22.04.2024

UNEMPLOYMENT IN OUR COUNTRY AT THE END OF MARCH WAS 5.77 PERCENT

The administrative statistics of the Employment Agency reports an increase in the number of unemployed persons who started work with the assistance of the labor offices - in March they were 14,205, which is 1,721 more than the previous month. During the month, 378 pensioners, students and employed people found work with the support of the labor offices.

The representatives of the risk groups who found their employment in March through subsidized jobs are 317 - 34 under employment programs and measures and 283 - under projects of the Human Resources Development Program 2021-2027. 34 unemployed and employed people are included in various trainings, and 190 people have completed the training started in previous months, having acquired a new profession or key competence. In the month of March, 5,452 vouchers were issued for employed and unemployed persons for digital training under the project "Component 2: Training for DI-GI skills and competences" under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

The level of registered unemployment in the country in March was 5.77%, and a decrease of 0.07 percentage points was reported on a monthly basis. The number of registered unemployed persons at the end of the month was a total of 163,635, with a decrease compared to last month by 1,950 persons.

During the month, 19,946 new unemployed persons were registered at the labor offices, with a minimal increase (0.2%) compared to February. Another 686 people from the groups of jobseekers employed, students and pensioners also registered with the employment offices during the month. This group saw a decrease compared to the previous month in the demand for the Agency's services - by 15.7%. As a result of the work of the Roma and youth mediators, as well as the labor mediators in the labor offices, more than 4,500 persons inactive on the labor market were activated during the month.

The number of vacancies on the primary market registered in the labor offices also increased - in March they were 14,706 compared to 10,494 in the previous month. In the real economy, the largest number of vacancies are in the hotel and restaurant industry (30.2%), processing industry (17.6%), trade (8.9%), state administration (7.8%), followed by agriculture, forestry and fisheries (7.8 %) and education (4.8%).

The most sought-after occupations by businesses in March are: personnel employed in the field of personal services; sellers; workers in agriculture, forestry and fisheries; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; waste collection and related workers; staff caring for people; workers in the mining and processing industries, construction and transport; food preparation assistants; machine operators of stationary machinery and equipment; cleaners and helpers etc.