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Jan 29, 2011
Record 15,360 job vacancies unfilled: MOM
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Job-seekers attended the NUS career fair 2011 held at the NUS Sports and Recreation Centre. The number of job vacancies left unfilled for at least six months soared to a five-year high of 15,360 in September last year. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN
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THE Ministry of Manpower released its annual Job Vacancies Report on Friday which showed that employers last year (2010) struggled to fill a record level of jobs for extended periods.
The number of job vacancies left unfilled for at least six months soared to a five-year high of 15,360 in September last year - a 51.5 per cent spike from the 10,140 a year ago.
Four in five of these unfilled job vacancies were looking for rank-and-file workers, with the remaining 19 per cent catered for white-collar workers - mirroring a trend also seen in 2009.
The MOM said the spike in unfilled job openings was due to the four-year high of 50,200 total job vacancies in last September - a 36 per cent jump from the 36,900 a year ago.
Most of the job openings last year, or 75.4 per cent, were found in services, while manufacturing contributed 17.1 per cent and construction 6.6 per cent.
The total job vacancy growth, said the MOM, was a result of the rapid and robust economic recovery, which grew by 14.7 per cent last year, compared to a 2 per cent contraction in 2009. The economy is expected to expand by 4 to 6 per cent this year (2011).
Record 15,360 job vacancies unfilled: MOM
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THE Ministry of Manpower released its annual Job Vacancies Report on Friday which showed that employers last year (2010) struggled to fill a record level of jobs for extended periods.
The number of job vacancies left unfilled for at least six months soared to a five-year high of 15,360 in September last year - a 51.5 per cent spike from the 10,140 a year ago.
Four in five of these unfilled job vacancies were looking for rank-and-file workers, with the remaining 19 per cent catered for white-collar workers - mirroring a trend also seen in 2009.
The MOM said the spike in unfilled job openings was due to the four-year high of 50,200 total job vacancies in last September - a 36 per cent jump from the 36,900 a year ago.
Most of the job openings last year, or 75.4 per cent, were found in services, while manufacturing contributed 17.1 per cent and construction 6.6 per cent.
The total job vacancy growth, said the MOM, was a result of the rapid and robust economic recovery, which grew by 14.7 per cent last year, compared to a 2 per cent contraction in 2009. The economy is expected to expand by 4 to 6 per cent this year (2011).