Open arms to welcome workers back
Many years of studying and working in Ho Chi Minh City were a valuable time for female worker Le Thi Thao Nhi (23 years old, Thap Muoi district, Dong Thap province) to strive for her own goals. However, when faced with an increasingly competitive labor market, Nhi chose to return to her hometown Dong Thap to be able to reunite with her family.
"The high cost of living and the harsh working environment made me feel sad and miss my peaceful hometown. I also believed that when I returned home, I would find a good job. Luckily, I was connected to a job near my home by the Dong Thap Employment Service Center (TTDVVL) right after that," said Ms. Nhi.
From that connection, Ms. Nhi quickly became a packaging worker at Dai Phat Garments Company Limited (My Dong Commune, Thap Muoi District). In the early days, the atmosphere was quite friendly and open, helping her quickly adapt to the new job. With a salary of around 10 million VND/month (depending on productivity) along with many levels of support for gasoline, accommodation... Ms. Nhi felt like she had thrown away her worries about farming.
"It's not only the fresh air and close relationships, but also more time to be close to family. All of these will bring warmth and relieve all stress after a tiring day at work" - Ms. Nhi confided
Expressing satisfaction with Nhi's spirit and working attitude, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Han - CEO of Dai Phat Garments Company Limited - highly appreciated the connection work of Dong Thap Service and Labor Center. The Center not only supports businesses in connecting many quality workers, but also visits and encourages workers to have more motivation to work with high productivity, contributing to the good development of the company.
"We have a stable source of goods and at the same time have policies to attract workers, especially those who work far away from home. The company pays wages based on time but receives products, accordingly, unskilled workers will have their living conditions guaranteed, while skilled workers will have the opportunity to strive for better salaries (from 10 to 15 million VND/month)" - Ms. Han said.
Continue to bridge
In fact, Ms. Nhi is one of hundreds of workers who have been oriented by Dong Thap province to find jobs with the motto "happiness right at home", working towards sustainable growth.
Mr. Nguyen Phu Hieu - Director of Dong Thap Employment Service Center - shared that jobs in Dong Thap are in a state of local surplus - shortage. While some industries and occupations such as food processing, foodstuffs, and seafood have a large demand for labor but are difficult to recruit, on the contrary, many untrained workers go to work outside the province after a difficult time adapting, return to Dong Thap to submit documents for high unemployment benefits but have difficulty finding jobs.
“In addition to strengthening the work of creating bridges for many workers to find jobs with stable income. From 2024, we will innovate propaganda work in the direction of making people understand and voluntarily participate in the job chain in Dong Thap,” said Mr. Hieu.
As a result, from the beginning of 2024 to now, the whole province has organized 23 job fairs, attracting 358 businesses with more than 6,800 workers and students to attend. Through the fairs, jobs have been created for more than 36,500 workers.
This is considered an outstanding achievement of Dong Thap in the context that many localities in the Mekong Delta are struggling with a paradox: Localities need to recruit workers but find it difficult to recruit. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed workers is very high.
