Need for digital transformation personnel sees sharp rise: report

As firms are accelerating digital transformation, the need for information technology (IT)-related roles, namely data engineer, infrastructure engineer, or chief technology officer (CTO), is also rising significantly, according to the 2021 Salary Guide of payroll, recruitment and headhunting agency Adecco Vietnam.
Need for digital transformation personnel sees sharp rise: report ảnh 1As firms are accelerating digital transformation, the need for information technology (IT)-related roles is also rising significantly (Illustrative photo: baodautu.vn)
HCM City (VNA) – As firms are acceleratingdigital transformation, the need for information technology (IT)-related roles,namely data engineer, infrastructure engineer, or chief technology officer(CTO), is also rising significantly, according to the 2021 Salary Guide ofpayroll, recruitment and headhunting agency Adecco Vietnam.

“Businesses have beenfocusing on strengthening their existing workforce. Internal training,re-evaluation, and re-assign are the most common practices that were adopted toimprove employee efficiency. As a result, sales force effectiveness and talentdevelopment professionals are highly sought after with a relatively highmonthly salary, which is up to 80 million”, the report continued.

Other sectors that will seek more talents are manufacturing, financialtechnology (fintech), logistics, agriculture, and retail.

In the financial sector,the top positions are investment director for private equities; listed equitiesinvestment director, director of investment banking and head of equity researchfor FDI securities firms.

Merger andAcquisition (M&A) Director, group chief executive officer (CEO), and group chieffinancial officer (CFO) for companies funded by asset managers from Japan, theRepublic of Korea (RoK), the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and Singapore are also onthe list.

The emerging demandfor those vacancies can be considered a significant labour movement in thefinancial market in the fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

According to AdeccoVietnam, 2020 was a challenging year for the Vietnamese economy. The COVID-19outbreak interrupted trade and manufacturing activities and the tourism andaviation industries are among the hardest hit.

However, thanks tothe successful virus containment, Vietnam is considered a bright spot on the globaleconomic map, it underlined.

The country continued to achieve a positive growth rate, which is among thehighest in the world. Production and exportation sectors are stronglyrecovering from the initial impacts. More companies are reallocating theirproduction chains to Vietnam as their factories in other countries are closing.

Besides, Vietnam isan attractive destination for foreign investors, including the US, Singapore,the RoK, China, and Japan. Vietnam’s national brand is ranked 33rd in thelatest list of the world's 100 most valuable nation brands, moved up nineplaces from 2019./.
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