Government Policy to the Expansion of Employment Opportunities Post Pandemi

Abstract

The end of the Covid-19 pandemic which has affected all aspects of life, especially health and socio-economic aspects, has opened up vast spaces and opportunities for the central and regional governments to revive economic growth. Therefore, it is the Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) that disrupts accumulationhuman capital which ultimately trigger criminal acts and violence, must be addressed with policies that accommodate all. This article focuses on how the government's policy towards expanding job opportunities after the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a normative approach and comparative-descriptive analysis. The conclusion in this article isthe program for expanding employment opportunities through the Independent Workforce or TKM program for creating entrepreneurs and the labor-intensive program that has been rolled out by the government since 2021 must continue to be encouraged by various elements of society, of course accompanied by evaluation and improvement on all fronts to increase access to job opportunities for all levels of society one of which is by adding the type of training program at the Vocational Training Center which adapts to developments in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0.