Last weekend, nearly 100 students of Điện Biên College participated in an online job exchange session at the provincial Employment Service Center. Via Google Meet software, they interacted directly with representatives of recruitment units, including CEMA Group International Cooperation Joint Stock Company, Tien Tien Employment Service Company, along with a number of enterprises with needs for labor recruitment, labor export, and vocational study abroad.

During more than 90 minutes of exchange, working conditions, recruitment needs, necessary skills, and starting salaries were specifically answered by enterprise representatives for students. Lò Văn Duy shared: “I am a final-year student, preparing to graduate. The job exchange session is an opportunity for me to understand more about the labor market and increasingly high requirements, thereby determining a suitable career path for myself. Moreover, I also get to practice interacting and interviewing with recruiters to gain more confidence for future opportunities.”

Cà Thị Thảo also expressed: “I wish to understand more about the labor market, job opportunities, and practice recruitment interview skills. The job exchange session not only provides mere information, but some recruiters are also very enthusiastic and inspiring, creating questions accompanied by gifts to encourage us to interact and boldly exchange. Thanks to that, my initial desires were all achieved.”

The above session is part of a series of 6 online job exchange sessions implemented by the provincial Employment Service Center in 2025, specifically from November 26 to December 14. The goal is to create an effective bridge between workers and agencies and enterprises inside and outside the province; supporting unemployed people, rural workers, ethnic minority youth, and students about to graduate to access labor market information quickly and timely. With the flexible online format, workers can access many job positions within the province, outside the province, and the labor export market; interact with enterprises, ask questions, send dossiers, register for interviews, or learn about regimes and policies related to employment, unemployment insurance, and vocational training.

Phạm Văn Thuận, Deputy Director of the provincial Employment Service Center, emphasized: “Through online job exchange sessions, workers are not only provided with recruitment information and remuneration regimes but can also ask questions to understand clearly, find a common voice with enterprises, opening up job opportunities at enterprises inside and outside the province. After exchanging in the transaction session, if there is a need to learn deeper, workers often contact directly, participating in preliminary rounds and recruitment of the company or enterprise.”

In actual implementation, each session has 3 participating enterprises and recruitment units; attracting nearly 100 workers and students per session. Although the number is not yet large, recruitment information is rich, spreading across many professions, suitable for the capacity of workers in the area. Along with the large-scale organized series of sessions, the Center still regularly opens online job exchange connections when workers come to learn and have a need to exchange directly with recruiters.

Organizing online job exchanges opens a new approach, suitable for the context of digital transformation. For workers, especially those in remote and isolated areas, it helps overcome geographical barriers and increase opportunities to find jobs. For enterprises, this is a low-cost but effective recruitment channel, helping access young labor sources with high job-seeking needs. From those effects, online job exchange activities are expected to continue expanding, diversifying content, and attracting more participating enterprises. Thereby contributing to promoting labor market development, supporting sustainable job resolution for local workers in the coming period.