26.08.2024

IN WHICH SECTORS ARE WORKERS SOUGHT?

The level of registered unemployment in the country of 5.4% was reported in July by the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency.

As a result of the work of the Roma and youth mediators, as well as the labor mediators in the labor offices, more than 5,150 inactive persons on the labor market were activated during the month, which is 18% more compared to the previous month.

At the end of July, a total of 152,844 people were registered as unemployed at the labor offices. 14,542 unemployed persons started work during the month. 339 pensioners, students and employed persons also started work with the support of the labor offices.

The number of vacancies on the primary market declared in the labor offices is increasing, which in July was 8805. In the real economy, the most jobs are in the sphere of processing industry (24.0%), education (18.8%), public administration (11.5 %), trade (10.6%), administrative and auxiliary activities (7.8%), followed by hotel and restaurant industry (5.2%).

The occupations most in demand by businesses in July are: Educators, Human Care Personnel, Mining and Manufacturing, Construction and Transportation Workers, Salespersons, Machine Operators of Stationary Machinery and Equipment, Waste Collection and Related Workers, Personnel, employed in the field of personal services, drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment, cleaners and helpers, skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related, etc.

There were 4,669 representatives of risk groups who found employment last month through subsidized jobs. Of them, 3,817 started work under employment programs and measures financed by the state budget, and 852 under projects of the Human Resources Development Program  2021 – 2027, co-financed by the European Social Fund plus. In July, more than 12,500 training vouchers were issued to employed and unemployed persons.