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According to statistics of the Lviv Employment Center, provided by its director in a comment to Lviv Now, two unemployed people apply for one vacancy in the city on average. The employment center notes that as of July 19, there were 6,554 vacancies in the database. At the same time, in the same period of 2021, there were 9,608 such vacancies.
Which areas of activity have the greatest demand for workers
The greatest demand for labor in Lviv by spheres of activity is in the processing industry (29.0%; average salary – UAH 10,917), the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (11.6%, average salary – UAH 12,207), trade (11.5%, average salary 7,759 UAH) and transport (11.5%, salary – 8,847 UAH), public administration and defense; mandatory social insurance (7.1%, the amount of wages – UAH 9,791), etc.
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What specialists are most needed
- qualified workers with tools (37.7% of the total number of actual vacancies; the average salary for this group is UAH 10,646): seamstress, locksmith, electrical fitter for the repair and maintenance of electrical equipment, electromechanic for elevators, fitter for the protection of underground pipelines from corrosion, etc.;
- workers in the maintenance and operation of equipment and machines (23.4%, salary UAH 11,381): operator of automatic and semi-automatic lines of machine tools and installations, driver of motor vehicles, operator of an automatic line for the manufacture of insulated wires, turner, train assembler, excavator operator, forklift driver, truck crane operator, crane operator, etc.;
- the sphere of trade and services (10.5%, salary – 7571 UAH): sales consultant, junior nurse (junior medical sister), police officer (by specialization), cook, hairdresser, manicurist, chef cook, waiter, seller of food and non-food products, bartender, etc.;
professionals (8.2%, salary – UAH 10,772): inspector, accountant (with master’s degree), inspector (penitentiary system), forensic expert, special education teacher, computer systems engineer, engineer, practical psychologist, etc.;
- the simplest professions and people without a profession (7.6%, salary – UAH 7,812): janitor, cleaner, porter, utility worker, storekeeper, kitchen worker, courier, disinfectant, etc.
Among which professions, there is the greatest workload per workplace
legislators, senior civil servants, leaders, managers (managers) – 9 people;
specialists – 6 people;
technical employees – 5 people;
professionals – 4 persons;
workers in trade and services – 2 people, among workers in the simplest professions – 1 person.
On the other hand, there are 5 vacancies for skilled workers with tools for 1 unemployed person in this group of professions and 2 vacancies for 1 person among operators and assemblers of equipment and machines.
We should also note that from February 24 to July 18, 994 internally displaced persons applied to the Lviv City Employment Center for help in promoting employment, of which 113 were provided with work. There are 1,461 vacancies and vacant positions (on the same date last year – 1,997 units). The average salary specified in the vacancies was UAH 10,000 (in the region – UAH 9,700).
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We will remind that according to the director of the Lviv Regional Employment Center, Vasyl Baryliuk, the number of people looking for work in the Lviv Region has halved compared to last year. According to him, once a person was registered for a year because the Employment Center did not offer him a job in a narrow specialization. Now, a person is registered for a month, during that time they are looking for a job according to his or her qualifications. If no such job is found, then any other one should be offered with a salary not lower than the minimum. So, 100-150 people are removed from the register per day.
The challenges related to the economy, employment and housing for IDPs in our region and in Ukraine in general were discussed during the «Tvoe Misto» media hub discussion. Read more about it here.
Sofia Shavranska
Translated by Vitalii Holich
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