– Despite high inflation, rising interest rates and international unrest, unemployment continues to fall. So far this year, the number of completely unemployed people has fallen by 26 people, and unemployment is now at record low level we had in 2008, says Hans Christian Holte, director of employment and social welfare.
48 people were registered as completely unemployed at the end of July, which is 100%. manpower. Gross unemployment, which is the sum of the total number of unemployed and jobseekers on measures, was 1,7 people and corresponds to 58 percent of the workforce. In addition, 300, or 2,0 percent of the workforce, were registered as partially unemployed.
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Those dismissed in July totaled 0,1 percent. manpower. The number of people dismissed has returned to the normal pre-pandemic levels.
In July, 9800 new jobseekers were registered with NAV. This corresponds to around 500 people per working day. The largest group are people who declare that they have lost or will lose their job - 32 percent of new jobseekers. 12 percent said they quit their job, and another 12 percent said they were or will be fired.
Fall for all professional groups
Adjusted for normal seasonal fluctuations, the number of jobseekers decreased in all occupational groups from June to July. The decline was greatest among people with tourism and transport education, as well as service and other jobs, with 700 fewer jobseekers in both groups.
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At the end of July, the percentage of completely unemployed was highest in tourism and transport as well as working with children and youth. The percentage of partially unemployed was the highest in service and other job occupations, as well as in tourism and transport.
The biggest decline was in Oslo and Rogaland
The number of jobseekers decreased in all poviats in July, taking into account the normal seasonal fluctuations. The relative decline was greatest in Oslo and Rogaland, where the number of jobseekers was 7 percent lower than in June.
The percentage of completely unemployed was highest in Oslo, where it accounted for 2,1 percent of the workforce. Nordland and Trøndelag have the lowest unemployment (1,2%).
The biggest decrease among the oldest
The number of jobseekers in July dropped the most among people aged 60 and over (-9%). On the other hand, the number of jobseekers decreased least among people aged 25-29 (-5%).
At the end of July, the percentage of completely unemployed was the highest among people aged 30 (2,3% of the employed, and the lowest among people under 20 - 0,9%).
High job demand
In July, 27 new vacancies were registered on arbeidsplassen.no. This corresponds to 900 new vacancies per working day, or 1400%. less than in July last year.
Most of the novelties were in the areas of health, nursing and care (6200), work in shops and sales (3100), and engineering and computer science (2600).
Source: NAV
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