How Do We Analyse Manpower Dynamics ?
VTC assesses the manpower demand for 24 major industry sectors covering more than 80% of the Hong Kong working population. The manpower dynamics of each of the 24 industries in Hong Kong is analysed through manpower survey and manpower update in a 4-year cycle. The manpower survey is a quantitative survey conducted with relevant companies once every 4 years to collect information of employees count, income, education, and so on. The manpower update is conducted twice in the 4-year cycle through focus group meeting with industry representatives and data analytics of major recruitment platforms. The information obtained from both manpower survey and manpower update aims to facilitating the Government and different stakeholders of industries for formulation of manpower and training plan.
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- Media and Communications
- 2022 Manpower Update Report
Creation of New Experience and Opportunities
Practitioners of the media and communications (MC) industry constantly embrace advanced technology to create new experiences for readers, audiences and potential consumers. The expanding e-commerce market in the post-pandemic era, adoption of artificial intelligence, AR and VR technologies, and new immersive virtual world – metaverse, all lead to more business opportunities for this vibrant industry. Engaging and retaining experienced staff to design and provide new services in the dynamic environment is one of the challenges faced by employers.
- Hotel
- 2022 Manpower Update Report
Battling in Dire Straits
Navigating the Unpredictable
The plight of the COVID-19 pandemic has made inroads into almost every industry globally but the hospitality sector has been particularly hard hit. Some hoteliers survive by operating as Designated Quarantine Hotels, as well as to continue with the staycations, daycations and extended stay programmes.
When business from international travellers and local spenders continues to gather momentum, coupled with Hong Kong’s strategic role in the Greater Bay Area, the battered hotel sector should be able to spring back gradually.
- Catering
- 2022 Manpower Update Report
Treading Water Heading to the Future
While having a glimpse of the silver lining at the start of 2022, the public was caught off guard with the onslaught of the Omicron variant which was just about one month ahead of the longed for Chinese New Year celebrations. Once again, the industry has to stand against a devastating blow. Nonetheless, riding on the Government’s support to encourage local spending, promote cultural tourism and multi-destination travel in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), industry stakeholders could complement the strengths of our GBA partners in arriving at an international cuisines hub in the longer term when normalcy returns. Manpower with enthusiasm and passion to bring the industry to the higher realms would be in demand.
- Fashion and Textile
- 2022 Manpower Update Report
Fashion Industry in the Post-Pandemic Era
The pandemic has changed how people dress, as well as how the fashion and textile industry manage supply chain, design and production. During the pandemic, the fashion industry has become the largest e-commerce sector. The booming online fashion market has provided young people the opportunity to begin small business and has prompted sophisticated consumers who are concerned about climate change to practise fashion sharing economy. While new technology is further adopted in fashion industry, employees and young fashion graduates have to equip themselves with relevant updated skills and business mindset to grasp opportunities in the evolving industry.
- Building, Civil Engineering and Built Environment
- 2021 Manpower Survey Report
Adopting Modern Construction Methods and Techniques to Promote Efficiency and Innovation
In order to strive under the competitive global environment, it is critical for the construction industry in Hong Kong to promote efficiency and innovation by adopting modern construction methods and techniques, information technology and automation technology. To encourage innovative technologies in the sector, the Hong Kong government has set up the Construction Innovation and Technology Fund to help boost technology adoption and increase productivity via automation and digitisation, including funding support for Building Information Modeling, Modular Integrated Construction, etc.
- Manufacturing Technology
- 2022 Manpower Update Report
A Journey to Industry 4.0
The industrial competitiveness of Hong Kong’s manufacturing technology industry depends on the Industry 4.0 mindset nurtured from the top management to frontline staff, a tech-savvy team specialising in Industry 4.0 and data visualisation skills, and a pool of research and development talents in applied and industrial research. These ingredients blending together will bring out the co-innovate industrial image and career prospects of the manufacturing technology industry.
- Electrical and Mechanical Services
- 2021 Manpower Survey Report
The Number of Employees in E&M Engineering Sector Continued to Increase, Recording a Growth of 3.3% Compared with that of Last Round Survey in 2017
The Electrical and Mechanical (E&M) Engineering sector accounted for 90.2% of the manpower in the E&M Services Industry. The number of employees in this sector continued to increase, recording a growth of 3.3% compared with that of four years ago. On the other hand, the number of trainees and vacancies in the sector decreased by 13.5% and 20.2%, respectively.
- Automobile
- 2021 Manpower Update Report
The Call for Technology Talent in Automobile Industry
To cope with the technology developments, vehicle servicing workers should equip themselves with basic knowledge of electrical engineering, electronics and preferably IT as well, and traditional mechanical skills which will remain to be most important as disassembly and assembly are inevitable procedures in vehicle servicing. At the same time, in-service practitioners should engage in lifelong learning to catch up with the technology advancement.
- Security Services
- 2021 Manpower Update Report
A Decrease in the Manpower Supply for Security Services Works
With the improvement of the economy and unemployment situation, many newly joined security personnel had left and returned to their original industries; therefore, the licensed security companies once again have faced the manpower shortage problem.
- Real Estate Services
- 2021 Manpower Update Report
Demand for Talents with Tech-savvy and Innovative Thinking
To stay competitive, real estate services companies need tech-savvy leaders and employees who can harness innovative thinking, form the right strategies and apply the systems and tools that best fit the needs of the business. Talents with advanced data analytics skills for insight generation, competence in applying property technologies for delivering business solutions and customer experiences with agility and creativity will be in strong demand. Effective interpersonal communication skills, attention to details, good people skills with clients are also essential for the industry. Given the increasing demand for transparency on sustainable and socially responsible practices, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) talents are sought-after in providing insights and creating long-term values for stakeholders of companies.
