Quickly growing jobs in Vietnam? With the development of AI and technology industries, the job market is changing drastically and stronger than ever, requiring young people on the threshold of employment to embrace trends to make suitable and right choices. Here are 10 new professions that are emerging or are receiving a lot of attention, suitable for students of the Economics major:
Logistics
With the appearance of electronic commerce (E-commerce), the term “logistics” has suddenly become popular in the job market. Leading universities such as Foreign Trade University and the National Economics University added Logistics to their majors in 2017.
Logistics management is a part of supply chain management including the planning, implementation, control of efficient transportation and storage of goods, services to meet customer requirements.
An example of recruiting in logistics industry: Logistics Operation Intern – DHL ECOMMERCE VIETNAM
Import and export
In 2016, with a lot of economic agreements signed like the WTO agreement, in 2018, we started our integration and adaptation process. As goods from abroad have crept into Vietnam market and Vietnamese goods have been exported to foreign markets more and more, import and export is increasingly popular. The delivery and payment procedures are always updated, requiring labor with a certain level of expertise and a quick grasp of market trends. This is considered a key industry in the upcoming years requiring young people to reach out to compete with workers all over the world.
An example of work opportunity: Import – Export staff – TMT MOTOR JOINT STOCK COMPANY
Quickly growing jobs in Vietnam – HR
Human resource management is a profession that plays an integral part in most companies. Therefore, this industry always requires regular human resources. Employment prospects of the human resources industry are very diverse. Students can become an employee, a specialist in one of the areas such as recruitment, training and human resource development, performance evaluation – rewards, salaries and benefits, labor relations, human resource management, labor market research, human resource demand forecast. Students can also become consultants for human resources activities in the organization, assistant for human resources director.
An example of work opportunity: HR Intern – IBM Viet Nam
Statistician
The field of statistics has been extensively developed for centuries, but today its significant meaning for society and the economy is greater than ever. Advances in computer technology and Big Data have increased data value, driven important decisions and managed new research areas in business, science, policy, government administration and other areas in society. Along with the trend of potential career in 2017, Hotcourses Vietnam summed up the list of 7 most potential jobs of the United States. In this list, Statistics ranked No. 1.
Sales
To compete when the customers are having a wide selection of products, businesses always need a strong sales team. In recent years, Vietnamese enterprises have gradually become aware of the importance of customer service and the sales profession has more recruitment numbers than all other industries.
An example of work opportunity: Sales Manager – COLORME – THE CENTER OF TRAINING DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
Quickly growing jobs in Vietnam – Marketing
Read up to here, maybe you will not agree because Marketing is not a new career. However, with the boom of information technology industry such as Google and Facebook, the demand for online marketing has grown stronger than ever and the recruitment market appeared more positions such as SEO employees (Search Engine Optimization) or Marketing Research collaborators. Not only that, the trend of global integration is very popular, so the marketing industry is the easiest industry for people to get opportunities for work today.
Some job recommendations for you:
Marketing Research Collaborator – NIELSEN VIET NAM
Marketing Employee – G-HOME
Actuary
Actuary experts play an important role in Insurance – Finance – Banking companies with super high income, but now the number of actuary experts is very scarce, that’s why Actuarial Science industry is becoming more popular than ever before. Actuary takes care of two main tasks: valuing insurance products, calculating solvency of insurance companies for insurance contracts and calculating reserves for insurance activities.
Financial Analyst
The main duty of a financial analyst is to collect and analyze financial information, analyze trends and make forecasts, produce reports for financial and investment advice to director board and customers. In particular, they must consider the feasibility to achieve profit and prepare a plan based on financial analysis reports. For example, an analyst of an investment bank might evaluate the attractiveness of certain stocks to stockbrokers so that they can advise clients. At the bank, analysts must consider the repayment ability of companies before deciding to lend money.
A job opportunity for you: Financial Analyst – 1PAY JOINT STOCK COMPANY
Quickly growing jobs in Vietnam – KOLs
KOL stands for “Key Opinion Leader” or “Influencer”, which are famous people, influential people. KOL can be a star, hot instagrammer, beauty blogger, vlogger, … widely known as a blogger Giang of “Giang oi” channel. More and more young people consider activities on social media as their official career and they have a lot of followers so every positive or negative opinion has an impact on young people.
Examples of KOLs for you: Beauty Blogger Phuong Ha with more than 170k subscribers on Youtube, Travel Blogger To Thai Hung,…
Tourism, restaurant and hotel management
The trend of economic development is focused on the development of service industries and Vietnam is not out of the trend. In the service sector, tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the total industry revenue. That means the demand for human resources from these industries is increasing.
A job recommendation for you: Hospitality Assistant/Executive – LI.A HOUSE VIETNAM CO., LTD
Thus, we can see that the job market is gradually wiping out some industries such as auditing – accounting due to the appearance of AI but at the same time producing or creating development motivation for other industries. Success or failure no longer depends too much on the age of experience as more and more new professions appear. The ability to learn and adapt will now determine a candidate’s salary.
In other words, the preparation for students who are about to graduate is still indispensable for extracurricular activities, foreign language certificates, information technology, work experience and the two most important things are passion and willingness to devote.
Hopefully after this article you have a better understanding of your options, opportunities, and challenges. There are many challenges ahead but you must remember:
“Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars” – Les Brown