70% of Bulgarians find it difficult to find a job

23.04.2021

70% OF BULGARIANS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB

About 70% of Bulgarians believe that it is becoming more and more difficult for a person to find and start a job, and one third point out the existence of prejudices.

The two age groups for which this is most valid are the inexperienced staff under the age of 24 and people over 45-54 (53.2%). This shows a quantitative study of the marketing agency Blue Point, conducted in January 2021 by order of TELUS International Bulgaria.

The second person, when asked, shared that he had heard about the existence of prejudices during the job interview.

At the same time, almost 30% of the respondents were required to have a foreign affiliation, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other reasons.

Tolerance towards "different people" at the national level is still not so widespread - only 23% believe that Bulgarians are extremely tolerant, while 49.5% say that society falls into the category of "rather intolerant". As for the number of tolerant employees in our country, 34% share the view that they are not open to the differences in the candidates for the job.

The survey also tracks what users find to be unacceptable questions during a job interview. Sexual orientation - 73.3%, and skin color - 69.3%, followed by religious affiliation - 57%, plans for children - 55%, and ethnic affiliation - 46%.

The feeling that we are still beginning to mature as a society is clearly evident from the fact that all of the respondents declare that they fully accept their colleagues who are much younger or older, with different political beliefs, style of dress, religious affiliation.

In addition to the national level, the topics of prejudice and acceptance have been studied by employees of TELUS International Bulgaria. According to an anonymous survey, over 83% of the company's employees say that no one has ever experienced intolerance.

This is supported by the fact that 98.7% of them believe that they fall into the category of "extremely tolerant" and "more tolerant" employers on the Bulgarian market.