Israel unemployment

Israel's youth labor force participation rate declines as gender gap narrows

Report reveals declining labor force participation among young Israelis (20-29), especially men and those in the Arab sector. Low unemployment is deceptive, hiding a sharp rise in discouragement.

Einbal Mashash, CEO of the Employment Service
 Worker installing scaffolding on building.

War results in 50% business decline for Israel's self-employed, survey finds

The Lauder Center for the Promotion of Employment in the Negev and the Galilee’s fifth annual employers’ conference.

‘Israel must wake up; development of Negev is real future of Israel’

 Is AI putting your job at risk?

Unemployment in Israel dips to new low


Unemployment response 'greatly harming' business recovery

'If some businesses could renew operations now, they cannot do so fully because Israel was in a rush to send all the workers on unpaid leave'

A man wearing a mask walks inside a shopping centre after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced that malls, hotels, restaurants and theaters will shut down from Sunday, in an escalation of precautionary measures against coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2020

Israeli unemployment exceeds one million: 24.4% of workforce

"Unfortunately, our forecasts materialized - we reached one million jobseekers in March alone."

A man walks in an alley inside Jerusalem's Old CIty as shops are closed amid coronavirus restrictions in the walled Old City March 27, 2020

New unemployment benefit claimants continue to soar

After the Employment Service website crashed due to the high level of traffic, the government body said it had expanded its server capacity to handle increased demand.

A woman uses an ATM at a branch of Israel Discount Bank in Tel Aviv, Israel

Olim struggle to find work as immigrant employment fair kicks off

Over 1,000 olim attended an employment fair organized by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry.

Olim attend an employment fair especially for their community.

Ultra-Orthodox moving to periphery, presaging increased societal tension

Regev noted that the faster a haredi community moves in to a city, the greater potential for societal tensions, because the original, non-haredi population has less time to adjust to the new reality.

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Diversity in the workplace

Geographical distance, low representation in higher education and gaps in formal education – can all be advantages when given an equal opportunity.

The Bnei Brak Employment Center

Employment integration...

... and the Jerusalem intifada.

Recipients of unemployment benefits and income support in Jerusalem, 2010-2015

Employment population ratios

Employment-population ratio in Israel and in large cities, 2015

Windows, not walls

Bringing haredim into the hi-tech workforce may save the country’s economy.

The Bnei Brak Employment Center

May an employer prohibit any and all Internet wandering?

Most of us do not ascribe much importance to this natural act, which is instinctive and a continuation of the wandering of our thoughts.

JOURNALISTS AT work at their desks.