Vietnam will experience fierce competition for high-quality human resources when the ASEAN opens labour market begins next year.
"TheVietnamese labour market will see that most high-ranking managementpositions with salary from 10,000 USD – 15,000 USD will go to candidatesof other nationalities, not Vietnamese," said Tran Anh Tuan, actingdirector of the Ho Chi Minh City's Centre for Human Resources Forecastand Labour Market Information.
Tuan spoke recently at a seminar on "Job Trends and Recruitment in Sales and Marketing" in HCM City.
"High-rankingstaff requires professionalism, and good skills in management, foreignlanguages and teamwork, as well as a high working capacity," he said.
Tuanalso pointed out that there was a gap between education and workingreality as many students graduate from university seeking jobs in twohot fields, information technology and marketing.
However, they cannot find a job, but vocational school graduates can find one easily.
Tuan also noted that career ethics and social responsibility should be taught in school.
PaulNguyen, General Director of CareerBuilder, a recruitment network, saidthat different ways of thinking and perspectives were important, andthat professional skills can be learned from others.
"We shouldfocus on career ethics and be concerned about reality, not justacademics. We should think about results and how they serve our work,"he said.
Nguyen said that his career recruitment network needed many middle managers, but good candidates were hard to find.
"Nextyear, Vietnam must make an important adjustment for high-ranking humanresources. If not, all these positions will go to foreigners, especiallycandidates from Singapore and Thailand," he added.
In the next 20 years, Vietnam will still lack high-ranking human resources, he said.
PhamThi Hong Yen, human resources director of DATALogic in HCM CityHigh-Tech Park, revealed that in the past, she had spent six monthslooking for candidates for a mobile phone sales director.
Althoughthe salary was high, around 15,000 USD a year, along with otherbenefits, fewer than 10 people in the entire country who had appliedwere qualified for the job.
"Meanwhile, we can hire Singaporeansand Thais for the position very easily with just little more pay. Infact, the only thing Vietnamese candidates can do better than othercandidates is speak Vietnamese. So, investors can solve the problem byjust hiring a good Vietnamese translator for 500 USD a month," Yen said.
She pointed out that Vietnamese candidates lacked an important skill: coaching.
"Theycan work themselves, but cannot teach others how to do things. And allcompanies need to have backup human resources for work," she said.
DrVoThiQuy,associate professor and lecturer at HCM City Economics University, whois also training director for Sales and Marketing ExecutiveInternational Inc. (SMEI) Vietnam, said that recruiters often observedthat Vietnamese students are knowledgeable but lack skills for working.
"Improperawareness of the importance of developing professional skills andcareer ethics has affected the quality of human resources," Quy said.
Shesaid that university graduates should also take courses in vocationalprogrammes that award international certificates, as such internationalstandards would help them work more efficiently.
The seminar washeld on the occasion of SMEI Vietnam's granting of internationalcertificates to 10 managers for completing the year-long CertifiedMarketing Executive and Certified Sales Executive programme.-VNA
"TheVietnamese labour market will see that most high-ranking managementpositions with salary from 10,000 USD – 15,000 USD will go to candidatesof other nationalities, not Vietnamese," said Tran Anh Tuan, actingdirector of the Ho Chi Minh City's Centre for Human Resources Forecastand Labour Market Information.
Tuan spoke recently at a seminar on "Job Trends and Recruitment in Sales and Marketing" in HCM City.
"High-rankingstaff requires professionalism, and good skills in management, foreignlanguages and teamwork, as well as a high working capacity," he said.
Tuanalso pointed out that there was a gap between education and workingreality as many students graduate from university seeking jobs in twohot fields, information technology and marketing.
However, they cannot find a job, but vocational school graduates can find one easily.
Tuan also noted that career ethics and social responsibility should be taught in school.
PaulNguyen, General Director of CareerBuilder, a recruitment network, saidthat different ways of thinking and perspectives were important, andthat professional skills can be learned from others.
"We shouldfocus on career ethics and be concerned about reality, not justacademics. We should think about results and how they serve our work,"he said.
Nguyen said that his career recruitment network needed many middle managers, but good candidates were hard to find.
"Nextyear, Vietnam must make an important adjustment for high-ranking humanresources. If not, all these positions will go to foreigners, especiallycandidates from Singapore and Thailand," he added.
In the next 20 years, Vietnam will still lack high-ranking human resources, he said.
PhamThi Hong Yen, human resources director of DATALogic in HCM CityHigh-Tech Park, revealed that in the past, she had spent six monthslooking for candidates for a mobile phone sales director.
Althoughthe salary was high, around 15,000 USD a year, along with otherbenefits, fewer than 10 people in the entire country who had appliedwere qualified for the job.
"Meanwhile, we can hire Singaporeansand Thais for the position very easily with just little more pay. Infact, the only thing Vietnamese candidates can do better than othercandidates is speak Vietnamese. So, investors can solve the problem byjust hiring a good Vietnamese translator for 500 USD a month," Yen said.
She pointed out that Vietnamese candidates lacked an important skill: coaching.
"Theycan work themselves, but cannot teach others how to do things. And allcompanies need to have backup human resources for work," she said.
DrVoThiQuy,associate professor and lecturer at HCM City Economics University, whois also training director for Sales and Marketing ExecutiveInternational Inc. (SMEI) Vietnam, said that recruiters often observedthat Vietnamese students are knowledgeable but lack skills for working.
"Improperawareness of the importance of developing professional skills andcareer ethics has affected the quality of human resources," Quy said.
Shesaid that university graduates should also take courses in vocationalprogrammes that award international certificates, as such internationalstandards would help them work more efficiently.
The seminar washeld on the occasion of SMEI Vietnam's granting of internationalcertificates to 10 managers for completing the year-long CertifiedMarketing Executive and Certified Sales Executive programme.-VNA
