SINGAPORE — Job vacancies for software, web and multimedia developers, along with registered nurses and other nursing professionals were the hardest to fill among roles for Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs) in 2023, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
SINGAPORE — Job vacancies for software, web and multimedia developers, along with registered nurses and other nursing professionals were the hardest to fill among roles for Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians in 2023, said the Ministry of Manpower .
"PMET roles in sectors such as health and social services, information and communications and professional services had a disproportionately higher share of positions that were unfilled for at least six months," said MOM. In spite of this, overall, the proportion of job vacancies unfilled for at least six months or more still declined to 23.5 per cent in 2023 compared to 27.1 per cent in 2022, continuing the downward trend from 40.3 per cent a decade ago in 2013.
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.
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