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Employment news from Slovakia
Unemployment rate keeps decreasing
Developments for improving rates even more are planned, says minister.
Schools and employers lack motivation to train pupils
Scarce promotion among primary school pupils and their parents, and insufficient financial motivation for companies are among the most cited reasons of why the system struggles.
What Slovakia loses when it neglects the Roma
If the employment rate of Roma matched that of the majority, the labour market would get 150,000 people it badly needs.
Lack of qualified labour drives up wages
As the pool of people to fill vacancies shrinks, salaries rise.
Slovakia keeps losing its elites
Graduates from medical and technical schools top the list of students moving abroad. But family ties is a strong factor for returning back.
Economy seeks new blood outside EU
Slovakia is currently among EU countries with the lowest proportion of foreigners.
Slovakia should actively manage the return of its migrants
Slovaks living and working abroad are a great asset for Slovakia: if they come back home, but also if they stay in their new countries.
Shortage of qualified labour hits Slovakia
Difficulty in hiring qualified labour has been a main complaint of businesses in Slovakia for some time.
Largest employment agencies in Slovakia 2016
Not only well-known names placed in the list.
Unemployment rate keeps decreasing
Positive development of Slovakia’s economy seen behind the decrease.
More people leave Slovakia than arrive
About 300,000 Slovaks have left the country in the past 15 years, mostly from far-east regions.
Slovakia needs 389 years to catch up with Norwegian salaries
Though salaries are growing, Slovakia is unable to catch up with more developed countries.
Salaries grew the most in 6 years
Qualified workers as well as supporting staff and qualified technical workers witnessed the highest rise in 2016.
Government seeks to fight joblessness, concrete measures missing
The labour market faces several obstacles, including a lack of qualified workers and people wanting in basic working habits.
Unemployment rate falls below 9 percent
The government’s representatives mostly praise the active measures in the labour market.
Large companies in Bratislava expect significant rise in job hire
Employers in Slovakia report encouraging hiring plans for 2017, according to the results of a survey conducted by the ManpowerGroup Slovensko company.
602 jobless helped repair castles
Between the years 2011 and 2015 a total of 123 entities have participated in restoring castle ruins and other cultural heritage monuments.
Self-employed will pay tax on less of their incomes
The changes may make trade licences more popular, but there are still many obstacles.
State employees will earn more
Yet the salary increase does not include teachers.
Smartphones lower productivity
Despite the expectations, the absence of smartphones did not result in the distress of participants of the survey.
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