Demand for labor force in Kazakhstan remains quite mixed: on the one hand, employers are actively seeking workers for low-skilled jobs, while on the other, there remains a significant need for teachers, healthcare and social workers, according to an analysis of finprom.kz. Forecasts show that the greatest demand in the labor market in 2026 will
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the European Union (EU) and national stakeholders, have launched the project “Promoting decent work and preventing child and forced labour in Turkmenistan”. Running from 2026 to 2027 and funded by the EU, the ILO-implemented initiative aims at addressing child labour and forced labour while promoting decent work,
On April 14 in Tokyo, Kyrgyz Minister of Labor, Social Security and Migration Kanat Sagynbayev met with Hideharu Maruyama, Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of Japan to discuss the current state and prospects of Kyrgyz-Japanese cooperation in labor migration, specifically the Specified Skilled Worker program attracting foreign workers to fill labor shortages in certain
At a meeting in the Senate on March 12 addressing the problem of informal employment in Kazakhstan, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Askarbek Yertayev revealed informal employment statistics and proposed measures aimed at broader legalization of labor relations in the domestic labor market. Yertayev noted that informal, or shadow, employment has a negative impact
Since the beginning of 2026, employers have posted 102,700 job vacancies and job seekers have submitted 162,400 resumes on the Enbek.kz online job exchange in Kazakhstan, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. The number of job seekers exceeds the number of vacancies, with an average of 1.58 resumes per vacancy. Over 80%
On November 18, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was briefed on the improvement of the system of external labor migration and organization of migration processes in line with international standards. Thanks to the systematic work carried out in Uzbekistan in recent years to ensure the organized employment of citizens abroad, the labor market is diversifying, with citizens
Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Labor, Social Security and Migration Ravshanbek Sabirov last week in Bishkek met with Hitoshi Kanamori, President of IM Japan, the largest organization that accepts foreign technical interns in Japan, to discuss opportunities for organized employment of Kyrgyz citizens in Japan. The Kyrgyz side expressed its readiness to ensure proper training of skilled
Kyrgyzstan now has 7,410 job vacancies, including 6,164 blue-collar jobs and 1,246 office jobs, according to the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration. Two months ago, on February 1, 2025, Kyrgyzstan had 6,305 job vacancies. The blue-collar job vacancies include: The office job vacancies include: Since the beginning of the year, a total of