Poll: 12% Poles declare being unemployed

A poll carried out by CBOS showed that 12 percent of respondents consider themselves unemployed, over half of them are registered and only 5 percent receive unemployment benefits. As much as 56 percent of the surveyed have never been unemployed before, 37 percent have not had a job for 5 years. One-third of the respondents have no intention of looking for a job, the same percentage said it may go abroad to find one. As much as 61 percent of the surveyed are ready to start working next week. Three-quarters of Poles said they would improve their skills in order to get a job. According to the Central Statistical Office, the unemployment rate in Poland stood at 11.7 in March, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy expects the rate to fall to 11.3 percent in April.