The “star” industries
According to TopCV, which surveyed over 3,000 businesses and analyzed 300,000 job postings, Business/Sales is still the industry group with the highest demand for human resources, ranking first for the third consecutive year. Recruitment demand in this industry is highest in two periods, March, April and July, August.
In the real estate industry, recruiting takes place year-round due to long sales cycles and high competition.
In the retail and consumer goods industry, peak hiring is from March to May.
IT-Software is still in the group of people who are thirsty for human resources, especially candidates with 2-3 years of experience. 55% of surveyed business representatives said that the supply is not limited but there is a shortage of highly skilled human resources; nearly 50% said that there is fierce competition from technology giants or startups thanks to attractive benefits and working environment; 37% are concerned about the difficulty of retaining talent because they have many job opportunities.
In Hanoi alone, businesses prioritize recruiting workers in industries related to information technology, AI, renewable energy, green economy and digital transformation.
Commenting on the Hanoi labor market in early 2025, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Employment Service Center Vu Quang Thanh said that in 2025, businesses in Hanoi are expected to focus on recruiting workers in industries related to information technology, renewable energy, green economy and digital transformation.
Positions like programmers, data analysts, artificial intelligence (AI) specialists, and cybersecurity engineers will continue to lead the hiring demand in the technology industry.
In addition, manufacturing and logistics businesses will focus on positions such as automation engineers, supply chain managers, and quality management specialists to meet the requirements of process optimization and new technology application.
The renewable energy and green economy sector also promises to grow strongly, with high demand for environmental engineers, clean energy development specialists, and sustainability project managers.
In addition, businesses in the e-commerce and customer service sectors will continue to recruit heavily in positions such as digital marketing specialists, customer experience managers, and customer care specialists to keep up with the digitalization trend and growing consumer demand.
Continue to attract large labor force
According to Mr. Vu Quang Thanh, in the coming time, the information technology, e-commerce, health care, transportation and logistics sectors are expected to continue to attract a large workforce. These are areas with strong development potential and bring many job opportunities for workers in Hanoi.
In 2025, the Hanoi Employment Service Center forecasts that the Hanoi labor market will continue to stabilize and develop further thanks to the city's socio-economic policies and investment attraction mechanisms.
“Accordingly, the Hanoi Employment Service Center will continue to implement activities to support businesses and workers in the most timely and effective manner. The center will promote technology application solutions, improve the quality of job transactions, especially online sessions. In addition, the center will also focus on improving workers' skills to meet the increasing demands of the market. Industries such as trade and services, information technology, manufacturing and processing industry and logistics... are expected to be "hot" industries next year," said Mr. Vu Quang Thanh.
In 2025, many industries will continue to be "thirsty" for human resources. Business and sales will be the priority recruitment target of enterprises. In addition, IT - software, although demand has decreased slightly, is still in the group of industries "thirsty" for human resources... It is forecasted that some industries will have high recruitment demand such as: Wholesale and retail up 4.5%; processing and manufacturing industry up 5%; banking and insurance finance activities up 3%...
