Student Activities Recommendations to Achieve First Job Waiting Time Target of Graduates in Telkom University: Decision Tree Approach

The first job search time is one of the measurement values of a university, an "A" accredited university if the average time for a student's job search is less than three months. According to the Telkom University tracer study in 2016-2018, there was a significant increase of students who experience the first job search time for more than three months from 18% up to 54%. The purpose of this study is to classify which students will have the potential to experience the first job search time for more than three months based on tracer study, history of organization type, position, Grade Point Average (GPA), and remaining semester credit units. With the results of using the classification process with decision tree C5.0 algorithm, the model has accuracy 54.7% with three attributes that are considered, GPA, study period, and participating in educational/reasoning/arts organizations. This helps Telkom University in monitoring students who are indicated to be experiencing a short or long first job waiting time. Therefore, Telkom University can provide specific activity recommendations for students, based on their GPA, remaining semester credits, and organizational activities. For further research, it can be more variables can be added to develop a model with higher accuracy.