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THE ANALYSIS OF JOB VACANCY ADVERTISEMENT IN THE KOMPAS NEWSPAPER ONLINE TO FIND OUT SOME PATTERNS AND WORD

CLASSIFICATION
NOLIS SUSANA

Abstract
This study aims to find out some patterns and word classification used in job vacancy advertisement on the newspaper, specifically in Kompas newspaper online on the internet which published on December, 08, 2011. Based on the title of this study, it using qualitative method, in the form of a descriptive analysis study. It means that the research is directed to understand a program executed. The reseacher will be analyze to identified whether the program was succesful or not. In this research, the researcher selected the population of this research, those are which consist of all English advertisement, especially job vacancy advertisement in Kompas newspaper online on the internet. Then, she determined one job vacancy advertisement which using English as tha sample. The sampling technique used is non-random sampling technique, spesifically, she uses purposive sampling in which the sample. For the result, In job vacancy advertisement the researcher thinks there was no significant pattern used. Specifically, in this job vacancy advertisement that she have studied, the advertiser directed wrote into the main topic. They are Job Requirement which consist of area of work, the information of the company, and the regulations of the job. In the next line, there was Job description, which consist of requirement, salary and benefits, positions, and promotions. Meanwhile, in the last line there was an information about the limit of collecting the job application. The last, the advertiser has wrote in the last line the regulation that must be completed by the applicant. Thus, this study is really important to find out some difficulties in writing job vacancy advertisement and help the student to add their understanding in learning writing. Key words : Job vacancy advertisement, Kompas newspaper, Job requirement.

INTRODUCTION Back ground English as an international language can help us to communicate each other with

everyone in around the world. Since the end of the secong war in 1945 heralded english become more and more needed to help them in two important aspects, they are technology and commerce (Hutchinson, a nd Waters, 1987 : 6). He explains that the effect was to create a whole new mass of people wanting to learn English, not for the pleasure or prestige of knowing the language, but because English was the key to the international currencies of technology and commerce. In more advance, the necessity of learning English is not for those. There are some crucial aspect that make English is quietly important to learnt. they are education, tourism, or even in the industry. For instance, the bussinesman and women who wanted to sell their product in every country, automatically the language that used is English. As another important instance, mechanics who had to read instruction manuals, doctors who

needed to keep up with development in their field and whole range of students whose course of study included textbooks and journals only availabee in English (Hutchinson, and Waters, 1987: 6). One another aspect that English is really importnat to learnt is for communication. As we know recently, we found many variuos tools of communication. For instance, electronics media, printed media, radio, television, and etc. So, i think if we want to know about the latest information in international scale, we must learning English seriously. Including, English also helping for seeking a good job for us. We often see many information for looking for a job in a newspaper. But, nowadays we can find the job vacancy advertisement on the newspaper online. So, we dont need to buy the newspaper first to find out the job vacancy advertisement we are needed. But, sometimes for people who dont learning English well find some difficulties to interpreting it, they less to be able to understand what is the content of the advertisement. Aim This study aims to find out some patterns and word classification used in job vacancy advertisement on the newspaper, specifically in Kompas newspaper online on the internet which published on December, 08, 2011. My personally think, people either they student or job seeker, need to know about it. It can be useful for help them to understand what the content is, in order to not happen misunderstanding in interpreting those job vacancy advertisement. We also know that make an advertisement is also available in the Senior High Schools curriculum nowadays . it useful study for those who want to know more about the variation of language used in the newspaper online. If i can product some implications both for student or other people, i think it can be useful for us now and later. So that, i really interested to analyze how do the recruitment advertising made, what is the content, and how do the word classification arranged. LITERATURE REVIEW According to an Encyclopedia Britannica in Merriam Webster Dictionary, the definition of analysis as follows. 1. : separation of a whole into its component parts 2 a : the identification or separation of ingredients of a substance b : a statement of the constituents of a mixture

3 a : proof of a mathematical proposition by assuming the result and deducing a valid statement by a series of reversible steps b (1) : a branch of mathematics concerned mainly with limits,continuity, and infinite series (2) : CALCULUS 1b 4 a : an examination of a complex, its elements, and their relations b : a statement of such an analysis 5 a : a method in philosophy of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more basic ones b : clarification of an expression by an elucidation of its use in discourse 6 the use of function words instead of inflectional forms as a characteristic device of a language On the other hand, Based on the informations gathered from the worldwide site Wikipedia.com, Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384322 B.C.), though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development. Advertisement can give us positive things if we can make use of it well. Advertisement is an important part of the media that effect to the content of media product and their possible effect on audiences. Therefore, the advertisement means marketing tool used in informing about the products themselves (Rayner, Wall, and Kruger, 2001 : 1). Meanwhile, according to (Bovee:1992 in Taflinger :1996) he states that Advertising is the nonpersonal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about products, services or ideas by identified sponsors through the various media Advertisement may be found everywhere for instance on Television, Radio, Newspaper, and magazine. It also can be analyzed and learnt by student to improve their vocabularies. They can learn each statement in advertisement by identifying specific information from it (Raismayani : 2007). So, Picken (1999 : 249) said that Advertisement can be used to practice grammar (e.g comparative), or introduce specific vocabulary, such as words for items of clothing, or for skill practice. Classified advertisement, for example are pften used stimulus for writing, especially of letters of application and resumes. And also as a starting points for job interview simulations

