Category: Ukraine
Big paychecks in Kyiv: top jobs offering up to $3k
The top-paying jobs in Kyiv are dominated by military, medical, and technical professions, according to the Kyiv city employment center latest rankings, Ukrinform reported on Jan. 29. The highest salaries — up to ₴140,000 — are being offered for medical specialists working with military units. These include positions such as operating room nurses, junior medical […]
Read moreUkraine needs 8 million migrants to avoid ‘demographic catastrophe,’ employment rep warns
Ukraine will need to import over 8 million migrants from developing countries to overcome a looming “demographic crisis,” a leading employment sector specialist has said. Vasily Voskoboinik, president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Companies for International Employment, told the country’s state television on Saturday there was an urgent need for labor migration from countries such […]
Read moreSlight increase in Ukrainian refugees with paid work in Netherlands
Nearly 60 percent of Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands were employed as of November 1, 2024, according to new data from Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). Of the more than 92,000 Ukrainian refugees aged 15 to 65, 59 percent held salaried positions, up from 55 percent in November 2023, marking a slight increase. Unlike […]
Read moreEmployment fears grow in Ukraine, but job market remains stable
Despite growing fears of job losses, most Ukrainian businesses are focused on retaining their workforce, as evidenced by the 2024 Labor Market Barometer survey, conducted by GRC.ua and published on Dec. 13, 2024. Survey’s key findings: 22% of Ukrainians fear layoffs, but 68.5% of companies in 2024 aimed to maintain their full workforce. In 2025, […]
Read moreUkraine needs to quickly attract foreigners to rebuild economy – expert’s opinion
As the war ends, Ukraine will need to attract not only Ukrainians but foreign citizens (as employees, taxpayers and investors) to rebuild the country’s economy. The relevant statement was made by Andrii Haidutskyi, an economist and migration policy expert, in an interview with Ukrinform. “If Ukraine does not solve the issue of attracting people with […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
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