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2007
Annual
Report
Working
with the unemployed, employers and securing employment
The ESS as
an intermediary provider between labour market supply and demand
The
basic activity of the ESS is intermediary services in providing
employment, which includes the provision of information, employment
advice and referrals to vacancies. In 2007 through the assistance of
the ESS, a total of 49,117 unemployed persons found employment.
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Services for employers:
For the purpose of providing information to
unemployed persons and employers, the ESS
organised 16 employment and career fairs as a possibility for direct
connections between job seekers, employers, those enrolled in education
and other important players on the labour market.
With the aim of covering current requirements for
workers through appropriate personnel from the record of unemployed
persons, better provision of information on the state of supply on the
labour market and ensuring partner cooperation in joint efforts to
employ unemployed persons, in 2007 we carried out 2,370 visits to
employers.
Published job vacancies in
the period from 1997 to 2007 in figures
| YEAR |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Registered
vacancies |
133,823 |
142,636 |
148,494 |
154,911 |
143,149 |
139,037 |
145,214 |
169,199 |
202,904 |
227,934 |
242,927 |
Tempo-
rary job vacancies |
94,741 |
103,054 |
105,208 |
109,589 |
103,605 |
103,389 |
107,138 |
124,634 |
152,324 |
171,734 |
185,977 |
Employer demand for workers continued to grow in 2007, so the supply of
domestic labour no longer satisfied all the requirements and demands of
employers. Employers posted a total of 242,927 vacant jobs, which is an
increase of 6.6 % over 2006. Compared to 2006, the
proportion of vacancies for fixed-term employment grew by 1.3 percentage
points to 76.6 %. Most job vacancies (60.6 %) were posted by employers
in the service sector, and the number of vacancies grew most in
construction, in real estate business, rental and business services and
in retail trade.
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Services for
unemployed people:
Advice for unemployed persons: employment advisers and vocational
advisers provided advice to 772,101 unemployed persons. On average we made
the first employment plans for newly registered unemployed persons within 24
days of registration. Specialist advice, which includes vocational,
rehabilitation and health/employment advice was provided to 19,854
unemployed persons.
Referring unemployed persons to job vacancies: in 2007 we made
274,865 referrals of unemployed persons to employers, and 49,117
unemployed persons found employment. With the aim of providing fast and
friendly information on job vacancies, in 2007 a total of 51,210 e-mails
were sent to unemployed persons.
Since 2007 job seekers have been provided with the
service of subscribing to information on current vacancies via RSS
news bulletins. This service is available on the ESS website www.ess.gov.si
in the section Iskanje dela [Job Seek]. RSS news bulletins are a modern
means of information, ensuring regular receipt of notices on vacant jobs
by selected search criteria (RO dealing with position, occupation
advertised and required qualifications).
The
use of adapted services is also possible via mobile devices such as
handhelds and mobile phones. With these modern services the ESS has
enabled easier and faster access to information on job vacancies.
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The ESS website (www.ess.gov.si)
provides a wealth of information regarding the labour market,
occupations and various measures aimed at increasing the employment
opportunities of unemployed people as well as various interactive
services, targeted at employers, unemployed persons and those who wish
to change their career. It is also aimed at young people in education,
their parents and others.
The usability of the ESS website is growing
from year to year, which can be seen in the growing number of visitors
to all individual sections. In 2007 visitors looked at an average of
73,798 pages a day (9 % more than in 2006), with the most visited
page being Iskanje dela [Job Seek], which provides interactive access to
information on vacancies, subscription to notification of vacancies (RSS)
and entry into the database of job seekers, which employers
can access.
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The
ESS fulfilled the requirements of the Access to
Information of a Public Character Act consistently and in compliance
with all the deadlines set. In 2007 we dealt with 32 written cases, as
laid down by the Delivery of Information of a Public Character Act, and
established daily direct online communication using a dedicated email
address to which interested parties could send questions, suggestions
etc.
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Since Slovenia’s accession to the EU, the ESS has been cooperating in
the EURES network. EURES is a network of public employment
services within the EU that helps realise the free movement of workers.
It is aimed at job seekers and employers, and at others with any
interest in international mobility. EURES advisers primarily offer job
seekers information and advice on employment opportunities in EU Member
States, and offer employers specific assistance in finding candidates
for employment from EU Member States. Links with EURES advisers from
other Member States is of key importance here. In
2007 the ESS had 5 EURES advisers, while there was a total of more than
700 advisers in all. In 2007 the Slovenian EURES advisers provided
16,452 information and advice sessions aimed at job seekers and
employers.
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