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EMPLOYMENT: JOBLESS RATE HIGHER THAN 2013 DESPITE NEW LAW
SOCIETY | 24.06.14 | 17:06
http://armenianow.com/society/55527/unemployed_armenia_international_organization_labo r
Artak Mangasaryan
By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Despite a new law effective last January to decrease joblessness in
Armenia, new employment is down over the previous year. About 4,300
applicants got jobs in the past year, compared to nearly three times
that amount in the previous period.
The chief of Armenian State Labor Agency (ASLA) Artak Mangasaryan
told reporters today that such results were because various programs
set out by the new law have not begun yet.
According to the data of International Organization of Labor, in 2013
unemployment in Armenia was 18.6 percent, which is the highest index
among all post-Soviet countries. According to SLA indexes, the number
of people registered to find employment is up 3.7 percent over 2013.
According to the SLA chief, there are three times more unemployed
women than men. "Maybe, because of some stereotypes men avoid getting
registered in agencies."
(Actual numbers of unemployed are far greater than the official count,
as in Armenia anyone who owns land is considered "employed".
Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan told reporters in May that
there are 340,000 functioning farming households in Armenia, out of
450,000 land owners.)
According to SLA chief, there is high demand for jobs in Armenia,
and there are job supplies as well, which are not filled for various
reasons, such as low wages and no specialization.
"One of the reasons is wrong professional orientation, because 51
percent of high school graduates enter higher educational institutions
and only 25 percent to vocational schools, whilst there is more demand
for workers," Mangasaryan mentioned.
SOCIETY | 24.06.14 | 17:06
http://armenianow.com/society/55527/unemployed_armenia_international_organization_labo r
Artak Mangasaryan
By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Despite a new law effective last January to decrease joblessness in
Armenia, new employment is down over the previous year. About 4,300
applicants got jobs in the past year, compared to nearly three times
that amount in the previous period.
The chief of Armenian State Labor Agency (ASLA) Artak Mangasaryan
told reporters today that such results were because various programs
set out by the new law have not begun yet.
According to the data of International Organization of Labor, in 2013
unemployment in Armenia was 18.6 percent, which is the highest index
among all post-Soviet countries. According to SLA indexes, the number
of people registered to find employment is up 3.7 percent over 2013.
According to the SLA chief, there are three times more unemployed
women than men. "Maybe, because of some stereotypes men avoid getting
registered in agencies."
(Actual numbers of unemployed are far greater than the official count,
as in Armenia anyone who owns land is considered "employed".
Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan told reporters in May that
there are 340,000 functioning farming households in Armenia, out of
450,000 land owners.)
According to SLA chief, there is high demand for jobs in Armenia,
and there are job supplies as well, which are not filled for various
reasons, such as low wages and no specialization.
"One of the reasons is wrong professional orientation, because 51
percent of high school graduates enter higher educational institutions
and only 25 percent to vocational schools, whilst there is more demand
for workers," Mangasaryan mentioned.