State Employment Agency: 93,600 Jobless People Found Jobs in 2011
By admin at 25 January, 2012, 4:53 pm
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93,600 jobless people last year found jobs, announced the State Employment Agency (NVA), the Baltic News Service reported.
According to State Revenue Service (VID) data, cited by BNS, in 2011 as many as 93,600 unemployed people registered with NVA found permanent jobs, including 73,235 people or 78 percent found jobs after participation in NVA activities.
NVA said that last year the number of long-term unemployed people who found permanent jobs continued rising, to 29,638 people as compared to 5,135 people in 2009 and 22,345 people in 2010, BNS reported. In the 12 months of 2011 permanent jobs were found by 18,326 young jobless people and 2,341 people in pre-retirement age.
“Most successful last year were qualified workers and craftsmen, such as builders, tailors, locksmiths, pastry-cooks, carpenters, electricians, etc. Jobs were also found by different specialists – salesmen, accountants, nurses, office administrators,” the agency was quoted as saying.
According to the newswire, NVA deputy director Vivita Pūliņa underscored that the agency offers different services, helping job seekers to increase their competitiveness and integrate in the labor market, find a job, become a businessman or a self-employed person. “Events to raise competitiveness — short courses, seminars, lectures – are very popular. NVA offers professional training and informal education programs,” Pūliņa was quoted as saying.
BNS reported that the unemployment rate in Latvia was at 11.6 percent of the economically active population, according to preliminary information from NVA as on January 15, 2012. The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Latvia was 131,011.
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