Manpower Minister: Creative Industry Can Open New Job Opportunities
Manpower Minister Yassierli believes the creative industry needs support because it has the potential to contribute new job opportunities. He also wants this sector to become a laboratory for the national internship programme currently being run by the government.
“The creative industry is a sector that needs to be supported because it can open up jobs and grow the industry in Indonesia,” he said in a written statement on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.
The statement was delivered by Yassierli during his inspection of the implementation of the internship programme at PT Rasa Kreasi Karya (Tandhok Space) in Semarang City, Central Java, yesterday. The inspection was conducted to directly observe how the work-based learning model in this sector can provide experience, skills, and work readiness for internship participants.
According to data from the Ministry of Manpower, the number of national internship implementing partners in Central Java is 700 organisers with 8,518 internship participants. Meanwhile, in Semarang City, the number of internship implementing partners is 153 with 1,687 internship participants.
Yassierli considers the creative industry to have its own unique characteristics because it demands adaptation, creativity, collaboration, and precise execution. This sector also becomes a good learning space to test and enrich the national internship implementation model outside of conventional sectors. “We see this as something positive,” he said.
Yassierli assured Maganghub participants and mentors that the national internship programme provides real work experience. In addition, it is accompanied by guidance and the provision of competencies relevant to industry needs.
The internship programme, according to Yassierli, is designed so that participants gain six months of work experience through mentor guidance, as well as daily learning activity records as part of competency development evaluation. Participants are expected not only to undergo the internship period but also to experience measurable skill improvements.
Those who have completed the internship are targeted to be directly recruited as permanent workers and compete in the labour market. This is because participants, who are recent graduates, need sufficient experience and competencies. “After six months, they have work experience and an internship certificate so their competencies improve,” said Yassierli.