About 20,000 jobs will become available next month, with more companies reporting plans to hire staff in the near future, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) said yesterday.
In a quarterly poll of 3,006 businesses with 30 or more employees, companies were asked how many workers they were planning to hire or lay off next month.
Respondents planning to hire were looking for a total of 49,900 people, while companies planning layoffs said they would let a total of 30,300 go.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
This was the first time in three consecutive quarters that there has been a positive net projected labor demand.
“The main reasons for the growth in labor demand could be attributed to more job openings created by the government, increased domestic demand and economic stimulus plans,” said Cheng Wen-yuan (鄭文淵), director of the council’s Statistics Department.
Cheng said that because summer is a peak travel season, businesses might be anticipating rising numbers of Chinese tourists, and therefore an increased need for staff.
Companies in the retail and distribution sectors reported the most net labor demand (6,158), followed by the hotel and food industry (4,108), financial and insurance (2,915) and information technology and communications (2,479).
The financial and insurance sectors could be planning to hire more personnel because of the growing optimism of improved business, given that Taiwan and China are working on a memorandum of understanding to cover financial supervision of the banking, brokerage and insurance sectors, Cheng said.
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