"When millions of people in Ukraine registered as internally displaced persons (IDPs), they indicated whether they needed employment. In reality, many among the IDPs are of retirement age, many work remotely, and some relocated with their companies. Back in early 2023, we contacted all IDPs who needed employment and offered our services," she stated.
According to the director of the employment service, they reached out to 68,000 such individuals by phone.
"After that, legislative changes were introduced regarding the process of receiving unemployment benefits. In particular, after three months of receiving social payments, a person must either find a job, continue job searching, or, for example, take a training voucher, thus facilitating their entry into the labor market. At that time, I expected that many people would come to the employment service. But I was mistaken. No more than 100,000 people reached out to the service," noted Zhovtiak.
She emphasized that among those who approached them, one in three was employed.
"100,000 is the total number of individuals registered with the employment service as IDPs. In total, in 2024, nearly 400,000 people were registered as unemployed with the employment service. Through employment centers across Ukraine, 250,000 were employed. In total, 330,000 of our citizens were provided with employment," Zhovtiak reported.
She explained that this figure includes those whom the employment service placed directly, as well as those who found jobs through active employment programs.