Abstract
State employment policy is the expression of the constitutional rights of citizens of a social state to the free use of their abilities for entrepreneurial and other economic activities, including the free disposal of their abilities to work and the choice of activities. The formation of a socially oriented market economy requires an interconnected active socio-economic policy not only at the republican, but also at the regional levels. The merit of many regional administrations was that, to the best of their abilities and because of their special proximity to the population and enterprises, they tried to reduce the negative social consequences of crisis phenomena in the economy. The article discusses the main directions of implementation of the state policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of employment promotion. The article also discusses the problematic aspects of the implementation of this policy and made recommendations for improving the state economic policy in the context of increasing the general level of employment and fighting unemployment.