The Number of Overseas Jobs Offered to Ukrainians Increased by 1.7 Times

In June, the number of overseas jobs offered to Ukrainians scaled up massively. According to the Jooble website, 12,840 Ukrainians were offered jobs in the last week of June. To put that into perspective, 7,667 jobs were offered at the end of May, that is, a 67% increase compared to last month.

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Overseas jobs offered to Ukrainians over time

Date	7 June 2020	14 Jun	21 Jun	28 Jun	5 Jul	12 Jul	19 Jul	26 Jul	2 Aug	9 Aug	16 Aug	23 Aug	30 Aug	6 Sep	13 Sep	20 Sep	27 Sep	4 Oct	11 Oct	18 Oct	25 Oct	1 Nov	8 Nov	15 Nov	22 Nov	29 Nov	6 Dec	13 Dec	20 Dec	27 Dec	3 Jan	10 Jan	17 Jan	24 Jan	31 Jan	7 Feb	14 Feb	21 Feb	28 Feb	7 Mar	14 Mar	21 Mar	28 Mar	4 Apr	11 Apr	18 Apr	25 Apr	2 May	9 May	16 May	23 May	30 May	6 Jun	13 Jun	20 Jun	27 Jun	4 Jul
Number of jobs	6,717	6,153	7,208	8,003	7,601	8,093	7,823	7,769	7,988	7,665	7,891	7,758	8,112	7,043	7,221	7,566	7,756	7,739	8,010	8,245	9,032	9,075	10,203	10,209	10,205	10,294	10,124	9,952	9,631	9,229	8,820	8,963	9,292	8,933	9,269	8,977	9,462	8,780	9,281	9,159	9,352	9,106	8,300	8,374	8,355	8,806	6,576	6,540	6,993	7,232	7,634	7,667	11,920	12,421	12,852	12,840	12,926

It is a 60% increase as compared to the same period last year. At the end of June, 8,003 ads were posted on the Jooble website offering overseas jobs to professionals.

Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, and Latvia are among the top countries where Ukrainian migrant workers are in high demand.

Trade jobs are the most popular, i.e., plumbers, electricians, welders, and general workers.

«A spike in the number of overseas jobs offered to Ukrainians is caused by the summer season and the significant impact that our migrant workers have on the economies of the host countries. Moreover, such increased demand for overseas jobs is caused by the ease of quarantine restrictions—both in Ukraine and in certain European countries.

Many countries promote employment for Ukrainians, which by all means boosts demand for overseas jobs», 

— says Olena Kirilievnina, Chief of the Partner Relations Department at Jooble.

According to Vasyl Voskoboynyk, President of the All-Ukrainian Association of International Employment Companies, 3–5 million Ukrainians currently work abroad by various estimates. Ukraine has a certain stratum of individuals—about 13–16% of the total population—who are permanently involved in labor migration.

According to the Association, 1.8 million job offers were issued in Poland with 150,000 of such offers being issued in the Czech Republic in 2020. Furthermore, there is a marked tendency for migration balance in Germany to decline over the past five years.

There are several reasons why Ukrainian workers are in high demand abroad in 2021:

• Economic ills caused by quarantine and restrictions melt away.
• Europe pumps money to overcome the coronavirus crisis, so investment in business increases with the extra demand for the workforce.
• The number of Ukrainians is decreasing by 200–250 thousand every year, so is the number of migrant workers.

However, not all countries are so happy to see Ukrainian migrant blue-collar workers. In particular, Germany is mostly interested in hiring competent professionals, and it is quite difficult to get a legal blue-collar job. The same is true for the Czech Republic.

In contrast, Poland counts on migrant workers for economic development purposes; the government is now doing its best to turn labor migration into labor emigration. Moreover, the country is planning to raise the minimum wage to PLN 3,000 or UAH 21,000 in 2022.