Services of the State Employment Service

1. Finding a job. Employment service specialists select vacancies individually for each person, taking into account their education, professional experience and preferences for a future workplace. All an internally displaced person needs to do is contact the nearest employment centre or register as unemployed through the Diia portal.

Apply for registration as unemployed

How to receive the service

Online

1. Register or sign in to your citizen account on the diia.gov.ua portal using an electronic signature or BankID, or in the jobseeker's electronic account on the State Employment Service website or in the State Employment Service mobile app.

2.Select a service:
- obtaining unemployed status through Diia;
- registering with the employment service.

3.Select the application form that is convenient for you: standard or simplified.

The simplified form may be selected by people in temporarily occupied territories or territories where hostilities are taking place (have taken place), or IDPs who do not have the documents required to register as unemployed.

4. The standard form for obtaining unemployed status is suitable for all categories of citizens.

When submitting the standard application form, you need to:
- check that your personal information is correct;
- enter your details in the form;
- select an employment centre that is convenient for you;
- enter the IBAN of your social benefits account;
- attach the required documents;
- sign and submit the applications for unemployed status and for the award of unemployment benefit.
        When submitting the simplified form, you need to:
- check that the personal information about you is correct;
- confirm that you have lost your job and that you are not a full-time student;
- select an employment centre that is convenient for you;
- enter the IBAN of your social benefits account;
- sign and submit the applications for unemployed status and for the award of unemployment benefit.

5. When applying through the mobile app (for people in temporarily occupied territories or territories where hostilities are taking place (have taken place)):
- download the Diia mobile app from Play Market or the AppStore;
- select the unemployment benefit service;
- check that your personal information is correct;
- enter your details in the form;
- select an employment centre that is convenient for you;
- enter the IBAN of your social benefits account;
- sign and submit the application for unemployed status and for the award of unemployment benefit.

6. When applying through the State Employment Service mobile app:
- download the State Employment Service mobile app from Play Market or the AppStore;
- select the unemployment benefit service ->obtain unemployed status;
- enter your details in the form;
- select an employment centre that is convenient for you;
- check that your personal information is correct;
- upload the required documents;
- enter the IBAN of your social benefits account;
- sign and submit the application for unemployed status and for the award of unemployment benefit

You can track the status of your application in your personal account. The date of your visit to the employment centre will be agreed with you through your personal account. If you register through the Diia mobile app, you will be notified of the next contact through available means of electronic communication.

Offline (in person)

1. Prepare the documents required for registration.

2.Select an employment centre that is convenient for you to receive services.

3. Visit the employment centre during working hours on a working day.

2. Vocational training.

Training for registered unemployed people

Duration of vocational training:

Up to 10 months.

A training certificate covers the cost of training up to a maximum of 10 subsistence minimums.

An accommodation certificate guarantees payment for accommodation during training up to a maximum of 5 subsistence minimums.

If the cost of training or accommodation exceeds the limit, you must pay the difference yourself or from other sources not prohibited by law.

How to receive the service?

1. Choose where to study and stay.

2. Undergo a medical examination if required (paid for by the state).

3. Obtain the certificates.

4. Reimbursement of travel expenses.

Who can obtain a certificate?

Registered unemployed people.

3. Training voucher

You need to apply for a training voucher 

Voucher amount no more than 33 280 UAH, if the cost exceeds the maximum amount, you must pay the difference yourself.

Who can obtain a voucher?

age: over 45 years

• insurance record: at least 15 years

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you have not reached the retirement age established by Article 26 of the Law of Ukraine “On Compulsory State Pension Insurance”

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

veterans (demobilised);

• you have a combatant's document

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you have not reached the retirement age established by Article 26 of the Law of Ukraine “On Compulsory State Pension Insurance”

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

people with disabilities

there is no suitable job available for you

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

internally displaced persons;

• there is no suitable job available for you

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

people discharged from military service;

• you have not reached the retirement age established by Article 26 of the Law of Ukraine “On Compulsory State Pension Insurance”

• you have not acquired the right to a pension under the Law of Ukraine “On Pension Provision for Persons Discharged from Military Service and Certain Other Persons

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

• you have at least 10 years of service

people for whom the fact of deprivation of personal liberty as a result of military aggression against Ukraine has been established;

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

people who sustained a wound, concussion, disabling injury or illness as a result of military aggression in Ukraine.

• you have vocational (vocational and technical), professional pre-higher or higher education

• you are not registered as unemployed with an employment centre

• you have not undergone retraining in the last three years funded by the State Social Insurance Fund for Unemployment

• you have not previously received a voucher

How to receive the service?

Online

1. Complete the online form to receive the service.

2. The completed application is automatically sent to the relevant employment centre.

3. Wait for a message from a career adviser about the next steps at the email address and contact telephone number you provided.

Offline

You can contact the nearest employment centre and receive an individual consultation about obtaining a training voucher.

Result

After completing the training, you will receive a state-standard education diploma.

4. Grant for your own business

The service ceased to be valid on 31.07.2026