CENTRE PLUS NEWS No. 1, 2013What is a labour exchange?

Who is eligible to register at the la-bour exchange?

Not only Lithuanian citizens older than 14 years old, but also non-EU nationals who hold a temporary or permanent living permit in Lithuania can register at the labour exchange. The fact is that the third-country nationals who came to Lithuania on the basis of studies could apply for vacancies only on the second year of studies and only after obtaining a work permit. Not only those who wish to obtain the status of unemployed, but also other people, who have a job but are willing to change it, students, retired persons can register at the Lithuanian Labour Exchange. If you want to save your time, you can make a pre-registration to the labour exchange online

WWW.LDB.LT/INFORMACIJA/PATARIMAIIESKANTIEMSDARBO/PUSLAPIAI/ISANKSTINE_REGISTRACI-JA.ASPX

and within 5 days to arrive to the se-lected local labour exchange office. Remember that at one time you can register only at one labour exchange office. Upon arrival, be open and pro-vide accurate and complete infor-mation about yourself, specify your long-term goals and desired activi-ties. then a translation into Lithuani-an language certified by a signature of the person,

What documents you shall have visiting the labour exchange office for the first time?

state social insurance certificate, if you have previously work experience, then documents proving your education, profession and qualifications. If the documents were acquired in a foreign country, then a translation into Lithuanian language certified by a signature of the person, who translated them, would be required.

who translated them, would be required.After the registration at the labour exchange office you will get a Jobseeker’s Memo, in which a consultant will mark a date, when you need to visit the labour ex-change office and also you will find the information about the rights and obligations of the unemployed in it.

The labour exchange is an em-ployment service which records unemployed and employers offer-ing vacancies in its data base. It also helps employees to find the right job, and employers - the right per-son who meets their requirements

The following documents are needed: a temporary or perma-nent residence permit in Lithuania, passport,

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What are the real benefits provided by the labour exchange, if you were registered at it?

- you will be informed about vacan-cies, situation in the labour market and labour exchange services;- you will have an opportunity to acquire or raise your qualification, to retrain, to get useful information about choosing an occupation and training opportunities;

- if you are the unemployed, then you will get a compulsory health insur-ance;- you will be able to apply for unem-

ployment insurance benefits or so-

cial assistance, to get benefit for a

business license;

- if you are unemployed or facing re-

dundancy, you will be able to partici-

pate in active labour market policy

measures, for example, vocational

training: during the time of training

you will be paid a grant, also travel-

ling, accommodation, training and

other costs will be covered; or unem-

ployed territorial mobility support -

this program is for the unemployed,

who cannot find a job close to their

place of residence, and it covers trav-

el and accommodation expenses if a

job was found in another city;

- for your convenience, the informa-

tion about preferred vacancies will

be send for you by free SMS.

- to review the description of jobs of-fered by the labour exchange and the contact data of employer;- a labour exchange specialist will of-fer you mediation and advisory ser-vices;- if you need, you will be able to get a psychological assistance;-you will be given help in preparing a curriculum vitae (CV), cover letter and preparing for a job interview;- you will be given the information and advice on job opportunities abroad;- you will be given help in preparing a curriculum vitae (CV), cover letter and preparing for a job interview;- you will be given the information and advice on job opportunities abroad;

Also you will be able to use electronic ser-vices of Lithuanian Labour Exchange website:

After the registration at the labour

exchange office you will get a Job-

seeker's Memo, in which a consult-

ant will mark a date, when you need

to visit the labour exchange office

and also you will find the informa-

tion about the rights and obligations

of the unemployed in it.- to create and edit your CV;- to send your CV to an employer;- to subscribe to email messages on the vacancies you are interested in- to register for a visit to the la-bour exchange office, and, if nec-essary, to change the time of visit;

- to make a preliminary indi-vidual employment action plan;- to review the description of jobs offered by the labour exchange and the contact data of employer;- to communicate directly with a labour exchange specialist, to ask questions and get answers;- to order certificates which are is-sued by a labour exchange office.

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Contacs of Local Labour Exchanges at the biggest Lithuanian cities are as follows:

Vilnius Local Labour Exchange -

S.Žukausko g. 15 J.Kubiliaus g. 2,

tel.: (8 5) 2725075;

Kaunas Local Labour Exchange -

E.Ožeškienės g. 37, tel.: (8 37) 226

084;

Klaipėda Local Labour Exchange -

Naikupės 27 A, tel.: (8 46) 404 300;

Šiauliai Local Labour Exchange -

Trakai g. 39, tel.: 8 (41) 525 053;

Panevėžys Local Labour Exchange

Savanorių g. 13,

tel.: (8 of 45) 582,803.

