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16.5 thousand citizens received services of Kyiv Employment Service in January-April 2023

In January-April 2023, 16.5 thousand job seekers used the services of the Kyiv City Employment Center, of whom 12.2 thousand had the status of registered unemployed.
In January-April 2023, 2.4 thousand employers cooperated with the Kyiv City Employment Center. The vacancy database of the city employment service included 12.3 thousand job offers.
As of May 1, 2023, there were 3.3 thousand unemployed people registered and 6.1 thousand vacancies available.
Among the professions, the highest employer demand of 19.6% was for workers in the trade and services sector, namely: food sellers, sales assistants, cooks, security guards, hairdressers, educators’ assistants, mechanics-drivers, and professional specialists: teachers of general secondary education institutions, pharmacists, general practitioners – family doctors, preschool educators, engineers, practical psychologists, music directors, economists, and social workers.
There is also a high demand for skilled workers – 17.7% (seamstresses, mechanics of various specialties, electricians for the repair and maintenance of electrical equipment, installers of electronic equipment and devices, electric and gas welders, painters) and for specialists with work experience – 13% (nurse (brother), also in dietary nutrition, accountant, mechanic, teacher’s assistant, physical education instructor, electrician, educator, personnel inspector).
There is still a high demand of 12.3% for representatives of the simplest professions – workers in complex cleaning of buildings, cleaners of office premises, janitors, loaders, controllers of automatic subway checkpoints, territory cleaners, and auxiliary workers.
Among equipment maintenance workers (12%), drivers of motor vehicles, tractor drivers, railway construction machine operators, turners, asphalt workers, tram drivers, road workers, pump operators, and milling operators are in demand.
With the assistance of the Kyiv City Employment Center, 1.9 thousand people were employed.