More than 300,000 Unemployed

Business › Economy ♦ Published: June 1, 2012; 11:16 ♦ (Vindobona)

The situation of theAustrian labor market remains tensioned. At the end of May, 300,000 persons did not have a job.

More than 300,000 Unemployed / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Last month, 231,077 persons (+4.4%) were actively looking for a job. Together with training participants, 301,715 persons were unemployed. Against May 2011, the number of unemployed persons was up by 5.1%. The number of training participants rose by 7.4% to 70,638. The number of non-self employed persons rose by 55,000 to 3.37 million. Vacant positins were down by 10.8% to 32,304. This…

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