Human resources | Fewer jobs available in 2016

MSS Recruitment (MSS) and Hello-jobs.com (Hello Jobs) are holding the Fifth Macau Campus Joint Recruitment Event, where companies try to assist local graduates seeking professional careers at one of the 63 small and medium size companies (SMEs) participating in the event.
MSS and Hello Jobs conducted an online survey with the participation of 30 human resource managers from local SMEs. 67 percent of them stated that there were more job vacancies in 2015 than this year. The results also show that 58 percent of the participants expect to be able to provide fresh graduate students with a salary that starts from MOP10,000 up to MOP11,000, with none of them willing to offer a monthly paycheck above MOP13,000.
Jiji Tu, managing editor of MSS, suggests that graduates should maintain and promote a stable and reliable performance in order to obtain higher salaries in the future. “The right attitude is crucial when working for a company. Employers want to see stability,” he said.
The event is offering 400 job vacancies in various industries, including hospitality, trading, art performance, construction, and others. However, MSS notes that “the enterprises participating in the event are usually SMEs. Large businesses tend to hire fresh college graduates directly from their schools.”
According to MSS, graduates in the past used to change jobs frequently as a result of the extensive employment availability. In addition, they would normally have a preference for big companies or state-owned enterprises, for example, companies related to the gaming industry and public banks. In these working environments they could hold administrative positions with a daytime working schedule.
“There is no obvious clue indicating which kind of industry graduates would prefer to work in. However, they care about their work schedules. Night shifts are not welcomed,” Jiji Tu told the Times.
The aforementioned survey also analyzes the challenges posed by the flourishing gaming industry, which compels SMEs to raise their salaries up to MOP12,000 in order to be more competitive in the human resources market. Moreover, despite the ongoing economic slow down, 92 percent of the human resource managers believe the pay scales being offered are the same as last year, whereas 87 percent of a group of the 1,378 surveyed employees admitted they don’t expect any bonuses.
MSS Recruitment is a Macau-based HR services agency that was registered in 2008 and provides HR solutions to Macau companies. Hello Jobs is one of MSS Recruitment’s branches. Staff reporter