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At the end of October, the Republic of Bulgaria's labour offices had registered 258,223
unemployedPeople. This was announced by the Bulgarian Employment Agency's press office.
Year on year, compared with October 2015,
the unemployedare significantly fewer — by 54,692 people; compared with the end of December 2015, the decline was 70,698 people. In October, the registered unemployment rate broke an eight-month downward trend and rose slightly, by 0.1 percentage points compared with September, to 7.9%. The increase is a consequence of the end of summer seasonal employment, with the most significant increase among newly registered
unemployedobserved in the districts of Burgas and Varna.
year. Compared with October 2015, the unemployment rate is significantly lower—by 1.6 percentage points. A total of 21,124 found work in October 2016
unemployedPeople, including 17,629 in the primary labour market. Subsidised employment included 3,495 unemployed people. Of these, 2,286 started work under EPA employment programmes and measures. Schemes under the HRD Operational Programme provided work for 1,209
unemployedpeople.
Labour offices announced 15,166 vacancies in the primary labour market. Of these, the private sector announced 10,982, accounting for 72.4% of all vacancies announced during the month. The strongest private-sector demand was recorded in manufacturing (5,157 jobs); trade (2,631); administrative and support services (1,094); hotels and restaurants (972); construction (912); education (684); government (633); real estate activities (575); transport (482); financial and insurance activities (450), and other sectors. Compared with October last year, the number of vacancies in the primary labour market increased by 3,313.