KUALA LUMPUR: The job placement strategy by the Employment Services Division through MYFutureJobs under the Social Security Organisation (PERKESO) recorded a 28 per cent rise in high-skilled positions in specialised industries in 2025.
In a statement on Friday (Feb 13), PERKESO said the surge represents 32,887 placements in 2025, up from 23,638 in 2024.
The statement said the milestone is part of MYFutureJobs’ success in helping 1.4 million Malaysians find work from 2020 to December 2025.
"Of the 1.4 million, support for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates was boosted, with 92,896 placements secured in 2025 alone,” it said.
Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan said the momentum aligns with data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, which recorded a historic high of 9.21 million job openings.
"The Human Resources Ministry, through PERKESO, has moved beyond traditional job matching to targeted interventions. Our focus is on high-impact, high-value industries such as electrical, electronics, and green energy, which offer better wages and improve the quality of life.
Ramanan said PERKESO’s MYFutureJobs aims to align labour market operations, job matching, and policy interventions with industry needs and future skills using an advanced system to match employer demand with job seekers’ profiles and preferences for precise skill alignment, unlike traditional job portals.
"Drawing on labour market insights from PERKESO’s social security system, MYFutureJobs offers robust data, forecasts, and analysis to help job seekers, employers, and career counsellors make informed decisions.
"This is the most effective way for school and university counsellors to give students solid career guidance, by fully utilising all the features of MYFutureJobs,” said Ramanan, adding that MYFutureJobs now averages 7.5 million monthly visits, linking three million job seekers with over 100,000 employers nationwide.
He said the network, with 54 branches, 290 satellite centres, over 600 staff, and partnerships with over 50 institutions, aims to reduce skills mismatches in the labour market. - Bernama
