Number of people getting jobs in 2009 exceeds expected figures by 9.2%

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Armenia's unemployment level reached 7.1%  by late December vs. 6.3% of the  beginning of 2009. The number of registered unemployed is  84 thousand 493 people, " Sona Harutyunyan , head of the State Employment Service told  a press conference on January 21. 



According to her, the number of people found new jobs over the past year exceeded the expected outcomes s by 9.2% reaching USD 9 thousand 394 individuals, 2 thousand 321 out of whom are young people, and 1418 are  non-competitive in the labor market. 



"6 job fairs in the cities of Dilijan, Vanadzor, Gyumri, Artashat, Kapan, Hrazdan helped to find new jobs to 220 people," Sona Harutyunyan said. 



According to her, there are  13 thousand 65 vacancies in Yerevan particularly in the fields of construction, services, while there are 650 vacancies in the regions of the republic, where demand for professionals in  medicine and education is felt.