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At the end of April almost 20 percent fewer people were affected by long-term unemployment in Lower Austria than before the pandemic. Nevertheless every fifth unemployed person has been looking for a new job for a year or longer. With the Springboard campaign long-term unemployed people have been given new job opportunities since July 2021. In order to enable people who cannot gain a foothold in working life to gradually enter the labor market the Lower Austrian Public Employment Service AMS has now put together an additional package of measures together with the state and the social partners. At a press conference in Krems Provincial Councilor Martin Eichtinger AMS Lower Austria Regional Manager Sven Hergovich Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce President Wolfgang EckerIn Lower Austria we work closely with the Lower Austrian labor market service and the social partners to give people a perspective on the labor market. Together we have invested a total of around 100 million euros in labor market projects this year and implemented 47 measures said Eichtinger who also emphasized We can see that our measures are having an effect. For the first time in eleven years the number of unemployed in Lower Austria is only 37958. A result that was last measured in April 2011. However a serious consequence of the corona pandemic is long-term unemployment the state councilor addressed another aspect. The province of Lower Austria can provide an extensive program of support measures for the long-term unemployed he emphasised.We dont leave anyone behind on the labor market says the AMS Lower Austria state manager. As part of the Springboard campaign we will be using budget funds of eleven million euros in cooperation with the state and the Lower Austrian social partners to enable long-term unemployed job seekers to make a tailor-made re-entry into working life. 1500 people should benefit from it this year says Hergovich. We have been able to halve the number of long-term unemployed since last year and Lower Austria is the province with the sharpest decline in long-term unemployment he underlined.Economic Chamber of Lower Austria President Ecker explained In the case of Lower Austrian entrepreneurs we are now talking about a shortage of employees. Every tenth position in the companies can no longer be filled. As the Chamber of Commerce we therefore support our companies with various measures to get employees. Because we have to use every potential. proactive Lower Austria is another important building block for this to succeed.Chamber of Labor Lower Austria President Markus Wieser said Anyone who has been unemployed for more than nine months and applies has a 30 percent lower chance of being invited to an interview. It is therefore particularly important to take countermeasures here and to enable increased individual orientation with the proactive Lower Austria campaign. We therefore support everything that makes sustainable employment possible. This initiative gives both workers and entrepreneurs the opportunity to get to know each other better.AMS Baden branch manager Christine Grill-Eisner provided information from the placement practice and said A major advantage of this support strategy is the intensive contact with our long-term unemployed customers. These discussions take place exclusively in person and at short intervals. This intensive support means that changes can be reacted to quickly and precisely.The proaktiv Lower Austria project started work on April 1st at three locations throughout Lower Austria. As of May 10 1092 long-term unemployed took advantage of the offer. The first successes are visible 31 people already have permanent employment. The project includes individual advice and support non-profit temporary employment and subsidized employment opportunities.
