Country capable of generating 500,000 new jobs

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) is confident that the country will be able to achieve the target of generating 500,000 new jobs this year despite recording a high unemployment rate of more than four percent.   MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said the government had announced that under the National Employment Council initiative, more than […]

Job carnival offers 1,372 jobs

MUKAH: The Mini Job Carnival held here yesterday involved eight private sector companies offering 1,372 jobs. Sarawak Labour Department director Awang Raduan Awang Omar said of the total, 225 vacancies were offered to degree holders and the balance (1,147) for non-degree holders. He added besides Sarawak, private sectors from Semenanjung Malaysia also took part in […]

Private sector records over 160k vacancies in Q1

KUCHING: A total of 166,000 job vacancies were recorded in the private sector during the first quarter of this year – 35,000 less than a year ago. Nevertheless, the effect of movement control order (MCO) to contain the Covid-19 pandemic was not fully reflected in labour demand situation for the period under review since it […]