Lack of professional skills
Really recorded at job transaction sessions, many young workers, even students about to graduate, are falling into a "dilemma". Although possessing good foundational knowledge, when facing practical requirements from employers, many people are surprised by skill gaps.
Student Ly Chi Dam shared with concern: "Many businesses are not too strict about the number of years of experience, but they require practical skills to catch up immediately. This is what we are lacking. When we start approaching real work, we see a huge difference compared to books.
Sharing the same situation, but from another perspective, many freelancers are also struggling to find a suitable job.
Mr. Le Hong Phuc (Co Do commune, Can Tho city) once tried his hand at a few positions with on-the-spot training support. However, due to lack of basic professional skills, the unfavorable learning process made him soon discouraged and had to change jobs continuously.
I don't have a job, going around and around I only do manual labor, it's very difficult to stabilize life," Mr. Phuc said.
Mr. Vo Nhat Duy (O Mon ward, Can Tho city) said that despite his good health and progressive spirit, because he does not have professional qualifications, he can only take on the position of passenger car employee for many years.
Working in this profession for many years, my health is still good, but if I want to get a management position or switch to more professional departments, I will be confronted by barriers of qualifications and professional skills. Without expertise, I will always be just a general laborer, the opportunity for promotion is almost zero," Mr. Duy shared.
Supply-demand gap
Through actual surveys of workers' job application dossiers, the Can Tho City Employment Service Center (DVVL) found that currently, for general labor recruitment positions, more than 70% of applications meet the basic requirements of businesses (age, health, ability to work shifts,...).
As for positions requiring skills and techniques, the application rate usually only reaches about 40 - 50%. Businesses must recruit in multiple rounds or provide additional training.
This shows that the labor market is experiencing a situation where supply and demand are not really matched. Businesses have a large recruitment demand, but the quality and skills of a part of employees do not meet practical requirements. This is an issue that requires closer coordination between management agencies, job service units and businesses in consulting, training and connecting employees.
Based on the development orientation of Can Tho City, the City DVVL Center forecasts that the city's human resource demand in 2026 will strongly focus on strategic areas, reflecting economic transformation such as logistics and supply chain management, Information technology and digital transformation, high-quality tourism and management services...
The shortage will be particularly evident in positions such as warehouse management, multimodal transportation, cold supply chain management, application development programmer, digital transformation consultant capable of applying technology to high-tech agriculture, hotel/resort management with good foreign languages, professional tour guides and experts with service management skills...
Faced with this reality, policies on the labor market and vocational training will continue to be implemented by the Center, contributing to supporting businesses in the recruitment process as well as creating the most favorable conditions for workers in finding jobs and vocational training.
