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Career Camp 1 (Soft Skill Tambahan): Career Growth & Profesional mindset For Gen Z

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Overview

This video is a virtual Career Camp seminar (Career Camp 1) focused on career growth and a professional mindset for Gen Z, centered on preparing students for the FMCG/workplace environment.

Main Flow / Plot

  • The session opens with music and singing, then transitions into a Zoom event introduction.
  • Rafael serves as the MC/moderator, explaining:
    • the seminar purpose and schedule,
    • participation rules (Zoom naming, mic mute),
    • how to ask questions in chat, and
    • how to claim evaluation/SHP points.
  • Mr. Theopilus Alfa Kristiawan (Teo) from the Orang Tua Group (OT Group) delivers the main talk, covering:
    • what FMCG work culture looks like,
    • common Gen Z hiring/interview mistakes recruiters notice,
    • required soft skills for Gen Z, and
    • OT’s career pathway from internship to executive levels, including how talent is assessed.
  • A Q&A session follows, where students ask about:
    • internships and recruitment processes,
    • WFO vs online work,
    • and career preparation priorities.
  • The seminar closes with reminders to complete evaluation forms, take a group photo, and review final assessment links.

Highlights & Key Ideas

FMCG and an “Agile” Work Culture

Teo emphasizes that FMCG work requires you to:

  • move quickly,
  • be adaptive,
  • and balance quality with affordability (“cheap but not cheap” / economical but high quality).

“Misleading Gen” Hiring Mistakes (Recruiter Perspective)

The talk lists major pitfalls recruiters frequently see:

  1. Blend: not understanding the company’s business pillars/product categories or basic company scale.
  2. Intellectual arrogance: focusing only on hard skills while neglecting soft skills like empathy and communication.
  3. Resistance to mentoring: rejecting feedback or guidance too quickly (including a humorous anecdote about a Gen Z intern who “resigned” after being scolded, justified by having pocket money/support from family).
  4. No learning agility: assuming learning ends at graduation; emphasizing cross-functional learning (e.g., finance for non-finance roles, XR for non-XR roles).
  5. Low value for relationships: poor collaboration mindset despite teamwork being essential.
  6. Low energy: treating every day like Monday—energy management affects performance.
  7. Lack of respect for SOP/bureaucracy: startups may be flexible, but established companies depend on procedures and audits (especially around finance and fraud-risk areas).

Gen Z Soft Skills to Build (“Genzi Soft Skill Petway”)

  • Commercial awareness
  • Self-leadership (energy + integrity)
  • Winning spirit and purpose
  • Learning agility (including verified learning through online sources)
  • Emotional/social intelligence and empathy
  • Adaptability/resilience to change

Career Growth Framework (OT Career Path)

Teo outlines career progression broadly as:

  • Internship → Staff (if performance is strong)
  • Fresh graduate → management training → supervisor track
  • Supervisor → specialist/generalist paths → managerial level → executive level (with potential to reach board/director-level roles)

OT People Strategy: “Human Energy”

OT reframes the idea of “human resources” into people energy, alongside process resources.

Assessment Tools Mentioned

Teo also describes tools used to assess talent:

  • Personix: character traits and leadership style (linked to CQ)
  • ASEN (Assessment and Career Self Direction)
  • Strength matching (connected to the participant’s “CQ”/color-based character results)

Fun / Engaging Moments

  • Light humor includes:

    • Internship not being “coffee jobs”

      “If you don’t ask me to make coffee, I’ll be a photocopier.”

    • The intern anecdote about leaving after criticism (made easier by family support/pocket money).

    • A joke-like comparison about FMCG daily price differences (200–300 rupiah can be meaningful for customer interest).
    • An interactive segment uses fotokarakter.com to generate color personality results (green/yellow/purple/red mixes). Teo interprets colors as:
    • task vs people orientation,
    • and ties them to career suitability (e.g., finance leaning toward logical/detail traits; sales/marketing leaning toward persuasive/people traits).

Q&A Highlights (Student Questions)

  • Internship conversion & process: Intern assessments are described as at the same level as regular hiring, and strong intern performance can lead to becoming permanent staff.
  • When to start internships: No strict semester limit, but many students do internships around semester 6–7 due to manageable course loads.
  • WFO vs online work: OT positions are described as WFO (on-site work). Remote models may exist elsewhere, but remote work is often structured differently than “full remote.”
  • Top priorities for the final year:
    • join organizations for experience (soft skills),
    • strengthen hard skills relevant to your field,
    • build connections via communities/volunteering/sponsors.
  • Biggest mistake fresh grads make:
    • not researching the company (basic business/company basics),
    • and not preparing beyond simply reciting their CV.

Final Takeaways

The seminar strongly promotes a professional mindset:

  • know the company,
  • avoid arrogance,
  • keep learning,
  • respect SOPs,
  • collaborate well,
  • manage your energy,
  • and build soft skills—not only hard skills.

Students are encouraged to treat internships as real learning pathways and to prepare early for career growth.

Personalities Mentioned

  • Rafael (MC/moderator)
  • Mr. Theopilus Alfa Kristiawan (Teo) (employer branding manager, OT Group; main speaker)
  • Students who asked questions (e.g., Muhammad Yusuf, Nicholas, Muhammad Yusuf again, Lari Olia, Abista, Raffi Nabil)

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