Wanted: Employees!

By Ong Wooi Leng

July 2016 PENANG ECONOMIC INDICATOR
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Malaysia kicked off 2016 with a 4.2% GDP growth in the first quarter. In this positive climate, it is important that we study hiring trends, the recruitment difficulties of employers and graduate employabilityMore Jobs in the MarketHiring activity recorded a steep improvement in the first three months of 2016. The Monster Employment Index, generated by global online employment solution Monster.com, saw regained momentum in March 2016 after shrinking for the previous five months. Despite negative growth of 11% in its...

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Ong Wooi Leng

heads the Socioeconomics and Statistics Programme at Penang Institute. Her work lies in labour market analysis and socio-economic development.

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