Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The number of Turkish citizens looking for job in Georgia significantly increased in the first nine months of 2019, Trend reports referring to Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR).
According to ISKUR, the number of Turkish citizens who visited Georgia via the agency to find jobs increased by 6.7 times in the period of January-September 2019 compared to the same period of 2018.
In first nine months of 2019, 61 Turkish citizens visited Georgia through ISKUR.
In the reported period, 14,200 Turkish citizens went abroad via ISKUR, which is 15 percent less compared to the same period in 2018.
In September 2019, 182,600 citizens were provided with jobs through ISKUR in Turkey, which is 72.5 percent more compared to September 2018. Of those employed, 34.2 percent were women, and 65.8 percent were men.
Of the jobs secured in September 2019, 99.4 percent accounted for the private sector.
In September 2019, the number of unemployed in Turkey amounted to 4.053 million people, of which 50.6 percent were women and 49.4 percent were men.
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