There were 188,400 jobseekers in June, compared with 181,000 in May and 197,900 in June 2007, the Israel National Employment Service reports. The figures do not include seasonal factors such as holidays.
Seasonally adjusted figures show that the number of jobseekers has risen for the first time in three years. Trend figures show that the unemployed persons rose by 0.3% to 169,800 in June, from 169,200 in May.
On the other hand, the number of help-wanted requests processed by the Employment Service totaled 23,100, compared with 22,400 in June 2007, and 9,400 people were placed in jobs, compared with 8,900 in the corresponding month last year.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 31, 2008
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