Over Half of Bulgaria's Unemployed Lack Professional Qualifications
More than half of the unemployed in Bulgaria lack professional qualifications, according to data from the Employment Agency
The National Statistical Institute reported a sharp increase in the newly registered unemployed in the first week of December - over 14,200 people.
The data is from the specialized monitoring of the labor market because of Covid-19.
Between February 3rd when this monitoring began, and December 6th there were over 361,000 people registered with the labor offices.
The data show that for the period November 30 - December 6, just over 3,400 people found a job through employment offices.
For comparison - in the last week of November (November 23-29) the newly registered unemployed in the country are a little over 6300, and those who started work - a little over 3720.
For the first week of December, the most drastic is the number of newly registered unemployed in Sofia - 1264, against only 411 people who were provided with a new job.
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