EU online job-seekers tool the European Commission disclosed a new online tool to help Ukrainians find a job as the bloc looks to range its protection for those displaced by war for another year.
Some 4.2 million people who arrived in the EU from Ukraine roofed by a system giving all those escaping the conflict accommodation support, health care, education access and the right to enter the EU job market.
European home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson said this system required to protracted by at least a year until March 2024, with those returning to Ukraine allowed to retain their rights in case they needed to flee again.
The online job-search tool called the “EU Talent Pool” will allow those displaced by Russia’s attack to upload their CVs, which will be available to more than 4,000 employers, national public employment services and private employment agencies.
EU employment commissioner Nicola Schmidt told a news conference that five EU countries had linked the pilot, containing Poland, which is housing the most Ukrainian refugees, and called more to join.
“For employers in the EU, who we know are facing labour shortages across many sectors and in many different skillsets, this can be an important resource which you can draw upon,” he said.
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The pilot job-search tool, managed by the European Labour Authority, is accessible in English, Ukrainian and Russian and linked to the EU’s cooperation network of employment services with over 3 million vacancies.
Some 600,000 Ukrainians have arrived the EU job market later the conflict began.