Although many businesses are continuously recruiting, Mr. Nguyen Van Tinh (31 years old, Can Tho City) has not yet found a suitable job. According to him, many positions require skills and experience, but the salary is not commensurate, while some businesses with good benefits recruit very little.
I hope to have a stable job, an income sufficient to cover living expenses and have the opportunity to develop. If the salary is only at the minimum level, I will choose to go to Ho Chi Minh City or work abroad," Mr. Tinh shared.
This reality partly reflects the labor market picture in Can Tho.
According to the labor market analysis report for the first 6 months of the year and the forecast of human resource demand for the last 6 months of 2026 by the Can Tho City Employment Service Center, a survey from 1,003 businesses shows that there are 68,692 job positions to be recruited, while only 59,795 people seek jobs through the center. Supply-demand disparity appears in most occupational groups.
Notably, the groups of garment, handicraft, food processing, plastic and printing industries have the largest labor shortage. Recruitment demand accounts for 58.65%, while supply only meets 41.35%.
In addition, many other fields also have high recruitment demand such as simple labor (10.14%), sales and management staff (8.07%), construction workers (5.16%), scientific and technical technicians (4.57%), information and communication technology technicians (4.41%), sales staff (4.21%), electricians, electronics workers (3.09%) and mechanics operating fixed machinery and equipment (3.08%).
The Can Tho City Employment Service Center believes that production pressure on businesses will continue to increase in the last months of the year as many orders are signed. However, the labor supply has not kept up, causing the shortage of human resources, especially in the manufacturing sector, to be prolonged.
Mr. Le Quang Trung - former Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Employment (Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, now the Ministry of Home Affairs) said that the mismatch between labor supply and demand stems from many factors.
According to Mr. Trung, the qualifications and skills of a part of workers do not meet the job requirements and the transformation process of businesses. In addition, after the pandemic, many workers have shifted to self-employment or production and business in the locality, reducing supply for businesses.
Another reason is that labor market forecasting has not kept up with actual needs. Meanwhile, many workers have high income expectations but have not met the requirements for qualifications and skills, making it difficult for businesses to recruit suitable personnel.
To narrow the supply-demand gap, Mr. Trung believes that businesses need to pay more attention to the needs of workers, improve salary and welfare policies and strengthen skills training right at the workplace. At the same time, job service centers need to improve the quality of human resource demand forecasting, effectively connecting businesses and workers.
According to forecasts from the Can Tho City Employment Service Center, job opportunities in the last 6 months of the year will continue to expand, but recruitment requirements are also increasing.
Therefore, workers need to proactively improve their skills, digital skills and adaptability to increase opportunities to find suitable jobs in the context of a more competitive labor market.
