As of December 1, 2016, a total of 95,800 job seekers, 80,800 (84.4%) of whom being unemployed, are registered in the regional employment centers of Armenia.
These indicators have increased by 8.2 and 5.6 percent, respectively, as compared with the same period last year, notes the statement issued by the State Employment Agency (SEA).
SEA Head Artak Mangasaryan, in turn, added that 16,592 job seekers in Armenia have found jobs over the course of the year, and 7,927 of them were provided with seasonal or temporary jobs.
“The number of people that were employed increased by 5.1 percent, as compared with the year past,” stressed Mangasaryan. “In 2016, [a total of] 2,519 employers submitted around 7,647 unrepeated applications for job vacancies.”
