Fat profits spur Vietnam banks hiring rush
VIETNAMESE banks have been rushing to bolster their workforces, adding thousands of workers in the first half of the year while reaping impressive profits in the trillions of dong.
Payroll statistics from the financial statements of VPBank showed that the bank recruited 1,482 employees in the first six months of the year, raising its total to 10,191 personnel by the end of the second quarter. Sacombank, despite having an enlarged workforce after the merger with SouthernBank, recruited 650 new positions in the second quarter and 865 employees for the first half.
The total headcount at Sacombank by the end of the second quarter reached 16,893 people.
TPBank’s financial report also showed that at the end of the second quarter, the bank had more than 4,100 employees, an increase of nearly 1,000 people compared to a year ago.
In the first six months of the year, Vietcombank hired 190 personnel for a total of 15,354. VIB, ACB and MBBank also increased their |numbers by 376, 186 and 111, respectively.
Positions
Most of the positions that the bank recruited for in the first half of this year were personal customer specialists, corporate customer specialists, consultants, transactors and debtors.
Some other banks, in spite of not publicising financial statements, had also announced that they intend to recruit more staff in the first half. H1. Nam A Bank, for example, announced it would recruit 500 people for various positions from senior level to management level working in the head office and business units across the country in order to realise the goal of network expansion and business development.
Apart from the official staff, banks also hired a larger number of talented students as interns who would be an important source for banks to select official employees.
In the second half of this year, banks have continuously increased their requirement for different positions.
Vietcombank now wants to recruit 404 staff members for 94 branches nationwide while VietinBank have also announced plans to recruit 77 people for its branches in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang in the third quarter of this year.
Meanwhile, after changing many of the key positions recently, Sacombank will recruit nearly 1,000 people for its different division in the rest months of the year. Nam A Bank also needs to find 500 qualified candidates for its offices nationwide.
