The Thaiger
Government steps up efforts to tackle graduate unemployment
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The Ministry of Labour has joined forces with 35 leading companies to help tackle graduate unemployment by improving workforce skills and matching job seekers with employers’ needs, according to the government yesterday, July 18.
Key facts
- The Ministry of Labour has joined forces with 35 leading companies to help tackle graduate unemployment by improving workforce skills and matching job seekers with employers’ needs, according to the government yesterday, July 18.
- The initiative follows data from the ministry’s Thai Mee Ngan Tham (Thai Have Jobs) employment platform, which highlighted a growing mismatch between workforce skills and employer demand
- The report also found that many long-term unemployed people were aged between 20 and 29, underscoring the need to equip workers with skills suited to emerging industries and technological change .
- To address the issue, the Ministry of Labour has begun working with 35 leading private companies under a public-private partnership to develop a highly skilled workforce.
Summary
The initiative follows data from the ministry’s Thai Mee Ngan Tham (Thai Have Jobs) employment platform, which highlighted a growing mismatch between workforce skills and employer demand. The platform currently lists 311,983 vacancies, while more than 25,000 bachelor’s degree graduates are still seeking work.
The government said the findings were consistent with a report by the National Economic and Social Development Council, which found that most unemployed people with no previous work experience were university graduates.