AKIPRESS.COM - Jalal-Abad town has 1,265 official unemployed, said deputy head of the city department of social development Nazira Jakypova.

This year the number of people who applied for work in the department has increased. To date, 162 people have undergone short-term training and received certificates for employment with the support of international organizations.

Since the beginning of the year, 2,456 citizens applied to the employment department, 829 of them applied with the request for employment. The rest were either of retirement age or under 18 years old. They were given consultations.

Out of 1,265 officially unemployed, 162 people received free training in professional lyceums for tractor drivers, gas welders, cooks, hairdressers and computer technicians.

Also a job fair is held twice a year. In May this year, more than 300 people participated, and citizens were offered more than 180 jobs. Then 34 people got a job.