Friday, 7 August 2009
341,900 persons applied to labor agencies for employment in January-June of the current year, which was 5.1% more than in January-June 2008, according to the official data of the State Statistics Committee.
Out of the total number of citizens registered as those who are looking for a job 76.2 % are rural citizens, 0.7% - persons at the age of 16-18 years old, 50.8% - persons at the age of 18-30 years old, 46.7% - persons at the age of 30-50 years old.
In January-June of the current year 293,300 persons were placed in a job with the assistance of labor agencies (85.8% of all persons applied to labor agencies), which was 1.3% less than in January-June 2008.
From the total number of citizens who were placed in a job 51.7% fall upon youth (persons at the age of 16-30 years old), 46.6% - upon persons at the age of 30-50 years old, the main part of persons who were placed in a job (76.7%) falls upon the rural area.
As of the end of June 2009 the number of citizens registered through labor agencies as those who are looking for a job was 30,900 versus 30,500 as of the end of June 2008.
The greatest number of citizens registered through labor agencies as those who are looking for a job was marked in the city of Tashkent - 5,400 (17.6% of the total number of persons registered in labor agencies), Khorezm region - 3,200 (10.4%), Namangan region - 2,900 (9.3%), Kashkadarya region - 2,700 (8.8%).
The realization of adopted target complex programs on development of services, animal husbandry and hired labor as well as measures adopted in the framework of antirecessionary program ensured the creation of 534,600 new workplaces in January-June 2009, according to the data of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population.
The greatest number of workplaces was created in Kashkadarya region (10.9% of total newly created workplaces), Samarkand region (10%), Ferghana region (8.9%), Tashkent region (8.2%) and the city of Tashkent (8.9%).
Out of the total number of newly created workplaces 61.3% (327,500 workplaces) fall upon the rural area.
