
Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan announced that İŞKUR mediated more than 1.2 million job placements and held more than 2.8 million individual interviews in the January-October period.
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The Ministry of Labor and Social Security regularly shares data to increase employment through İŞKUR.
MORE THAN 2.8 MILLION INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS FROM İŞKUR
Stating that they developed the labor market on a structure that adapts to current conditions and needs, Minister Işıkhan used the following statements in his post:
"Between January and October, we mediated more than 1.2 million job placements. We conducted more than 2.8 million individual interviews. We identified employees needed by more than 2 million employers. We will continue our practices to strengthen our working life and increase our workforce capacity."
According to the data shared by İŞKUR, 2 million 847 thousand 428 individual interviews were held in the January-October period. The number of individual clients reached 2 million 95 thousand 991.
EMPLOYERS HAVE MORE THAN 2 MILLION JOB VACANCIES
The number of vacant jobs, which expresses the number of personnel requested and needed by employers, was recorded as 2 million 59 thousand 208 in the first 10 months of the year.
In the same period, 641 thousand 224 workplaces and 11 thousand 602 educational institutions were visited. 82 thousand 192 people benefited from İŞKUR's active workforce programs and 58 thousand 649 people from job clubs.
İŞKUR data for the first 10 months of 2026 are as follows:
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