Abstract
This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the pre-employment card program approved by the government in reducing unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic that occurred in Indonesia caused an increase in unemployment. This is due to a decrease in production, which has an impact on the company's operations and finances. The government is the most responsible in the unstable economic conditions of society. One of the programs issued is the preemployment card program. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis methods through collecting data from several books, journals, printed or electronic documents, and other sources of data or information. The research is intended to analyze the data by using data reduction techniques. The results of this study require the government to review the policies of this Pre-Employment Card program. The government must focus on providing assistance to the community in the form of Direct Cash Assistance (BLT), social assistance, to subsidies, and providing stimulus to companies or entrepreneurs to at least reduce the unemployment rate which leads to an increase in the number of unemployed.
Highlights
Since Covid-19 has infected almost all countries in the world, this has an impact on fundamental sectors in the country, such as the economic sector
Even though there are indications of violations there, we cannot ignore the impact of COVID-19, which has weakened the Indonesian economy
Pre-Employment Card Effectiveness Pre-Employment, in which there are two words, namely; pra which means before and work which is "an activity to do something." If it is connected with the context of the discussion this time, it can be interpreted as "activities to earn a living." If it is related to the initial purpose of issuing this Pre-Employment Card, it is to prepare workers who do not have a job by providing a treatment, namely, improving soft skills in accordance with what is desired by Pre-Employment members with a forum prepared the government, both direct training to courses and online online training, in this case the government is collaborating with several online platforms such as Ruang Guru, Tokopedia, etc
Summary
Since Covid-19 has infected almost all countries in the world, this has an impact on fundamental sectors in the country, such as the economic sector. To reduce the economic impact and maintain people's purchasing power, the government in this condition has accelerated the issuance of one of its magic cards, this card is called the Pre-Employment Card. This card is one of the social safety nets created by the government, which aims to develop competencies and opportunities for job seekers. This concept is one of the factors to determine whether it is necessary to make significant changes to the form and management of the organization or not In this case, effectiveness is the achievement of organizational goals through the efficient use of available resources, in terms of inputs, processes, and outputs. An organizational activity is said to be effective if an organizational activity runs according to the rules or runs according to the targets set by the organization
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