In addition, every tenth respondent noted that he is self-critical and blames his personal qualities for the protracted employment: laziness, irresponsibility and lack of self-confidence.
9% cited social networks and the Internet as a distraction, 8% claim that they do not understand how to look for a job.
Hobbies and interests prevent 5% of Russians from looking for work, phone calls and SMS - 4%.
2% each blame friends and good weather for a long job search, 1% blame TV.
And only 46% of Russians do not have anything distracting them from searching for a job.
1.6 thousand economically active citizens from all districts of the country took part in the survey of the SuperJob job search service.