Kondisi Tenaga Kerja Di Provinsi Bengkulu Di Tengah Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

One of which its impact the Covid-19 is  job availability. This study aims to  analyze  the  unemployment  rate  in  Bengkulu  Province,  especially during  the  Covid-19  pandemic.  This  research  is  quantitative  with  a descriptive statistical approach. The data source used is secondary data from  the  Central  Bureau  Statistics  for  2017-2020.  The  results  of  this study state that the Covid-19 pandemic has an influence in a decrease in the number of businesses by 0,86 percent. Two sectors, which are trade and  agriculture  sectors,  became  the  people's  main  choice  to  survive during the pandemic, compared to the industrial sector which has been most  significantly  affected  by  the  pandemic.  In  line  with  that,  the population working as family workers/unpaid workers increased to 3,71 percent. The results of the analysis of the data for the last four years show  that  in  terms  of  education  completed,  the  employment  is  still dominated by people with low education, that reached 78,27 percent. However, among the three graduates, high school graduates are the most not  being  absorbed  in  the  world  of  work.  Meanwhile,  the  number  of unemployed people with diploma education has actually decreased.