More than 18,900 people have reportedly been provided with jobs in Tajikistan over the first four months of this year, which is more than 37 percent of the total number of all citizens who applied.
According to the Agency of Labor and Employment Department of the Ministry of Labor, Migration, and Employment of Tajikistan, more than 50,800 citizens have applied to the Agency for help over the first four months of this year.
Of this number, 34,392 individuals have been registered as job seekers, and 21,074 individuals have been recognized as officially unemployed.
Over the same four-month period, more than 18,900 people have been provided with jobs with the assistance of the employment services, which is 37.3 percent of the total number of all citizens who applied.
The main reasons for providing a limited number of people with jobs were that the majority of the unemployed did not have the necessary technical training or had lost skills due to prolonged unemployment, as well as the low level of wages offered by employers.
During last month, unemployment benefits totaling 1.149 million somoni (equivalent to 130,100 U.S. dollars) were reportedly paid to 2,587 people.
As of May 1, 2018, a total of more than 83,100 persons were registered with the Agency as looking for work, including some 53,000 registered as unemployed.
