50% more people hunting for jobs this year: Dept of Employment

The number of people using the Department of Employment’s services to hunt for jobs this year has risen by 50 per cent, director-general Suchart Pornchaiwisetkul said on Friday.

He said 67,017 people had either shown up at the department’s offices or visited the Smart Job Centre website to apply for jobs between October and January this year, up 56 per cent year on year.

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