26.02.2024
THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO STARTED WORK IN JANUARY IS INCREASING
The number of unemployed persons who started work in January with the assistance of the Employment Agency was 11,343, the increase compared to the previous month was 2,436 people, according to the institution's administrative data.
The largest share of those on the labor market is in the manufacturing industry - 15.8%, followed by trade - with 14.6%, state administration - with 9.3%, human health care - with 6.7% and construction - with 4.6%. During the month, 326 pensioners, students and employed people found work with the support of the labor offices. In countries of the European Union, 914 unemployed people started work with the mediation of the labor offices, the Employment Agency announced.
A total of 280 unemployed people from the risk groups have found their employment through subsidized jobs - 74 under employment programs and measures and 206 - under schemes of the Human Resources Development Program 2020-2027. A total of 232 unemployed and employed people are included in various trainings, and 587 people have completed the training started in previous months, having acquired a new profession or key competence.
The level of registered unemployment in the country increased slightly by 0.2 percentage points on a monthly basis and reached 5.8% in January. The number of registered unemployed persons at the end of the month was a total of 165,840, with the increase compared to last month by 7,635 persons. 26,981 new unemployed persons were registered in the labor offices in January. There is an increase compared to the previous month by 8,204 persons, and compared to January 2023, the newly registered are 2,687 more, the agency also informed.
Another 601 people from the groups of jobseekers employed, students and pensioners also registered with the employment offices during the month. This group also saw an increase compared to the previous month in the demand for the agency's services - by 77.3%. 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 4,250 persons inactive on the labor market were activated during the month.
In the labor offices in January, the representatives of the primary market declared 10,037 vacancies compared to 4,452 in December 2023. In the real economy, the largest number of vacancies are in the sphere of processing industry – 28.2%, state administration – 12.4 %, trade - 12%, education - 9.6%, hotel and restaurant industry - 7%, administrative and auxiliary activities - 5.8%.
The most sought-after professions by businesses in January are: machine operators of stationary machines and equipment; cleaners and helpers; staff caring for people; sellers; 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; metallurgists, machine builders and related workers and artisans; teachers, etc., the Employment Agency also informed.
The Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Ivanka Shalapatova, announced that an increase in labor market activators is planned. Their task will be related to finding inactive people and including them in the labor market, she explained at a meeting of the parliamentary social committee on February 7.
The minister also said that by the middle of the year, the electronic register for economically inactive persons is expected to be ready, which will help in the information connectivity of the overall status of unemployed people.
