At a job fair in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City, thecountry’s biggest economic hub, will need about 155,000 workers for the rest ofthis year, according to a municipal forecast centre on human resources andlabour market information.
The city will need about 75,000 workers for the third quarterand another 80,000 for the fourth, the centre said, pointing out that thefields that need work hands range from marketing, business, sales, engineeringto banking, automobile, personnel management, electronics and chemicals.
Director of the centre Tran Thi Anh Dao elaborated that thesecond half of the year will be the time when enterprises and businesses needmore human resources to boost their production and services to meet the risingdemand during the festivals which often come in the period. Besides, they alsoneed to complete their yearly orders while students will graduate from theireducation or take long vocations.
To stabilize and develop business and production, Dao heldthat firms should pay attention to workers so that they will have a chance todemonstrate their ability and to get promoted. On the other side, workers alsoneed to raise their adaptability, improve their knowledge and expertise as wellas their working quality, thus meeting their employers’ requirements.
According to the centre, the labour market in the city hasso far this year seen a positive increase and changes suitable to the city’sdevelopment trend. Experts hold that the need for highly-skilled workers isrising, and the addition of graduates to the workforce has a role to play inthe increasing competitiveness in the market.-VNA
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