Job vacancies advertised online soar to almost 160,000 in Q1 2022

Published: May 31, 2022 12:24 PM

Job vacancies advertised online in Malaysia soared up to 159,148 in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022) compared to 90,218 in the same quarter last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin (above) said on a monthly basis for the first quarter of 2022, the number of vacancies advertised online was the highest in February at 67,172 vacancies.

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