Baker (2011) states that A job advertisement is placed when a vacancy arises within a company or organization. Job advertisements can be found in newspapers, online and on notice boards at companies and colleges. A job advertisement should focus on the person a company is trying to attract and the details of the job vacancy. She also argues that The main purpose of a job advertisement is to attract the right candidate for an open position. Companies spend a lot of money to place ads, sorting through resumes, selecting candidates for an interview, then running reference checks, and possibly testing for drugs. Some job candidates have to be flown in for an interview. The company may also need to pay her living expenses if she is the candidate chosen for the open position.

Kompas is one of printing media that is available in indonesia which read by everyone in Indonesia. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompas) Kompas is the most widely read newspaper in Indonesia. Published by Kompas-Gramedia Group Publishing since June 28, 1965, it has a reputation in Indonesia for high-quality writing and investigative journalism. It is written in Indonesian. The paper was first suggested by General Ahmad Yani, then the Army Minister and the Commander of the Army, when he suggested to Frans Seda publishing a newspaper that was balanced, credible and independent. Seda sounded out the idea to his friends, P.K. Ojong and Jakob Oetama. Ojong subsequently agreed to undertake the project and Oetama became its first editor-in-chief. The publication was initially named Bentara Rakyat (People's Herald). At President Sukarno's suggestion, it was renamed to Kompas ("compass"), for the direction-finding instrument. Kompas began publication on June 28, 1965 from an office in central Jakarta, with an initial circulation of 4,800 copies. Since 1969, it has been the largest national newspaper in Indonesia. In 2004, its daily circulation reached some 530,000 copies, and its Sunday edition, 610,000 copies. Readership totaled some 2.25 million. Like many major daily newspapers, Kompas is

divided into three major parts: a front section containing national and international news, a business and finance section, and a sports section. But, nowadays Kompas has been available in online format. We can visit http://www.kompas.com/ for more information, including to see job vacancies. Because technology has been grown continually, Kompas newspaper online has equip bilingual system, they are Indonesian and English. So, if you want to see more information in English, just change the language into English.

In Kompas newspaper online, there are more than fourteen part that you we can see. The Fisrt, home which consist of headline news, cover, and titles of news. The second, Nationality which consist of issues and hot news that exist only in Indonesia. For example, SMK in Solo has ready to producting ESEMKA car on large scale. For more part they are Regional, International, Megapolitan, Business, Sport, Science, Travel, Oase, Education, Infografis, Video, and more. in general we more recognize word classification as part of speech in English. Boersley (in Dinar, 2005: 26) explains the syntactic theory concerned with the way words are combined to form sentences. One of his theory is part of speech. It consist of : 1. Sentences Sentences is always subdivided into NP and VP 2. Noun (N) Noun is the name of thing, person, place, or state 3. Pronoun Pronoun is the word substituting for a noun 4. Verb (V) Verb is the word that describes an action or state that relates the noun and pronoun 5. Adjective (Adj.) Adjective is the word that qualities a noun and pronoun 6. Adverb (Adv) Adverb is word, which describes manner, time, or the place of verb. Hudari (1982 : 1) says there are some pattern of structure as forming sentence. They are as follows. 1. Subject + Verb + Object e.g I Love You 2. Subject + Verb + Object + Object

e.g She gives him a letter 3. Subject + Verb + Object + to Infinite e.g I told him to go 4. Subject + Verb + Object + that-clause e.g She heard that Jimmy was sick Hudari explains again that there are for types of sentences. They are : 1. declarative sentences (sentences), 2. interrogative sentences (questions), 3. imperative sentences (command, request), and 4. exclamatory sentences (exclamations). Its examples are as follows. 1. declarative sentences (statements) e.g - the child ate his dinner. - the fruit is good for our body 2. interrogative sentences (questions) e.g - Did the child eat his dinner? - is the fruit good for our body vitamin? 3. imperative sentences (command, request) e.g - Eat your dinner! - I hope you can eat fruits more to add your health 4. exclamatory sentences (exclamations) e.g - what beautiful she is! - Its Wonderful!

