Many garment companies in Nghe An are recruiting workers en masse.
(Baonghean.vn) - To meet production needs, as well as proactively compensate for the shortage of workers after Tet, for many months now, many garment enterprises in Nghe An have posted recruitment information with a large number of workers.
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| Export garment line of Havina Kim Lien - Nam Dan Company Limited. Photo: Thu Huyen |
Nghe An currently has 15 garment export enterprises, creating jobs and stable income for nearly 20,000 workers, mainly rural women.
With the potential of the market and available human resources, convenient seaport traffic infrastructure, and attractive investment attraction policies, in recent years, Nghe An textile and garment industry has developed quite strongly. The province has attracted many domestic and foreign branded investors such as: Hanosimex, Vinatex, Venture (Netherlands), Hyujin Group, KIDO (Korea)... with large-scale export garment production lines such as: Havina Kim Lien Company Limited (Nam Dan) with 2,600 workers; Prex Vinh Garment Factory (Do Luong) with 5,000 workers, Hanosimex Corporation Branch (Nam Dan) with 1,500 workers...
Tet is a time when garment workers have many fluctuations. To ensure production workers, especially the shortage after Tet, many factories have announced recruitment information. Companies such as Hanoi Textile and Garment Corporation Hanosimex Branch, Havina Kim Lien Company Limited (Nam Giang - Nam Dan Industrial Park); Prex Vinh Company Limited (Lac Son - Do Luong Industrial Park) each announced recruitment of 400-500 workers.
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| Tet is a time of many changes for garment workers. In the photo: production at the Hanosimex garment factory in Nam Giang Industrial Park, Nam Dan. Photo: Thu Huyen |
Mr. Tran Duc Long - Chief Accountant of Prex Vinh Company Limited said: The company currently has about 5,000 employees, and every year after Tet, about 300 - 400 employees quit their jobs. Therefore, to compensate for the shortage of workers and ensure the production line, the company had to post recruitment notices during the year.
“With an average salary of 3.5 million VND/person/month in rural areas, it is possible to live, so recruiting workers is not too difficult. However, the most difficult thing is to retrain. The number of trained workers who are familiar with the job quit, and new recruitment requires training, which takes time and costs, but the work efficiency is not high. That is the current problem of most garment enterprises,” Mr. Long shared.
Currently, some factories are under construction, expected to be operational by the end of 2018, such as Minh Anh Garment Factory in Quang Son Commune (Do Luong) with a capacity of 60 million products/year, expected to attract about 5,000 workers... And so, the competition to attract workers among garment enterprises is very large.
Mr. Yoon Ki Boom - Administrative Director of Havina Kim Lien Co., Ltd. worried: We invested in Nam Giang Industrial Park, Nam Dan in 2012, currently have 2,600 workers. To expand the factory to meet orders, the Company is recruiting 400 - 500 more workers but it is not easy because many factories are springing up, continuing to invest in Nghe An and so the labor market will be very difficult.
"Low supply - high demand" is understood in both quantity and quality, which is a headache for garment business owners today. Therefore, in addition to the participation of relevant departments, a longer-term strategy is needed for businesses in training and recruiting workers, as well as salary and other social welfare regimes to ensure a stable life for workers.
