{"id":49348,"date":"2025-12-29T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/?p=49348"},"modified":"2025-12-29T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:02:09","slug":"foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-nov-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-nov-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s Hiring Landscape in November 2025:\u00a0foundit\u00a0Insights Tracker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview of Hiring Activity<\/strong>&nbsp;<p>Malaysia&rsquo;s online hiring activity declined by&nbsp;<strong>4% month-on-month<\/strong>&nbsp;in November 2025, reflecting cautious hiring sentiment as employers calibrate workforce plans amid cost pressures and uneven demand signals.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The broader trend&nbsp;remains&nbsp;soft but&nbsp;relatively steady&nbsp;in the short term: hiring is down&nbsp;<strong>3% over the last 3 months<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>5% over the last 6 months<\/strong>, while&nbsp;remaining&nbsp;<strong>11% lower year-on-year<\/strong>&mdash;indicating&nbsp;that hiring has cooled versus last year, even as a few sectors continue to expand.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Notably, the market shows a clear split:&nbsp;<strong>construction\/real estate,&nbsp;logistics, and hospitality<\/strong>&nbsp;are&nbsp;growing strongly&nbsp;YoY, while&nbsp;<strong>BFSI, retail, and customer service roles<\/strong>&nbsp;remain&nbsp;under sustained pressure.&nbsp;<\/p><div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fit_MY_-November25-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of &lt;strong&gt;Malaysia Hiring Trends in&nbsp;Nov 2025     &lt;\/strong&gt;.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0be57eea-ff13-4e3b-abde-434fd474f8ce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fit_MY_-November25-1.pdf\"><strong>Malaysia Hiring Trends in&nbsp;Nov 2025     <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fit_MY_-November25-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0be57eea-ff13-4e3b-abde-434fd474f8ce\">Download<\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hiring Trends by Industry (YoY change)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2><p>Industry movement is uneven, with infrastructure- and logistics-linked sectors showing strength, while finance, retail, and parts of media&nbsp;remain&nbsp;subdued.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In demand<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Logistics, Courier\/Freight\/Transportation, Shipping\/Marine (+25%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Continued momentum points to sustained movement in supply chains, fulfilment, and transport-linked operations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Engineering, Construction &amp; Real Estate (+20%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Strong YoY expansion&nbsp;indicates&nbsp;steady project activity and ongoing infrastructure and build cycles.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/travel-hospitality-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hospitality &amp; Travel <\/a>(+15%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Hiring&nbsp;remains&nbsp;elevated year-on-year, supported by travel demand and tourism-linked services.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facing challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BFSI (&minus;18%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The sharpest industry decline, reflecting cost&nbsp;rationalisation&nbsp;and tighter hiring budgets.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Retail (&minus;19%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Lower YoY activity suggests cautious expansion and measured staffing in consumer-facing formats.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IT, Telecom\/ISP &amp; BPO\/ITES (&minus;11%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Despite strong near-term gains (<strong>+6% MoM, +9% over 6M<\/strong>), annual hiring&nbsp;remains&nbsp;lower,&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;selective recovery rather than a full rebound.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Advertising, Market Research, PR, Media &amp; Entertainment (&minus;8%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>A steep&nbsp;<strong>&minus;23% MoM<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>&minus;23% over 3M<\/strong>&nbsp;contraction signals a near-term pullback in this segment.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/oil-gas-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oil &amp; Gas <\/a>(&minus;10%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Slight MoM improvement (<strong>+2%<\/strong>) but YoY&nbsp;remains&nbsp;negative, suggesting steady operations with limited net additions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Production\/Manufacturing\/Automotive (&minus;3%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Mild decline&nbsp;indicates&nbsp;stable but cautious plant and production hiring.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Others (+1%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Broad niche categories are roughly&nbsp;flat&nbsp;YoY, but sharply down in the short term (<strong>&minus;21% MoM<\/strong>),&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;volatility across smaller segments.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hiring Trends by Functional Area (YoY change)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Functional hiring shows sharp divergence:&nbsp;<strong>IT and HR<\/strong>&nbsp;are improving, while&nbsp;<strong>customer service, finance, and hospitality roles<\/strong>&nbsp;remain&nbsp;weak.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In demand<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IT (+2%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Strong short-term momentum (<strong>+15% MoM, +18% over 3M, +14% over 6M<\/strong>) suggests improving tech demand even though the overall market is softer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/marketing-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marketing &amp; Communications<\/a> (+2%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Modest growth&nbsp;indicates&nbsp;stable demand for brand, content, and digital roles.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HR &amp; Admin (+14%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Positive YoY growth, despite small short-term softness, suggests renewed hiring for support and staffing functions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/search\/production-engineering-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Engineering\/Production<\/a> (+5%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Stable growth aligns with the strength seen in construction and logistics-linked sectors.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Purchase\/Logistics\/Supply Chain (+8%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Continued demand supports operational continuity across procurement and supply chain functions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facing challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Customer Service (&minus;43%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The steepest decline across functions, with sustained weakness over 6 months (<strong>&minus;33%<\/strong>)&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;significant contraction or restructuring in service staffing models.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hospitality Roles (&minus;38%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>While the&nbsp;<em>industry<\/em>&nbsp;is up YoY, role-level hiring&nbsp;remains&nbsp;sharply lower&mdash;suggesting demand may be concentrated&nbsp;in&nbsp;specific sub-functions or seasonal staffing rather than broad role expansion.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Finance &amp; Accounts (&minus;20%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Persistent declines reflect automation of routine work and tighter cost controls.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sales &amp; Business Development (&minus;7%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Continued moderation suggests cautious expansion in frontline revenue roles.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Others (&minus;9%)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Broad-based softness persists across miscellaneous functions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the&nbsp;foundit&nbsp;Insights Tracker<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2><p>The&nbsp;<strong>foundit&nbsp;Insights Tracker (fit) Malaysia&nbsp;<\/strong>(formerly the Monster Employment Index) is a monthly benchmark of online hiring activity across the nation. By&nbsp;analysing&nbsp;millions of job postings, fit provides&nbsp;timely, data-led intelligence on recruitment trends across industries, occupations, and skill categories, helping&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;and talent navigate an evolving&nbsp;labour&nbsp;market.&nbsp;<\/p><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of Hiring Activity&nbsp;Malaysia&rsquo;s online hiring activity declined by&nbsp;4% month-on-month&nbsp;in November 2025, reflecting cautious hiring sentiment as employers calibrate workforce plans amid cost pressures and uneven demand signals.&nbsp;The broader trend&nbsp;remains&nbsp;soft but&nbsp;relatively steady&nbsp;in the short term: hiring is down&nbsp;3% over the last 3 months&nbsp;and&nbsp;5% over the last 6 months, while&nbsp;remaining&nbsp;11% lower year-on-year&mdash;indicating&nbsp;that hiring has cooled versus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-malaysia-nov-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Malaysia\u2019s Hiring Landscape in November 2025:\u00a0foundit\u00a0Insights Tracker\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48300,"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":["post-49348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights-tracker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49348","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=49348"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49366,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49348\/revisions\/49366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.my\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}