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| Survey on labour market released |
| 02/Jul/2009 Intellasia | Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam |
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| 2 Jul, 2009 - 12:39:59 PM |
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The human resources survey announced on June 30 by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) shows that only nearly 15 percent of Vietnam's young labour underwent training and almost very few people gained high labour skills.
The biggest challenge for the labour nowadays is jobs. Millions of young people in the urban areas are short on jobs while those in rural area have timed jobs (with labour time only accounted for at least 75 percent of a year).
A Q&A survey was offered to employers by Labour Market Research Centre, Leicester University (CLMS) in conjunction with VCCI and International Labour Organisation (ILO) aiming to find out solution for questions on Vietnam's labour quality. As a result, 3.5 percent of surveyed people are in the labour age (16-18) and 39 percent are aged 19-25, showing that a large ratio of Vietnamese workforce is young labourers.
Generally, the number of employees in enterprises continuously has increased during the past three years and that of people in labour age (16-25) grew sharply.
Most of surveyed enterprises said the labour force in charge of management positions and senior specifications will rise by 2-5 percent slightly in next three years whereas the number of medium and low qualified workforce could decrease. They [surveyed businesses] were all afraid of labour shortage, especially labour demand for management officers and highly qualified positions.
Over a half of surveyed enterprises said that the quantity and quality of management officers, technical staff and high qualified workers have not met their demand. Up to 67 percent of industrial businesses complained the shortage of management staff while a half of surveyed service providers had to face the same problem.
85 percent of the enterprises said that the most effective labour training method was to taker help of old staff to teach and guide newcomers. Meanwhile, the majority of surveyed firms assessed that human resources training at external facilities is not effective.
In agriculture, 62.5 percent of the businesses said that they used direct recruitment efficiently from education and training facilities and highly appreciated the quality of the training hubs. The recruitment method is used by 56 percent of surveyed state companies, 45 percent of private firms and only few FDI companies employ staffs through training facilities.
Over 80 percent of companies, 58 percent of foreign invested firms and 61 percent of private companies said that in next five years, they need the workforce with new skills.
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