“Our labor market policies are performing,” the prime minister said at the event of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security
“I have to tell you that I am leaving this event much more optimistic and with much more energy, listening to all these very interesting, fascinating I would say, personal stories of people who either found a job in Greece, or returned from abroad with a facilitation from the public service, Employers’ demands, ”the prime minister said Kyriakos Mitsotakis At the event of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security “building bridges between human resources and the labor market”.
“Indeed, when we talk about the labor market and our economic policy, we often refer to cold statistics, which are obviously very important. Yes, 500,000 new jobs have been created over the last six years. When the Greek people first trusted us on July 7, 2019, unemployment was 18% and I would like to remind us that then our first priority was the drastic decline in unemployment and the creation of many new jobs. And I think today, by making a comprehensive account, we can be satisfied with the results of this policy, considering that unemployment in our country is close to 8%, but at the same time reducing unemployment there is a largely automatic, which results from market rules and demand. The point is not only to create jobs. The point is to increase salaries at a rate as well as to support the standard of living of employees. But these statistics, little value are ahead of the personal stories we have heard today, “the prime minister said, according to the EIA.
He also emphasized that career days are not only for the unemployed, they are also for workers who may be looking for a different job that fully meets their expectations. “I fully understand the suspicion of employers, who in the past, with the old OAED may not have been used to a public service that operated with rules and private sector standards. And today we have reached the point of many employment companies to feel that there is about unfair competition from the Public Employment Service, because we are able to organize such initiatives for the benefit of both employees and businesses, “the prime minister said.
Referring to the people who returned from abroad, as they found work in Greece and spoke to the event, the prime minister said: “Indeed, the years of the crisis, hundreds of thousands, mainly young, Greeks and Greeks, left home, frustrated by a country that could not be deceived by a country that could not be deceived by a country. But work abroad. This has changed. And I think that in order to make the decision to return, obviously the “career days” are extremely useful because they enable someone to have an overall picture of the labor market and the opportunities offered with a visit, one day, a job that would need a lot of effort to do it, but not only. There must be good jobs, there must be this feeling that I make a decision and I make it with the confidence that it will not be used again to go abroad. And all this has to do with the belief that the country, despite the difficulties, despite the problems, is basically moving in the right direction. That things are in a row. And I believe that many of those who hear us and many who made this decision have taken it precisely because they eventually have a faith in the country’s potential and in their own way, as we were told, they want to help in this overall effort to recover our homeland. And there comes the state, the state to be able to facilitate our fellow citizens who are abroad, to return to return and transmit their experiences, their knowledge, their experiences, to the Greek economy.
Because leaving Greece is a decision that is not easy and always in an open global economy will be leaving, people will come back, the issue is what is the balance. For the first time last year, the balance on an annual basis was positive. Most have returned to Greece than they left and I think it is the best justification of our overall labor market policies. “
In closing, the prime minister referred to the message of the event, saying: “You know about the moaning, the misery, the misery, which often accompanies the public dialogue, this event was probably the best answer. That something really changes in Greece, that despite the difficulties we have the right, I would say, to look at the future with greater optimism. That our labor market policies attribute, that we will soon be here and here to the social partners, if we have not already been in this position, to face the upset problem with this we face it five years ago, where the workers have not found themselves and many employees, Work, for our education system, for training and re -installation policies. But it is a more enjoyable problem than having 18% unemployment and being plagued by unemployment which is ultimately the greatest manifestation of inequality and social injustice. “