On May 23, speaking with Lao Dong, a representative of the Hanoi Employment Service Center said that in April, the Trade - Service sector continued to account for a high proportion of recruitment demand. Of which, the group of other service activities continues to account for the highest proportion with 61.53%; followed by the processing and manufacturing industry accounting for 12.71%; construction accounts for 12.25%; education and training account for 4.41%.
Enterprises in this field tend to focus on recruiting popular positions such as sales staff, cashiers, sales staff, customer service and service installation and maintenance technicians. The excitement of the trade - service sector reflects consumer demand is gradually recovering and developing towards multi-channel, in which e-commerce and logistics services (logistics) are playing an increasingly important role," said Mr. Vu Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Hanoi Employment Service Center.
Regarding the demand for job search of workers, in April 2025, the demand for job search of workers will focus on the following occupations: Assembly and operation of machinery and equipment (accounting for 27.09%), simple workers (accounting for 21.58%) and office assistant workers (accounting for 12.73%). These are positions that do not require high professional qualifications but are suitable for the majority of unskilled workers and workers with intermediate qualifications.
Meanwhile, the technical expertise of job seekers is mainly concentrated in the untrained group, accounting for 41.68%, focusing on jobs such as production workers, sales staff, etc. Next is the level of technical workers without degrees/professional certificates, accounting for 29.07%, focusing on finding jobs in jobs such as component assembly workers, mechanics, construction workers, etc.
Mr. Vu Quang Thanh predicted that the Hanoi labor market will grow slowly in May 2025 due to the negative impact of many unfavorable socio-economic factors in the region and globally. However, some industries with high human resource demand such as healthcare and healthcare grew by 4%; information technology increased by 3.5%; tourism and travel services increased by 5%.
