Enterprises" demand for employees raises

After the COVID-19 pandemic was contained, the labor market was essentially recovered, and many enterprises in the province continued to recruit additional people in order to develop production and company and satisfy production demands at the end of the year.

More than 350 people were employed at Garment Factory No. 6 Song Hong Garment JSC, Yen Lap town industrial cluster, Yen Lap district.

More than 7,000 firms operate in the province, employing approximately 160,000 people (representing 17.7% of total social workers), with more than 46 thousands of them working in industrial parks (IZs) and 71,000 workers in FDI firms.

According to locality data and the Management Board of the Provincial IPs, around 35 firms will need to hire laborers in the first nine months of 2022, with a total labor force of over 10,000 persons (with female employees accounting for 60%).

“The company”s primary aims have all exceeded the plan and have a better growth rate than the same period last year,“stated Mr. Ta Hung Sinh, Director of TaKao Vietnam JSC in Trung Ha Industrial Park. Workers” lifestyles will be better by 2021. Currently, the firm is investing in growing ceramic tile manufacturing not only for the domestic market but also for export, therefore it will need to hire additional personnel for the new facility.

Districts, cities, and towns have also aggressively collaborated with agencies, units, and enterprises to attract personnel and satisfy business needs. “In the district, an industrial cluster has been built in Yen Lap town, Luong Son industrial complex, and is being emancipated,” said Mr. Nguyen Tam Ba, Director of Yen Lap District"s Center for Industrial Development and Public Works. Many firms in industrial zones are now in need of workers, thus the district gives special attention to organizing vocational training to suit the labor demands of local businesses.

The Provincial People“s Committee”s Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs released papers directing and leading the complete execution of employment and labor market policies from 2022 to 2025. Simultaneously, aggressively cooperate with functional sectors to push, inspect, and arrange the provincial employment program“s execution. The Department has also collaborated with branches and localities to boost communication and propaganda efforts on the mass media and the commune”s loudspeaker system about the need to recruit workers for province-wide firms in 2022.

In addition, the implementation of the Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs sector"s annual collection and updating of labor supply and demand information has contributed to the construction and completion of the labor market database to serve the management and use of labor resources, planning policies on employment, and employment of the locality and the entire province. To address the demands of job searchers, the Department has also authorized the Employment Service Center to enhance the organizing of job trading sessions on the 15th of each month, as well as themed and periodic employment sessions in districts, cities, and towns. employment search as well as the workforce recruiting demands of firms.

Trinh Ha