{"id":41905,"date":"2024-09-17T10:21:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T04:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/?p=41905"},"modified":"2024-09-17T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T05:05:25","slug":"foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-july-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia&#8217;s Hiring Landscape in July 2024: Key Takeaways from the foundit Insights Tracker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Key Highlights of the Month<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia&#8217;s foundit Insights Tracker showed a 22% increase in hiring activity from July 2023 to July 2024, with the index rising from 78 in July 2023 to 95 in July 2024. The month-over-month growth also reflected a 10% rise from June 2024, indicating sustained hiring momentum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1LQx--4_6OPly2DKAM4WK98Jh8p8BS60rvronxH8tFp0\/embed?start=true&#038;loop=true&#038;delayms=3000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\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\/2024\/09\/fit_MY_-July24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download July 2024 fit Report (Malaysia) PDF<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hiring Trends &#8211; Industry<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 out of 10 industries tracked saw annual growth in July 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In Demand:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/retail-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/a> (+125%) led the sectors with strong e-commerce-driven growth.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/logistics-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Courier\/Freight\/<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/transportation-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Transportation<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/shipping-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Shipping<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/marine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Marine<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>(+45%) and <strong>BFSI <\/strong>(+42%) also showed significant growth.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Facing Challenges:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/production-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Production<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/manufacturing-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Manufacturing<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/automotive-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Automotive<\/strong><\/a><strong>, and Ancillary<\/strong> (-10%) faced a decline year-over-year.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hiring Trends &#8211; Functional Area<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 out of 10 functions tracked showed annual growth in July 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In Demand:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/sales-business-development-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sales &amp; Business Development<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>(+72%) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/human-resources-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HR<\/strong><\/a><strong> &amp; Admin <\/strong>(+71%) saw the highest increases in demand.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/fresher-engineering-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Engineering<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/Production <\/strong>(+54%) also reported strong growth.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Facing Challenges:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/fresher-hospitality-jobs-in-selangor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hospitality<\/strong><\/a><strong> &amp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/travel-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Travel<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>(-53%) faced a sharp decline.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the foundit Insights Tracker<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundit Insights Tracker (FIT) Malaysia, formerly known as the Monster Employment Index, is a comprehensive monthly analysis of online job posting activity. It provides valuable insights into recruitment trends across various industries and functional areas in Malaysia. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.foundit.my<\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Highlights of the Month&nbsp; Malaysia&#8217;s foundit Insights Tracker showed a 22% increase in hiring activity from July 2023 to July 2024, with the index rising from 78 in July 2023 to 95 in July 2024. The month-over-month growth also reflected a 10% rise from June 2024, indicating sustained hiring momentum.&nbsp; Download July 2024 fit [&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-41905","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\/41905","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=41905"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41921,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41905\/revisions\/41921"}],"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=41905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}