Enterprises in Dong Nai simultaneously recruited workers

Knowing that an enterprise in Tra Vinh just let about 10,000 employees go before the Lunar New Year 2019, immediately, the delegation of Hwaseung Vina Co., Ltd. (Nhon Trach) consisting of representatives of the Board of Management, Human Resource Director, The President of the Local Labor Union traveled to the West of Southern Vietnam to interact with the workforce. Here, the enterprise asked the local government regarding organizing 11 job counseling sessions at the enterprise for employees. According to that plan, from Feb 12th to Feb 18th , the enterprise consulted jobs for workers in 11 communes of the district and towns in the province. “We have actively worked with the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in Tra Vinh province and have acquired the information that there are about 3,000 workers that have been cut down across 11 communes. That is not to mention the currently unemployed local labor force. Therefore, during the 6-day stay in the area, we organized a total of 11 job counseling sessions. We hope to recruit about 500-700 workers to meet the immediate production needs,” said representative of Hwaseung Vina Co., Ltd. 

Enterprises recruiting workers at the Job Fair held in January 2019. 

 

Also according to this representative, after the recent Lunar New Year holiday, the rate of workers returning to the enterprise is quite high, over 90% but the enterprise still needs a large amount of labor to meet the production expansion needs and to compensate for the number of workers on maternity leave. Specifically, in 2019, the enterprise needs about 3,000 new workers. In the immediate future, in the first quarter of 2019, the enterprise needs 1,000 workers. The enterprise has higher priority for skilled workers but also does not set an age limit and qualification requirements. The workers just need to be in the working age and healthy enough to be recruited. 

At Eclat Vietnam Textile Co., Ltd., the President of the Local Labor Union Mrs. Mai Thi Huong said that the enterprise had had a large number of orders and the orders were quite stable. Currently the enterprise urgently needs about 1,000 workers for all of its factories. The enterprise's opinion is that textile industry is facing many difficulties in worker recruitment. The reason is that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) will bring about many benefits to Vietnam textile and garment industry, the outsourcing enterprises shall receive more orders and expand the scope of their operation. In addition, the number of new investors investing into Dong Nai in this field will increase. Therefore, the pressure of competition for human resources is very likely to go up, causing textile enterprises, which have been struggling in recruiting new workers, to now face even more challenges in keeping their workers. Instead of waiting for workers to apply as before, the enterprise has made full use of recruitment channels, including on the internet, thanks to the employees and workers sharing information extensively on the social networks, labor brokers, and direct recruitment in many locations.