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At the end of August, the unemployed registered in the labor offices, according to the administrative statistics of the Employment Agency, were 245,774, a decrease of 12,779 compared to July. At the same time, the increase compared to August 2019 is 73,131 people.
The unemployment rate registered in the country in August was 7.5%. The Employment Agency reported a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous July and an increase of 2.2 percentage points compared to the previous year.
During the month, 24,063 newly unemployed registered to use mediation and labor office services. In addition, another 862 people from the groups of job seekers, students and retirees have also registered with the Employment Agency.
In August 2020, the number of unemployed who started working reached 23,548, since 76.7% of them are employed in the real economy. The number of unemployed who leave registration to start work is only 515 less than the number of newly registered unemployed. By way of comparison, in the same month of August of the previous 4 years the statistics of the Employment Agency show that the influx of new registrants has exceeded the number of jobseekers by more than ten times, and in 2019 there were 7,133 more than those who left the employment offices. due to start working. During the last month, 364 jobseekers from the group of retirees, students and employees also found their new jobs through the employment offices. Compared to August 2019, there is a significant increase in the number of unemployed who started working, by 62.3%. In August, the highest number of jobs started was registered in the manufacturing sector: 20.2% of all jobs started, followed by hotels and restaurants: 14.1%, commerce, car repair: 13.9 %, general government 11.9%, construction – 5.5%, etc.
During the month, 5,488 unemployed persons from risk groups began to work in subsidized jobs – 2,730 under employment programs and measures and 2,758 – under the “Human Resources Development” Operational Program. The largest number of jobs is provided under the 28 regional employment programs launched at the beginning of the month and under the “Employment for you” program of the Operational Program “Human Resources Development”.
In compliance with the restrictions and measures related to the epidemiological emergency situation, just over 4,100 job applicants during the month have joined the renewed subcontracted collective forms for the provision of services such as mobile work offices, job fairs, workshops employers and others. Other more than 6,521 unemployed participated in group events of professional and career orientation, Atelier for job search, motivation for active behavior in the labor market.
In the current modalities of adult training, financed from the State budget and the European Social Fund, 1,602 unemployed were included during the month.
The jobs declared in the primary labor market in August were 18,048, 4.7% more than those announced in August 2019. The highest proportion of vacancies is declared in the manufacturing industry (23.7%), followed by education. 16.4%), hotels and restaurants (14.6%), administrative and auxiliary services activities (13.2%), commerce, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (8.8%) and construction (5.7 %).
The most requested professions during the month are: teachers; personnel employed in the field of personal services (bartenders, waiters, cooks, maids, etc.); installers; workers in the mining and processing, construction and transportation industries; machine operators of stationary machines and equipment; sellers; garbage collection and related workers; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products; metallurgists, machine builders and related craftsmen; staff who care for people; food preparation assistants, etc.
Sofia, Bulgaria
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