JANZZ Labor Market Mismatch (JLMM)
Research Paper
Version: 1.0 / July 2025
Author: Wahyu Kuncoro, Principal Research Scientist at JANZZ
Far from Home: Stories of Indonesian Migrant Workers
This paper comprehensively illustrates the migration pathways from Indonesia in three different time perspectives: the past, the present and the future. Economic reasons indeed underscore the similarity of migration that already happened (the past) with that which is ongoing (the present), perhaps even with that which will take place (the future). However, migrants in the past were only limited to those low skilled workers (i.e. domestic work; agriculture and construction sectors) while today (and the future) along with the increasing need for more skilled workers (i.e. engineers, computer science) in the global labor market makes Indonesian workers overseas also increasingly diverse.
The second part of this paper discusses the condition of Indonesian workers overseas in this contemporary era. While the delivery of low and middle skilled workers through both Government to Government and Business to Business schemes continues, a new niche has emerged in the body of Indonesian overseas workers, namely those who work in highly skilled sectors.
White Paper
Global Crisis Skills Gap: JANZZ.technology Labor Market Mismatch Index™ Paves Way for Change
Chapter I: World Dangerously Unprepared for Skills Crisis
Version: 1.0 / June 2025
Authors: Doris Hofer, Technical Writer / Stefan Winzenried, Founder & CEO at JANZZ
In the first part of this trilogy, we will examine the 5 key factors driving the growing mismatch in the labor market. We will explore the main causes behind this widening disconnect and, in the second part, analyze the key metrics that help quantify the severity of the skills mismatch. Finally, in the third episode, we will discuss existing solutions before presenting our own ideas, which we strongly believe, have the potential to cut the Gordian knot. So, stay tuned—what you’re about to learn might just change the career advice you give your kids.
Chapter II: The Importance of Tracking the Right Metrics To Measure Labor Market Health
Version: 1.0 / September 2025
Authors: Doris Hofer, Technical Writer / Stefan Winzenried, Founder & CEO at JANZZ
In the second part of this trilogy, we introduce parameters for measuring labor market health and key metrics used in the JANZZ Labor Market Mismatch Index™, laying the foundation for informed governmental policy decisions and strategic economic and educational planning. This will lead into the third section, which discusses existing solutions and presents highly effective, realistic proposals for closing the skills gap.
Research Paper
Version: 1.0 / December 2024
Author: Wahyu Kuncoro, Principal Research Scientist at JANZZ
Shaping the Future: The Influence of Family on Children’s Education and Career Choices in Indonesia
This paper explores the extent of parental influence on children’s career development, examining the forms this intervention takes and how family social and economic backgrounds impact the level of parental involvement. To address these questions, case studies were conducted with young adults who are either employed or actively job-seeking. Data for this study comes from interviews with six individuals, aged 20 to 30, ensuring gender representation. These participants come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and reside in various regions, including East Java, Yogyakarta, and Banten.
White Paper
Version: 1.0 / August 2023
Authors: Jennifer Jayne Jakob, Technical Writer & Solution Documentalist / Stefan Winzenried, Founder & CEO at JANZZ
Unraveling the Narrative: A Fact-Based Analysis of the Great Resignation and Contemporary Labor Shortages
There have been many “great” waves in the economy, especially in the U.S.: the Great Depression (1929–1933), the Great Inflation (1965–1982), the Great Moderation (mid-1980s–2007), the Great Recession (late 2007–2009), and the most recent one: the Great Resignation. But while the previous “great” events undoubtedly happened and had far-reaching impacts on the economy and the labor market, this time around, there is reasonable doubt as to whether this wave of quits really was so great—despite the huge buzz this catchy term generated in the public domain.
The Great Resignation, a term purportedly coined by Anthony Klotz of Texas A&M University, was originally a prediction. Back in May 2021, Klotz anticipated a rise in quits based on pent-up resignations that hadn’t happened since early 2020 due to the significant job uncertainty brought on by the pandemic. He claimed that these numbers would be multiplied by “pandemic-related epiphanies” about family time, remote work, life and death, and so on. When the quits numbers really did go up, his prediction seemed to have turned into a truth-bearing prophecy, with the widespread consensus that it happened for all the reasons Klotz stated. But there are good reasons to take a more critical view of this thesis, the most pertinent being the glaring lack of reliable evidence to support it.
