Unqualified technical workers account for nearly 49% of job search demand in Can Tho
Can Tho - In August 2026, the group of technical workers with lower qualifications accounted for 48.78% of the job search needs of workers in the city.
According to the Can Tho City Employment Service Center, in August 2026, the labor market recorded significantly higher recruitment demand from businesses compared to the number of workers looking for jobs in some key localities, including Can Tho City.
Recruitment demand from businesses across the country remains high to serve year-end production. However, workers still face difficulties in finding suitable jobs due to problems with wages, geographical distance or technical requirements from businesses.
According to the Center's statistics in August 2026, the number of workers looking for jobs was 6,929.
Job search demand is most concentrated in occupational groups such as food processors, woodworking, garment, other handicrafts and other related workers, accounting for 27.05% of the total job search demand. These industries are associated with positions such as seafood processing workers, food processors, garment workers,...
Next is the business and management staff occupational group, accounting for 8.73% of the total job search demand, with positions of sales staff, market development staff, marketing staff,...
Survey data from the Center also shows that job search demand in August mainly in groups of unskilled technical workers (48.78%), untrained (27.29%) and university graduates accounting for 12.71% of the total job search demand of city workers.
In general, in the last months of the year, labor recruitment activities become busier as the demand for expanding production and preparing for orders increases. In which, focusing on industries such as textiles, footwear, food processing, electricity - electronics, mechanics and logistics.
However, contrary to expectations, many businesses need to recruit a large number of people but cannot find enough people, and positions requiring high skills are also lacking candidates to meet the requirements. This is a common mismatch between labor supply and demand in the city's labor market.
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