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Table 1.3: No. of Job Advertisements by Gender Table 1.3: Percentage Distribution
of Job Advertisements by Gender
1st half of
Gender 2018 2019
2020
63.6%
Male 92,277 72,298 11,447 20.9%
Female 35,102 29,118 8,501
Not Specified 88,612 59,517 34,811
Total 215,991 160,933 54,759

Considering the gender preference of the advertisements, 63.6
percent of total job advertisements have not specified the gender 15.5%
preference in the 1st half of 2020. As shown in table 1.3, percentage
of male preference advertisements is higher than that of females.
20.9 percent of advertisements preferred male while 15.5 percent
preferred to recruit female workers in the 1st half of 2020. Male Female Not Specified

Table 1.4: No. of Job Advertisements by Experience Graph 1.4: Percentage Distribution
Requirement of Job Advertisements by Experience
Requirement in 1st half of 2020
1st half of
Experience Requirement 2018 2019 9.2%
2020
Experience Required 31,876 25,142 5,052
90.8%
Not Specified 184,115 135,791 49,707
Total 215,991 160,933 54,759

There were 5,052 (9.2%) advertisements that required previous
work experience in the 1st half of 2020. 90.8 percent of the total job
advertisements have not specified the previous work experience.

Experience Required Not Specified
Table 1.5: No. of Job Advertisements by Educational
Attainment Graph 1.5: Percentage Distribution
of Job Advertisements by
1st half of Educational Attainment in 1st half
Educational Requirement 2018 2019 of 2020
2020
Degree & Above 3,367 1,941 563
95.40%
GCE A/L 4,529 3,449 1,025
1.03%
GCE O/L 3,866 3,127 917
1.87%
Below GCE O/L 143 57 12 4.60%

Not Specified 204,086 152,359 52,236 1.67%
0.02%
Total 215,991 160,933 54,753
Degree & Above GCE A/L GCE O/L
As per table 1.5, 563 (1.03%) job advertisements have required Below GCE O/L Not Specified
Degree & above educational qualification in the 1st half of 2020.
95.4 percent of the total job advertisements have not specified the
requirement of educational qualifications.