Mr. Vu Quang Thanh, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Employment Service Center, said that the labor market continues to recover and develop in a sustainable direction, with businesses focusing on recruiting to meet production and business needs during the peak season at the end of the year. Sectors such as retail, services and manufacturing are accelerating recruitment.
In Hanoi, in November 2024 alone, businesses need to recruit more than 40,000 positions.
Based on a survey of 5,089 job vacancies from 1,657 businesses, recruitment units focused on industry groups such as wholesale, retail, manufacturing and construction...
Enterprises recruiting workers with university degrees or higher account for 43.53% of total recruitment needs; followed by unskilled workers and technical workers without degrees or vocational certificates.
Regarding salary, businesses mainly pay employees 5-10 million VND. Notably, 15.55% of businesses pay salaries of 10-20 million VND.
According to a representative of the Hanoi Employment Service Center, based on a survey and information collection of 9,095 job seekers' profiles, the desired salary of workers is mainly from 5 to 10 million VND, accounting for 65.15%, 10-20 million VND, accounting for 26.87%...
Workers looking for jobs are mainly concentrated in the age group of 35 and over, accounting for 47.45%, while in the age group of 15-24 years old, accounting for 7.82%.
The technical expertise of job seekers is mainly concentrated in the untrained group with jobs such as production workers, sales staff...
“Growth expectations are gradually shifting from modest to more positive scenarios. International organizations also appreciate the strong growth of the Vietnamese economy. The strong recovery of the economy based on three main pillars: export - consumption - investment creates great momentum for the recovery of the Vietnamese labor market in general and Hanoi in particular.
Especially at the end of the year, businesses tend to increase labor recruitment to serve production and business needs during the peak holiday season in late 2024 and early 2025," said Mr. Vu Quang Thanh.
Assessing the labor market at the end of the year, Mr. Le Quang Trung - former Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Employment (Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs) said that in the current conditions, workers need to be proactive and actively trained to improve their qualifications and working skills, meeting the demands of the labor market, first of all, keeping their jobs and improving their job positions at the workplace or finding better jobs elsewhere, researching information about the labor market and assessing their own abilities to determine suitable job positions.
Employers are also more proactive and concerned with training, regular training, and advanced training for employees, while also having measures to effectively use human resources, and providing good, clear, and transparent treatment for employees...
“Employment service centers need to pay more attention to labor market information, especially forecasting, consulting, and job referrals... not only for workers looking for jobs, but also for workers who are working, and have measures to support informal workers,” Mr. Trung emphasized.
