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# Public employment services by country

Official public employment services, registration and job-search routes for newcomers, without treating private recruiters or unverified local offices as national coverage.

- Canonical: /reports/public-employment-services/
- Last checked: 2026-08-12

## Answers

### Australia — Workforce Australia

Job Search
- Source: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/employment-provider-locations-and-contacts
- Checked: 2026-08-11

### Austria — Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich

Job Search
- Source: https://www.ams.at/regionen/osterreichweit/geschaeftsstellen/oesterreich-office
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Belgium — Actiris

Job Search
- Source: https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Belgium — Le Forem

Job Search, Registration
- Source: https://www.leforem.be/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Belgium — VDAB

Job Search, Registration, Training
- Source: https://www.vdab.be/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Bulgaria — Employment Agency

Job Search
- Source: https://www.az.government.bg/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Canada — Job Bank and public employment services

Job Search, Migrant Support
- Source: https://jobbank-guichetemplois.service.canada.ca/Resource_Sheet/Resource_Sheet-What_is_Job_Bank-English.pdf
- Checked: 2026-08-12

### Croatia — Croatian Employment Service

Job Search
- Source: https://www.hzz.hr/en/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Cyprus — Public Employment Service Cyprus

Job Search, Career Counselling
- Source: https://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/dl/dl.nsf/page1c_en/page1c_en
- Checked: 2026-08-12

### Czechia — Labour Office of the Czech Republic

Job Search, Registration
- Source: https://portal.gov.cz/en/sluzby-vs/registering-as-a-jobseeker-S11429
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Denmark — Jobnet Denmark

Job Search
- Source: https://jobnet.dk/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Estonia — Eesti Töötukassa

Job Search
- Source: https://www.tootukassa.ee/en
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Finland — Job Market Finland

Job Search, Registration
- Source: https://tyomarkkinatori.fi/en/personal-customers
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### France — France Travail

Job Search, Unemployment Claim
- Source: https://www.francetravail.fr/candidat/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Germany — Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Job Search
- Source: https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/arbeitslos-arbeit-finden
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Hungary — National Employment Service

Job Search
- Source: https://nfsz.munka.hu/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Iceland — Directorate of Labour

Job Search
- Source: https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-labour
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Ireland — Intreo employment service

Job Search
- Source: https://www.neh.gov.ie/business-supports/intreo-recruitment-services
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Italy — Centri per l'impiego

Job Search, Training
- Source: https://www.lavoro.gov.it/sportello-unico-digitale/ricerca-di-occupazione/ricerca-di-occupazione-e-assistenza-centri-limpiego
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Japan — Hello Work

Job Search
- Source: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/hellowork/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Latvia — State Employment Agency

Job Search, Training
- Source: https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/living-and-working-conditions-europe/living-and-working-conditions-latvia_en
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Lithuania — Employment Service of Lithuania

Job Search
- Source: https://www.eures.ee/sites/eures.ee/files/2025-04/Living-and-Working-in-Lithuania_naujas.pdf
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Luxembourg — Agence pour le développement de l'emploi

Job Search, Registration, Career Counselling, Training, Unemployment Claim
- Source: https://adem.public.lu/en.html
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Netherlands — UWV public employment service

Job Search
- Source: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/service/contact/contactgids/u/uitvoeringsinstituut-werknemersverzekeringen-uwv
- Checked: 2026-08-11

### New Zealand — Work and Income employment service

Job Search
- Source: https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Norway — NAV employment service

Job Search
- Source: https://arbeidsplassen.nav.no/en/work-in-norway/finding-a-job
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Poland — Public Employment Services Poland

Job Search, Training
- Source: https://www.gov.pl/web/gov/praca-portal-uslugowy-i-portal-informacyjny
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Portugal — Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional

Job Search, Registration, Training
- Source: https://www.iefp.pt/inscricao-para-emprego?tab=procura-ativa-de-emprego
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Romania — National Agency for Employment

Job Search
- Source: https://serviciipublice.gov.ro/serviciu/inregistrarea-ca-persoana-aflata-in-cautarea-unui-loc-de-munca
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Saudi Arabia — Jadarat employment platform

Job Search
- Source: https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/ministry/about-ministry/jobs
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Slovakia — Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family

Job Search, Training
- Source: https://www.upsvr.gov.sk/sluzby-zamestnanosti.html?lang=sk&page_id=213
- Checked: 2026-08-12

### Slovenia — Employment Service of Slovenia

Job Search, Registration
- Source: https://www.ess.gov.si/en/jobseekers
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### South Korea — Work24 public employment service

