Implementation of the Merit System in the Placement of Graduates from Politeknik Statistika STIS

The merit system has become part of State Civil Official management as regulated in the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5 of 2014 and should have been used as a basis for staffing and assigning functional positions according to the qualifications and competencies of each State Civil Official to achieve good governance. This study aims to describe whether the merit system has been implemented in the assignation of the graduates of Politeknik Statistika STIS. This study used a qualitative descriptive method and took place in the Statistics Agency of Central Sulawesi Province. Data were collected through interviews with relevant informants as the primary data, while the secondary data were collected from internal employment databases and literature such as books, journals, and reports. This research revealed that the implementation of the merit system in assigning graduates of Politeknik Statistika STIS has not been fully optimized. This is primarily due to three main reasons: (1) shortage of employees to fill specific functional positions; (b) insufficient addition of human resources, particularly in the administrative sector; and (c) the discrepancy between the current quantity of State Civil Officials and the creation of functional positions based on job analysis.