With its stable economic growth rate forecasted by the IMF, Vietnam is currently the 4th largest economy in Southeast Asia behind Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and surpassing Singapore, Malaysia. Vietnam’s plentiful resources and economic potentials make the country an attractive destination for foreign investors, companies to set up their businesses. That explains an increasing number of expats coming to Vietnam to live, work, and enjoy their lives. Especially, Ho Chi Minh City is the 3rd best city for expats in 2020 according to a survey conducted by Expat City Ranking. Despite being a land of great opportunities, a certain level...
Employment trends in Vietnam in 2025
What will be the most prominent employment trends in Vietnam in 2025? What jobs are most likely to experience a hiring surge? What jobs will be a challenge for employers and HR professionals? Let’s take a look at some data and the 5 current “hottest” careers to find out. Related post: Using Videos to Hire Great People Recap HR FORUM: All Things Human Resources – Unique Perspectives into the HR Domain Have you known about employment trends in Vietnam in 2025 yet? Information Technology According to data from the Vietnam National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS), only 15%...
JobHopin X Fulbright Career Day: FAIL WITH GRACE
Fulbright Career Day organized by Fulbright University Vietnam was successfully held on April 25th at Dreamplex coworking space with 60 attendees and a lineup of 6 amazing guest speakers who shared their bittersweet stories of failures and how they grew from them. This event is also an opportunity for Fulbright students to get exposed to companies with rising reputation on the market such as JobHopin, Fika, Schneider, GreenFeed, CIMB Bank, etc.. Along the road in the future, students also have the chance to secure internship positions at the company that they’re interested in. Guest speakers are CEO/ founders/ managers from...
Recruitment demands are rising for Vietnamese tech business
Overview A report conducted in 2020 by Navigos Group titled “ICT Employment: Current situation and strategy to meet new technology demands in Vietnam” showed that most technology companies aim to increase their employee scale in 2021. It shows how recruitment demands are rising rapidly in the Vietnamese tech scene. According to this report, the top 3 fields that are high in demand for Technology Companies are full-stack (49%), Java & JavaScript (27%), Architect Design (22%). Some other new skills within the scope of computer science also have recruitment demands. Hiring demands for automation, machine learning development and blockchain development surge...
How to keep your employees motivated during COVID-19
Covid-19 undoubtedly wreaked havoc on most companies across the globe. To keep the community safe and healthy, a big number of companies had no other options but to have their employees work from home. Unfortunately, that’s not the end of the problem. Working from home is not just a matter of working location, the big next question is what employers can do to engage and motivate worn out employees while working remotely. As trivial as it might seem, this is actually a headache to managers and leaders. During times of crisis like COVID, people have the tendency to do exactly...
Recap HR FORUM: Unique Perspectives into the HR Domain
The year 2020 has seen a significant and dramatic time for many businesses, small and large alike. Millions of people have changed their daily working routine to a completely different one, in which almost everything happens online. To cope with this challenging time, we need to equip ourselves with a brand new set of skills and knowledge. To address this, leading HR experts have gathered through a virtual platform to share their perspectives in the HR Forum event held by RMIT University on December 16, 2020. The discussion came from HR experts and staff from RMIT Vietnam’s HR Department, including:...