The unemployment rate in the Vitebsk region as of August 1 was 0.7%

August 13, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The unemployment rate in the Vitebsk region as of August 1 was 0.7%. Preliminary data on the labor market situation in the region were reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. The labor market of the Vitebsk region in January-July was characterized by the preservation of the main trends: a decrease in the number of applications; the number of unemployed registered; a reduction in the number of registered unemployed, as well as an increase in employers' demand for workers, the committee noted. Thus, as of August 1 of this year, there were about 7.3 thousand job vacancies in the region, and 4.1 thousand unemployed were registered as of this date. At the same time, the number of registered unemployed in the region is decreasing: as of August 1, there were less than 4.1 thousand people (a year ago there were 4.3 thousand). In the structure of labor demand, blue-collar professions still prevail, accounting for 85% of the total number of vacancies. The largest number of job offers is related to the search for drivers, builders of various profiles, machine operators, livestock breeders, and machine operators. Employers also need the services of salespersons, nurses, shoe assemblers, engineers, and seamstresses. Among the registered unemployed, 49.4% were women, which is 1.6% less compared to the same period last year. In total, in January-July of this year, 28.1 thousand people applied to the labor, employment and social protection authorities of the region for assistance in employment. 20.1 thousand citizens were employed in permanent jobs during this period, including 12 thousand unemployed. Assistance in employment was provided to 1.3 thousand residents of the region (including 950 unemployed) who are particularly in need of social protection (orphans, disabled people, those starting their first job at the age of up to 21, and those released from places of deprivation of liberty). For 24 unemployed disabled people, adaptation to labor activities was organized, and 5 workplaces were created. About 300 unemployed people in the past period received subsidies to organize entrepreneurial activities from the Social Protection Fund. 61 families of unemployed people were provided with financial assistance and compensated for expenses related to relocation to a new place of residence and work. In order to increase competitiveness in the labor market, about 1.4 thousand unemployed people were sent for vocational training, retraining, and professional development. Over 6.9 thousand people were sent to paid public works to organize temporary employment. In total, the number of employed in the region's economy was 551.2 thousand people.