Free training for successful employment from Estonia or Latvia can be completed by Ukrainian refugees in these countries. The course lasts one month. During the training, topics will be covered from the correct preparation of a resume to the placement of an internship in a company.
What will be taught at employment courses?
The five-module employment course is an initiative of the Estonian Refugee Council (Eesti Pagulasabi).
“Our aim is to support job-seeking refugees to adapt to new conditions, helping them enter the labor market and maximize their potential. Within the program, participants are offered various opportunities to develop their skills and receive the necessary support for successful adaptation in new country,” he notes Veronika Saareveli, program manager from Eesti Pagulasabi.
Refugees will be helped to collect and issue documents for employment, write a resume, practice for interviews, and get acquainted with the opportunities available in the labor market of Estonia and Latvia. Meetings of program participants with potential employers and internships in companies and enterprises with the aim of further employment are also planned.
Who can take the free course?
Not all Ukrainian refugees can participate in the program. Preference is given to more vulnerable categories on the labor market:
- people under the age of 25, who have less chance of finding a good job due to lack of experience;
- Ukrainians older than 55, as employers are often less willing to hire people of pre-retirement age.
A total of 12 groups of 12 people will be trained. The course starts already in June.
What about employment in other countries?
Last week, the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz urged Ukrainians who received protection in Germany to look for work.
Of the 1.1 million refugees in the country, 716,000 are people of working age. At the same time, only 113,000 of them are officially employed full-time. Another 36,000 of our fellow citizens are partially employed, that is, they work part-time. Insufficient knowledge of the German language often becomes a problem for employment.
Currently in Poland employed 762.2 thousand citizens of Ukraine. The number of employees here is growing. Over the year, the number of Ukrainians working in Poland increased by 3%.
