Unemployment+in+Russia

Unemployment in Russia
The problem of unemployment is a world-wide reality. The developed countries like the U.S., England, France, Germany, Italy, etc. also suffer from this problem In 2007, there were 4.6 million officially registered unemployed in Russia. That number rose to 6.4 million in 2009, or over 8% of the country’s economically active population. Now, although the unemployment rate is down to its former level (around 5 million unemployed), the quality of employment has fallen significantly. Note that the figures cited here do not include latent unemployment or temporary, seasonal employment. Now that a second wave of the economic crisis – or a new and more serious phase of the crisis – is looming ahead, unemployment may shoot up to 8-10 million people, or 12%-15% of economically active population, in the next three years.

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Russia’s poor institutional foundation and expensive labor do not fit the existing commodity-based economic model, which requires the cheapest possible workers – immigrants. We are witnessing a giant pro-immigration campaign, with some even claiming that immigration will “save Russia.” In fact, a commodity-based economy with a distorted employment structure is a sign of a slave-owning system, in which there is no demand for qualified workers. At the same time, people are reluctant to take low-paying jobs, so officially, there are job openings in the system, although they do not meet people’s needs.
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Another important problem is job placement of university graduates and other young professionals. Most of them work outside their field of specialization because of low pay. In most cases staffing problems are not rooted in a shortage of qualified professionals: the problem is that professionals are not offered decent work. No more than 15% of university graduates have jobs in their chosen fields. As a result, after spending five years studying to be an aircraft engineer, newly graduated engineers have to find office job with a bank or a commercial company. The young professional goes on to change jobs at least every two years on average. They float from one company to the next instead of going to work for a company that needs their specific skills and making a successful career there in 5-10 years. Take the Sverdlovsk Region for example: three years ago, average wage in industry was 8,000 rubles a month, while the average across the region was 15,000 rubles. This explains why people are justifiably reluctant to take industrial jobs.
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** The main reasons of unemployment in Russia: ** media type="youtube" key="pSmRt16xrkM" width="425" height="350"
 * low qualification
 * political environment
 * lack of creative minds
 * replacement of workers by technologies
 * economic depression
 * lack of oppurtunities

Unemployment rate is one of the main characteristics that describes the economy of a country or a region. In general, it is almost always true that the higher the unemployment rate, the worse the economy situation is. Russia is a huge country, consisting of 83 federal subjects - regions and each region has its own history, people, government, resources and economy. As they are so different, so is the unemployment rate. The national average unemployment rate and other statistical data for the country as a whole is presented below.

Unemployment Rate in **Mar 2012** was **6.53%**, the change is **0.08%** compared to **Feb 2012** **(6.45%)** , and **-0.57%** compared to **Mar 2011 (7.10%)**.

The number of people in Labor Force in **Mar 2012** was **74,675,000**. The change is - **66,000 (-0.09%)** compared to **Feb 2012 (74,741,000** ) and **-325,000 (-0.43%)** compared to **Mar 2011 (75,000,000)**.

Out of those in labor force, **69,801,000** were employed. That is **-116,000 (-0.17%)** change compared to **Feb 2012**, when **69,917,000** people were employed and **201,000 (0.29%)** compared to **Mar 2011** when **69,600,000** had jobs.

At the same time the number of unemployed people in **Mar 2012** was **4,874,000.** The change is **50,000 (1.04%)** compared to **Feb 2012 (4,824,000)** and **-526,000 (-9.74%)** compared to **Mar 2011 (5,400,000)**.

Below is the graphical comparison of the unemployment data between the current year and the previous one, by months.
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The average annual unemployment data for Russia is presented in a form of a table and charts below. The data includes unemployment rate, number of people in labor force and number of unemployed people.
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There are millions of young men and women waiting and waiting for job opportunities. This chronic problem of unemployment is not confirmed to any particular class, segment or society. It is all pervading. There is massive unemployment among educated, well-trained and skilled people, and it is also there among semi-skilled and unskilled laborers, small and marginal farmers and workers. Then there is underemployment. The jobs being created have miserably failed to keep pace with the ever increasing number of job-seekers. It is a problem that presents a great challenge to leaders, thinkers, planners, economists, industrialists and educationists. Our education system should be reviewed and changed according to our present needs. Like factories our universities, colleges and schools are still producing on a large scale, a rich crop of graduates fit only for white collar jobs in these offices. These graduates are fit only for such jobs as those of clerks, assistants, officers and bureaucrats sitting at tables in the offices. These educated but unemployed youths numbering millions and millions are a source of great anxiety and concern. Our education should be work-oriented. It should be such as enables a person to stand on his own feet instead of depending on others. It is really an irony that our highly educated and trained personnel like engineers, doctors, scientists etc. run after the government jobs. It is perhaps because of the education system started by the Britishers long ago, which has totally lost its relevance and still prevails. They depend too much on the government and lack the courage and inspiration to stand on their own feet. There should be more and more emphasis on vocational education. There should be more and more technical institutions and training centers. Indiscriminate and unplanned admissions in colleges and universities should also be checked. Higher education should be reserved only for those who really deserved it.
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