Employment services - Labour exchange services

Third-country nationals often turn

to job centres to find a job. After regis-

tration at Lithuanian Labour Exchange

territorial office, they, like all other citi-

zens of the Republic of Lithuania, have

equal access to all labour exchange ser-

vices and can participate in all programs

of integration into the labour market.

Twenty-eight-year-old man from Tuni-

sia F. M. came to Lithuania five years

ago and at the beginning with his fam-

ily lived in Panevėžys. He could not find

a job for a long time

and registered as unemployed at

Panevėžys labour exchange office. The

man was regularly meeting with his

consultant and after a short time he

was offered a job in a hotel. He took

the job, but after family`s decision to

move to Vilnius, he left his job. F. M.

said, that after arriving in Vilnius he

had immediately felt more confident

and had found up wider possibilities:

“Vilnius is the capital, where demand

for labour force is higher, and it is

easier for foreigners to find a job.

” At the moment the man is success-

fully working in a restaurant and

in the near future does not intend

to change his job.His experience

also shared the Egyptian A. D. The

man came to Lithuania in February,

2010, and immediately registered

at Lithuanian Labour Exchange. He

was interested in jobs, where the

dominant languages were English or

French, but such work was

not offered to him, because there

were not many proposals of that

kind.

Labour exchange offices are open

from Monday to Friday, but the time

may vary depending on the city, so

it would be useful to verify by call-

ing the information service numbers

listed above. For further infor-

mation you can always contact

the social worker or specialist

on labour issues of Centre Plus.

The man positively characterized

employment advisers:“The consult-

ant, with whom I have met was very

nice and sophisticated. But since I

had already had a university educa-

tion, and they could offer me only the

jobs of lower position, eventually I

have found a job on my own.” Egyp-

tian emphasized that his visits to the

labour exchange office had been a

useful experience. Man is convinced

that there are institutions which are

interested in helping an alien to en-

trench in Lithuania. Only one thing

he pointed out as needed to improve

- was English language. Currently, A.

D. is working as an IT manager at a

telecommunications company, and

teaching Arabic.

” When I said that I did not then I heard the comment: “It will be very difficult to find a job.”The man told us that each month he had been visiting the Labour Exchange office and meeting with the job adviser. Those meetings took place only in theoretical way: the adviser was not interact-ing and interested how it goes to his client. I. Z. told that after four formal meetings, he did not go for the fifth and only then he received a call from his adviser. I. Z. said that his first experience at the la-bour exchange office had formed a rather negative attitude towards the Lithuanian authorities.

The man pointed out that there was the lack of clear and compre-hensive information in English language at labour exchange be-cause the staff `s level of English was low or they did not speak Eng-lish at all. Currently I.Z. is success-fully employed, and when asked, if he would turn to the labour ex-change sometime, he answered: “I really hope that it will be no need and I will be able to solve every-thing by myself.”

Meanwhile, Inga Liubertė the man-

ager of Job Resources Division at

Lithuanian Labour Exchange point-

ed out that the large part of success-

ful job search depended on the al-

iens themselves: “If a person comes

up with the idea that somebody will

find a job for him, he is wrong and has

the wrong attitude. If an alien comes

without motivation and makes no

efforts, no one consultant will find a

“proper” job for him.” I. Liubertė said

that the biggest shortage of workers

was in transport, board and shipping

(in Klaipėda region), while the main

challenges were to match qualifica-

tion and speak the language.

Special programs of integration into

the Lithuanian labour market, vari-

ous training and retraining courses

held at labour exchange offices are

some of tools to help foreigners to

find work and establish themselves

in Lithuania. Consequently, third-

country nationals who come to Lith-

uania should exhaust all the possi-

bilities.

Meanwhile, the experience of an-other Egyptian is quite opposite. I. Z. is living in Lithuania for seven years now. He came to Lithuania on the ba-sis of family reunification.At the end of 2010 he registered at a labour ex-change office. According to him, the first meeting with a job adviser was unwelcome: “The first question I was asked was: “Do you speak Lithuanian?

The newspaper is published, implementing the project “Consultation and information centre PLUS” according the European Fund for the

Integration of third-country nationals, annual Programme 2012

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