Overview

Job Market Insights and My Job Profile are quarterly releases based on job offering advertised online by popular private recruitment websites. This report contain key information on job offering by major group occupation and economic activities. These statistics should be interpreted with caution due to their limitations, as they do not represent the entire population of job offering in Malaysia.

Job Offering Advertised Online, Second Quarter 2024

The number of job offerings advertised online in the third quarter of 2024 recorded a decline of 10.0 percent to 301,623 job offerings, compared to the 14.5 percent recorded in the second quarter of 2024 (335,205 vacancies). Meanwhile, 62,091 companies advertised job vacancies compared to 55,968 companies in Q2 2024.

Job Offering Advertised Online for Major Group Occupation

Nearly half of the job offerings advertised online were concentrated in the Professionals category, accounting for 47.5 per cent or 159,133 job offerings in the second quarter of 2024. In addition, for job offerings by occupational category, Managers accounted for 17.1 per cent (57,428), followed by Technicians and Associate Professionals at 16.4 per cent (54,960). Higher demand was reported for Advertising & Marketing Professionals, Managing Directors & Chief Executives, Administrative Associate Professionals, as well as Accountants & Auditors and Administrative Professionals.

Job Offering Advertised Online for Economic Activities

The majority of job offerings in Q2 2024 were in the Services sector, which accounted for 67.7 per cent or 227,012 job offerings. The Administrative & Support Service Activities sector recorded the highest number of offerings, with 62,921 (18.8 per cent). This was followed by Wholesale & Retail Trade with 55,155 offerings (16.5%), Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities with 28,057 offerings (8.4%), and Manufacturing with 18,594 offerings (5.6%).

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