the respondent's perspective with some questions. The second method is a qualitative paradigm by using a focus group discussion to describe a detail of the phenomenon to be analyzed comprehensively.