Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr S. Babayeva / The labour fairs held in Azerbaijan's Samukh, Khanlar, and Alibayramli regions employed 390 people, a source at the Azerbaijan Labour & Social Protection Ministry's Central Employment Department reported on 5 September.
In Samukh 38 enterprises offered a total of 252 jobs and as a result 78 people were employed and 12 were sent on preparatory courses. In Khanlar 33 enterprises offered 249 vacancies and employed 52 people. In Alibayramli 38 enterprises offered 417 jobs and employed 258 people, 15 were sent on preparatory courses.
From the beginning of the year the Labour & Social Protection Ministry held labour markets in 37 Azerbaijani regions, including the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR). As a result, 3,338 people were employed. The number of enterprises providing 12,712 jobs was 1,307.
Besides the employed people, 382 were sent on preparatory courses, 224 were given paid public work.
The next labour fair will be held in Shamakhy and Zagatala.