Malaysia’s Online Recruitment Activity Continues to Fall

Online hiring in Malaysia witnessed a -24% year-on-year decline between September 2014 and 2015, dropping from -21% year-on-year in August.
No industry sector saw positive growth in online hiring activity in September. The Retail sector registered the strongest growth at -3% year-on-year, while the Oil and Gas sector saw the steepest decline at -25%
Marketing & Communications job roles performed best in September with 1% year-over-year growth. It is also the only job role that saw positive growth.
Software, Hardware, Telecom roles saw the steepest decline at -35% year-over-year.