8.6 million jobs in the private sector in second quarter of 2019


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The number of jobs in the private sector increased by 145,000 in the second quarter this year to 8.6 million posts compared with 8.5 million in the corresponding period last year, according to Malaysian Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin (pic).

He said 97.5% or 8.4 million of the posts were filled with vacancies for 218,000 posts or 2.5%.

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