87% of job seekers ask friends

(ANSA) - Rome, July 18 - Some 87.3% of Italian job seekers ask a friend to help them out, a new report from ISTAT said Wednesday.
    That was the percentage of job seekers who asked relatives, friends or acquaintances to help them get a job last year, ISTAT said.
    This compared to 81.2% in 2007.
    Less than one in four, 24.2%, use Italy's underfunded and inefficient job centres, ISTAT said.
    photo: Labour Minister Luigi Di Maio