In July, the number of unemployed rose slightly to 778,200 thousand persons, resulting in the month's unemployment rate staying at 4.8%.

A hiring manager should not have prejudices towards particular groups or individuals. Unfair hiring practices can prevent a company from hiring a great candidate and can come at a great cost.

Many jobs lost during the pandemic may not be refilled when the economy reopens, due to the heavy changes in the employment landscape in the new norm. 

According to Coursera's Global Skills Report, there is an urgent need for this country to bridge the current skills gap at a faster rate as it speeds up its digital economy agenda. 

These are the ten most common warning signs that say your hiring process is broken. Most of these signs appear early in the process, so pay attention, or you will waste a lot of time and money. 

The projection is a part of the "Quarterly Labour Market Perspectives-Stabilisation of Labour Market in the Post-Crisis Periods" report Socso issued yesterday.

Malaysia's unemployment rate increased to 4.8% in June 2021, after four consecutive months of decline.

Malaysia saw the number of unemployed graduates increase by 22.5 per cent. In 2019, there were 165,200 unemployed graduates, which grew to 202,400 in 2020.

We should never give up when it comes to hiring top performers. If our initial approach seems broken, we should adjust our recruiting strategy instead. 

The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported that the mean monthly salaries and wages decreased by 9% in 2020. This is the first decline since the series began in 2010.