Denis Kalinkin: “The rising unemployment is a direct consequence of the impact of the pandemic on the economy”

Today, there are more than 32 thousand registered unemployed people in the city.

As at the end of September, 32,701 people were registered as unemployed in the employment centers of Kazan. The rising unemployment is a direct consequence of the impact of the pandemic on the economy, first Deputy Head of the Kazan municipality Denis Kalinkin said on the Business Monday. He emphasized that federal and local support measures contribute to the stabilization of the situation in the labor market.

The registered unemployment rate at the beginning of October was 5.1%

The number of appeals to the employment service has increased compared to the beginning of the year, said Gulnara Filippova, acting Director of the Kazan employment center. According to her, at the end of the first quarter, more than 4 thousand people applied in search of employment, and in the following months, due to the pandemic, the number of applications increased and reached 45 thousand as at the end of September. The peak of applications was in April, when about 15 thousand people applied to employment centers.

About 10 thousand people were employed among those who applied for work, including 7 thousand unemployed. The share of employment was 22%, G.Filippova reported.

In general, the employment situation is gradually stabilizing today, although the situation remains tense, Denis Kalinkin noted. “For many years, the unemployment rate in Kazan was minimal, even during economic crises. The pandemic, unfortunately, “shattered” this stable situation, when there were 5-7 vacancies for every unemployed person. Now more than 32 thousand people are registered as unemployed in Kazan, - he said. - But thanks to the caring attitude, the availability of a number of Federal programs, retraining of the unemployed, attracting new employers, the specialists of the employment сenter were able to employ almost 10 thousand people during this difficult time – this is a big job”.

More than 60 currently open positions are on working specialties

The employment service conducts daily monitoring of the most demanded vacancies at enterprises. According to the results of monitoring, there are currently 16 thousand currently open positions vacancies in industry, construction, transport, health, education and science.

“In the structure of vacancies, more than 60% positions are on working specialties, while management specialties are only 40% of the total number of vacancies,”- the speaker noted.

19% of the unemployed receive the maximum benefit

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits as of October 1 was 30 thousand, of which 19% lost their jobs after March 1 and received the maximum benefit, and 62.2% of people received the minimum benefit.

To support enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, the government is taking unprecedented measures, D. Kalinkin noted. “A huge help was the government assistance to pay salaries for the affected industries in April and May in the amount of 12130 rubles for each employee. All companies that retained at least 90% of their staff were able to receive this financial support”, - he said.

Kazan adopted and implemented its own package of support for small and medium-sized businesses, which also helped enterprises and organizations in the most difficult period, D.Kalinkin said. One of these measures was the preferential mode of operation of municipal parking areas, the first Deputy Head of the Kazan municipality reminded.

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Business Monday, 12.10.2020

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In Kazan, for 9 months of 2020, about 10 thousand people were employed