The labor market in this city can definitely be called an employee’s market, where workers set the terms of employment and can often count on higher wages as a result.

Bolesławiec – the labor market

Local statistics from the Powiat Labour Office in Bolesławiec clearly show that the unemployment rate in Bolesławiec County decreased slightly by the end of May 2019—over the course of the year—and stood at 4.0 percent. However, this was 1 percent higher than at the end of May the previous year. The unemployment balance has decreased significantly since 2014, remaining at a similar average level of approximately 1,353 people from 2018 through the end of May 2019.

Among the unemployed in the city of Bolesławiec at the end of May 2019 were:

  • 555 unemployed people, including 318 women
  • 21 people dismissed for reasons related to their workplace, including 16 women
  • 86 unemployed people with higher education
  • 118 unemployed people with lower-secondary education or less
  • 111 unemployed people entitled to benefits, including 73 women.

The largest number of unemployed people in Bolesławiec:

  • have been out of work for 6–12 months
  • are aged 25–34
  • have basic vocational education
  • have between one and five years of work experience.

The situation is similar for both women and men.

Since 2014, the number of job vacancies and employment activation opportunities reported to the Labour Office in Bolesławiec has risen significantly. At the end of January 2014, there were just 479, while by the end of May 2019 there were as many as 800. These are, of course, not all the job offers in Bolesławiec. There are definitely more, as shown by search results on specialist job-advertising websites such as jobsora.com, where there are more than 1,200 offers for Bolesławiec.

Such a large number of job offers shows that Bolesławiec has an employee’s market. Potential candidates for vacant positions partly set the terms of employment for employers, which often enables them to obtain higher pay.

What jobs are available in Bolesławiec?

Residents of Bolesławiec can find work in various sectors of the economy. The most common offers include jobs for:

  • administrative and office workers
  • nurses
  • hospital ward assistants
  • operators
  • laboratory technicians
  • bus drivers
  • receptionists
  • therapists
  • salespeople
  • cashiers
  • fitters
  • teachers
  • warehouse workers
  • customer service employees
  • bricklayers
  • reinforcing steel workers
  • mechanics
  • vehicle painters
  • IT specialists
  • secretaries
  • accountants
  • sales representatives
  • postal workers
  • security guards
  • elderly care workers
  • cleaning workers
  • production workers
  • banking advisers
  • sales agents
  • turners.

These are, of course, only the most popular offers currently listed on the website of the Powiat Labour Office in Bolesławiec. Many more can be found online.

Bolesławiec – where to look for job offers?

As mentioned above, the Powiat Labour Office is just one of the places where residents of Bolesławiec can look for employment. There are relatively few job advertisements there, so not everyone can find an offer that interests them. This means it is not worth limiting your search exclusively to the Labour Office’s database of offers, but rather looking more broadly—for example, at specialist portals with listings from individuals and companies seeking employees. One such service is jobsora.com, where, at present, more than 1,200 active job offers are visible for the city of Bolesławiec alone, and the database is constantly expanding, giving every Bolesławiec resident a chance to find a job. Offers can easily be filtered not only by the place of employment or distance from home, but also by salary and the duration of a particular listing. These additional features make the job search much easier and save a great deal of time. It is worth keeping track of new offers. To do this, it is best to sign up for email notifications about new listings.