The number of people employed saw its sharpest spike in nearly 22 years in January month-on-month and was partly attributable to government spending.
The Jamin Kerja Keluarga Malaysia initiative will create 600,000 jobs with a budget of RM4.8 billion (US$1.14 billion).
China is offering special help to young entrepreneurs and providing a range of incentives to encourage small companies to employ fresh graduates.
The number of jobs in the country reached 8.53 million jobs in the fourth quarter of 2021, the highest number recorded during the pandemic period.
Workers employed in regional Australia last December was just 1% more than in December 2020, while job ads ballooned by 36%.
Indonesia is increasing its investment in the green economy, which is said to be able to generate ten times more jobs than other industries.
The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in December from 4.3% in the previous month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported.
The Government Industry TVET Coordination Body, or GITC, is a collaboration hub to place graduates into relevant jobs.
The ratio of job availability stood at 1.13 in 2021, indicating that there were 113 openings for every 100 jobseekers, down 0.05 points from 2020.
The unemployment rate fell to 6.57% in January – the lowest since March last year, contributed by a decrease in rural unemployment.
Q4 of 2021 saw total employment growing 47,400 compared to the decline of 2,400 in the third quarter, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
This is attributed to the fixed asset investments received in 2021, as well as the reopening of travel in the second half of the year.
The unemployment rate fell by 0.02 percentage points from November to 3.64% in December, as the country continues to recover from the pandemic.
The states of New South Wales and Victoria each added 32,000 and 25,000 to the employment numbers in late 2021, respectively.
Certain sectors, such as wholesale and retail, saw more employment, which contributed to the overall employment stability.
One of the transitions identified by the World Economic Forum is eco-tourism, which is projected to create some US$53 billion of additional revenue.
Employers in the country must advertise job vacancies on the MYFutureJobs portal to ensure that these opportunities are offered to locals first
This was the most number of jobs added in seven years as the labour market bounces back to pre-pandemic levels.
Over the same period, the number of private businesses and production establishments totalled nearly 5.2 million, an increase of 5.7% from 2016.
The number of unemployed persons fell below 700,000 in November, its lowest level since April 2020, according to the Department of Statistics.
Over the period, 31 million jobs were created in sectors such as manufacturing and education, an increase from 30.8 million in the preceding quarter.
The overall unemployment rate fell to 2.5% in November from 2.6% the month before, statistics from the Manpower Ministry show.
A fast-track visa system for foreigners with a master or PhD degree in science and IT will guarantee legal status during their job search period.
Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has revealed resolutions to address labour issues, including breakthroughs to restore the national economy.
The Department of Trade and Industry has partnered with the National Development Co to set up a P250-million (US$4.9-million) fund for local startups.
As of end-2020, the country registered a total of 6,013,000 businesses, an increase of 17.8% from five years earlier.
This has seen the unemployment rate rise to 2.8% in November, an increase of 0.1 percentage point month-on-month.
The country has approved 195 new investment projects and 43 production expansion requests that would provide more jobs.
The number of fresh graduates who landed jobs fell to 432,790, with employment offers declining in some sectors due to the spread of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training said that out of the 17,202 people searching for employment, 4,753 people were able to secure jobs.