Češka traži kvalifikovane strane radnike

French online shop
Pixmania will establish its branch
in Brno. The new branch will likely
administer 14 countries in the
region of Central and Eastern
Europe, Scandinavia and
Germany at the end of this year.
Czech-French Chamber of
Commerce Sales Manager
Michal Macko told CIA that the
new branch will employ 200
people until the end of this year
and the employee base will grow
to 400 in three years. The total
investment prepared for the
project reaches EUR 20 mln
(roughly CZK 491.54 mln).
Source: , May 24

Czech jobless rate drops to 8.2 pct

May unemployment statistics met expectations and showed positive developments but remain high in the long-term comparison
Raymond Johnston | 08.06.2011 - 13:39

The unemployment rate was 8.2 percent at the end of May 2011, according to the Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MPSV). This was a drop from the same period in 2010, when the rate was 8.7 percent and from the previous month, when it was 8.6 percent.

“May’s unemployment data did not surprise when its rate dropped in line with the consensus. …. All 77 labor offices recorded a month-on-month decrease,” Komerční banka analyst Miroslav Frayer said in a market comment.

Job offices registered 489,956 job seekers at the end of May, some 23,886 fewer than at the end of April and 24,823 fewer year-on-year. The number of available job seekers currently available for work was 467,774.

“It is positive that the decrease was not solely due to favorable seasonal factors, but that also the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased. During the past five months, it dropped 1.2 percentage points, according to our estimates, and more than offset the deterioration from the second half of last year,” Frayer said.