{"id":21909,"date":"2023-10-26T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/?p=21909"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:28:40","slug":"foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-sep-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-sep-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia&#8217;s Hiring Landscape in September 2023 : A Glimpse from foundit Insights Tracker\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hiring Snapshot<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundit Insights Tracker (fit) Malaysia provides a monthly overview of Malaysia&#8217;s recruitment landscape. In September 2023, the tracker recorded an 11% Year-on-Year (YoY) increase in e-recruitment, indicating a positive hiring trend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tracker remained identical to August &#8217;23. However, over the past six months, there has been an encouraging 8% growth, suggesting a favorable domestic economic environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQYlZwDF2RVso0Ym4-kuqU5dGKd9b247z0H2EpQEpRq1eevJTLl4R0bpZW97BOVaA\/embed?start=false&#038;loop=false&#038;delayms=3000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sectoral Highlights<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Demand:<\/strong> Retail experienced a significant jump, with a +108% YoY increase attributed to festive demand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospitality also showed strong growth with +82% YoY growth, driven by increasing investor confidence and tourist demand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/engineering-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Engineering\">Engineering<\/a><\/strong>, Construction, and Real Estate witnessed a notable +23% YoY increase in hiring activity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Challenges: <\/strong>IT, Telecom\/ISP, and BPO\/ITES sectors faced a -17% decline in hiring, taking a cautious approach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil and Gas and BFSI sectors also saw declines of -13% and -11% YoY, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other Sectors:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Production\/Manufacturing, Automotive and Ancillary, and Advertising sectors grew by +5% and +11% YoY, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logistics, Courier\/Freight\/Transportation, Shipping\/Marine sector saw a +22% YoY growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Functional Area Insights&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Demand:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/hospitality-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hospitality \">Hospitality <\/a><\/strong>&amp; Travel roles surged by an extraordinary +177% YoY, thanks to increased regional tourism. This sector also saw a 48% growth over the last three months.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales &amp; Business Development and Marketing &amp; Communications roles also grew by +42% and +9% YoY, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facing Headwinds: <\/strong>Customer Service roles continued their downward trend with a -43% YoY decline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance &amp; Accounts and Purchase\/Logistics\/Supply Chain roles dipped by -3% and -1%, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other Functions:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineering\/Production, Real Estate roles displayed a +1% YoY growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HR &amp; Admin, and Software, Hardware &amp; Telecom roles also showed a +1% YoY increase, albeit marginal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an in-depth dive into Malaysia&#8217;s hiring nuances in September 2023, explore the latest fit report.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a style=\"display: inline-block;background-color: #7900c6;color: #fff;text-align: center;padding: 10px 20px;text-decoration: none;font-size: 18px;border-radius: 4px;font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/media.foundit.in\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fit_MY_-Sep23.pptx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Sep 2023 fit Report (Malaysia) PDF<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring Snapshot&nbsp; The foundit Insights Tracker (fit) Malaysia provides a monthly overview of Malaysia&#8217;s recruitment landscape. In September 2023, the tracker recorded an 11% Year-on-Year (YoY) increase in e-recruitment, indicating a positive hiring trend.&nbsp; The tracker remained identical to August &#8217;23. However, over the past six months, there has been an encouraging 8% growth, suggesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-insights-tracker"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21909"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22092,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21909\/revisions\/22092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}