{"id":146000,"date":"2025-07-09T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146000\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"youth-unwilling-to-work-to-state-run-retailer-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/146000\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth unwilling to work for state-run retailer \u2013 official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 9, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Most cashiers employed by the state-run Belarusian Union of Consumer Societies (Bie\u0142kaapsajuz) are of retirement age and struggle to adapt to automated systems, Inesa Karatkievi\u010d, who chairs its board, has told reporters. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official identified a shortage of \u201cyoung professionals with potential\u201d and low salaries as some of the challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka described the Bie\u0142kaapsajuz as a \u201cunique structure that cannot be lost,\u201d urging it to keep running mobile\u00a0retail\u00a0stores in rural areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Official plays down doctor shortage despite long queues in clinics<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 11, Pozirk. The Belarusian healthcare system has substantial human resources and should use them rationally, said Volha Kalupanava, department head at the Ministry of Health. Her comments come amid reports of doctor shortages and long queues at state-run outpatient &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/142310\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 9, Pozirk. Most cashiers employed by the state-run Belarusian Union of Consumer Societies (Bie\u0142kaapsajuz) are of retirement age and struggle to adapt to automated systems, Inesa Karatkievi\u010d, who chairs its board, has told reporters. \u00a0 The official identified a shortage of \u201cyoung professionals with potential\u201d and low salaries as some of the challenges. 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