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NovaGroup on Thursday receivedthe ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2022’ award from HR Asia magazine. Earlier its subsidiary, Novaland, won the award for three consecutive years until 2021. The HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia award recognises organisations that have been identified by their employees as anemployer of choice and endorses the choices. The award is targeted at companies across Asia and recognises companies with the best HR practices and which demonstrate high levels of employee engagement and excellent workplace cultures. The high-profile nature of this award attracts applications from across the board: Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations,government-linked companies, and other companies of various types. This year ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ were the criteria for choosing the recipients. Nguyen Bach Kim Vy, deputy operating director of NovaGroup, said: “The award proves the effective human resource development policies that … [Read more...] about NovaGroup wins ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia’ award

The “Best companies to work for in Asia 2022” Award evaluates and honors businesses with outstanding human resource policies, and an attractive working environment with gorgeous benefits for employees. Notably, HR Asia used the TEAM (Total Engagement Assessment Model) to survey the satisfaction of all employees. In 2022, the award attracted the participation of thousands of big companies in 13 Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and China. In Vietnam, almost 622 companies participated and 46.270 employees completed the survey. After a strict evaluation process, 120 Vietnamese enterprises were honored in the recent awards ceremony. Representative of Hanwha Life Vietnam received the trophy at the “Best companies to work for in Asia 2022” award ceremony Joining the prestigious Asia award for the first time, Hanwha Life has surpassed many other players in the sector to secure impressive high scores. The survey results show the … [Read more...] about Hanwha Life Vietnam wins “Best companies to work for in Asia 2022” Award

According to the Vietnam Hotels Association, there are over 550 luxury hotels that accounts for about 18% of the total number of rooms in the country. Hence the shortage of trained staff in this segment is concerning, industry insiders say. Dao Manh Hung, Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Education Association, said that in the first seven months of the year, the number of domestic tourists reached 71.8 million arrivals, exceeding the target of 60 million. But this has not proved very advantageous for luxury hotels. "The rise of domestic tourism post Covid-19 has had a great impact on middle-level hotels and the hiring of staff in this segment has increased rapidly. But, due to the slow return of international visitors, luxury hotels haven't been able to do the same. Well-trained staff in these hotels might have changed their careers and may not return after Covid-19," Hung said at a conference held Tuesday. The dire need for staff has seen high-end hotels lower their qualification … [Read more...] about Concern mounts over continued staff shortage at luxury hotels

The study found that 61 per cent of the surveyed businesses plan to increase their headcounts, while 27 per cent will maintain their workforce. Manufacturing and processing to account for the strongest recruitment Manufacturing and processing toped the industries planning to increase recruitment within the next six months with 19 per cent, followed by wholesale, retail, and trading (12.7 per cent), professional consulting services (9.5 per cent), banking and finance (9.5 per cent), construction (6.4 per cent), food and beverage, hospitality, and leisure (6.4 per cent), and real estate (6.4 per cent). Vietnam's hiring intentions for H2/2022 The most in-demand job levels include executive and junior levels (49 per cent). The runners-up are blue-collar workers (24 per cent), senior management (18 per cent), C-suite (5 per cent), and fresh graduates without experience (4 per cent). The survey also reveals that over 70 per cent of the surveyed companies have … [Read more...] about Employers expect hiring to increase in H2

The Vietnam Employment Outlook Survey Q3 & Q4 2022 by recruitment company ManpowerGroup Vietnam said 88% of enterprises plan to expand or at least maintain their payroll in the second half of the year. The manufacturing, wholesale, retail, banking-finance, and professional consulting sectors expressed the greatest desire to expand. The survey focused on mid-career jobs and found nearly half of enterprises plan to hire people with at least six months’ experience. "The Vietnamese labor market is, from our perspective, bustling," Nguyen Xuan Son, ManpowerGroup Vietnam acting country operations manager, staffing and outsourcing services, said. But businesses are facing challenges with 57% saying they have difficulty in hiring. One of the challenges is that candidates do not have the soft skills they require, such as English proficiency. Nearly one in three companies said fewer than 10% of their employees have the necessary English skills to work. Nguyen Thu Trang, … [Read more...] about Companies want to recruit workers, but have difficulty: survey