Factors that Inhibit Alumni from Obtaining Jobs in the Star Hotel Industry in Senggigi, West Lombok (Case Study of Alumni of the Rooms Division Study Program, Lombok Tourism Polytechnic)

Abstract

Lombok Tourism Polytechnic is a tourism vocational education institution in Lombok that has a vision of becoming a higher education institution in the vocational field with international standards, an Indonesian personality, and a mission to produce tourism human resources that are internationally competitive. However, based on graduate tracer study data held by the Lombok Tourism Polytechnic in 2022, it is noted that the Lombok tourism industry has a low absorption capacity for Lombok Tourism Polytechnic student alumni. Based on this description, this research aims to determine the factors influencing Lombok Tourism Polytechnic alumni finding work in Lombok’s star hotel tourism industry. This research uses a qualitative approach to look for internal and external inhibiting factors using the method of interviewing external parties to find out external inhibiting factors and distributing questionnaires to students to find out internal inhibiting factors. The results of this research show that based on eight criteria that influence the work readiness of alumni of the Lombok Tourism Polytechnic room division study program, the internal factors that hinder Lombok Tourism Polytechnic alumni from getting jobs at star hotels in Lombok are 36% of alumni answered that the industry criteria. The high number and 28% of alumni answered that there were limited job vacancies in West Lombok and Bali, and the challenges faced by alumni which were factors preventing them from being absorbed in the hotel industry were the work environment and language.

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