Russia (bbabo.net), - According to Rosstat, the unemployment rate remained at 4.3% in December 2021. The official unemployed in Russia were 3.2 million people. This is below pre-pandemic values. This level of unemployment has been maintained since October 2021, and in the last 5 years it was at similar low levels only in August 2019.

"The current situation on the labor market is helping to improve conditions for workers. The labor market is gradually transforming into a job seeker's market. The unemployment rate is quite low, and the demand for employees is quite high. In such a situation, job seekers can apply for a higher level of salary offers, as well as At the same time, state support measures for job seekers vulnerable in the labor market will continue to work in 2022 - we are talking about retraining programs for professions in demand on local labor markets, subsidizing recruitment, modernizing employment centers and refocusing them on solving life situations citizen and the employer's business situations," commented Dmitry Platygin, general director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Labor, on Rosstat data.

According to the operational monitoring of the Ministry of Labor of Russia, as of February 9, 706 thousand people were registered as unemployed in the employment agencies, and 1.66 million vacancies were announced on the Jobs of Russia portal.

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