Hanoi job promotion centre sees employer-applicant gap

Just after Tet vacation ended, Nguyen Viet Linh, 21, rushed to the Job Promotion Centre in Hanoi just as it opened in search of career opportunities.
Just after Tet vacation ended, Nguyen Viet Linh, 21, rushed to theJob Promotion Centre in Hanoi just as it opened in search of careeropportunities.

Linh, who graduated from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, wanted a simple, stable office position.

"Idropped by some consulting tables to get opportunities and experiences,with the hope that I could meet employer demand," Linh said.

However, the jobs weren't what she was looking for. She found a gap between what employers demanded and what she could offer.

Manyuniversity graduates are looking for jobs, but a limited number of suchhigh-skilled positions are available, said Vu Thi Thanh Lieu, head ofthe Hanoi Job Promotion Centre's Labour Information Department. Incontrast, the need for mechanics and manual labourers is quite high.

Lieusaid that due to the lack of manual workers while the demand is high,many employees with university and college education had to acceptmanual labour jobs. She also said her centre's rate of successfulconnections between enterprises and employees is a low 30 percent.

ChuThu Thao, a personnel manager at the Trung Tin Import-Export Company,said the centre is focusing on recruiting manual labour, sales andmarketing, and some technical jobs.

"Many applicants come to the centre lacking soft skills and the ability to work," she said.

DangDuy Tien, a personnel staff member at the construction materialproducer Javta Company, said he agrees that enterprises are demandingdifferent types of jobs from what applicants are offering.

"As mycompany deals with production, we only need manual workers," he said."However, the applications we received were mostly for high skilledjobs."

Tao Bang Huy, deputy head of the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs' Employment Department, said the phenomenacame from the city's lack of a labour demand and supply database.

"TheHanoi Job Promotion Centre should build such a database for the labourmarket soon, and work with training firms, enterprises and localities,"he said.

Lieu said the centre will work with enterprises toorganise talks and forums for employees to learn about jobs and skills,to shorten the gap between supply and demand in the market.

"Thecentre will open mobile promotion centres across the city soon, andconnect with centres from other cities and provinces," she said.-VNA

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

ASEAN’s goods, culinary culture promoted in Europe

The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) launched an "ASEAN Food Corner" on October 22, aiming to promote the culinary culture and introduce goods from ASEAN countries to consumers in the Czech Republic and Europe at large.

If the plan is approved, public employees will enjoy a continuous 9-day Tet break from January 25 to February 2 next year. (Photo: VNA)

2025 Lunar New Year holiday plan submitted to PM

The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs on October 22 submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister regarding the schedule for the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s largest traditional celebration – and other national holidays.

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang continues to take firm stand against IUU fishing

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).

Yen Bai city in the northern province of Yen Bai is severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam receives EU’s humanitarian aid for Typhoon Yagi victims

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received humanitarian response and early recovery support from the European Union and its member states through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)' Emergency Appeal to assist the Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floodings.

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France (Photo: VNA)

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

At the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between Bac Lieu and Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period. (Photo: VNA)

Bac Lieu, Korean locality sign labour cooperation agreement

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

(Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang strives to reduce poverty rate to 0.87% this year

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees at all levels in the southern province of Tien Giang have collaborated with agencies and organisations to speed up social security programmes, aiming to reduce the province's poverty rate to 0.87% this year, said Vice President of the provincial VFF Committee Huynh Van Hai.

The Chinese sailor is rushed to FV (Franco-Vietnamese) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment as soon as he is brought to the shore. (Photo: VNA)

Chinese sick sailor on vessel AMIS STAR provided with first aid

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.

At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang and UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam respects right to freedom of belief, religion: official

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang highlighted Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion for all people, while meeting with UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif in his recent trip to Switzerland.