İSPER A.Ş. and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Regional Employment Offices, with more than 10 thousand people in Istanbul, took the pulse of the labor market. According to the results of the research, the level of unemployment among women with higher education, youth and long-term unemployed in Istanbul is alarming.
The meeting themed "Employment and Unemployment Agenda in Istanbul", organized by IMM's subsidiary İSPER (Istanbul Personnel Inc.) and IMM Regional Employment Offices, took place on 17 March at the Istanbul Congress Center.
At the meeting, the research report "Istanbul Labor Market: Structural Features and Problems", prepared in cooperation with BETAM (Bahçeşehir University Center for Economic and Social Research) and Istanbul Planning Agency (IPA), was shared with the public.
According to the research conducted by the Istanbul Planning Agency by interviewing 10 people in the field, the share of the long-term unemployed in the total unemployed was recorded as 83 percent in 2021.
INCREASED EDUCATIONAL WOMEN'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS DANGEROUS
According to the research, while the share of female higher education graduates in the total unemployed was 42,8 percent, this rate was 20,7 percent for men. Youth unemployment rate has also increased in Istanbul. While this rate is 22,8 percent for men; for women, it was 30 percent. While the labor force participation rate for men decreased from 77,1 percent to 71,9 percent in one year; this rate for women decreased from 37,6 percent to 33,6 percent.
While employment rates in Istanbul were 2018 percent for men in 68,6, this rate decreased to 2020 percent in 62. In the same period, this rate decreased from 33 percent to 28 percent for women.
200 THOUSAND WOMEN ARE UNEMPLOYED
In the panel held after the presentation of the research report, İSPER General Manager Banu Saraçlar said, “There were serious losses in employment in the painful years we lived after 2018, especially women's employment was more affected; Approximately 200 thousand women lost their workforce in Istanbul; It has gone back 5 years in terms of women's participation in working life.” said.
Banu Saraçlar pointed out that the female employment rate in Istanbul, which is 28 percent to 62 percent, is less than half of the male employment rate, and pointed out that there is inequality in wages. Saraçlar said, “Women and expectation wages of women are 16 percent behind that of men.”
Emphasizing that the central government has a great responsibility for unemployment, Banu Saraçlar said: “As İSPER, which contributes to the implementation of IMM's Human Resources policies, we are also aware of our responsibility. We help job seekers find a job at our Regional Employment Offices. In addition, we provide vocational training for employment at the Institute İSMEKs and provide qualifications to the unemployed. We provide new jobs, especially for young unemployed women.”
WE PLACED MORE THAN 38 THOUSAND PEOPLE
Yiğit Oğuz Duman, Advisor to the President of İBB Human Resources and Organization Management, said, “It is not possible for us to remain a spectator to the increasing unemployment and urban poverty in Istanbul. We have established a merit-based employment and HR system in IMM and its subsidiaries. We provide efficient employment with a fair and transparent recruitment system.” said.
Yiğit Oğuz Duman pointed out that IMM has established Regional Employment Offices as a solution to unemployment, and emphasized that they have placed more than 38 thousand people in the private sector through Employment Offices. At the same time, in order to increase female employment, as İBB, we have provided employment for women in groundbreaking professions such as bus driver, fireman, parking lot driver and mechanic. We open kindergartens, we employ mothers who leave their children in our kindergartens in safe and suitable conditions. We bring our university students together with part-time job opportunities in the private sector through PfPs. Young people who contribute to their personal development and vision are employed in the private sector through the “Young Talent Programme”, which was created for university graduates and attended by 900 young people. "said.
FEATURED DATA IN THE REPORT
• According to the research carried out by BETAM and IPA, there is approximately 2021 million 12 thousand workable population in Istanbul in 200. It is estimated that approximately 5 million 930 thousand of this figure is below high school, 3 million 150 thousand is at high school and 3 million 120 thousand is at higher education level.
• The average education period in Istanbul has reached approximately 11 years.
• 25,6 percent of Istanbul's workable population is a graduate of higher education; 25,9 percent are high school graduates; 48,6 percent of them are graduates below high school.
• In the 15-29 age group, the share of those with higher education is 46,3 percent for women and 36,5 percent for men. In higher education, women far outstripped men in the young population.
• The increase in educated female unemployed was very worrying. The share of unemployed women with higher education degrees in the total unemployed increased to 42,8 percent for women and 20,7 percent for men.
• In higher education, women far outstripped men in the young population. Young women were more educated than men, but were also more likely to be unemployed, as shown above.
• Youth unemployment rate increased in Istanbul. It reached 22,8 percent in men and 29,9 percent in women.
• The mismatch between labor supply and demand, on the one hand, curbs the increase in employment, on the other hand solidifies unemployment.
17,8 percent of employees in Istanbul are not satisfied with their jobs. Job dissatisfaction is 19,1% for men and 14,5% for women.
• The most common cause of job dissatisfaction is low income. 63.4 percent.
• Research; It shows that the vast majority of job seekers (71,5%) in Istanbul have the sine qua non for accepting an offered job. The most common condition (55,2%) is to be insured. The conditions are being close to home (41,3 percent), full-time job (30,5 percent), rights such as travel/food (30,2 percent) and a job suitable for the profession they have been trained for (15,2 percent).
• 46 percent of the female workforce in Istanbul consider the condition of being close to home important when looking for a job.
• 68 percent of those who lost their jobs in Istanbul are deprived of unemployment benefits. Only 6,5 percent of the unemployed can benefit from unemployment benefits.
• In 2021, the number of employees without SGK registration is estimated to be around 950 thousand. Only 22 thousand of them, or 2,3 percent, are looking for a registered job.
• The sectors that were most heavily affected during the pandemic period were the branches of activity with a high risk of contamination, such as accommodation and food, health and education. While the companies that were able to provide home service on full closure days minimized the damage, the companies that could not do this suffered great economic losses.
• Due to the pandemic, the unemployment rate in accommodation and restaurant activities is estimated to be 21,7 percent.
• The effect of the pandemic on employment in sectors other than accommodation and restaurant activities disappeared in the third quarter of 2021.
• While it is possible to say that companies operating in the manufacturing sector survived the pandemic with slight damage and even increased employment, the positive effect of the pandemic can be mentioned for companies operating in sectors suitable for e-commerce.
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