Job vacancies advertised online surged 23.5% in second quarter of 2023


KUALA LUMPUR: The number of job vacancies advertised online surged 23.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2023 (Q2 2023) to record 261,231 vacancies from 211,509 vacancies recorded in the first quarter (Q1 2023), Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said.

He said according to the Big Data Analytics Job Market Insights and My Job Profile: Job Vacancies Advertised Online in Malaysia released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) on Thursday (Nov 30), during the Q2 2023, there were 70,571 establishments which offered job vacancies, a notable increase from 55,006 establishments reported in the preceding quarter.

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