HCM City needs 160,000 additional workers in second half
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s labour market will need 153,500 to 161,500 more jobs ahead in the second half of the year, according to information provided by the city’s Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.
The trade and service sector has the biggest demand of between 102,600 and 108,000 new workers, accounting for 66.89% of the total human resources needed. Elsewhere, the industrial-construction sector needs 50,700 to 53,300 jobs, making up 33.03%; along with the agro-forestry-fishery sector with 130 jobs, equal to 0.08%.
Human resources demand in four key industries constitutes 15.61% of the total, with the mechanical industry accounting for 6.79%, electronics 3.09%, food processing 3.73%, and pharmaceutical chemicals-rubber 1.99%.
The southern metropolis is the country’s largest economic and financial hub in and has demand for 134,620 to 141,636 trained labourers, standing at 87.7%, including 19.54% of university graduates.
Nguyen Hoang Hieu, director of the city’s Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre, said that firms are in great need to recruit workers, especially experienced labourers, high-quality human resources, and skilled workers.
Those in the job market are therefore required to equip themselves with appropriate knowledge and skills in order to meet requirements set up by employers, she emphasized.
