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KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): The number of vacancies advertised online fell by 16.42% in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) to 159,148, from 190,436 in 4Q21, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said on Tuesday (May 31) in a press release on the publication of its report titled “Big Data Analytics Job Market Insights and My Job Profile: Job Vacancies Landscape in Malaysia for the first quarter of 2022”.

Compared to the same quarter a year ago, however, the number of vacancies advertised online rose 76.4% from 90,218.

“The overall analysis of the big data shows an increase in the number of vacancies advertised online starting from 3Q20 (49,372),” said chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

On a monthly basis, the number of vacancies advertised online was the highest in February 2022 at 67,172. Meanwhile, in January and March, a total of 48,924 and 43,052 vacancies were advertised respectively, the DOSM said in the press release on the job vacancy landscape in Malaysia in 1Q22.

In 1Q22, most employers required workers in the professional category (44.9%), followed by technicians and associate professionals (17.7%), and managers (11.3%).

“By ranking, the five most popular jobs offered during the reference period were advertising and marketing professionals, administrative associate professionals, managing directors and chief executive officers, accountants and auditors, and software developers,” said Mohd Uzir.  

From an economic perspective, the wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicle and motorcycle sector became the main sector that contributed to the job vacancies offered for jobseekers in 1Q22.

During the quarter, the other four sectors with the highest job supply were the manufacturing sector; professional, scientific and technical activities; financial and insurance/takaful activities; as well as accommodation and food service activities.

“The three jobs in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) category that recorded the highest numbers of vacancies were advertising and marketing professionals, administrative associate professionals and software developers. Meanwhile, advertising and marketing professionals, managing directors and chief executive officers as well as accountants and auditors were the Critical Occupations List (COL) category jobs most advertised online during the reference period,” Mohd Uzir added.

In addition, popular jobs offered in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) category were technicians, graphic designers and software engineers.

By state, the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest number of job vacancies at 42.7%, followed by Selangor (16.9%), Johor (7.3%), Penang (3.9%) and Melaka (1.7%) in 1Q22.

“The analysis of the number of vacancies advertised online in 1Q22 shows the economy was still in a period of recovery in tandem with the transition from the pandemic to endemic phase. With this transition, all economic sectors and borders of the country have been opened in stages and expected to reduce the impact of the pandemic, revive the country's economy and further create more job opportunities to be filled by jobseekers," Mohd Uzir concluded.

The quarterly released analysis features statistics compiled based on job vacancies advertised online by several popular private recruitment portals. The analysis also provides information on job vacancies offered by employers online from various aspects, such as the job type, job profile, location, industry, skills, the field of studies and others.

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