17.11.2020
Registered unemployment fell below 7% in October
The registered unemployment rate in the country in October was 6.9%. The Employment Agency reported a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous month of September and an increase of 1.3 percentage points compared to a year earlier.
At the end of October 2020, the registered unemployed in the labor offices, according to the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency, are 227,909, which is 8,149 fewer than in September. On an annual basis, the increase is 45,380 people.
During the month, 33,410 new unemployed persons registered to use the mediation and services of the labor offices. In addition, another 808 people from the groups of jobseekers, students and retirees have also registered with the Employment Agency.
In October the number of unemployed persons started working reached 23,045, compared to the same month last year an increase of 31.2%. Over the past month, 420 jobseekers from the group of retirees, students and employees have also found their new jobs through employment offices. Of those who started work, 82.4% are employed in the real economy, most of them are employed in the manufacturing sector - 24.5% of all those who started work, followed by trade - by 15.0%, hotels and restaurants - 9, 5%, general government - 5.9%, construction - 5.3%, etc.
During the month, 4,067 unemployed persons from the risk groups started working in subsidized jobs - 2,340 under employment programs and measures and 1,727 - under schemes of the Operational Program "Human Resources Development". The "Employment for you" scheme under the Operational Program "Human Resources Development", which started in July as an anti-crisis measure, has provided employment to 5,436 people, and only in October employment contracts were concluded with 1,097 unemployed.
Anti-crisis measures for short-term employment support, popular as a second design of 60/40 or decree of the Council of Ministers 151/2020 and 80/20 or "Short-term employment support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic" under the Operational Program "Human Resources Development" ”, Ensured the preservation of the employment of 143,000 employees. Decree of the Council of Ministers 278 extended the effect of measure 60/40 until the end of the year.
In the present forms of training for adults, financed by the state budget and the European Social Fund, during the month, in compliance with all anti-epidemic measures, 629 new unemployed persons were included.
The declared jobs on the primary labor market in October were 19,823, which is 40.2% more than those announced in October 2019. The largest share of vacancies in the real economy were announced in the manufacturing industry (27.4%), followed by trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (8.3%), administrative and support service activities (6.5%), hotels and restaurants (5.4%) and education (4.5%). The state administration, municipal administrations and enterprises in the current difficult situation also actively participate in the labor market as employers and apply for jobs for babysitters, domestic helpers, experts with higher education, personal or social assistants and workers in various areas of their activity, mainly in provision of social services and care for people. The vacancies announced by them are 34.9% of the total number of vacancies announced in the labor offices.
The most sought-after professions during the month are: related to customer service; operators of stationary machines and equipment; production of food, clothing, wood products and related; workers in the mining and processing industry, construction and transport; economic and administrative specialists; metallurgists, machine builders and related craftsmen; installers; administrative staff keeping accounting and commodity documents; sellers; in the field of personal services; waste collection and related workers; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; caring for people; providing protection and security; food preparation assistants; teachers.
