>**The Brussels region currently has 85,878 job-seekers. That is a decrease of 5.6 percent compared to March 2021. Youth unemployment has decreased even more: minus 7.8 percent. The number of job offers is also increasing in the entire region.**
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>Unemployment figures were falling in 2019. They were then the lowest ever, but the corona crisis has put a kink in that. There was an increase in unemployment figures due to the crisis, but they started to fall again in the summer of 2021. Now the figures are below those of 2019.
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>”We see that employers posted more vacancies and contacted Actiris more,” Jan Gatz of Actiris told BRUZZ earlier. “Companies are looking for a lot more workers. As a result, unemployment has started to fall again. Now we are back at a record low of unemployment in Brussels.”
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>**More vacancies**
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>Actiris also received 7,317 job offers directly in March, “an increase of 78.6 percent compared to March 2021 and even of 132.7 percent compared to March 2020,” reads a press release.
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>Although the health crisis has significantly reduced the number of job offers received, especially in certain sectors such as hospitality and trade, a significant increase in the number of job offers has been observed again for some time.
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>Translated with [www.DeepL.com/Translator](http://www.DeepL.com/Translator) (free version)
Is it possible to live in Brussels when you are unemployed ?
Given the prices, people move out of the capital when they lose their job, isn’t it ?
Het is de werkgelegenheidsgraad die van belang is, niet de werkloosheidsgraad.
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>**The Brussels region currently has 85,878 job-seekers. That is a decrease of 5.6 percent compared to March 2021. Youth unemployment has decreased even more: minus 7.8 percent. The number of job offers is also increasing in the entire region.**
>
>Unemployment figures were falling in 2019. They were then the lowest ever, but the corona crisis has put a kink in that. There was an increase in unemployment figures due to the crisis, but they started to fall again in the summer of 2021. Now the figures are below those of 2019.
>
>”We see that employers posted more vacancies and contacted Actiris more,” Jan Gatz of Actiris told BRUZZ earlier. “Companies are looking for a lot more workers. As a result, unemployment has started to fall again. Now we are back at a record low of unemployment in Brussels.”
>
>**More vacancies**
>
>Actiris also received 7,317 job offers directly in March, “an increase of 78.6 percent compared to March 2021 and even of 132.7 percent compared to March 2020,” reads a press release.
>
>Although the health crisis has significantly reduced the number of job offers received, especially in certain sectors such as hospitality and trade, a significant increase in the number of job offers has been observed again for some time.
>
>Translated with [www.DeepL.com/Translator](http://www.DeepL.com/Translator) (free version)
Is it possible to live in Brussels when you are unemployed ?
Given the prices, people move out of the capital when they lose their job, isn’t it ?
Het is de werkgelegenheidsgraad die van belang is, niet de werkloosheidsgraad.