Over 140,000 found jobs on JobsMalaysia

Malaysian Department of Labor announced that over 140,000 jobs have been matched on its jobs portal JobsMalaysia from January to November this year.

Malaysia’s national jobs portal JobsMalaysia has helped 146,203 job seekers find a job in the period of January to November this year, according to Malaysian Department of Labor.

It said 30% (43,271) of the occupations were high-skilled occupations while 36% (53,008) were mid-skilled and 34% (49,924) were low-skilled.

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“The placement according to the Malaysia Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 for high-skilled job category is at managerial, professional, technical and associate professional level,“ said the Malaysian Department of Labor in a statement.

The department added that the mid-skilled jobs were clerical, services and sales while low-skilled included operators and general workers.

JobsMalaysia was launched by the Malaysian government in 2009 to help Malaysians find employment and went through a major revamp in 2018.

As of November 31, a total of 922,336 job listings have been advertised on the portal by 23,996 active employers.

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