Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will need 59,000-65,500employees in the second of this year, down 8 percent compared with the sameperiod last year, if the COVID-19 pandemic is kept under control, thecity’s Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (FALMI)Centre said on April 11.
Surveys by FALMI showed that recruitment demand in non-Stateenterprises made up 89.66 percent while that of State-owned andforeign-invested enterprises accounted for 1.17 percent and 9.17 percent,respectively.
The highest demand for labour was seen in the trade and services sector with 65.41percent of the total vacant jobs, followed by industry-construction (33.63 percent)and agro-forestry-fisheries (0.96 percent).
Demand for human resources in nine major service industries accounted for 51.26percent.
The surveys also pointed out thatthe demand for trained human resources made up 86.28 percent, of which those with elementary qualifications accounted for 22.52percent, intermediate qualifications 24.43 percent, college degrees 18.59percent, and university degrees or higher 20.74 percent.
According to the municipalDepartment of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, this year the labourmarket of HCM City will continue to develop towards gradually increasing theproportion of workers in the industrial-construction and service sectors and reduce their numbers in the agro- forestry- fisheries sector. The city is estimated to haveabout 4.9 million workers and of these, those engage in the trade-servicesector accounted for 61.89 percent while agro-forest-fisheries andindustry-construction sectors made up 0.96 percent and 37.15 percent,respectively.
The city has generated jobs for 80,518 workers in the first quarter of this year, reaching 26.84 percent ofthe yearly plan, including 36,563 new jobs./.
