Over 179,000 jobs generated in first nine months
VGP - More than 179,000 people got new jobs in the first nine months of 2022, exceeding the preset year goal by 12.2%, to according to the latest report from the Ha Noi Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
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Nguyen Hong Dan, Deputy Director of the Department was quoted as saying that in the third quarter of this year, along with the economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, the city has stepped up solutions to develop the labor market and create jobs for idle workers under the new normal.
The department has implemented many solutions to exceed the goal of helping 160,000 workers find jobs throughout the year. We will continue to find appropriate solutions to ensure employment for all working-age people.
The quality of Ha Noi's labor force, support workers in vocational training, and expand career opportunities in the context that the COVID-19 pandemic has been under control.
The department will complete the network of collecting and providing labor market information for the comprehensive operation of the satellite job exchange system.
The Ha Noi Employment Service Center has organized 189 job fairs, during which over 4,900 units and businesses recruited 12,800 laborers.
The center has also opened an official channel on social networks to inform employees about activities of interest to them. The information includes job fairs and unemployment insurance policies. It is also a channel to promote the image of companies and individuals who post their recruitment information.
In the last three months of 2022, Ha Noi will continue implementing solutions to energize the labor market.
These solutions include reducing the time to handle administrative procedures, holding vocational training and finding new jobs for unemployed people, and deploying policies to provide loans for job creation, labor export, production development, restoration and development of traditional handcraft industries.
The city also continues implementing policies to support employees by improving labor market forecasting, assessing applications and approving loans, collecting market information, and connecting labor supply and demand.
The department will also effectively implement the project to improve the operational efficiency of the city's job exchanges in the 2021-2025 period and the following years.
Previously, in the first half of this year, the city found jobs for more than 118,900 employees, reaching 74.3 percent of the year's plan, up 21.4 percent over the same period in 2021./.