METHODOLODY Based on the title of this study, she uses qualitative method, in the form of a descriptive analysis study. It means that the research is directed to understand a program executed. The reseacher will be analyze to identified whether the program was succesful or not. As quoted from Lincoln and Guba (1985 : 40), qualitative was interested to know the phenomenon that found. Qualitative method in the naturalistis inquiry was chosen because it is mire adaptable to deal with multiple realities; because it exposed th nature of transaction between the writer and respondent (or object); because it is more sensitive and adaptable to many mutually shaping influences and value patterns that may be encouraged. The instrument to employed the data, the reseacher used two instruments. They are document, and observation. In the study, the document means the job vacancy advertisement which used English in Kompas newspaper online on the internet. Then, the reseacher observes some pattern and word classification used in Kompas advertisement of job vacancy and the observation is used to analyze the document. RESPONDENT In this research, the researcher selected the population of this research, those are which consist of all English advertisement, especially job vacancy advertisement in Kompas newspaper online on the internet. Then, she determined one job vacancy advertisement which using English as tha sample. The sampling technique used is non-random sampling technique, spesifically, she uses purposive sampling in which the sample is selected because they have something needed by the reseacher. Fraenkel and Wallen (2006: 101) emphasize that the researcher who used purposive sampling technique uses their judgement to select a sample that they believe, based on prior information which will provide the data they need. RESULT AND DISCUSSION For the result, In job vacancy advertisement the researcher thinks there was no significant pattern used. Specifically, in this job vacancy advertisement that she have studied, the advertiser directed wrote into the main topic. They are Job Requirement which consist of area of work, the information of the company, and the regulations of the job. In the next line, there was Job description, which consist of requirement, salary and benefits, positions, and promotions. Meanwhile, in the last line there was an information about the limit of collecting the job application. The last, the advertiser has wrote in the last line the regulation that must be completed by the applicant.

In the first line the advertisement was to introduce their company and aim of advertiser to the reader. For the next line emphasize on requirement, salary, and benefit, position, and promotion. The last line emphasized on the suggestion the advertiser hoped that the applicant could send their application based on the requirement of the company. For word classification, the researcher found that the advertisement has many Noun Phrase. For Instance we can see Job Requirement, Job Description. Where : Job = Adjective Requirement/ Description = Noun So we can see the pattern was Adjective + Noun. Then, the researcher found almost the advertisement used phrase, not complete sentences. But, in the last line, she found present simple tense, where : Starting date is mid-late July 2012 S v O

More over she found in the sentence interested candidates are asked to send the following PDF in an email attachment . Where the sentence was imperative (command or request), the words asked to send was request of advertiser. Here are the example of job vacancy advertisement that the researcher have studied :

Job Requirements

Area of Work Teacher / Lecturer / Professor / Academic Research Industry Education, Training, Library and Child Care Location Denpasar, Bali Experience Requirement 0 Year To 0 Year Education Strata satu/S1 Shift Type Regular Published On 08/Dec/2011

Job Description Required :

Experience teaching at an international school entirely in English

Preferred : Experience teaching and training in the relevant IB programme (PYP, MYP, Diploma); Highly capable of infusing IT throughout instruction and assessment; Pastoral care background; Extracurricular Program experience

Salary and Benefits : Competitive Salary Comprehensive Medical Coverage Professional Development Opportunities

Starting Date is mid-late July 2012. If available, candidates may be requested to start as early as January 2012. Interested candidates are asked to send the following as one PDF in an email attachment to your letter of interest, to : cakin@baliis.net Up to Date CV + photograph A list of three references ( including contract information) one of which is your current principal / supervisor ) Two open letters of References

CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS According to the research, the result show that the job vacancy advertisement used simple language. The pattern as used in Kompas advertisement is brief, clear, direct in main point, and communicative. It means, the advertiser direct write the main topic such as job requirement, job description, salary and benefit, and also the demand from the advertiser to send the job application in the time. The researcher tries to analyze some pettern and word classification used in Kompas newspaper online. She hopes she can find out some difficulties in make an advertisement correctly. The vocabulary at job vacancy is simply and brief but news have the complete the component of speech. The implication of this research is to find out how to write the job vacancy advertisement brieftly. Although in this study, the reseacrh found that the variable was not use complete sentence, we can see that this job vacancy advertisement use in simple mode. It means, the advertiser wants to make the advertisement more easy to read. Besides, the researcher found the grammatical which can help learner in the pattern of advertisement. REFERENCES Borsley, Robert D. (1991). Syntactic Theory : a Unified Approah. Great Britain : Routledge Baker, Natalie.(2011). Introduction of Job Advertisement. Retrieved on :
http://www.ehow.com/list_6536283_job-advertisement-requirements.html

Fraenkel,and Wallen. 2006. How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education USA: McGrawHill Hudari, Agus. (1982). Exercises in Verbs Patterns. Jakarta: Bina Aksara. Hutchinson, Tom and Alan Waters. (1987). English For Specific Purposes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Rayne, Philip. Wall, Peter & Stephen Kruger. (2001). Media studies : The Essentials Introduction. London and New York : Routledge. Taflinger, F. Richard. (1996). A Definition of Advertising. Retrieved on : http://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/addefine.html Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompas). Up date at January, 8st 2012 Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis). Up date at January, 8st 2012 CURRICULUM VITAE Nolis Susana is a junior student at Galuh University Ciamis. Studying in English Education Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences.

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