Job Search
- Source: https://www.work24.go.kr/cm/main.do
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Spain — Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal

Job Search, Unemployment Claim, Training
- Source: https://www.sepe.es/HomeSepe/en/
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Sweden — Arbetsförmedlingen

Job Search
- Source: https://arbetsformedlingen.se/other-languages/english-engelska
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### Switzerland — arbeit.swiss

Job Search, Career Counselling
- Source: https://www.arbeit.swiss/en
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### United Arab Emirates — MOHRE employment services

Job Search
- Source: https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/jobs
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### United Kingdom — Jobcentre Plus

Job Search, Unemployment Claim
- Source: https://www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus
- Checked: 2026-08-10

### United States — American Job Centers

Job Search
- Source: https://www.usa.gov/job-help
- Checked: 2026-08-10

## Method

Include current national or online public employment services with a direct official route; exact city offices remain separate city-level records.

## Sources

Workforce Australia — https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/employment-provider-locations-and-contacts
Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich — https://www.ams.at/regionen/osterreichweit/geschaeftsstellen/oesterreich-office
Actiris — https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/
Le Forem — https://www.leforem.be/
VDAB — https://www.vdab.be/
Employment Agency — https://www.az.government.bg/
Job Bank and public employment services — https://jobbank-guichetemplois.service.canada.ca/Resource_Sheet/Resource_Sheet-What_is_Job_Bank-English.pdf
Croatian Employment Service — https://www.hzz.hr/en/
Public Employment Service Cyprus — https://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/dl/dl.nsf/page1c_en/page1c_en
Labour Office of the Czech Republic — https://portal.gov.cz/en/sluzby-vs/registering-as-a-jobseeker-S11429
Jobnet Denmark — https://jobnet.dk/
Eesti Töötukassa — https://www.tootukassa.ee/en
Job Market Finland — https://tyomarkkinatori.fi/en/personal-customers
France Travail — https://www.francetravail.fr/candidat/
Bundesagentur für Arbeit — https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/arbeitslos-arbeit-finden
National Employment Service — https://nfsz.munka.hu/
Directorate of Labour — https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-labour
Intreo employment service — https://www.neh.gov.ie/business-supports/intreo-recruitment-services
Centri per l'impiego — https://www.lavoro.gov.it/sportello-unico-digitale/ricerca-di-occupazione/ricerca-di-occupazione-e-assistenza-centri-limpiego
Hello Work — https://www.mhlw.go.jp/hellowork/
State Employment Agency — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/living-and-working-conditions-europe/living-and-working-conditions-latvia_en
Employment Service of Lithuania — https://www.eures.ee/sites/eures.ee/files/2025-04/Living-and-Working-in-Lithuania_naujas.pdf
Agence pour le développement de l'emploi — https://adem.public.lu/en.html
UWV public employment service — https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/service/contact/contactgids/u/uitvoeringsinstituut-werknemersverzekeringen-uwv
Work and Income employment service — https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/
NAV employment service — https://arbeidsplassen.nav.no/en/work-in-norway/finding-a-job
Public Employment Services Poland — https://www.gov.pl/web/gov/praca-portal-uslugowy-i-portal-informacyjny
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — https://www.iefp.pt/inscricao-para-emprego?tab=procura-ativa-de-emprego
National Agency for Employment — https://serviciipublice.gov.ro/serviciu/inregistrarea-ca-persoana-aflata-in-cautarea-unui-loc-de-munca
Jadarat employment platform — https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/ministry/about-ministry/jobs
Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family — https://www.upsvr.gov.sk/sluzby-zamestnanosti.html?lang=sk&page_id=213
Employment Service of Slovenia — https://www.ess.gov.si/en/jobseekers
Work24 public employment service — https://www.work24.go.kr/cm/main.do
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal — https://www.sepe.es/HomeSepe/en/
Arbetsförmedlingen — https://arbetsformedlingen.se/other-languages/english-engelska
arbeit.swiss — https://www.arbeit.swiss/en
MOHRE employment services — https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/jobs
Jobcentre Plus — https://www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus
American Job Centers — https://www.usa.gov/job-help

## Cite

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Public employment services by country [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/public-employment-services/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_public-employment-services-by-country_637262633d74,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Public employment services by country},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/public-employment-services/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Public employment services by country](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/public-employment-services/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/reports/public-employment-services/
- Title: Public employment services by country
- Author: ImmigrationDB
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- Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0`
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- Retrieved: 2026-09-12
- Built: 2026-09-12
- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## Boundary

The presence of a public service does not guarantee registration, placement or eligibility for a particular vacancy.