Job seekers are interviewed at the Career Fair held by the HCM City University of Economics on April 17. (Photo: VNA) More than 80,500 found employment during the same period, a year-on-yearincrease of 4,100 people, a department report says.
It says that the labour market in the city is recovering gradually, with anincrease of workers in industry-construction and service sectors and a declinein agriculture, fisheries and forestry.
Of the 4.9 million strong workforce in the city, agriculture, fisheries andforestry account for just 0.96 percent, while industry and construction andservices sectors account for 37.15 percent and 61.89 percent, respectively.
The Q1/2022 labour market update released by payroll, recruitment &headhunting agency Adecco Vietnam shows hiring requests in the first quarter ofthis year was similar to the period last year.
However, the number of active job seekers and applicants reduced byapproximately 20 percent.
Nguyen Hoang Thanh Chuong, recruitment business deputy director at Adecco HCMCity, said: “The majority of skilled professionals find themselves in a goodplace and decide to stay with their current companies amidst the economicrecovery with many good prospects ahead. On the other hand, enterprisescontinue to look for talent to drum up their business, especially in themanufacturing and service sectors, leading to a noticeable labour shortage inthese areas.”
Another large-scale hirer is the tourism industry, which was among the hardesthit by COVID-19. The full reopening of both inbound and outbound tourism sincemid-March has happened with marked changes in travel patterns and touristbehaviour.
Alongside this positive developments are concerns about degraded facilities,and more importantly, the lack of personnel and rusty skills after a longhiatus.
Hospitality firms are rushing to recruit and train staff at the moment.
In addition to traditional roles, tech-savvy positions are in-demand to ensurea smooth customer experience when booking, checking in, or interacting online.Many are recruiting and re-training former employees while looking for freshgraduates.
The first quarter also saw employers in Fintech, retail, and consumer goodssectors seek to hire more talents in sales and marketing, production andtechnology, and engineering roles.
“Recent recruitment trends show that Fintech together with the logistics andmanufacturing industries are up and rising in Vietnam. Hence, the spotlight isnow on tech-focused roles like product manager, business analyst or softwaredeveloper, as well as strategic quality, sourcing and engineering roles,” Chuongsaid.
“Alongside the development of renewable energy, financial services andlogistics sectors, hiring demand will raise for investment, sales and newmarket development manager,” he said.
Changing jobs
Although salary is not among the top three factors that motivate employees tostay with their current company, it is the most important one when they decideto change jobs, according to a report released by the recruitment serviceprovider Navigos Group.
More than 17 percent of respondents said salary was the most important factorfollowed by working environment and development opportunities.
The majority of respondents chose working environment - colleagues and jobstability among the top three factors that keep them working with their currentemployer.
Work location was a factor for nearly 12 percent of the respondents.
Nearly 14 percent said they intended to change jobs in the next 3 to 12 monthswhile nearly 23 percent had no intention of changing jobs in the near future.
Around 42 percent of the respondents said they would switch jobs if a better opportunitybecame available.
Fifteen percent said they were still trying to find work while 2 percent saidthey had found new jobs.
The survey covered more than 6,800 candidates working in 27 industries./.
VNA
