The number of vacancies in the employment service of the Vitebsk region increased 1.5 times at the beginning of 2011

January 27, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The number of vacancies in the employment service of the Vitebsk region at the beginning of 2011 increased 1.5 times compared to the beginning of 2010. At the same time, the number of unemployed decreased by 17%, the employment department of the labor, employment and social protection committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. As of January 1 of the current year, the database contained 4.9 thousand vacancies. The number of unemployed was 5.3 thousand people. The rate of registered unemployment to the economically active population decreased from 1.1% to 0.9%. Enterprises in the region are ready to hire painters-plasterers, masons, carpenters, tile setters, bulldozer operators, excavator operators, gas and electric welders, and metalworking workers. Among specialists and employees, chief accountants, design engineers, project engineers, foremen, nurses, and doctors are in constant demand. Positive trends in the labor market have developed largely due to the measures of targeted employment policy, enshrined in the state employment promotion program. In the region's economy, employers of various forms of ownership and management employed over 25,000 people in newly created jobs in 2010. -0-