Reframing Employment Policy: A National Policy Analysis of Sustainable Empowerment for Low-Qualified Job Seekers under Oman Vision 2040

This study examines how Oman can change its employment and education policies to help people with skills obtain good jobs. Oman aims to achieve this by the year 2040. The study does not solely focus on what individuals can do to secure employment. Instead, it explores how the government and other organizations can collaborate to make it easier for people to find work. Oman's employment policies and human capital policies need to be revised so that qualified individuals can secure jobs and become independent. The study is about Oman's employment and human capital policies and how they can be enhanced to assist people in Oman. This study reviews plans, job market reports, and some international examples to assess how well policies function. It employs concepts from Human Capital Theory, the Capability Approach, and Sustainable Development to evaluate whether policies are sensible and effective. The study identified several issues that hinder individuals from obtaining good jobs and remaining in the job market in an environmentally sustainable manner. These issues include groups not collaborating effectively, training programs not aligning with available jobs, companies lacking sufficient incentives to assist, certain areas being significantly poorer than others, and systems that do not effectively track progress. The study indicates that Human Capital Theory, the Capability Approach, and Sustainable Development are crucial for creating policies that truly work. In response, the study proposes a Sustainable Empowerment Model (SEM) that conceptualizes empowerment as an integrated policy system rather than a series of short-term employment interventions. The study contributes to labor -market governance literature and offers policy-relevant insights to support inclusive and sustainable employment reform in Oman.