The service sector attracts many workers
Based on the above survey results, the Ha Noi Employment Service Centre said that the recruitment demand across the city is estimated to have reached more than 50,000 job positions. This proves that businesses are planning to expand production and business for the second half of 2025, and at the same time reflects optimism about the growth momentum of key sectors such as trade–services, tourism, etc.
Specifically, the trade–services sector continues to account for the highest proportion of recruitment demand, with the service sector still leading, accounting for 55.1%. Meanwhile, recruitment demand in the construction industry has decreased sharply to only 9.26% (down 4.38% compared to July).
In contrast, the processing and manufacturing industry saw a 5.52% increase in recruitment demand compared to the previous month, accounting for 19.08%, showing the rapid recovery of the manufacturing and processing sector after the negative impact of the US tariff policy has passed. Along with that, the transportation, warehousing; accommodation and catering services industries still have stable recruitment demand.
Enterprises also had significant adjustments in recruitment demand in the qualification segment. Leadership and management positions accounted for 8.6% (down 5.91% compared to the previous month), meaning that enterprises have stabilised their existing senior management team. Meanwhile, the demand for recruiting high-level professionals accounted for 20.13% (up 5.22%), reflecting that enterprises may be looking for experienced and skilled personnel to meet job requirements.
Normally, the last months of the year serve the Tet market, so the labour market also needs a lot of human resources in the trade and service sectors. This also means that it will create many job opportunities in retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and beverages, entertainment services, and so on.
Along with that, the demand for human resources in the construction industry is forecast to maintain growth, as localities promote the disbursement of public investment capital in a series of key transport infrastructure projects.
The processing and manufacturing industry, with stable growth momentum, will also continue to have a need to recruit technicians and skilled workers to meet year-end orders.
For the tourism industry, the demand for recruitment is forecast to continue to be stable. The leader of the Ha Noi Employment Service Centre forecasts that in the coming time, a number of industries will have good growth in human resource demand, including tourism, travel, accommodation, and food and beverage services; medical–health care; processing and manufacturing industry, and trade–services.
Young workers — having degrees is not an advantage
Notably, the Ha Noi Employment Service Centre assessed that the recruitment demand for groups with university degrees or higher has decreased, but has increased for groups with college degrees and even unskilled workers.
It has been nearly a year since graduating from the National Economics University, but Hoang Van T. (23 years old) still has not had an official job and must work in a different field and even tutor.
“I have looked for jobs in many places, interviewed and met many employers, however, it is very difficult in the state sector because they recruit in batches. Personnel in state agencies are also being cut a lot. Enterprises all require 5 years of practical experience. Private enterprises mainly recruit seasonally, by project, and when the job is done, the contract is terminated!”
Vu Quang Thanh, Deputy Director of the Ha Noi Employment Service Centre, said that according to the results of the Labour and Employment Survey in Ha Noi in the second quarter of 2025, the unemployment rate among young people in Ha Noi is currently around 7.7%, which is lower than the national rate of 8.2%. However, this still shows that the young workforce is facing many difficulties when participating in the job market.
The director of a recruitment unit shared: “Young and qualified workers today need to be more proactive in preparing for their careers. Improving foreign language skills, digital skills, creative thinking and soft skills is very necessary. You need to adapt and develop some more skills, such as technical and technological skills, because technology is changing rapidly with the use of new tools and software, knowledge of artificial intelligence, big data, and so on.”
