Integration into the labour market
The job search should be active and systematic – start by getting information on posted job vacancies
The job search should be active and systematic – start by getting information on posted job vacancies. You can find such information in branch offices or local offices of the Croatian Employment Service (CES) or by simply researching vacancies published on the labour market portal, which is intended for persons seeking work.CES advisors’ assistance
If you register with the CES, your advisor will help you find a job by:- informing you about job vacancies;
- helping you define your work potential, activities to improve your employability and professions for which your chances of employment are the highest;
- including you in the workshops to gain knowledge and skills necessary for successful navigation through the labour market (How to Look for a Job, Self-Assessment of One's Own Potentials, How to Present Oneself to the Employer and other workshops according to the needs of the unemployed);
- informing you about the active employment policy measures;
- providing you with legal advice;
- assisting you in the additional (self-)evaluation of personal capabilities, in choosing education and training programmes, in determining the remaining work capacity
Registration with the CES
You can register with the CES as an unemployed person when you decide to engage in an active and systematic search for a job.Unemployed persons and other job seekers register in the register of unemployed persons according to their place of permanent or temporary residence.
The registration is done in person or through e-channels.
The following documents are required to register in person:
- valid identity card issued in the Republic of Croatia, other EEA member state or in Switzerland (for third-country citizens: passport or residence card);
- certificate of temporary residence (if a person is registering outside of their place of permanent residence stated on the identity card);
- high school or university diploma.
- filled-in application form;
- identification document (valid identity card – front and back);
- certificate of temporary residence (if you are registering outside of your place of permanent residence stated on the identity card);
- high school or university diploma.
Handwritten signature is not required on the application form.
Persons who registered online shall, at the request of an official, present the original documents for information and personally sign the application form.
If your employment relationship has just ended and you wish to submit a request for exercising the right to financial compensation during the period of unemployment, you should enclose the following documents with it:
- proof of the reason for the termination of employment;
- proof of the average gross salary earned in the three-month period preceding the termination of employment (e.g., employer's certificate, payslips certified by the employer);
- a copy of the bank's current account card.
- proof that you have ceased to exercise an independent profession for a valid reason;
- proof of the basis on which the contributions for compulsory insurance were calculated and paid according to a special regulation in the three-month period preceding the termination of independent profession;
- a copy of the bank's current account card.
Health insurance
Health insurance is regulated independently of the registration with the CES, which means that you do not have to be registered as an unemployed person to be entitled to health insurance.You can check the deadlines for acquiring the right to health insurance on the following link Access to healthcare.