Positive signals
Statistics from the Department of Home Affairs of Dak Lak province show that since the beginning of the year, the whole province has created jobs for 31,650 people, reaching 56.72% of the annual plan. In the first months of the year, many businesses in economic zones and industrial parks in the area had a need to recruit about 19,000 unskilled workers. Thereby, opening up opportunities for workers to receive vocational training and have stable income.
Mr. Le Hai Ly - Director of the Dak Lak Provincial Employment Service Center - commented: "To have close coordination in vocational training and job creation, the province will continue to implement solutions to develop the labor market. In particular, investigating labor needs in different types of enterprises; collecting information on recruitment needs of enterprises; improving the quality of vocational education; focusing on training high-quality human resources, associated with labor restructuring".
According to Mr. Ly, the Provincial People's Committee has directed competent agencies to promote investment to attract investors to the province to build projects, establish businesses, and create many new jobs for workers. At the same time, expand industrial parks and industrial clusters to attract more businesses to invest. On-site workers will have more job opportunities and increase their income.
From now until the end of 2025, the Provincial Employment Service Center will provide labor market information to about 1,200 units, enterprises and about 8,000 workers, while focusing on introducing jobs and supporting vocational training for unemployed workers.
Focus on vocational training for rural workers
One of the key tasks that the provincial authorities are aiming for is to reduce the unemployment rate among rural workers, especially in ethnic minority areas. Thereby, the locality can aim for the goal of sustainable poverty reduction and economic development of ethnic minority areas in the period of 2025 - 2030. To effectively implement this task, vocational training from the resources of the national target program is extremely important.
Ms. Vu Thi My Phuong - Deputy Head of the Department of Vocational Education - Continuing Education (Department of Education and Training of Dak Lak province) - said: "From now until the end of 2025, after being allocated transitional financial resources from 2024, the Vocational Education - Continuing Education Centers in the area will continue to open vocational training classes for workers in rural areas".
According to Ms. Phuong, in recent years, thanks to resources from the national target program, the province has effectively implemented vocational training for workers in remote areas with a large number of ethnic minorities.
Training courses on sewing, construction, agriculture... opened right at the facility attracted a large number of students to attend. As a result, most of the graduates have created stable jobs and increased their income, improved their family life and increased their income. This process has contributed to gradually improving the quality of human resources, serving the socio-economic development goals of the locality.
After merging with Phu Yen, Dak Lak province aims to create jobs for about 24,150 workers in 2025. Of which, about 1,800 people go abroad to work; reduce the unemployment rate in urban areas to about 2.2%; increase the rate of workers through vocational training to about 70%...
