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 moreThe 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 moreAs 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 moreExports 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 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 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 […]
Read moreThe Ukrainian government has approved its plan for joining the European Network of Employment Services (EURES) at a meeting on 29 October. Ukraine is now beginning its preparatory stage for joining the European employment framework, in line with the recommendations of the European Commission presented in the Ukraine Progress Report under the EU’s 2023 Enlargement […]
Read moreThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the Action Plan for joining the European Network of Employment Services (EURES). This structure supports the free movement of labor in 31 EU countries, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine reports. “Thus, Ukraine begins the preparatory stage for joining the European employment structure, following the recommendations of […]
Read moreGerman Finance Minister Christian Lindner has proposed to introduce a new legal status for Ukrainian refugees so that as many of them as possible can find jobs The minister said that the state should reduce spending on unemployment benefits and attract more welfare recipients to the labor market. “We should consider a separate legal status […]
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