Local organizations
Employment Service of Slovenia – ZRSZ is one of the key institutions in the Slovenian labour market. It is an independent legal entity with the status of a public institution. It is based in Ljubljana but operates uniformly throughout the country. It has 12 regional services, 58 employment offices, 12 career centres, more than 30 career corners for jobseekers and 12 offices for employers.
The activities of ZRSZ are mainly aimed at helping the unemployed and other jobseekers find employment as well as helping employers obtain candidates for employment. For this purpose, the ZRSZ provides employment counselling and job broking (also within the European EURES network), lifelong career guidance (career development), active employment policy programs (training and education, public works and employment incentives), unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance, employment and work of foreigners, preparation of analytical and other professional materials and labour market information.
Older citizens who have lost their jobs can register at the Employment Service and claim their right to unemployment benefit. They can also do this online at the PoiščiDelo.si portal where they must first complete a registration. Personal counsellors provide users with employment counselling (referrals to employers and job broking), whereby their communication can also partially take place at the PoiščiDelo.si portal. It is recommended that older citizens also regularly check available jobs by themselves on the web and mobile sites.
They can also seek advice on further career development (until they meet the conditions for retirement). The eCounselling (eSvetovanje) website offers a range of tools for independent career management (including questionnaires for identifying and assessing personality traits, skills and values, prevailing professional interests and attitude to work). At the same time, they can gain a lot of useful information and guidelines for successful job searching. The mentioned information are also available in printed publications. They can decide to which extent it makes sense for them to deepen their knowledge and experience concerning the professional needs of employers. The user-friendly computer program Where and how (Kam in kako) can offer support in that area.
Older unemployed can improve and develop their job searching skills by attending interesting workshops in career centres across Slovenia. Their offer can be found if you search among the events on the web and mobile pages of the institution. There you can also overview all of the active employment policy programs. Older citizens can also join all programs if they meet the condition for inclusion (especially pro-grams intended exclusively for seniors).
Active employment policy programs enable older citizens to participate in non-formal education and training to gain knowledge and skills demanded by employers. Among them are also improving com-puter literacy and computer use in certain professional fields. As revealed by the economic situation, staff shortages are becoming an increasingly important limiting factor for business operations. Furthermore, a declining number of working population and a growing population of senior citizens dictate the need to actively involve older people who represent an indispensable human potential.
Additional information:
Address: Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje – ZRSZ
Rožna dolina, cesta IX/6, 1000 Ljubljana
Phone: 080 20 55 (brezplačno)
Website: www.ess.gov.si
E-mail: kontaktni.center@ess.gov.si
Mobilna spletna stran: http://m.ess.gov.si
Portal for job seekers: www.poiscidelo.si
eSvetovanje website: https://esvetovanje.ess.gov.si
Facebook: www.facebook.com/zavodRSzazaposlovanje
You Tube: www.youtube.com/user/ZavodZaZaposlovanje
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zrsz-ess-info-point