Ho Chi Minh City has rising demand for part-time and seasonal workers for Tet holiday. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has rising demand for part-timeand seasonal workers as the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Holidayapproaches.
According to the city Youth Employment Service Centre (Yes Centre), there are avariety of seasonal jobs for workers and students such as cashiers, chefassistants, salesmen at supermarkets, security guards, shippers, andrestaurants servants, among others.
Workers are hired for 25,000 – 50,000 VND (1.08-2.17 USD) per hour, or 6million VND per month and other allowance during Tet.
The Yes Centre has worked with many businesses to provide more than 2,000 jobsfor workers and youths in need, while the city Student Assistance Centre isoffering over 3,000 jobs for students during Tet holiday.
Together with job centres, many local universities like HCM City University ofAgriculture and Forestry, Banking University HCM City, and University ofNatural Sciences are carrying out various programmes to offer seasonal jobs tostudents with difficult circumstances, helping them make some extra cash tocover tuition fees.
Experts warned that workers should be vigilant and study recruiters carefullyto avoid being swindled by illegal middlemen./.
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Ho Chi Minh City has rising demand for part-time and seasonal workers for Tet holiday. (Photo: VNA) 
