18.07.2023
IN WHICH SECTORS ARE COMPANIES LOOKING FOR WORKERS?
Unemployment remains above 10 percent in only 4 regions in our country, according to the data of the Employment Agency for May. These are Vidin, where unemployment is the highest - 14.1 percent, Vratsa - 10.1 percent, Montana - 11.8 percent and Silistra - 10.3 percent.
Unemployment is expected to be the lowest in the city of Sofia - only 1.5 percent, in Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and Gabrovo it is 4%, and in Pernik - 3.9 percent. Unemployment remains high in Blagoevgrad - 9.5%, Kardzhali - 9.4%, Lovech - 9.3%, Razgrad - 9.5%, Smolyan - 9.9% and Shumen - 9.4%.
And in June, the Employment Agency again reported a drop in the number of registered unemployed at the labor offices. They are 142,510, which is 1,392 persons or 1.0% less than in May. With this number, the level of registered unemployment in June was 5.0%. Thus, compared to the previous month, the decrease was by 0.1 points, and compared to June 2022, a decrease of 0.1 points was also observed.
The number of newly registered unemployed in June increased - by 2,402 persons compared to May 2023. According to the reported data, they are 19,575 persons and are 2,485 more than their number in June 2022. Another 755 persons from the groups of employed jobseekers, students and pensioners also registered at the labor offices during the month, which saw an increase compared to the previous month by more than 12% of those seeking the services of the Employment Agency from these groups. The number of inactive persons on the labor market activated in June by the Roma and youth mediators, as well as by the labor mediators in the labor offices, is also increasing - for the month they are a total of 3,488.
The administrative statistics of the Employment Agency reports a slight decrease in the number of people who started work in June - in the month they were 14,176 compared to the reported 14,775 in May. 597 pensioners, students and employed people also found work with the support of the labor offices. The largest share of those who started working in the processing industry sector - 17.6%, followed by those in the hotel and restaurant industry - 14.7%, trade - 12.6%, public administration - 7.5%, construction 5.7%, human health care and social work - 5.0% and other. Nearly 1,300 unemployed started work during the month in EU countries with the mediation of the Employment Agency.
1,356 unemployed people from the risk groups found their employment through subsidized jobs - 349 under employment programs and measures and 1,007 - under schemes of the Human Resources Development Program. 326 unemployed and employed people are included in various trainings, and 281 people have completed the training started in previous months, acquiring a new profession or key competence.
During the month, 11,325 vacancies were declared in the labor offices in the primary market, compared to 13,116 in May 2023. In the real economy, the most vacancies were declared in the processing industry (25.5%), hotels and restaurants (15.2%) ), followed by trade (12.3%), government (9.1%), education (7.5%), administrative and auxiliary activities (6.0%) and construction (7.0%).
The most sought-after professions by businesses in June are: personnel employed in the field of personal services; staff caring for people; machine operators of stationary machinery and equipment; workers in the mining and processing industries, construction and transport; sellers; waste collection and related workers; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; teachers; cleaners and helpers etc.
