In Russia in 2023, the average time to find a job decreased at a record level: this is due to the demographic gap, Covid and war

People are hired “without much thought”

Unemployed Russians in 2023 found work in less than half a year (5.8 months), follows from Rosstat statistics , which drew the attention of Vorstka. This is the lowest figure since at least 2013.

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Over the course of ten years, the average amount of time it took to find a job was always more than six months. For example, in 2021, Russians spent on average about 7 months searching for a job, and in 2018 - almost 7.5.

Women, pensioners and job seekers with no experience, among others, found jobs faster

According to Rosstat, women, pensioners and job seekers without experience are finding jobs faster. In 2021, it took Russian women an average of 6.9 months to find a job, and in 2023 - 5.9 months. Pensioners spent 8 months searching for work in 2021, and 6.9 months in 2023. Applicants with no experience took 6.8 months in 2021, and 6.1 in 2023.

It has become easier for Russians to find work due to a shortage of personnel, an interlocutor at one of the large recruiting agencies confirmed to VERSTKA. This, he said, was influenced by several factors.

“A demographic hole, a wild flow of people from the real sector to the service sector, losses from Covid and war. The conclusion of contracts and mobilization cannot but influence, but this is not the main factor,” says the expert.

Employers hire people "right away without much thought"

According to him, employers now have no choice and hire people “immediately without much thought.” “The employment cycle has shortened very significantly. If earlier it was three weeks, now it’s three days or even three hours after posting a resume,” he noted.

In general, 2023 was a record year for the Russian labor market for the low number of unemployed - 2.4 million people. In 2013, Rosstat recorded over 4 million job seekers on the market, almost 72.5% more.

“Layout” previously described how the shortage of personnel affected the attitude of employers towards certain categories of applicants. Thus, after the start of the war with Ukraine, more women began to look for work and were more actively hired into “male” fields. In addition, employers have become more willing to invite people with disabilities to interviews.

Photo: Workers assemble furniture during Migrant Workers Day in Krasnoyarsk in 2009. Illustrative photo. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

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