Nghe An 'thirsty' for skilled workers

(Baonghean) - While many businesses are "thirsty" for labor, there are still many workers looking for jobs. This is also a paradox of the job market in our province in recent times.

The recruitment paradox

Em-tech Vietnam Co., Ltd. - Nghe An Branch located in Vinh Tan Ward (Vinh City) is a company specializing in the production of mobile phone components. In recent years, the unit has had difficulty recruiting enough labor. Mr. Kim Jong Gun - Executive Director of Em-tech Nghe An Branch said: "Currently, the company is in need of recruiting more than 100 female workers. Although we strictly comply with the law on recruitment, probation, and many other benefits, we are still struggling to find workers.

Even though we hung banners and posted information on social networking sites, and HR staff went everywhere to distribute flyers, we still couldn't recruit enough to meet the demand..."

In a similar situation, Ausdoor Joint Stock Company, Nghe An branch, headquartered in Nghi Phu Small Industrial Park, Nghi Phu Commune (Vinh City) is in a similar situation. According to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Sinh - Director of Ausdoor Joint Stock Company, Nghe An branch, this enterprise specializes in manufacturing rolling doors; for many years, the unit has had difficulty recruiting qualified workers to operate automatic equipment because the majority of workers' skills did not meet the requirements. Therefore, in the past, the company had to accept a number of unskilled workers and then retrain them from the beginning to implement labor safety procedures, operate machinery, etc.

At NaFoods Joint Stock Company, of the 400 current employees, 70% of them need to be retrained to meet the job requirements. The few employees in the food chemistry field who are suitable for the job must be recruited from vocational schools in other provinces.

Workers working at Nafoods Joint Stock Company.

Waiting to apply for unemployment benefits at the Unemployment Insurance Department - Employment Service Center (Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs), Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa (born in 1986) in Nghi Kieu commune (Nghi Loc) said: "I worked as a worker in Bac Vinh Industrial Park for 3 years and then my labor contract was terminated due to business difficulties. My whole family's income depends on my salary, so in addition to completing procedures to receive support when I lose my job, I am trying to find recruitment information in the hope of finding a new job."

The key is still the quality of vocational training.

According to Mr. Ho Van Hung - Director of the Employment Service Center, recently, many new industrial parks have been established in the province, and the number of businesses investing in Nghe An is increasing, leading to an increase in the demand for labor recruitment.

However, there is still a widespread situation where supply and demand have not met, the reason being that businesses and workers have not reached an agreement on salary, age, working conditions, etc. While workers want good treatment, businesses always look for ways to hire workers at the lowest cost.

On the other hand, vocational training still has many shortcomings, not really paying attention to market needs; most of the workers looking for jobs are untrained or lack vocational skills. He added: “According to annual statistics, the unit directly acts as a bridge to introduce local workers to work at enterprises, the number of workers who meet the requirements is very low.

The vast majority are unskilled workers, if any, they are only at the elementary level, so businesses are currently having difficulty finding highly skilled, professionally trained human resources. Because they think that if they recruit them, they will have to spend a large amount of money to retrain them, so when workers are interviewed directly, businesses set many very strict conditions.

Workers come to find information at Nghe An Employment Service Center.

Another reason is that recently, businesses are recruiting increasingly younger workers, while the age of the “supply” source tends to increase (mainly over 30). Even for immediate benefits such as reducing salary costs, deducting social insurance contributions for long-term workers or cutting some incentives for pregnant female workers or raising young children, there is a phenomenon of businesses using labor in a “squeezing the lemon and throwing away the peel” manner, thus failing to attract workers. On the one hand, businesses alternately fire older workers or those on maternity leave, and on the other hand, recruit workers of younger ages. This makes it even more difficult to balance the labor market.

Minh Quan