Informationof the Ukrainian Chapter of the International

Association of Workforce Professionals (IAWP) at the 95th International Educational

Conference“The World Market Place – Working with

Foreign Companies”

Ihor Tsvilynyuk

Lviv

Ukraine

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DYNAMICS DURING UKRAINE INDEPENDENCE YEARS

~*~by the previous year —*— by 1990

BASIC COUNTRIES-RECIPIENTS

of UKRAINIAN LABOR FORCE Country % of the general

amount of migrant workers

Russia 35-50

Poland 15-20

Czech Republic 10-17

Italy more than 10

Spain 8-9

Portugal 5-8

Among other countries : Belarus, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece

GENERAL AMOUNT OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN COUNTRIES-RECIPIENTS OF UKRAINIAN LABOR

FORCECountry Amount of migrant workers

(thous of people) Russia 1000 1 Poland 300 Czech Republic 200 Italy 200 Spain 100 Turkey 35 the USA 20 Portugal 15

1- In a seasonal peak –up to 3000 (by estimation of embassy of Ukraine)

THE QUANTITY OF EXTERNAL MIGRANT WORKERS BY ESTIMATION OF DIFFERENT

INSTITUTIONS

Institutions The quantity of external

migrant workers, thous of people

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 2000

Ministry of labor and social policy of Ukraine 3000

Representative of Supreme Soviet

of Ukraine on human rights 5000

Experts– economists up to 7000

SALARY OF SOME CATEGORIES

OF UKRAINIAN MIGRANT WORKERS Salary $ USA

1. Involved in building in the countries- neighbors of Ukraine (Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary)

–non-qualified workers 200-400

– qualified workers 500-800

2. Involved in Germany, Italy and other countries with the developed market economy

2.1.sailors

–soldiers 600-1400

–officers 1800 to 5000

2.2.programmers 5000 - 6000 and more

2.3.cleaners, waiters, invalid tenders 200 to 1000

2.4.physicians 1000—3000

SOME INDEXES OF ECONOMY OF UKRAINE

GDP per capita $ USA

External labor migration, thousand of people *

Real salary $ USA % by the previous year

1996 871,82 11,816 -3,4

1997 989,42 18,741 -3,4

1998 832,82 24,397 -3,8

1999 832,82 28,224 -8,9

2000 631,59 33,735 -0,9

2001 780,88 36,329 19,3

2002 879,54 40,683 18,2

2003 1048,43 38,161 15,2

2004 1370,5 46,182 23,8

*Official statistics (or deception?)

BENEFITS FOR UKRAINE FROM

LABOR MIGRATION • Inflow of capital • New possibilities of laborers • Reduction of unemployment • Borrowing of new technologies • Positive changes in psychology • Investments growth (of those who haven’t

returned) • Multiplying of trade streams between countries • Reduction of risk of economical collapse during

crises• Integration in a world culture • Gaining experience, establishing of human

connections

LOSSES of UKRAINE FROM LABOR

MIGRATION • Loss of experienced and/or well-educated specialists • Slowing down of rates of economical growth and labor

productivity• Low efficiency of state investments in education • Financial stratification of society • Reduction of level of profits of the state budget • Reduction of cash inflow is from migrant workers in a

long-term perspective• Socio-economic negatives ( divorce with family, risk of

decline of professional level, absence of stability in a social environment, discomfort dealing with a stay in other cultural environment, discrimination)

• Social threats (destructions of families are possible, one of the married couples «falls» out of reproduction processes, negative consequences in bringing up children)

DYNAMICS OF THE REAL INCREASE

OF GDP FOR 2007 %

7,06,9

6,5

5,6

4,2

4,5

4

4,5

5

5,5

6

6,5

7

7,5

станом наБерезень 06

станом наЧервень 06

станом наЖовтень 06

станом наБерезень 07

станом наЛипень 07

станом наЖовтень 07

Прогноз на 2007 рік

Звіт за 2007 рік - 7,3%

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

STRAIGHT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN UKRAINE (IN MILLION $ USA)

GENERAL VOLUME OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, BROUGHT IN THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE,

DATING BY JULY, 1, 2007.Country General volume of the drawn

foreign investments, million $ USA

Germany 5677,9

Cyprus 4130,4

Austria 1957,0

Netherlands 1864,3

The United Kingdom 1796,8

The United States of America 1380,7

Russian Federation 1236,2

France 935,4

Virgin Islands 813,0

British Isles 580,5

Switzerland 580,5

SOME SUGGESTIONS OF WORKPLACES OF COMPANIES WITH FOREIGN CAPITAL

City Company Position

Salary $

USA

Working experi-

ence

Desired age

years

Kyiv ”Shift Labs” a manager of projects 2700 2–5 -

Kyiv ”Veld” business manager 2500 2–5 -

Zaporozhia ”Аvis” leader of department 3000 3–6 -

Lugansk ”Mars-Ukraine”

manager of department of sale

2500 3–6 -

Ternopil’ ”Wester” director of hypermarket 4000 3–6 -

Slavutych ”Light technologies

director of factory 3000 3 to 35

Kiev leader of international analytical department

2500 from 6 to 40

Ukraine a manager of personnel 3000 3–6 -

TOP-10 of SPECIALITIES WHICH ARE OF THE BIGGEST DEMAND in UKRAINE

Place Profession % applications

1 A manager from sale/purchase 14

2 IT-technologist, programmer, system administrator

12

3 Accountant, public accountant 10

4 Economist and financial worker 9

5 Engineer, technologist, designer 7

6 Secretary, office-manager 6

7 Leader of higher link 5

8 Marketing specialist, PR-manager 5

9 Auction representative, supervisor, merchandiser

4

10 Manager, customs official, logistic 3

Thank you

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