Employers ramp up hiring while retaining workers in tourism-related sectors

The overall monthly recruitment rate for air transport and its supporting services averaged 3.6 per cent in Q2. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): As global travel resumes, domestic Covid-19 restrictions ease, and demand for consumer-facing services rise in Singapore, more people are being hired in the aviation, food and beverage, and accommodation sectors.

Figures by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for the second quarter of 2022 show the hiring rate was particularly strong for production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers in air transport and related services, at 11.6 per cent - the highest among all sectors tracked.