ANALISIS LAMA MENCARI KERJA BAGI TENAGA KERJA TERDIDIK DI KOTA SEMARANG (Kasus Kecamatan Tembalang dan Kecamatan Semarang Barat)

Job seeking periode in looking for a job for educated labor is a matter that we usually encounter, where skilled labor face difficulties in finding work. Education that has been taken by job seeker expected to be the main capital to get the job immediately. Otherwise skilled labor face difficulties in finding job so they become unemployment. Unemployment problem that occurs is a result of imbalance between the number of labor force with the opportunities to get a job, then arise unemployment skilled labor problem. Unemployment skilled labor problem as describeb above is an important phenomenon to be studied in this research, especially in Tembalang and West Semarang distric, the city of Semarang. The purpose of this research was to analyze the job seeking periode for educated employment in the Tembalang and West Semarang distric, the city of Semarang. The variables in this research studied were wage, education level, age, skill, and gender. While, the object of the research was educated employment who working in Tembalang and West Semarang distric, the city of Semarang as many as100 people. And the type of data collected were the primary data and secondary data. Moreover, the methods of data analysis used in this research was the analysis of multiple linear regression double-log. Regression analysis showed that, overall, the independent variables (wage, education level, age, skill, and gender) affecting job seeking periode. The value of adjusted R2 is 0.528 which means that independent variables are able to explain 52.8 percent of the variation of job seeking periode. While 47.2 percent of the rest is explained by other variables outside the model used. Variable wage and age is positive and significantly affect on job seeking periode. Variable education level and skill is negative and significantly affect on job seeking periode. While variable gender is negative and no significantly affect on job seeking periode