28.03.2023

THE MOST IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS FOR FEBRUARY IN THE NORTHWEST ARE TAILORS AND IRONERS

A smooth increase in the number of people who started work in February is reported by the administrative statistics of the "Regional Employment Service" Directorate of Montana. In the second month of the year, their number was 1175 - 187 more than in January 2023. 49 pensioners, students and employed persons also found work through the employment offices. The largest share of those who started work is in the public administration sector - 31.1%, in processing industry - 12.5%, followed by those in trade - 10.7%, human health care - 9.6%, hotels and restaurants - 4.3%, construction - 3.5%, agriculture, forestry and fishing - 3.2% and others.

In February, 325 unemployed people from the risk groups were appointed to subsidized jobs - 8 under employment programs and measures and 317 - under schemes of the Operational Program "Development of Human Resources". One unemployed person is involved in training to acquire a new profession and key competence, and 1 person completed the training started in previous months, having acquired a new profession.

In the month of February, the "Regional Employment Service" Directorate of Montana reports 16,301 registered unemployed, which is 353 persons or 2.1% less than in January. With this figure, the level of registered unemployment in February was 12.0%, which is 0.9 points lower than in February 2022.

The number of newly registered unemployed in February also decreased by 282 compared to January 2023. According to the reported data, they are 1477 persons, which is a decrease of 121 persons on an annual basis. Another 55 people from the groups of jobseekers employed, students and pensioners also registered with the employment offices during the month. In February, the labor mediators - Roma and youth mediators - managed to activate a little over 170 inactive persons for registration at the labor offices.

During the month, 692 vacancies on the primary market were declared in the labor offices, which is an increase of 22.3 percent compared to February 2022. The most vacancies in the real economy were declared in the state administration (30.6%), processing industry (28.5%), followed by trade (6.6%), agriculture and forestry (6.4%), education (6.4%), construction (5.5%), hotel and restaurant industry (4.3%).

The most sought-after professions for the month are: tailors and ironers; installers; nurses; sales consultants; doctors; laboratory workers; accountants; machine operators; social workers; laborers; drivers; personal assistants; packers, etc.