Ilsur Metshin: “Decrease in unemployment indicates stabilization of the economy”

(KZN.RU, May 29). The number of citizens in Kazan who applied for a job in the City Employment Center decreased by almost 15% compared to 2016 and amounted to 5.726 people on May 1. Almost 60% of them were employed. Marat Khairullin, the director of the State Employment Center “Kazan Employment Center”, reported this today during the staff meeting in the Executive Committee.

In his report on the urban labor market situation, the speaker noted that the number of unemployed citizens in Kazan declined by 923 people in a year, despite the crisis. The unemployment rate fell from 0.91% to 0.76%.

According to Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, the unemployment rate is an important indicator of the situation in the economy of the city, republic, and country. “At the level of numbers for Russia (1.2%), our numbers (0.76%) look, of course, safe, especially since we have three vacancies per one unemployed. There were some concerns in 2014 and in 2016 about how the economy will work. But, thank God, the downward trend in unemployment indicates that the situation has stabilized. Although some industries still continue to experience some difficulties”, noted the Mayor.

As M. Khairullin noted, it was possible to achieve such indicators thanks to the effective work of the City Employment Center. In addition to 15,000 vacancies in an open bank for all applicants, the Employment Center annually develops the Employment Program. It includes vocational training for unemployed citizens, women on parental leave until it reach the age of 3, and older people.

In addition, the social adaptation of citizens in the labor market is carried out: employment of the unemployed for public work, psychological support, assistance in organizing their own business, holding job fairs, temporary employment of minors. In 2017, it is planned to assist 76 unemployed people in opening their businesses in the form of entrepreneurial activity. About 9 million rubles are allocated for these purposes. “To date, 15 people have organized their business. It is planned to create 28 equipped places for disabled people and 6 for large families and parents raising children with disabilities”, said the speaker.

According to M. Khairullin, a special attention is paid to vocational training of unemployed citizens from among disabled people. Training is organized on a wide range of professions that allows organizing your own business for making souvenirs for later realization. 56 disabled people started training in 2017. In total, the proportion of disabled people working in Kazan is 32.1% on May 29.

In conclusion of his report, M. Khairullin also drew attention to the problem of temporary employment of adolescents aged 14 to 18 years during the holidays and free from study time. As the speaker noted, many employers refuse to cooperate in this direction.

The head of the capital of the RT noted that there are indeed difficulties with the employment of adolescents. “In Soviet times, there was a distribution order for the employment of adolescents, and this was a common occurrence when children at the age of fourteen became assistants to a turner, fitter, and milling machine operator. Today, the overwhelming number of enterprises is private or joint-stock companies and, of course, we cannot dictate them. But, nevertheless, it is necessary to conduct explanatory work with colleagues in this direction, hold actions, attract employers' attention to this problem”, said I. Metshin and instructed the deputy heads of the Kazan Executive Committee to work out this issue.