The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced that Czech unemployment in August 2011 stayed unchanged at July’s figure of 8.2%. It said the number of jobless seeking work stood at 481,535, a fall of 4,049 compared with July.

There are currently 11.8 jobless people on average for every vacancy, a slight improvement on the previous ratio of 12.5 unemployed for every place following a 4.8% rise in vacancies to 40,785.

The ministry said the jobless total seeking work stood at 481,535, a fall of 4,049 compared with July. The Czech jobless rate for men improved in August by 0.1 percentage point to 6.8% but worsened for women by the same figure to stand at 10%.

The ministry expects little change in the overall jobless picture in September. Czech unemployment has fallen from the 9.6% announced in December 2010 as the export oriented economy picks up.

(Sourced from www.ceskapozice.cz)