Job opportunities greatly available for job seekers

Currently, Binh Duong is in need of about 80,000 working people in factories, industrial parks and clusters. However, the assistance of government has helped enterprises increase basic pay on employing workers under coordination of Binh Duong province and other localities nationwide. Leaders of Binh Duong provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs believe that Binh Duong would soon attract more workers back to work to satisfy the needs of labor among enterprises.

On roads leading to industrial parks and clusters are the posts of job offering of relatively high income

Free to choose

As noted by the reporter, by the afternoon of February 15, the demand for jobs in industrial parks and clusters from Thu Dau Mot city to Ben Cat town, Tan Uyen town was still very "hot" due to the shortage of labor. Enterprises posted recruitment notices not only at the factory gate but on the website of the Binh Duong Employment Service Center to also establish a "base" for recruiting workers along the roads to industrial parks and clusters.

In addition to the need of a large number of workers to expand production, many businesses said that due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, in 2021, many workers have left for their hometown and have not returned to work. Therefore, most businesses are in need to recruit workers at a large number of several hundred to thousand of workers. Industries with high demand for labor such as shoes, textiles, electronics, wood, food, trade and services and so on.

The great recruitment demand has opened up job opportunities for job seekers. That is, employees are free to choose jobs that they love or suitable to their abilities and forte as well as convenient to travel and a reasonable pay. About 2 years ago, when recruiting workers, businesses often offered a basic salary of about VND 4 million a month for unskilled workers, now such salary has increased to an average of more than VND 5 million a month. Some businesses even offer a basic salary of nearly VND 6 million a month to attract workers. Thereby, plus allowances and overtime bonuses are ensured for employees to have an income of not less than VND 10 million a month when they come to work for the first month. In general, the income level of unskilled workers has increased much higher than in the previous years.

Mr. Doan Van Quyen, a native of Binh Phuoc province, who applied for a job at Song Than 3 Industrial Park said: “Four years ago, I worked as a worker at an enterprise in Ben Cat town. That day, when I was first hired, the salary was very low, and it was not easy to get a job. Now, I see more open job opportunities for people who need while basic salary and allowances are much higher for the mto live well. The recruitment profile is very simple as if there is anything missing, you can add it later. The business side does not require full procedures as before.

To hire in full by first quarter of 2022

Assessing the labor market at the beginning of 2022, Mr. Pham Van Tuyen, Deputy Director of the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that, looking at the reality, businesses in Binh Duong are short of about 80,000, which is quite a number. However, after Tet, many workers from other provinces and cities returned to Binh Duong to work including a large number of workers who returned during the last 4th wave of COVID-19 epidemic. Many workers in the northern and central provinces have the need to return to Binh Duong to work, but after Tet, it is difficult for them to travel because train and car tickets are very high. “It is expected that a large number of workers will return to Binh Duong to work at the end of February. In addition, in the coming time, the government will issue policies to support, restore and develop the labor market, in which there will be a direction to support both old and new employees, so Binh Duong will attract many workers for the time to come," said Mr. Tuyen.

In addition, in order to attract workers from the provinces, Binh Duong has set up a delegation of officials to work with the provinces including the policy of taking care of immigrant workers. The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has directed the provincial Employment Service Center to offer very good channels to connect jobs with provinces and cities. According to Mr. Tuyen, in the current recruitment process, it is important for enterprises in the area to actively raise the basic salary as well as allowances, thereby increasing the total income for unskilled workers – the motivation to attract enough workers to return to Binh Duong to work in the first quarter of 2022.

According to statistics from the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Binh Duong is short of about 80,000 workers to meet production needs at factories, industrial parks and clusters across the province. In particular, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, many workers left Binh Duong for provinces, so there was a shortage of about 40,000 workers. Besides, Binh Duong also needs 40,000 workers to meet the needs of businesses to expand their production and business operations.

Reported by Quang Tam – Translated by Vi Bao