Number of job vacancies advertised online up by 29.5 pct in Q3 2023 — DOSM

PUTRAJAYA: Job vacancies advertised online recorded an increase of 29.5 per cent with 338,305 vacancies in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 compared to 261,231 vacancies recorded in the second quarter (Q2) last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

In the Big Data Analytics Job Market Insights and My Job Profile: Job Vacancies Advertised Online in Malaysia for Q3 2023 released today, Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin stated that there were 77,499 establishments offering jobs during Q3 2023, compared to 70,571 in the preceeding quarter.

On a year-on-year basis, the number of job vacancies registered a double-digit growth of 77.9 per cent (Q3 2023) as against 29.3 per cent in Q2 2023.

“Further disaggregation by monthly basis showed that most of the job vacancies were posted in September 2023 with 136,180 vacancies which comprised a share of 40.3 per cent in Q3 2023. In the meantime, there were 107,183 and 94,942 vacancies in July and August 2023 respectively,” he said.

As for job vacancies by occupation category, the largest share of the vacancies were concentrated in the professionals category with 48.6 per cent or 164,411 vacancies, followed by technicians and associate professionals with 62,628 vacancies and managers with 53,156 vacancies.

The hottest jobs during Q3 2023 with higher demand were advertising and marketing professionals, managing directors and chief executives, administrative associate professionals, accountants and auditors, and administrative professionals. — Bernama