PUTRAJAYA, May 11 — Malaysia’s labour market rebounded in the first quarter of 2022, adding 148,520 jobs compared to the same quarter of the preceding year to record 8.57 million jobs, while the quarter-on-quarter basis increased by 41,400 jobs, said chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.
“The number of filled jobs in this quarter recorded an increase of 142,060 jobs to record 8.39 million jobs against 8.25 million jobs in the first quarter of 2021,” he said in a statement today following the release of the Employment Statistics, First Quarter 2022 report. Mohd Uzir said the manufacturing and services sectors continued to record positive growth of 3.6 per cent compared with 2.7 per cent in Q1 2021 and 1.9 per cent respectively.
On job vacancies, he said it has consistently recorded positive year-on-year growth for two consecutive quarters and posted an increase of 6,460 vacancies to 184,320 job vacancies during this quarter .
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