100,000 People in N. Jakarta Still Unemployed

Next year, we predict the number of unemployed people in North Jakarta will increase 3-4 thousand at school graduation

Although North Jakarta is categorized as a region with a large population around 1,468,84 million people, yet 100 thousand of them are still unemployed. This is because lack of job opportunities.

Based on the data of North Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Sub-Department, the unemployment rate in Jakarta reaches more than 500 thousand people. About 100 thousand of whom are North Jakarta residents.

Central Jakarta Job Fair Invaded by Job Seekers

Head of North Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Sub-Department, Mujiono disclosed that majority of those 100 thousand people are the productive age between 18-35 years old. Its number is predicted to increase at school graduation in July 2015.

"Next year, we predict the number of unemployed people in North Jakarta will increase 3-4 thousand at school graduation," he asserted, Tuesday (10/28).

To resolve it, his sub-department opens a job fair at one of the shopping centers in Koja on Tuesday (10/28) and Wednesday (10/29). About 3,724 vacancies for job applicants is provided from 50 companies.

 

"On the first day, around 3,200 job seekers aged 18-30 years old have crowded the job fair," he stated.

Faturahman, (26), a resident of RW 19 Tugu Utara Urban Village, admitted he was very enthusiastic about participating the job fair. However, he graduated from a private university in Jakarta hoped the next job fair could be held in a government building thus its parking cost is cheaper.

"Parking cost in mall is expensive. While we cannot come to the job fair up to one-two hours," he hoped.