Sándor Bodó, the state secretary responsible for employment policy, announced that the workforce support of businesses will be easier for employers of jobseekers with low education for up to 9 months from now on, read the Magyar Hírlap.

From September 15, businesses that provide training to newly hired employees can also receive support to help them gain work experience for 90 days. He added that the government is acting to reduce the number of registered jobseekers , thanks to the workforce support of businesses, more than 25,000 people have already found work.

According to the announcement, in exchange for the subsidy, businesses must undertake to employ the less qualified full-time or at least 4 hours a day part-time. In the first three months, the company must provide the job seeker with at least 120 hours of professional training. The training can be internal training based on own resources, but it can also be implemented with the involvement of an external service provider - adult training...

...In the announcement, quoting Sándor Bodó, they wrote: "the number of registered jobseekers in Hungary is decreasing month by month, their number has decreased by more than 120,000 since the low point last June. The lasting improvement is due to the successful management of the crisis, the government's economic protection and restart measures significantly helped the recovery and the protection of jobs. In terms of domestic employment, we achieved more than if we had just returned to the level before the appearance of the coronavirus: in the summer of 2021, more than ever before, 4.7 million people worked in Hungary"...

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