About 149,000 persons applied to labor agencies in 1Q 2011

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In January-March 2011, about 149,000 persons applied to labor agencies for employment, which was 4% less than in January-March 2010, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

As of the end of March 2011, the number of citizens registered through labor agencies as those who are looking for a job made up 18,600 persons against 21,100 persons as of the end of March 2010.

The greatest number of citizens registered through labor agencies, as those who are looking for a job, was observed in Tashkent cit– 4,200 persons (22,3% of the total number of persons registered in labor agencies), Ferghana region – 2,500 persons (13,4%), Samarkand region – 1,500 persons (8,2%), Andijan region – 1,500 persons (8,1%) and Tashkent region – 1,500 persons (7,9%).

In the first quarter of 2011, over 132,000 persons found jobs with the assistance of labor agencies (88.6% of all persons applied to labor agencies for employment during this period), which was 0.8 percentage points less than in January-March 2010.