SINGAPORE, March 26 — Job vacancies for software, web and multimedia developers, along with registered nurses and other nursing professionals, were the hardest to fill among...
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Registered nurse and other nursing professional made up 6.3 per cent of similar vacancies unfilled for at least six months, while the figure for enrolled/assistant nurse was 2.4 per cent. MoM also said that the proportion of newly created positions among job vacancies rose from 38.7 per cent in 2022 to 47.3 per cent in 2023.
Similar to 2022, information and communications roles continued to have the highest proportion of vacancies for new positions at 72.8 per cent.This was followed by the construction sector, where newly created positions made up 65.7 per cent of its vacancies in 2023. MoM reported that for these vacancies, relevant work experience, skills and work attitude of the job applicant were the key considerations.
Examples of such vacancies were software, web and multimedia developers, management executives, budgeting and financial accounting managers, and business development managers.