Get For Me Singapore JOB VACANCIES 2000 FrontPage 1 Feb 2001 (MORE)

In line with the prevailing trend towards a knowledge-based economy, the share of job vacancies requiring higher-skilled and better-educated workers has risen over the years. Close to one-third or 10,378 of the job vacancies in 2000 required tertiary qualifications. Another 8.5% or 2,750 of the openings needed
post secondary qualifications. Slightly over 1 in 5 (or 7,037) of the vacancies called for secondary qualifications, while the remaining 38% needed less than secondary education. Compared with the preceding year, the share of vacancies requiring at least post secondary education has increased at the expense of vacancies requiring lower education. For example, although production,
cleaning, and related jobs still accounted for the largest number of job openings, its share of vacancies has declined from 52% to 36% over the same period. The share of job openings for clerical, sales and service personnel has also decreased, although at a more gradual pace to reach 29% in 2000.

6 out of 10 of the job openings in September 2000 were from the services industries. This was followed by manufacturing (33%) and construction (5.7%).
In terms of job vacancy rate, the services sectors also had the highest at 3.5%, followed by manufacturing at 3.3%. Construction recorded the lowest vacancy rate of 1.1%. All the major sectors with the exception of construction registered significantly higher vacancy rates in 2000 when compared to the previous year.