For Job Seekers

A person may apply to the Unified Social Service for job-seeking purposes and register as:
   1. a job seeker, or
   2. unemployed

A job-seeking person is an individual who has attained the age of 16 and who, regardless of being engaged in any type of activity provided for by Article 5 of the RA Law "On Employment", has applied to the Unified Social Service to exercise the rights established for a job-seeking person.


Activities considered as employment are:
• employment under employers (including being in the personnel reserve of services, except for cases not providing for remuneration)
• provision of services or performance of work under a civil law contract
• individual entrepreneurial activity and notary activity
• compulsory terms of military service
• full-time education in educational institutions, vocational training courses, and other forms of learning


A job-seeking person has the right to apply to a regional center of the Unified Social Service to:
• register
• receive free consultation on state employment programs
• receive free consultation on job vacancies
• receive free mediation for suitable job selection and placement
• receive free consultation on professional orientation


You can find the list of regional centers of the Unified Social Service below by following the link provided: