Today, during a press conference following the meeting of the Government, the Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, Svetlana Zhakupova, answered journalists' questions about the work of the electronic labor exchange.

As part of the execution of the President’s instruction, since October 2017, the Unified Electronic Labor Exchange has been established as a free, unified digital platform for the interaction of employers, employees, private employment agencies, and online internet sites.

"The electronic labor exchange has been launched. We started with 8 thousand vacancies – literally last month. Today about 25.5 thousand vacancies are placed on the electronic labor exchange. More than 15 thousand people found work through the exchange," Svetlana Zhakupova said.

The Vice Minister also outlined the prospects for the work of the electronic labor exchange. Since January 1, 2018, the exchange will be put into commercial operation – all 199 employment centers in the country will be connected to it.

"The electronic labor exchange will receive information on the availability of vacant seats from employment centers, as well as post information from employers about the availability of vacancies," the Vice Minister summed up.

Also in the second quarter of the new year, it is planned to launch a module of simplified registration of the so-called informally employed persons. At the moment, the mechanism is being worked out.

Recall, today at the meeting of the Government, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Tamara Duissenova announced the preliminary results of the Program for the Development of Productive Employment and Mass Entrepreneurship. According to her, the main indicators of the Program have been achieved.

During the first 11 months of this year, 413,000 people were employed, of which 279,000 are for permanent work. To date, the number of participants in the Program has reached 527,000, more than 50% of them are residents of rural areas.