Hanoi Employment Service Center said that in July 2026, the age group of workers looking for jobs mainly concentrated in the group from 35-54 years old (accounting for 42.1%). This figure shows that middle-aged workers currently have a large job transfer demand. The reason may come from the fact that businesses are restructuring, or the workers themselves at this stage want to find a more stable environment, have better welfare regimes to take care of their families or look for opportunities to advance to senior management positions.
The group from 25-34 years old accounts for 37% of the total number of job seekers. This is the core, dynamic labor force, which has accumulated 3-10 years of experience. This group tends to jump jobs the most due to the psychology of wanting to break through in income, change the environment to develop personal careers and are very quick to new technologies.
The group from 15-24 years old accounts for 18.8%, mainly new graduates, young people who have just started working or looking for part-time/internship jobs. This rate shows that the supply of young labor in the market is still maintained at a stable level.
The group aged 55 and over accounts for 2.1%. In this group, job seekers are often experts, senior advisors or people who need to work part-time to maintain dynamism.
According to the Hanoi Employment Service Center, the labor market has a clear differentiation into two large poles. The demand for job search is strongest concentrated in two completely opposite groups in terms of qualifications: the group with university degrees or higher (40.6%) and the group without training (29.2%). These two groups combined account for 69.8% of the total supply in the market.
Leading is the group of workers with university degrees or higher with 40.6% - reflecting that the supply of high-quality, formally qualified labor is very abundant, ready to meet the development needs of services, technology and management industries. Closely following is the group of untrained workers with 29.2%. The high job search rate of this group stems from the fact that jobs that do not require qualifications, often have low stability, high job turnover rates or seasonal workers losing their jobs have to find new jobs.
The Hanoi Employment Service Center believes that the trend of job search for workers is focusing on two poles: either having high professional qualifications, or not having qualifications. This indicates the reality of "surplus, shortage of quality". The supply of general labor and office workers is surplus, exceeding actual demand; conversely, the group of skilled technical workers (intermediate/college level) and highly qualified professional workers meeting the strict standards of enterprises are seriously lacking.
