Around 60-70% of Ukrainians who sought refuge in Poland following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are choosing to pursue low-skilled professions, an analysis by NV has revealed.
An international recruiting company received 2,580 job requests for Ukrainian workers in the first half of July 2023, employment agency Gremi Personal told NV Business, mentioning the top five Polish cities that are in need of workforce from Ukraine.
In 2020, 532,500 Ukrainian workers were officially employed in Poland.
Hanna Dzhobolda, director of the recruiting department of the Polish employment company Gremi Personal, said this in an interview with Ukrainian News Agency. As of late 2020, 532,500 Ukrainians officially working in Poland were registered in the Social Insurance Fund of Poland, Dzhobolda said.
At the same time, she noted that these figures are not accurate, since many Ukrainians work on the basis of short-term contracts for the performance of a certain type of work, which do not provide for social insurance.
Besides, some Ukrainians still continue to work illegally.
According to Dzhobolda, despite the trend of illegal work of Ukrainians in Poland, there are fewer illegal immigrants.