Why do businesses lack high-quality labor?

Workers of Global Mechanical Power Company Limited (located in Trang Bom commune) during production hours. Photo: N.Hoa

That is the issue shared by departments, branches and enterprises at the Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges in Training Human Resources for Socio -Economic Development in the Province, recently organized by the Department of Home Affairs in coordination with the Department of Education and Training.

Vocational training does not meet practical needs

According to the Department of Home Affairs, Dong Nai is one of the dynamically developing localities, playing an important role in the Southern key economic region. The process of attracting investment from domestic and foreign enterprises has created a great demand for highly skilled human resources. However, besides great opportunities, the province faces many challenges such as: low rate of trained labor; shortage of quality human resources to serve the technology and supporting industries; lack of effective connection between schools and enterprises.

Currently, enterprises in the province are recruiting workers focusing on processing industries, high technology, supporting industries, transportation, logistics, e-commerce, etc. Regarding quality needs, there is an increasing demand for workers with professional skills, especially electronics, electrical, mechanical, precision mechanical, and information technology engineers. Workers are able to work in a professional environment and quickly access new technology.

Sharing at the workshop, businesses said that the rate of trained workers who can apply their training to actual production work is still limited, especially in high-tech fields.

According to Mr. Le Duc Vinh, Human Resources Director of Electronic Tripod Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park, Tran Bien Ward), the reality is that there are still training programs that are not close to the requirements of enterprises, with heavy theory and little practice. In addition, workers have not met the requirements of expertise, work style and discipline. This is a reality that causes enterprises to face a shortage of skilled workers.

Mr. Le Duc Vinh added that high-quality labor plays a key role in the current trend, but the training of human resources has a paradox of both surplus and shortage.

“After the merger, Dong Nai province has an increased number of industrial parks and enterprises and a higher demand for human resources. Therefore, human resource training needs to be multi-disciplinary, with specialized training interspersed with specialized foreign languages. In addition, schools and enterprises need to connect to grasp current industry trends to have training methods with an open mindset to meet future human resources,” Mr. Le Duc Vinh shared.

Ms. Tran Dang Quynh Chau, Deputy Head of Human Resources Department of Advanced Multitech Vietnam Co., Ltd. (located in Nhon Trach commune), said that the entire company currently has nearly 4,000 employees. From now until the end of 2025, the company plans to recruit about 1,000 workers for production, including about 100 technical workers who know Chinese. However, the current supply of human resources who know Chinese and have technical expertise is still limited. In addition, workers lack soft skills, foreign languages, and creative thinking. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate and improve the quality of training in occupations that are suitable for actual job needs.

Human resources are valuable assets for businesses to develop sustainably. Only when resources are truly considered the center can businesses develop sustainably. At the workshop, businesses said they will continue to work with local authorities andeducational institutions to build an ecosystem of training and using labor effectively and sustainably.

Need for linkage between schools and businesses

Discussing at the Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges in Human Resource Training for Socio-Economic Development in the Province, leaders of departments, branches and representatives of enterprises and educational institutions contributed their opinions on the orientation of human resource training in the province in the coming time. In addition, they proposed strategic solutions and effective models in training, orientations for connections between enterprises and vocational education institutions; strengthening support and close connection between training and the use of human resources through training.

Vice Principal of Lac Hong University (located in Tran Bien Ward) Nguyen Vu Quynh shared that at the school, each year, more than 200 enterprises participate in training cooperation and to date, there are over 1,000 enterprises. Cooperation models such as: dual training, organizing classes at enterprises, training microchip engineers, mechatronic engineers, automation engineers, etc. Effective connection between higher education institutions and enterprises has become one of the key solutions to improve training quality, meeting the increasingly strict requirements of the labor market.

Mr. Nguyen Vu Quynh proposed the establishment of a provincial human resource development council, including representatives of the State, educational institutions and enterprises, with the role of developing long-term orientations and coordinating human resource development strategies based on 3-party connections. Research and develop training models with interaction and connection between training institutions and enterprises in line with the orientation of high-tech development; strengthen the mechanism of ordering training according to each key industry.

According to Bui Dinh Ninh, Principal of Mien Dong College (Binh Phuoc Ward), the current limitations of educational institutions are access to the labor market and the connection between schools and businesses. Therefore, after the merger of the two provinces of Dong Nai (old) and Binh Phuoc (old), vocational education institutions hope that the province will soon approve a strategy for developing human resource needs and promoting job platforms. On that basis, vocational schools will access information and connect with businesses more and more.

In the context of integration and development, high-quality human resources determine the sustainable development of enterprises. The rapid change of the labor market in the 4.0 era and the rise of AI requires workers to constantly update their knowledge and soft skills to meet the recruitment requirements of enterprises. From that reality, delegates attending the workshop said that it is necessary to strengthen the connection between educational institutions and enterprises to train and connect workers, meeting the resources and needs of the current labor market.

Nguyen Hoa

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/moi-nong/202507/vi-sao-doanh-nghiep-thieu-lao-dong-chat-luong-cao-0852caf/