About 149,000 persons applied to labor agencies in 1Q 2011

As of the end of March 2011, the number of citizens registered through labor agencies as those who are looking for a job made up 18,600 persons against 21,100 persons as of the end of March 2010.

The greatest number of citizens registered through labor agencies, as those who are looking for a job, was observed in Tashkent cit– 4,200 persons (22,3% of the total number of persons registered in labor agencies), Ferghana region – 2,500 persons (13,4%), Samarkand region – 1,500 persons (8,2%), Andijan region – 1,500 persons (8,1%) and Tashkent region – 1,500 persons (7,9%).

In the first quarter of 2011, over 132,000 persons found jobs with the assistance of labor agencies (88.6% of all persons applied to labor agencies for employment during this period), which was 0.8 percentage points less than in January-March 2010.