Dismatch between qualifications and skills, barriers to job search in Can Tho
Can Tho - Many workers looking for jobs, although with degrees, still have limited skills and do not fully meet the recruitment requirements of businesses.
In the third quarter of 2026, the Can Tho City Employment Service Center (DVVL) continues to play an important role in connecting labor supply and demand in the area, contributing to regulating the labor market.
The Center has implemented many measures, diversifying job connection activities for businesses and workers registering to find jobs at the unit, through websites, telephones, emails, and social networking sites managed by the Center. At the same time, job transaction sessions organized at the Center and wards and communes also create more job opportunities for workers.
Accordingly, the labor supply-demand connection data of the Center shows that the number of workers consulted for employment increased by 26.85% compared to the previous quarter; the number of workers introduced for employment decreased by 12.90% and the number of workers supplied to businesses recruited increased by 2.86% compared to the second quarter of 2026.
However, through data comparing the total supply and total demand of labor in the third quarter of 2026 in Can Tho City, it can be seen that the situation of supply exceeding demand in some occupational groups. The Center believes that this situation stems from many reasons that are both time-bound and structural.
First of all, Q3 is the peak period when thousands of students from universities and colleges in the area simultaneously graduate and enter the labor market, creating a large supply and focusing on popular industry groups such as Accounting, Business Administration, Marketing, Administration - Office or Tourism.
Meanwhile, the recruitment scale for these positions at local businesses is limited and stable, leading to extremely fierce competition.
In addition, the mismatch in quality and skills is also a major barrier. Many candidates, although possessing degrees, lack practical skills, foreign languages or technology application skills, making the labor force abundant but the level of meeting business standards is still modest.
In addition, the trend of digital transformation, automation and the orientation of streamlining the apparatus of small and medium-sized enterprises significantly reduce the need for indirect personnel. This creates a clear contrast between the surplus supply in office jobs, general labor and the shortage of high-quality human resources in specialized technical and technological industries.
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