A Labour Forum campaign saw more than 110,000 job opportunities advertised to the public and Cambodian workers returning from Thailand, resulting in over 60,000 people securing employment within just 10 days.
The campaign was organised by the National Employment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, in cooperation with local authorities.
From August 2 to 11, the campaign set up a total of 305 job fairs, offering information on 118,822 job openings to the public. As many as 87,760 people attended these fairs, and 16,824 of them were hired on the spot, according to ministry spokesman Sun Mesa on August 12.
He told The Post that over 900,000 migrant workers have returned from Thailand since June 8.
“Within the campaign itself, more than 16,000 people were hired immediately. However, if we count nationwide results over the 10-day period, more than 60,000 returning workers from Thailand have found jobs through the ministry,” he noted.
These figures only reflect the ministry’s agency data and do not yet include the number of workers who found jobs on their own, or after receiving information from the ministry.
As migrant workers arrived back in Cambodia, ministry teams at the border checkpoints handed out job information sheets listing available positions across the country — including job types, factory names, detailed locations and contact phone numbers.
“In all 25 provinces and the capital, we gave them this job information sheet right away,” the spokesman said.
“Then they could contact potential employers directly. Local commune authorities have told us that some of our people have already found jobs this way,” he added.
To further assist workers returning from Thailand, on Monday, August 11, the labour ministry announced a temporary exemption from the requirement to present a Cambodian national identity card when applying for jobs, requesting a Cambodian worker’s employment book or registering with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).
