15.08.2023
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES IN THE HEIGHT OF SUMMER
The level of registered unemployment in the country of 5.2% was reported in July by the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency. Thus, at the height of the summer season, the month saw a slight increase in unemployment of 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous June.
Accordingly, the Employment Agency reports an increase in the number of registered unemployed in the labor offices. At the end of July, they totaled 147,596, which is 5,086 more than in June.
In July, the activity for registration at the labor offices also increases. 21,512 new unemployed were registered. They are 1,937 more than the previous month and 1,150 more than those registered in July 2022. Another 597 people from the groups of jobseekers employed, learners and pensioners also registered with the employment offices during the month, although in this group there was a 21% decrease compared to the previous month in the demand for the Agency's services.
The number of inactive persons on the labor market activated in July is also increasing. As a result of the work of the Roma and youth mediators, as well as the labor mediators in the labor offices, a total of 4,166 were activated for the month.
In the number of those who started work in July, the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency reports a decrease - in the month they were 10,212 compared to the reported 14,176 in June. 379 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 is 21.2%, followed by those in trade - 12.7%, hotels and restaurants - 7.5%, state administration - 6.4%, construction and agriculture with 5.5% each, and others. Nearly 780 unemployed started work during the month in EU countries with the mediation of the Employment Agency.
689 unemployed people from the risk groups found their employment through subsidized jobs - 220 under employment programs and measures and 469 - under schemes of the Human Resources Development Program. 184 unemployed and employed are included in various trainings, and 223 people have completed the training started in previous months, having acquired a new profession or key competence.
During the month, 9,026 vacancies were reported in the labor offices in the primary market, compared to 11,325 in June 2023. In the real economy, the most vacancies were reported in the manufacturing industry (25.1%), education (18.3%), trade (11.1%), followed by public administration (8.6%), hotel and restaurant industry (7.8%) and administrative and auxiliary activities (6.1%).
The most sought-after professions by businesses in July are: teachers; staff caring for people; workers in the mining and processing industries, construction and transport; sellers; machine operators of stationary machinery and equipment; personnel employed in the field of personal services; waste collection and related workers; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related; metallurgists, machine builders and their relatives and craftsmen, etc.
