19.12.2022
REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINED AT A RECORD LOW FOR NOVEMBER
The Employment Agency reported a level of registered unemployment in the country of 4.4% in November. This is the lowest value of the indicator for this month since the existence of the institution's administrative statistics. The year-on-year dynamics also continues to show a decline, which for this November is 0.4 percentage points.
At the end of the month, the registered unemployed at the labor offices totaled 145,431, which is an increase of 3,444 persons more than those reported in October.
During the month, 23,744 new unemployed were registered. They are 1,738 less than the previous month and 906 less than those registered in November 2021. Another 609 people from the groups of jobseekers employed, students and pensioners also registered at the labor offices during the month.
There were 11,416 unemployed people who started work in November. 255 persons from the groups of pensioners, students and the employed also found work through the labor offices. During the month, the largest share of those who started work in the processing industry sector - 19.2%, followed by those in trade - 13.4%, hotels and restaurants - 6.1%, state administration - 5.3%, construction - 5.8% and others.
787 unemployed people from the risk groups were appointed to subsidized jobs during the month - 267 under employment programs and measures and 520 - under schemes of the Operational Program "Human Resources Development".
During the month, 377 unemployed and employed persons were included in various trainings, and 664 completed the training started in previous months, acquiring a new profession or key competence.
Claimed jobs on the primary labor market in November were 8,439. Most vacancies in the real economy were claimed in manufacturing (28.9%), followed by trade (13.6%), government (10.2%); education (8.1%), hospitality and catering (7.7%) and administrative and auxiliary activities (7.0%).
The most sought-after professions by businesses during the month are: machine operators of stationary machines and equipment; sellers; personal care staff; personnel employed in the field of personal services; workers in the mining and processing industries, construction and transport; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; waste collection and related workers; teachers; metallurgists, machine builders and their relatives and craftsmen, etc.
