Almost a quarter (23 percent) of Russians, upon dismissal, will not have enough money for a week. This is reported by RBC with reference to the results of the HeadHunter study.
Every fifth survey participant (20 percent) said that they can afford to look for a job for two weeks before starting to experience financial difficulties. Another 15 percent said that the accumulated money would be enough for a month and a half without work, and 11 percent will be able to live without work for three months. And only 3 percent of respondents admitted that they would not experience financial difficulties in the event of unemployment. The poll was conducted from February 22 to March 10, 5.5 thousand applicants took part in it.
Earlier in March, it became known that the majority of Russians (63 percent) declared their readiness to change their current place of work. Most often, representatives of the security sector (69 percent), trade (68 percent) and transport (68 percent) are dissatisfied with their duties. The smallest share of employees willing to change jobs is in IT.
As for the difficulties with finding a job, 48 percent found it difficult to find a suitable vacancy, another 40 percent of respondents noted that it is difficult for them to wait for a response from a potential employer. Another quarter of the respondents have difficulty writing a resume, 18 percent – with completing a test task, and one in ten – with preparing a cover letter.