Employment services
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In Slovenia, there is a public labour market service – the Employment Service of Slovenia. It provides the list of job offers as well as job counselling, career guidance and information on the labour market. In Ljubljana and Maribor, there is a counsellor employed specifically to help refugees find a job.1
One can register with the employment service if one is looking for a job. To remain registered, one needs to look for work actively and comply with the requirement of the Employment Service. For example, one needs to contact the employment counsellor regularly and apply for jobs which have been recommended.
There are also private employment services which can help to find a job. One can register as a jobseeker at one of their branches or on their websites:
It is also possible to search for work by oneself. There are many employment portals:
Many companies also publish job offers on their own websites or in newspapers.
The application for a job needs to be accompanied by a recent CV and an application letter. Some employers demand certain form of letter, others are more liberal. If there are certain conditions for the job (for example education or license), one has to attach those documents too.
It is much easier for people who speak Slovene to find a job. Sometimes it is not possible to find the same or similar job that the refugee had in the home country, so he/she has to start with low-paid jobs.
The Employment Service of Slovenia organizes various workshops on how to search for work, write CV, how to act at the interview etc.