The number of unemployed jobseekers continues to decrease
The number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 65,800. The number of new vacancies reported in May totalled 111,700. In all, the number of unfilled vacancies amounted to 221,600, which is 66,800 more than a year ago.
According to the Labour Force Survey issued by Statistics Finland, in May the number of people in employment was 61,000 more than on the previous year.
The trend of the employment rate was 73.9%, which was 2.0 percentage points higher than in May the year before.
More information:
Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment