Almost 400,000 people were looking for a job in Austria in April. That is an increase of 6.7 percent compared to the previous year. The value mainly increased in women and long -term unemployed people.
An increase of 10.4 percent was registered in women, 6.9 percent in men. The number of long -term employees increased by 14 percent to around 91,200. Unemployment was particularly affected in April, young people, internship visitors, foreigners and people with a low formal education. For example, the risk of people with a qualification of education is lower than for people with the maximum mandatory school leave certificate.
“Many employers are increasingly looking for qualified specialists, which means that people without corresponding degrees or professional qualifications often only find precarious employment relationships or no work.
The unemployment rate has been developed since 2013:
Economics Association: More open positions
In total, employment fell in April for 1,000 work and employment relationships. According to the Eurostat calculation, the unemployment rate was 5.4 percent. “It is a common task of politics, matters and society to work together on solutions,” said Social and Labor Minister Korinna Schumann (Spö).
“With a tax share of 47 percent, Austria is in the absolute top field, by far the largest share of the tax burden on work is still the non -wage costs,” said Christoph Neumayer, secretary -general of the Industrial Association. The Business Association then indicated on Friday that the Werkmonitor would have shown more vacancies in April than in the previous month (a total of 156,724).
Source: Krone
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