Job Vacancy Rate by Industry and Occupational Group, Quarterly
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) explains quarterly job vacancy rates by industry and occupational group using Labour Market Survey definitions in this collection. Vacancies count unfilled posts actively recruited from outside the establishment, with methodology notes on private-sector coverage before 2006 and revised estimates from 2010. Labour economists and HR analysts studying Singapore’s hiring climate can align analysis with MOM’s published concepts. Explore this MOM open-data collection for job vacancy methodology and quarterly labour market indicators.
Official description
Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Job Vacancy refers to the number of unfilled posts for which an establishment is actively recruiting employees from outside the establishment. They exclude a) Positions for which the employees have been appointed, but have not yet commenced duty; b) Positions open only to internal transfers, promotion. Recruitment action to fill a post includes advertising in newspapers, posting notices on the internet (e.g. on online job banks), making word-of-mouth announcements, soliciting employees through employment agencies or job fairs, contacting or interviewing registered job applicants. Before 2006, data on job vacancies pertain to private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees. From 2006 onwards, data also include the public sector. A new methodology was also introduced in Q1 2010 to improve the estimation of job vacancies. Data spanning back to 2006 have been revised using this methodology.
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- Ministry of Manpower
- Update frequency
- quarterly
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