17.05.2022

THE NEW UNEMPLOYED ARE MORE THAN THE NEW EMPLOYED

Since the beginning of the year, the newly registered unemployed in the country exceeded 89,300 people, and the employed are just over 58,200 people - according to the latest data from the weekly specialized labor market monitoring of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency.

In the last observed week for the period May 2-8, 4,073 unemployed people registered with the labor offices, and 2,747 people started working.

Sofia-capital, Plovdiv and Blagoevgrad are the districts with the most newly registered unemployed in the period second-eighth of May - in Sofia they are 454. Most of them are employed through labor offices in the capital, Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven, Plovdiv and Varna. At the beginning of the summer season there are already districts such as Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo, Dobrich with a significant predominance of those who came to work compared to those registered in the labor offices.

The most sought-after professions in business are: staff employed in the field of personal services; agricultural, forestry and fisheries workers; sellers; machine operators of stationary machines and equipment; workers in the mining and processing industry, construction and transport; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related; waste collection and related workers; metallurgists, machine builders and related craftsmen; food preparation assistants; cleaners and helpers, etc.

According to the Employment Agency, the unemployment rate in April - 4.6%, is the lowest registered so far. The agency's administrative statistics show that this is the lowest value of registered unemployed since the establishment of the Agency 32 years ago.