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Jerusalem (JTA) . — More
than half of the immigrants
from the former Soviet Union
who have been in Israel more
than two years are working in
fields they desire, according
to new results from a nation-
wide survey.
The results counter the
"unnecessarily pessimistic
view of Russian employment"
painted by most surveys, said
Gila Noam, coordinator of ab-
sorption research for the
Brookdale Institute, the re-
search arm of the American
Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, which conducted
the survey.
"We see that as time pro-
gresses, the olim are more
and more satisfied with what
they are doing," even if the
jobs are not necessarily the
same as the ones they had be-
fore, Ms. Noam said, using
the Hebrew word for immi-
grants.
The survey of 1,200 immi-
grants, focusing on rates of
employment, was done last
summer, but new data from
the survey, analyzing how the
immigrants feel about their
jobs, were released for the
first time this week.
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Since the survey was first
publicized last year, "we have
taken a closer look at the
quality of employment," said
Ms. Noam. "To say they're
employed doesn't address job
satisfaction."
The first set of survey re-
sults broke new ground be-
cause it showed a dramatic
difference in employment
rates between new immi-
grants and those who have
been in Israel more than two
years.
Most surveys, by contrast,
lump the immigrants into one
group and get an inordinate-
ly bleak picture, when in fact
there is a "dramatically dif-
ferent situation between vet-
eran olim and more recent
olim," said Ms. Noam.
The new JDC data show
that 39 percent of the immi-
grants surveyed overall are
working in desired fields. But
the number climbs to 56 per-
cent among immigrants who
have been here more than two
years.
The JDC survey "is a more
authentic reflection of reali-
ty," said Ms. Noam.
The earlier survey results
found that immigrants here
for more than two years
showed employment patterns
similar to those of veteran Is-
raelis.
The survey's latest results
go further, however. They in-
dicate only a tiny minority (15
percent) found their incomes
sufficient to meet daily ex-
penses. No parallel figure for
veteran Israelis was avail-
able.
The latest data also high-
light hardest-hit professions
and populations.
Only one-third of the im-
migrant doctors (both new
and those here for more than
two years) have any employ-
ment. Of those who are em-
ployed, 40 percent are
working as doctors and 16
percent are working as nurs-
es or paramedics.
More engineers are work-
ing. Sixty percent of them are
employed, 20 percent as en-
gineers and 20 percent in
technical fields.
The group with the most
employment are the skilled
industrial workers. About 70
The first set of
survey results broke
new ground.
percent are employed, and
more than 50 percent of those
employed are working in their
fields.
Meanwhile, the survey
found single-parent families
and those over age 55 the
most vulnerable when it
comes to finding work in Is-
rael.
The survey points to the
need for overall economic
growth to provide jobs for all
the immigrants, said Jack
Habib, a JDC representative
in Israel. But it also provides
the tool to help target jobs
programs to the most needy
sectors, he said.
The JDC runs job training,
retraining and mentor pro-
grams for the immigrants.
Mr. Habib pointed out that
the vast majority of those
surveyed said they would def-
initely or likely repeat their
decision to come to Israel and
plan to remain.
The findings go far to
counter "a sense in the Israeli
population" that "olim have
come here as transients, to
take advantage of the oppor-
tunities and move on," he
said.