Category: Ukraine
The State Employment Center announced the official number of unemployed in Ukraine.
According to the director of the State Employment Center, Yuliya Zhovtyak, there are currently 100 thousand unemployed registered in Ukraine, which is a significant decrease compared to 2024, when there were 400 thousand such citizens. «If we talk about the official statistics of the State Employment Service, we currently have 100 thousand of our citizens […]
Read moreLatvia: Changes to language requirements for healthcare workers and pharmacists from Ukraine
Latvia’s parliament amended the national Law on Assistance to Ukrainian Civilians to extend support measures for Ukrainian civilians residing in Latvia into 2025, for the most part without significant legislative change. One significant change, however, was made to the required level of Latvian language knowledge for Ukrainian healthcare workers and pharmacists. Thus far, Ukrainian civilians […]
Read moreGermany faces challenges integrating Ukrainian refugees into workforce
Germany has become home to the largest share of Ukrainian refugees in the European Union, hosting 1,140,705 individuals as of late October, or 27.2% of the 4.2 million Ukrainians who fled to the EU, according to Eurostat. Despite the influx, only about a third of working-age Ukrainian refugees in Germany have found employment—a situation largely […]
Read more12% of IT professionals in Ukraine work two jobs, — DOU survey
About 12% of Ukrainian IT pros (out of 13,000 surveyed by DOU website) have a side gig — and that number has significantly increased compared to last year. Overall, 27% of IT professionals have projects on the side of their main job, with 12% having a direct second job, 11.7% working on a pet project, […]
Read moreUkrainian business expectations worsen in Nov 2024 – NBU
The Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI), calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) using a scale from zero to 100, dropped by 2.3 points to 47.2 points in November 2024 after adding 0.7 points in October, and is also below 47.5 points recorded in February 2024, Ukrainian media said, citing the NBU website. “The […]
Read moreUnemployment Among Recently Displaced Ukrainians Reaches 24 Per Cent, IOM Report Shows
As Ukraine marks a thousand days since the start of the full-scale invasion, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released a new report detailing the profound impact of nearly three years of war on the employment, mobility, and labour market dynamics in the country. According to the report, people who had been recently displaced […]
Read moreLvov IT Cluster expects Ukraine’s exports of IT services to drop 4%-6% in 2024
Exports of IT services are expected to decrease 4%-6% to $6.3 billion-$6.4 billion in 2024 year-on-year, Lvov IT Cluster said. “The decline in IT service exports which began in 2023 is continuing. Even with an optimistic scenario, it will decrease by at least 4% at the end of 2024 compared to 2023. With a pessimistic […]
Read moreEmployment, Mobility and Labour Market Dynamics in Ukraine – Thematic brief series: Livelihoods and economic recovery
Unemployment Among Recently Displaced Ukrainians Reaches 24 Per Cent, IOM Report Shows As Ukraine marks a thousand days since the start of the full-scale invasion, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released a new report detailing the profound impact of nearly three years of war on the employment, mobility, and labour market dynamics in […]
Read moreLegal employment of Ukrainian men in Poland continues to rise
The number of legally employed Ukrainians in Poland reached 779,300 by late October 2024, the Polish Social Insurance Office (ZUS) reported on Nov. 20. By early 2024, 755,000 Ukrainians were legally employed in Poland, increasing to 762,200 by March and 771,000 by June, according to Bankier.pl, citing a ZUS report. Among them, 406,500 are men, […]
Read moreThe most popular vacancies on the Ukrainian labor market have been named
The State Employment Service has published a list of the most popular vacancies in Ukraine. The leaders in demand are salespeople (21 thousand vacancies), drivers (9 thousand), and cooks, engineers and accountants (6 thousand each). The greatest demand in the Ukrainian labor market, as before the war, remains for skilled workers and trade workers. This […]
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