This is a presentation about labour market and employment in this region which was part of a section in an online magazine that was a Comenius project between 4 schools in UE.

1. Labour market
in Ostrzeszow County , Poland 2012

2. Ostrzeszow County
• Ostrzeszów County ( powiat
ostrzeszowski) is a unit of territorial
administration and local government
in Greater Poland . It came into
being on January 1, 1999.
• Its administrative seat and largest
town is Ostrzeszów.
• The county covers an area of 772.37
square kilometres (298.2 sq mi).
• The county is subdivided into seven
gminas (three urban-rural and four
rural).

3. Kraszewice
Gmina Kraszewice is a rural
gmina – the basic unit of
territorial division in Poland which
consists of several villages.
The seat of the local government
is located in Kraszewice.
There are about 3600 inhabitants.
Kraszewice covers the area of
75,11 km², including :
• arable land: 59%
• forests: 34%

4. Number of inhabitants
6.198
24.267
6.069
7.836
3.682
2.570
5.278
Ostrzeszow County (2012) : 55.900 citizens

5. Workplaces in Kraszewice municipality
• There are over 220
companies registered in
Kraszewice
municipality.
• Agricultural activity is
based on individual
farms. There are
specialized farms in
milk and pig
production
• The largest number of
companies specializes in
the production of palletes
and wood products,
upholstery and carpentry.
A lot of them offer
transport services or they
are engaged in trade,
operate in the constuction
market.
• There are several shops.

6. Unemployment rate
95%
5%
2011 r.
Ostrzeszow Counrt - 2482 persons
Kraszewice Municipality - 144 persons
95%
5%
2012 r.
Ostrzeszow County - 2196 persons
Kraszewice Municipality - 112 persons

7. Unemployment in 2011-2012
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2270
2482
2717
2809
2626
2402
2258
2125 2043 2120 2196 2223

8. Registered unemployment
• The unemployment rate in October 2012 was
9.5%, in Wielkopolska province 9,2% , and in
the whole country it reached12,5%.
• 64,7% of the unemployed were from rural areas.
• The unemployment rate increased by 3% in
comparison to last year (October 2011)
• The summer months brought a seasonal
unemployment rate decline.

9. Unemployment by sex
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
1522
1568
1662 1689
1608
1533 1490
1422
1372
1441
1495 1500
748
914
1055
1120
1018
869
768
703 671 679 701 723
Women Men

10. • There are more unemployed women
than men in the Ostrzeszow County.
• In 2012 there were 1500 unemplyed
women which accounts for 67,4%.

11. Unemployment by age
673
600
388
351
145
39
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-59 60-64

12. • In Ostrzeszow County young people
between the age 18-24 are the largest
group of the unemployed.
• They usually remain out of job just
after graduating from high school or
university and because they don’t
have the experience required by the
majority of the employees.

13. Disabled persons registered in labour office in 2011 -2012
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160 150
160 159 157 156 158
146
132
128
136
142
147

14. Long term unemployment
850
900
950
1000
1050
1100
1150
977
1025
1083
1119 1119
1055
1023
976
956
996
1016
1026

15. • In June 2012 there were 2 125
unemployed people in Ostrzeszów
County. The unemployment rate
reached 9,2%.
• With comparison to the rate from last
year, it remained almost on the same
level.
• Over 16% of the total unemployed
don’t have any professional
qualifications.

16. 9.9%
33.6%
8.0%
33.3%
15.3%
Wyższe
Policealne i średnie zawodowe
Średnie ogólnokształcące
Zasadnicze zawodowe
Gimnazjalne i poniżej
The pie chart shows that the highest number of the
unemployed (33,6%) don’t have any professional
qualifications or finished only lower-secondary school
(gimnazjum).
33,3% of the unemployed graduated from vocational schools.
Among the unemployed there are only 9,9% people with a
university degree.

17. Unemplyment by profession
0
100
200
300
215
95
64 56 40 53 34 34 32 32
Number of the unemployed

18. Analisys of job offers and professional
groups
In the first half of 2012 in Ostrzeszów County Labour
Office there were 638 vacancies.
On average every month in 2012 there were 129 new
job offers:
o 224 for women (29%),
o 694 from private sector (89,9%),
o 78 from public sector (10,1%),
o 179 from EU projects (23,0%),
o 62 for disabled people (8,0 %),

19. Source
www.pupostrzeszow.pl
Klaudia Bednarz
Patrycja Fiłka
Adrian Sikora
Dominika Osmalak
Rafał Grzesiek
„This project has been funded with the support from the European
Commission. This publication reflects the viewes only of the
authors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any
use which may be made of the information contained therein.”

20. The biggest companies in Ostrzeszów County

21. In-demnad jobs
Sales representative
Farm worker
Butcher
Scaffolding worker
Porter
Turner
Office worker
Lorry driver
Office cleaner
Grocery shop assistant