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Recently the director of the State Employment Service, Yuliia Zhovtiak, commented on labor market trends and challenges in a TSN segment. The head of the service, in particular, shared statistics on citizens’ employment after training at the SES vocational education centers.
She highlighted a unique situation: amid unemployment there is an incredible labor shortage. Recruiters can’t even fill positions that are reserved. According to the Ministry of Economy, roughly 75% of Ukrainian companies are feeling a shortage of workers. Currently the number of vacancies is almost twice the number of officially registered unemployed, Zhovtiak said.
But is everything so transparent in the field of public employment? Recall that this summer the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office exposed two alleged schemes related to state professional training programs and employer reimbursements for creating jobs for people with disabilities. According to the investigation, in 2025 one of the directors of the Kharkiv Regional Employment Center may have organized the illegal use of funds from the state voucher program for training category “C” drivers. The StopKor editorial office then sent a written request to the director of the State Employment Service, Yuliia Zhovtiak, but did not receive an informative response.
Another high-profile story concerns the State Employment Center itself, headed by Yuliia Zhovtiak. According to investigative journalists, in 2023 the institution signed a contract with IT Escort LLC for the supply of server equipment worth almost 80 million hryvnias, and the company received an advance of more than 55 million hryvnias immediately after signing — about 70% of the contract sum.
According to StopKor, on 15 October 2024 a criminal proceeding No. 12024100000001172 was opened on this fact under the elements of a criminal offense provided for in part 4 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — embezzlement of property on a particularly large scale; the pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine.
The property situation of Yuliia Zhovtiak’s family also draws interest
As the Telegram channel "Vykryvach" notes, questions arise about the property situation of the head of the State Employment Center, Yuliia Zhovtiak’s, family.
In 2021 her mother, Larysa Zhovtiak, became the owner of an apartment in the Costa Fontana residential complex in Odesa, located near the Black Sea.
Journalists estimate that at the time of purchase the price per square meter in that complex was about 35 thousand hryvnias. Thus the apartment’s cost could have been at least 2 million UAH.
At the time, Larysa Zhovtiak was engaged in retail clothing trade in Zaporizhzhia. It was the ratio between the value of the acquired property and the woman’s known income that prompted questions from journalists.
StopKor continues to monitor the situation around the State Employment Center and is preparing new inquiries.
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