Poll: 12% Poles sees themselves as unemployed

A poll carried out by CBOS showed that 12 percent of respondents consider themselves as 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 job for 5 years. A one third f 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 increase 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 Labour and Social Policy expect the rate to fall to 11.3 percent in April.