Labour shortage is one of the headaches faced by companies in industrialparks (IPs) and export-processing zones (EPZs) in Ho Chi Minh City, alocal newspaper has reported.
Labour demand in the city’s IPs andEPZs rose slightly in the first quarter of this year, especially forunskilled labourers, which is attributable to a number of workers havingquit jobs in the year to date and operational enterprises’ strong needfor production expansion, said the Saigon Times Daily.
Thedemand at local enterprises in EPZs and IPs was estimated at about17,130 workers in the first quarter, particularly in textile-garment andfootwear-leather industries.
Meanwhile, the job placement andcorporate assistance centre of Hepza could only introduce 1,480candidates to these employers but only 450 of them met employers’recruitment requirements.
Despite the rising employment demand,the city has seen a labour undersupply in EPZs and IPs. To deal with thesituation, the Hepza centre has worked with the Voice of HCM City (VOH)to air information about recruitments by enterprises at IPs and EPZs inthe city in the latter’s radio programmes.
Besides, to ensure asustainable labour supply, the centre has also joined forces withvocational schools and other localities to organise training courses forworkers.
For instance, the centre and the Military Region 9Vocational School in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long have jointlysupplied skilled workers for EPZs and IPs in HCM City.
Also, thecentre has counselled job seeking skills or organised job fairs forstudents from Ton Duc Thang University and HCM City Economics andTechnology College among others.
Currently, there are around1,290 investment projects in local EPZs and IPs with total registeredcapital of over 8 billion USD. The current number of employees at theseIPs and EPZs are roughly 269,800, dropping by more than 4,200 comparedto the same period in 2013.-VNA
Labour demand in the city’s IPs andEPZs rose slightly in the first quarter of this year, especially forunskilled labourers, which is attributable to a number of workers havingquit jobs in the year to date and operational enterprises’ strong needfor production expansion, said the Saigon Times Daily.
Thedemand at local enterprises in EPZs and IPs was estimated at about17,130 workers in the first quarter, particularly in textile-garment andfootwear-leather industries.
Meanwhile, the job placement andcorporate assistance centre of Hepza could only introduce 1,480candidates to these employers but only 450 of them met employers’recruitment requirements.
Despite the rising employment demand,the city has seen a labour undersupply in EPZs and IPs. To deal with thesituation, the Hepza centre has worked with the Voice of HCM City (VOH)to air information about recruitments by enterprises at IPs and EPZs inthe city in the latter’s radio programmes.
Besides, to ensure asustainable labour supply, the centre has also joined forces withvocational schools and other localities to organise training courses forworkers.
For instance, the centre and the Military Region 9Vocational School in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long have jointlysupplied skilled workers for EPZs and IPs in HCM City.
Also, thecentre has counselled job seeking skills or organised job fairs forstudents from Ton Duc Thang University and HCM City Economics andTechnology College among others.
Currently, there are around1,290 investment projects in local EPZs and IPs with total registeredcapital of over 8 billion USD. The current number of employees at theseIPs and EPZs are roughly 269,800, dropping by more than 4,200 comparedto the same period in 2013.-VNA
