Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said on Thursday total jobs in economic sector dipped by 0.4% to 8.35 million in 2Q as compared to 8.38 million jobs recorded a year ago.
These statistics are published in the report of employment statistics for 2Q, based on the Employment Survey conducted on registered businesses in the private sector. The number of job vacancies remained lower than an average of 200,000 job vacancies recorded during the pre-crisis period. More than half of filled jobs were concentrated in the services sector , followed by manufacturing and construction . The remaining 6.3% was in agriculture and mining & quarrying sectors.
He said most of the job vacancies were in the manufacturing sector at 100,100 vacancies , largely in the electrical, electronic and optical products sub-sector ; and followed by petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products .The services sector recorded 27,600 job vacancies particularly in wholesale and retail trade activity.
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