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Table 5 Proportion of unemployed using specific search methods by country in %

From: How do the unemployed search for a job? – Evidence from the EU Labour Force Survey

 

Public employment office

Private employment agency

Direct applications

Friends, relatives, trade unions, etc.

Inserting/answering ads

Studying ads

Test, interview, or examination

AT

79

15

73

80

50

90

55

BE

69

43

31

35

24

56

11

BG

46

14

49

65

16

36

8

CY

48

2

57

77

15

63

18

CZ

90

17

78

89

21

84

34

DE

93

19

20

39

58

58

12

DK

44

3

69

53

68

85

17

EE

30

4

36

63

29

54

6

ES

43

32

74

84

31

60

24

EU-LFS

65

21

52

61

42

68

17

FI

60

15

53

40

42

87

21

FR

64

32

61

59

52

86

22

GR

63

9

87

89

29

71

20

HU

74

25

73

84

42

86

6

IE

56

30

82

85

29

93

32

IT

28

19

60

80

24

58

34

LT

53

5

45

58

14

55

3

LU

77

16

55

63

20

88

4

LV

42

6

72

91

25

86

11

NL

50

47

62

57

52

76

35

PL

75

7

65

82

36

80

15

PT

61

9

48

38

19

27

5

RO

12

6

48

56

43

64

12

SE

73

5

45

25

19

53

1

SI

71

22

79

86

75

83

57

SK

80

6

36

60

14

47

4

UK

67

24

49

50

59

82

0

  1. Source: EU-LFS, years 2006–2008, own calculations. Notes: Based on inverse sampling probability weighted data. The method “Test, interview, or examination” is not surveyed in the UK.