In 2024, 19,199 Kazakhstanis under the "Silver Youth" employment assistance project were employed. 1,471 people found work under this project in the Karaganda region.
Unemployed people over 50 years of age can participate in this project until they reach retirement age. To do this, you need to apply to the career center.
The Labor Mobility Center finances the "Silver Youth" project by providing subsidies to compensate for part of the employer's expenses for paying wages to the unemployed employed under the project.
The amount of subsidies is 70% of the salary in the first year of work (but not more than 30 MCI), 65% of the salary in the second year of work (but not more than 30 MCI), and 60% of the salary in the third year of work (but not more than 30 MCI).
After the end of the period of participation in the "Silver Youth" project, the employer is obliged to employ a person under retirement age for a permanent job for at least 1 year, as well as a person under retirement age until retirement.
The largest number of people employed under the project was in Turkestan (2,441 people), Zhambyl (1,845 people) and Karaganda (1,471 people) is observed in the regions.
Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda/press/news/details/936295