PASAR TENAGA KERJA KABUPATEN BANGKALAN

District of Bangkalan is a gateway that has been connected Madura island with Surabaya City, the capital city of East Java Province, through Suramadu bridge. This study investigates the pattern of labor demand in Bangkalan. The pattern of labor demand is very important to be known, especially by Department of Social, Manpower and Transmigration, the authorized which provide guidance and address the labor problems.The data was collected by surveys and interviews conducted toward the owner of the company (employer) in five sub districts, namely sub district of Bangkalan, sub district of Socah, sub district of Kamal, sub district of Labang and sub district of Burneh. The purpose of this research is to know the pattern of labor demand in Bangkalan so that Department of Social, Manpower and Transmigration can use to develop a precise planning strategies. Based on the survey , in 2016 there were expectations of businesses to change the workers composition who currently dominated by workers with elementary and secondary education levels . Likewise, in 2017 and 2018 will be still dominated by the high school education level of workers , followed by undergraduate level . Recommendations from this study is more attention and follow-up of the Department of Social, Manpower and Transmigration will be needed to open more Labor Training Center ( BLK ) in some locations, such as BLK at the sub district to train the workforce skills at the level of high school education . As well as carrying out the Job Fair which facilitates undergraduate labor to get a job