A STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TALENT MANAGEMENT IN THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS IN INDONESIAN NATIONAL POLICE
M. Husni Thamrin Nasution (a*), Harmein Nasution (b), Isfenti Sadalia (b)

Sekolah Pasca Sarjana
Program Studi Magister Manajemen
Universitas Sumatera Utara

Abstract

This study aims to look for problems in talent management in the Indonesia National Police recruitment and selection process as well as seek improvement efforts. This research method is exploratory descriptive using qualitative data in depth, complete, and detailed. The sampling technique is the snowball judgement purposive sampling method. Data was obtained from semistructured interviews with informants, direct observations, and study literature. Informants consist of the head of recruitment and selection at the provincial level, headquarters level, and village level, the head of the talent resource, and 3 talented candidates. The result of this research was by intensive efforts until 2021, the police have been able to solve the problems that occurred in 2019. However, there are still some shortcomings that are proposed for managerial implementation as follows: 1) Recruitment Stage: a) Making wider/interesting socialization, b) Add more database interest by scholarships, talent competitions, etc, c) Optimizing website/social media, d) Expanding criteria for other talent fields, e) Formulating in detail the objectives, criteria, and sources of talent, f) Conducting internal talent recruitment, 2) Selection Stage: a) Making additional selection stages specifically, b) Making specific selection criteria for each talent, c) Creating a talent planning career paths based on the selection data result (passions, talent, competencies, personalities) mapped in such a way that each talent can complement each other, forming a great talent team collaboration, d) Combining 4 talent management concepts (exclusive people, exclusive position, inclusive people, and sosial capital).

Keywords: Talent Management- Recruitment and Selection- Talent Scouting

Topic: Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Human Resource Management