BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 18
Trend:
The number of job seekers from Turkey in Kazakhstan significantly increased in the past ten months of 2020, the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) told Trend.
From January through October 2020, the number of Turkish citizens who visited Kazakhstan through İŞKUR to find work surged by 46.4 percent compared to the same period in 2019. In total, 508 Turkish citizens visited Kazakhstan via İŞKUR over the reporting period.
Meanwhile, 7,600 Turkish citizens went abroad via İŞKUR over the reporting period, which is 46.7 percent less compared to the same period of 2019.
In October 2020, 83,909 citizens were provided with jobs through this agency in Turkey. Some 32.39 percent of the total number of employed citizens accounted for women and 67.7 percent for men.
Over the reporting month, 97.5 percent of the total number of citizens provided with jobs in the private sector. The number of unemployed in Turkey amounted to over 3.07 million people, 47.2 percent of whom are women, and 52.8 percent are men.