Production workers at Phu Hoa An Textile Joint Stock Company

At this time, the human resources department of Scavi Hue Company, located in Phong Dien Industrial Park, is busy with recruitment. The number of employees the company needs to recruit at the present time is 1,500, most of whom are recruited for sewing, cutting, and fabric spreading positions, starting work immediately after the interview. The average salary for the positions is 8 million VND/person/month. Successful employees are entitled to all welfare benefits according to regulations. A representative of Scavi Hue Company said that the company has used many different channels to recruit. That is, continuously posting on the company's website, fanpage, facebook, zalo...; participating in job fairs to recruit. To attract employees, Scavi Hue Company offers many attractive remuneration policies, such as an average income of 8 million VND/month, support for shift meals, shuttle buses, and apartment housing. The company also supports employees with children with a subsidy of 400,000 VND/month, fully participates in all types of insurance and supports tuition fees for employees' children at Scavi Kindergarten of 4.3 million VND/month.

Mr. Tran Van My, General Director of Scavi Hue Company, said that the company's production and business situation is improving. The company has orders for the whole of next year. The number of additional employees is mainly to serve the company's strategy of expanding production and business. "The company is planning to increase production capacity as well as product efficiency, so it is recruiting more employees," said Mr. Tran Van My.

According to Mr. Le Hong Long, General Director of Phu Hoa An Textile Joint Stock Company, in early September, the company developed an additional production line and needed to recruit hundreds of workers. To attract human resources, the company has promoted recruitment communication campaigns through many channels such as billboards, leaflets and social networks. At the same time, it has applied many social security policies to attract workers.

At this time, many enterprises in industrial parks and industrial clusters in the province continuously post information on recruiting workers in the fields of garment, footwear, seafood... to strengthen production and business activities in the last months of the year and early 2025.

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Anxious with many sewing lines being empty due to labor shortage, while orders are being rushed by partners, Mr. Pham Gia Dinh, Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director of Thien An Phu Textile and Garment Company, Phu Bai Industrial Park, informed that the company is urgently recruiting at least 500 sewing workers to meet production needs. In addition, the company is also negotiating to have orders with strengths and suitable prices to have conditions to increase income and welfare for workers.

Producing special orders requires a lot of time to train workers, so many businesses such as CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company, Thua Thien Hue Frozen Branch, Hoa Mat Troi Unburnt Brick Production Company, etc. always prioritize retaining workers. According to Mr. Nguyen Quoc Ly, Chairman of the Trade Union of CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company, Thua Thien Hue Frozen Branch, understanding the labor shortage, even in times of severe shortage of orders, the company did not cut workers. However, this year, due to the company expanding production, the company is currently recruiting more than 300 workers with many preferential policies, but it is still difficult to achieve this number.

Despite the high demand for recruitment, many businesses still have difficulty finding enough workers. One of the main reasons is that workers quit their jobs to withdraw their social insurance payments or "jump ship" to find new opportunities. To solve the labor shortage problem, many businesses have expanded their recruitment to other provinces and linked up with vocational schools and universities to accept students for internships.

Faced with a labor shortage, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has stepped in to support businesses in connecting labor supply and demand. The Department has directed the Provincial Employment Service Center to strengthen the organization of job exchanges and disseminate recruitment information on the media, in order to help workers, especially those who are unemployed or have lost their jobs, return to the labor market soon.

The high demand for labor recruitment by the end of 2024 is opening up many job opportunities for workers in the province. However, the challenge of labor shortage is still a concern for many businesses. Coordination between businesses and authorities in promoting recruitment and training will be a decisive factor in helping the labor market stabilize and develop in the coming time.

Article and photos: HAI THUAN