“I strongly encourage residents to work overseas, and we are providing foreign language training to support this,” he said in Jakarta on Saturday.
The governor emphasized the importance of learning languages such as Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Arabic to expand employment opportunities abroad. “We’re pushing for this,” he added.
In addition to language training, the Jakarta provincial government is also organizing job fairs, targeting a total of 21 events this year.
“So far, 13 job fairs have been held, successfully connecting job seekers with available vacancies,” he said.
According to him, evaluations of the job fairs held by the Jakarta Provincial Government indicate that they have effectively matched job seekers with employers across various participating companies.
Previously, Jakarta’s Statistics Agency (BPS) released labor force data from the National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), showing that the capital had a labor force of 5.47 million people as of February 2025, an increase of 41,620 compared to February 2024.
The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) rose by 0.23 percentage points year-on-year.
As of February 2025, 5.14 million people were employed in Jakarta, an increase of 30,820 compared to February 2024. The sector with the largest increase in employment was Other Services Activities, which added 4,420 workers.
However, only 3.19 million workers (62.05 percent) were employed in formal sectors, a decline of 1.89 percentage points from February 2024. The open unemployment rate (TPT) in February 2025 stood at 6.18 percent, up by 0.15 percentage points year-on-year.
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