Bakhytzhan Sagintayev responded to the citizens' questions about employment: 50 thousand new jobs will be created this year
During a reporting meeting with the population, a resident of the Turksib district, Valentina Kuzmina, asked a question about employment in the city and the existing difficulties amid the pandemic and the effect of restrictive measures.
Akim of Almaty city, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, noted that during the pandemic, support measures are provided to citizens who have found themselves in a difficult situation. Special attention is paid to ensuring employment of the population.
In 2020, 77.6 thousand new jobs were created in the city. Within the framework of all state programs, 47.8 thousand jobs have been created. Including, under the state program "Enbek" - 18 648 places, "Employment Road Map-2020" - 21 689, "Business Road Map-2025" - 3540, "Economy of Simple Things" - 1419, regional development - 824, "Nurly Zher "- 455, industrial and innovative development - 869, development of education and science - 70.
“For 2021, the implementation of the Employment Roadmap continues, the plan for creating new jobs is about 50 thousand, of which 30 thousand are permanent. 34% of the city's economy consists of trade, so it fell during the quarantine period. We need to develop other areas of activity - the service sector, digitalization, and so on. For our part, we help businessmen financially. We issue loans to create more jobs, ”said the head of the metropolis.
At the same time, work continues in the city towards short-term vocational training of the unemployed, where more than 1,000 citizens were employed last year. After completing the courses, graduates are sent to permanent jobs; today, more than 66% are already employed.
More than 1.7 thousand grants of 200 monthly notional units were issued for opening businesses or promoting existing businesses. The main activities are sewing, food preparation, manicure and hairdressing, etc.
Thus, despite the fact that the labor market in Kazakhstan is under the strong influence of the pandemic and its consequences, the state is taking effective measures to prevent the risks of increasing vulnerability by implementing the Enbek program, the Employment Roadmap.
To participate in the above-mentioned programs, the unemployed can contact the Employment Center of the city.