Covid-19 job survey: 58% of M'sians looking for a new job, 15% retrenched


PETALING JAYA: Seeking a career change and better paying salaries are among the top reasons more than half of Malaysian respondents (58%) in a Ranstad survey say they intend to look for a new job in the next 12 months.

In its 2020 Covid-19 Labour Pulse Survey, recruitment agency Randstad Malaysia surveyed 531 locally-based employees between 26 June 2020 and 5 July 2020.

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