BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.15
Trend:
The number of job seekers from Turkey in Uzbekistan notably decreased in January 2021, the Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) told Trend on Feb.15.
In the reporting month, the number of Turkish citizens who visited Uzbekistan through the agency to find work shrank by 30 percent compared to the same month in 2020.
In total, 7 Turkish citizens visited the country via ISKUR in January this year.
Meanwhile, 730 Turkish citizens went abroad via the agency, which is 59.1 percent less compared to the same month in 2019.
In January 2021, 70,589 citizens were provided jobs through this agency in Turkey. Some 33 percent of the total number of employed citizens accounted for women and 67 percent for men.
Over the reporting month, 99.5 percent of the total number of citizens provided with jobs accounted for the private sector. The number of unemployed in Turkey amounted to slightly more than 2.9 million people, 47.5 percent of whom are women, and 52.5 percent are men.