Together with its economic growth momentum, Binh Duong now absorbs large crowds of immigrant laborers. But, Binh Duong and other many localities face a shortage of laborers, especially skilled ones, making hindrance for businesses.
Difficult to lure laborers
So far, Binh Duong has developed 28 industrial parks, 24 of which are operational, creating jobs for more than 700,000 laborers. Around 84% of the total laborers are immigrants.
Good implementation of the policies for laborers will help businesses keep them
It is known that Binh Duong annually needs 50,000-65,000 laborers. Thus, its demand for labor recruitment is very great. To Bui Van Kieu, vice-director of provincial Job Center, although having improvements in quantity and quality, the province’s vocational training sector has still encountered shortcomings for change. And the shortage of laborers has occurred in most industries in Binh Duong…
After the economic downturn, province-based businesses have begun seeing recovery and got involved in expanding their production and trading activities. Therefore, their demand for labor recruitment is very great. It is very necessary for Binh Duong to draw immigrant laborers at businesses’ demand.
However, according to Mr.Kieu, Binh Duong has found it difficult to lure immigrant laborers. Hundreds of industrial parks and compounds with thousands of factories and companies have been set up in the northern, central and Mekong Delta regions in recent years. With such great quantity, attracting laborers on site is as a matter of course. For laborers, if having the same salary level, they prefer taking jobs in their homeland to working in other localities…
Policies to keep laborers needed
Province-based businesses have made efforts in dealing with the current labor shortage, including placing information of labor recruitment on websites, making incentive policies for staff who get involved in the task of introducing new laborers for them, creating favorable conditions for laborers away from home…
In addition, some businesses, namely Binh Duong Garment, Vietnam Onamba, Forster Vietnam, Kondo Vietnam…, have regularly organized tours to localities for recruiting laborers.
A workshop on the situation of laborers in Binh Duong: “Real situation and measures” has been also co-held by provincial Job Center, Thien Khoi Personnel Solution Co. and provincial Personnel Club. At the workshop, more than 80 personnel managers of province-based businesses focuses on the measures to use laborers in businesses, the real situation of laborers in Binh Duong and measures for this…
Reported by Van Son-Translated by K.T
