About job vacancies and staffing needs at large and medium-sized enterprises of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2021

To determine the need for personnel and information about vacancies in the context of occupational groups, types of economic activity and regions, the Agensy for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bureau of National statistics conducts statistical monitoring using the statistical form “Report on the number and need for personnel of large and medium-sized enterprises”.

Statistical information on this form is collected from large and medium-sized enterprises and organizations that carry out all types of economic activity, except: financial and insurance activities; government and defense; compulsory social security; activities for the provision of other services; activities of extraterritorial organizations.

The list of occupational groups of occupations is determined in accordance with the National Classification of Occupations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by order of the Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Ministry for Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 11, 2017 No. 130-od.

In compiling information about vacant workplaces, both vacancies vacated due to the dismissal of workers and newly created jobs as of January 1 of the current year are taken into account.

In determining the expected need for personnel, the estimated additional number of personnel (employees) needed in the current year for the expansion of the enterprise and the implementation of new projects are taken into account.

According to the results of this observation, the list number of employees in the surveyed enterprises as of January 1, 2021 was 2 441.0 thousand people, the number of vacancies was 36 976 units. The share of vacancies in the list of employees amounted to 1.5%.

The most of the vacancies were noted in the occupational group “experts-professionals” – 8 322 units, their share was 22.5% of the total number of vacancies, “workers in industry, construction, transport and other related occupations” – 7 159 units. The vacancies in the professional group “production eguipment operators, assemblers and drivers” were – 5 756 units, “servise and sales staff” – 5 559 units.

The expected need for employees for the reporting period was – 12 080 people, their share in the payroll number of employees – 0.5%.

During the current year, “experts-professionals” ” 2 700 people,” , are the most in demand, “servise and sales staff”, their deficit was 2 360 people and “workers in industry, construction, transport and other related occupations” – 2 314 people.

Less popular are “administration offisers” – 342 person.

The greatest need for gualified professionals is experienced by organizations in the health and social services (574 people) and in the building (511 people).

Vacant jobs and expected demand in employees by type of economic activity and ownership

	Number of vacancies at the beginning of the reporting period, units	Expected need for employees for the reporting period, person	Including
			state property	private property	foreign property
Total	36 976	12 080	980	9116	1 984
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	504	524		524
Industry	11 087	3 426	45	3 080	301
Building	2 129	930		612	318
Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair	3 875	2 062		1 463	599
Transportation and warehousing	6 674	483	x	437	35
Accommodation and Food Services	504	529		491	38
Information and communication	1 338	521		298	223
Real Estate Operations	320	165	x	18	85
Professional, scientific and technical activities	676	609	51	204	354
Administrative and support services	2 552	1 378	31	1 322	x
Education	2 015	465	337	124	4
Health and social services	4 305	828	343	483	2
Arts, entertainment and recreation	997	160	100	60

*х - according to clause 5 of Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Statistics" No. 257-IV dated March 19, 2010 "Statistical information and databases that allow you to directly or indirectly identify the respondent or determine the primary statistical data about him are confidential and can distributed only with the consent of the respondent, with the exception of the information specified in paragraph 4 of this article. "

In terms of types of economic activity, the largest number of vacancies was in industry – 11 087 units and in transportation and warehousing – 6 674 units, the smallest real estate operations – 320 units.

The highest expected need for personnel was noted in the industry (3 426 people), wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair (2 062 people), administrative and support services (1 378 people), and in building (930 people). The total share of these types of economic activity in the total expected need for an employee was 64,5%.

In enterprises and organizations with private ownership, the expected need for workers for 2021 was 9 116 people: in industry– 3 080 people, in wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair – 1 463 people, in administrative and support services – 1 322 people.

At enterprises and organizations with state ownership the greatest need falls within the scope of health and social services (343 people). Their share in the total expected demand for employees of state-owned enterprises was 35,0%.

By region, the largest number of vacancies as of January 1, 2021 was in the following regions: Nur-Sultan city – 7 191 units, Almaty city – 6 241 units, Karaganda regions – 3 090 units. In Nur-Sultan the majority of vacancies occurred in the health and social services (1 483 units), in Almaty - wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair (1 866 units), in Karaganda regions – in industry (1 097 units).

The highest expected demand for workers by region was noted in the city of Almaty and amounted to – 3 781 person, in the city of Nur-Sultan – 3 576 person, in the Atyrau regions – 1 149 person. The greatest need for personnel in Nur-Sultan city is in wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair (909 people) and in administrative and support services (465 people); in Almaty city - in industry (833 units) and wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair (631 units); in Atyrau regions - in industry (595 units), in building (345 units).

The smallest number of vacancies in large and medium-sized enterprises is observed in the following regions of the country: Kyzylorda regions (374 people), Turkistan regions (476 people), and Jambyl regions (597 people), less acute shortage of need for workers in Aktober regions (29 persons), in Pavlodar regions (31 persons) and in West Kazakhstan regions (109 persons).

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