HCM City needs about 80,000 labourers in Q1

Around 80,000 workers are needed in Ho Chi Minh City for the first quarter of this year, according to the HCM City Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI) Centre.
HCM City needs about 80,000 labourers in Q1 ảnh 1Students of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education inspect a technological device. (Photo: thanhuytphcm.vn)
HCM City (VNA) - Around 80,000 workers are needed in Ho Chi Minh City for the firstquarter of this year, according to the HCM City Human Resources Forecast andLabour Market Information (FALMI) Centre.

Most of new jobs are available in business - sale, service, transportation, andinformation technology, among others.

In January, the city helped more than 23,100 labourers to get jobs and created over10.500 new jobs, or 7.73 percent and 7.84 percent of the yearly plan.

Besides, the city provided job consultancy for more than 7,500 labourers andintroduced jobs to nearly 5,000 workers.

According to the centre, the city’s recruitment demand for February is lowerthan the initial plan with about 30,000 job vacancies.

Of the number, the demand for trained labourers makes up 83.18 percent,including 14.06 percent of university graduates.

Fields recruiting many labourers include garment-textiles, mechanicalengineering, food processing, business-sale, real estate, informationtechnology, and finance-accounting, among others.

In 2020, the centre forecasts the city will need about 323,000 workers, with135,000 new jobs.

The city’s demand for trained labourers stands at 85 percent, including 19.8percent of university graduates.

Businesses are mostly in need of labourers in trade (18.77 percent), services(12.79 percent), transportation (7.11 percent), and electronics - informationtechnology (6.42 percent)./.
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