VietNamNet Bridge – Companies and enterprises in HCM City need to hire 135,000 employees for the remaining six months of this year, according to the City's Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.

Of the total, manual workers account for more than 40 per cent; university and college graduates, 25 per cent; and the rest, from vocational schools.

Companies and enterprises in the city's industrial and export processing parks needed 28,000 employees, said Tran Anh Tuan, the centre's deputy head.

He added that most of the companies were in the fields of electronics, mechanics, food and textiles.

In the third quarter of this year, 60,000 employees would be needed and most of them will be employed in the fields of executive management, business administration, finance-accounting, banking, import and export, as well as computers.

However, the demand for manual labour in this quarter would fall compared to the last quarter, Tuan said, adding that the rate would be about 40 per cent.

As usual, a large number of people for seasonal work also would be needed until the end of the year.

Tuan said there would be enough people to hire because many students would graduate from vocational schools and universities this summer.

Companies and schools should work together to meet demand, he added.

The centre's report showed that the demand at companies in the first six months increased 30 per cent against the same period last year.

The employment demand for companies in the textile field rose higher than in other fields, Tuan said.

Sixty per cent of the demand for manual labourers was in the textile, footwear, electronics, mechanics and metallurgy fields.

The labour market in the first six months was unstable, Tuan said, adding that 30,000 workers quit their jobs during that period.

Labour supply met only 60 per cent of demand for the first six-month period.

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