The ratio of unemployed people to vacancies, has fallen from 5 people per job opening in January, to 3 people per vacancy in March

The ratio of unemployed people to vacancies, has fallen from 5 people per job opening in January, to 3 people per vacancy in March, reports the State Statistics Service. Overall, the official unemployment rate fell to 8.8% at the end of 2018, from 9.9% one year earlier. Faced with labor migration, Oleg Bakhmatyuk, owner of Ukrlandfarming, a major agro holding, tells UNIAN that in the last two years, he has nearly doubled the average farmworker salary, to $407 a month. Skilled mechanics earn over $1,000 a month.