📋 Tender Overview
The number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 48700 per year. 90100 new job vacancies were announced in August. There were a total of 155300 job vacancies which is 56700 more than a year ago.At the end of August there were a total of 281000 unemployed jobseekers at employment and economic development offices and municipal experiments. Thats 48700 less than a year earlier but 48400 more than two years ago in August. The number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 41500 from the previous month.Of the unemployed jobseekers 150500 were customers of municipal trials. The number of unemployed jobseekers also includes those laid off full-time. The information appears in the Employment Review of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.At the end of August 35700 people were laid off nationwide which is 42100 less than in the corresponding period of the previous year. A total of 24600 people were laid off full-time which is 36400 less than in August of the previous year. From July the number of full-time layoffs decreased by 7800.There were 111800 long-term unemployedThere were 111800 long-term unemployed ie those who had been unemployed for at least one year at a time which is 32900 more than a year earlier. There were 105200 unemployed jobseekers over the age of 50 which is 10100 less than at the same time last year.There were 9200 fewer unemployed jobseekers under the age of 25 than in August of the previous year for a total of 32800.The number of new job vacancies increased90100 new job vacancies were reported in August which is 34500 more than in August of the previous year. A total of 155300 jobs were open in August which is 56700 more than a year ago.At the end of August there were 105900 people in the services included in the activation rate which is 100 less than a year earlier. These services include for example wage subsidies labor market training work trials and self-study.Statistics Finland Unemployment rate 6.5 per centAccording to Statistics Finlands Labor Force Survey there were 104000 more employed in August than a year earlier. The employment rate was 73.4 per cent which is 3.3 percentage points higher than in August of the previous year. According to the Labor Force Survey there were 179000 unemployed which was 33000 less than a year ago. The unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent or 1.4 percentage points lower than a year earlier.
