The implementation of graduate tracking has been centrally coordinated at the university level with the establishment of the UIN Jakarta Career Development Center. Services provided by this career center include tracer study, career counseling, acceleration of job absorption through job fairs, campus recruitment, online job fairs, and internship information. In addition, this center also provides services to students to improve their skills, such as soft skills training and workshops.
Trace study of graduates and users is managed by the UIN Jakarta Career Center. The tracking system is carried out by the UIN Jakarta Career Center. The Career Center functions as the tracer study manager, while the Study Program acts as a partner that utilizes data and service programs provided by the Career Center. The Career Center provides access for Study Programs to process data available in the alumni tracking system. The completion of the instrument is monitored by the study program every three months to be reported through the Study Program e-performance system. The results of alumni tracking monitoring are used to optimize alumni absorption in the job market. Examples of activities can be seen in Figure 19.
Figure 19. (Left) Example of a bi-weekly report of tracer study results from the UIN Jakarta Career Center to the Study Program. (Right) Example of a quarterly report of alumni tracer study achievements on the Biology Education Study Program e-performance system.
The tracer study instrument is used to assess the achievements of UIN Jakarta graduates according to the needs of the job market. Tracer study activities are carried out routinely every three months after students graduate from UIN Jakarta. The Study Program collects data on students who graduated in the last three months and asks them to fill out the tracer study instrument available on the UIN Jakarta Career Center website. The Career Center provides bi-weekly reports on the response rate of the tracer study instrument, while the Study Program prepares quarterly reports on the results of the tracer study achievements. The following are the results of the survey.
Figure 20. Jobs of Graduates of Biology Education Program
Biology education alumni who graduated in the last three years have a variety of careers. The majority of graduates (61%) work in the education sector, either as teachers or laboratory assistants in schools. However, many alumni also continue their studies, most of them continuing their education to domestic universities. A small number of graduates work as government employees, entrepreneurs, and business owners. Although only two graduates are unemployed due to their role as housewives, it can be concluded that graduates of the Biology Education Study Program work according to the expected output.