Need for an efficient assessment of the competences of refugees from Ukraine

According to the Border Guard, Poland has already exceeded 500,000 since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. refugees. According to various estimates, the target may be even 2-3 million people. According to the labor market expert Mikołaj Zając, president of the consulting company Conperio, there is no fear that there will be no jobs for Ukrainian citizens fleeing to Poland from the war. Nor is the problem that most of them will be women and children. Skillful management of the wave of refugees from Ukraine so that they can smoothly enter the Polish labor market will help avoid chaos and reduce the costs of servicing migrants.

As Mikołaj Zając emphasized, if we think about the labor market in the long run, we must act pragmatically at the very border. In his opinion, the basic assessment of competencies and skills of employees from Ukraine should be verified on the spot.

"A negligible part of newcomers from across the eastern border have an organized job when they come to Poland. And employers want and need to hire. At border points, databases of refugee competencies should be created. These are often people with skills that are lacking in Poland - seamstresses, cooks, teachers, translators, and administration workers," Mikołaj Zając said.

(WBJ)