Companies in Vietnam will compete forthe country's top talents in 2015, revealed the latest annual GlobalSalary Survey launched in Hanoi by recruitment firm Robert Walters.
Thesurvey showed that employers will have difficulty with recruitmentbecause of the shortage of candidates resulting from the availability ofjob opportunities in multiple sectors. Therefore, firms have recentlyturned their focus to attracting Vietnamese professionals workingoverseas, giving them an advantage over local candidates.
Jon Whitehead, Country Manager of Robert Walters Vietnam, said thatcompared with other countries, Vietnam has large gaps in top, middle andentry-level management. He said that Vietnamese people working abroadcan break this gap because they have international experience, culturalawareness and professional skills.
"Theirinternational exposure, diverse skill sets and bilingual abilities cancreate a dynamic workforce for Vietnam," he remarked.
Whitehead noted that there will be more job opportunities in Vietnam when the country attracts more foreign investors in 2015.
"Themarket is not the only thing that I have seen growing in Vietnam; thepeople are as well," he said. "A lot of Vietnamese workers want to growand take jobs. Vietnamese people want to stay in the country, whileforeigners are not like that. Localisation is the key issue forbusinesses."
Figures from the survey indicate thatemployees who switched jobs last year could command an average salaryincrement of 10-25 percent. The trend is likely to continue in 2015,mainly in accounting and finance, human resources, and pharmaceuticalsectors.
This year has also seen a rising demand forinformation technology specialists in cloud computing, mobilityengineering, big data, business intelligence and information security.Vietnam will continue to be a preferred destination for softwareoutsourcing companies because of the country's competitive labour costs.
Besides this, there is a rising demand forprocurement, supply chain and engineering professionals due toexpansions of factory operations.
Meanwhile, firms tendto hire replacements more often than they recruit for new roles in thefast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. Last year, Vietnam sawnegative growth for the first time in a decade in FMCG with cautiousapproach of consumers to the purchase of luxury goods.-VNA
Thesurvey showed that employers will have difficulty with recruitmentbecause of the shortage of candidates resulting from the availability ofjob opportunities in multiple sectors. Therefore, firms have recentlyturned their focus to attracting Vietnamese professionals workingoverseas, giving them an advantage over local candidates.
Jon Whitehead, Country Manager of Robert Walters Vietnam, said thatcompared with other countries, Vietnam has large gaps in top, middle andentry-level management. He said that Vietnamese people working abroadcan break this gap because they have international experience, culturalawareness and professional skills.
"Theirinternational exposure, diverse skill sets and bilingual abilities cancreate a dynamic workforce for Vietnam," he remarked.
Whitehead noted that there will be more job opportunities in Vietnam when the country attracts more foreign investors in 2015.
"Themarket is not the only thing that I have seen growing in Vietnam; thepeople are as well," he said. "A lot of Vietnamese workers want to growand take jobs. Vietnamese people want to stay in the country, whileforeigners are not like that. Localisation is the key issue forbusinesses."
Figures from the survey indicate thatemployees who switched jobs last year could command an average salaryincrement of 10-25 percent. The trend is likely to continue in 2015,mainly in accounting and finance, human resources, and pharmaceuticalsectors.
This year has also seen a rising demand forinformation technology specialists in cloud computing, mobilityengineering, big data, business intelligence and information security.Vietnam will continue to be a preferred destination for softwareoutsourcing companies because of the country's competitive labour costs.
Besides this, there is a rising demand forprocurement, supply chain and engineering professionals due toexpansions of factory operations.
Meanwhile, firms tendto hire replacements more often than they recruit for new roles in thefast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. Last year, Vietnam sawnegative growth for the first time in a decade in FMCG with cautiousapproach of consumers to the purchase of luxury goods.-VNA
