As the Government is streamlining the state management apparatus, reforming administration, and improving operational efficiency, many public sector officials and professionals are facing major changes in their jobs and positions. The process of streamlining payrolls creates a large gap in career transition support.
According to statistics, from 2021 to now, the country has streamlined nearly 80,000 civil servants and public employees, many of whom face unemployment and pressure to change careers. In 2022 alone, about 39,500 civil servants and public employees resigned, accounting for a significant proportion of the public sector workforce. Many officials who resigned were in important fields such as education and health, creating great pressure on the labor market. The civil servant and public employee workforce after leaving the state system faces many difficulties such as: lack of necessary skills to work in the private sector; pressure to compete directly with younger workers who are more familiar with technology and the market; ... Leaving stable jobs in the public sector leads to difficulties in maintaining income and living standards. This raises an important issue that needs to be solved. That is, how can civil servants adapt, develop and seek new career opportunities in the private sector or start their own businesses after the downsizing? In the above practical conditions, Vietnam needs to have a synchronous support policy to help civil servants and public employees change their careers sustainably. Support for change not only solves the employment problem but also ensures fairness and social security in the administrative reform process.
Currently, in the world, the global trend of retraining and career transition is of interest to many countries and timely support policies are being implemented. Countries such as Germany, Singapore and Japan have successfully implemented retraining models to support the workforce to adapt to new market requirements, which can be a valuable reference lesson for Vietnam.
Recognizing this urgent need, the Scientific and Practical Workshop with the theme "Supporting career transition for public sector workers after downsizing" was organized by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi through the Institute of Policy and Management, in coordination with VNFund and Vietnam Women's Newspaper with the aim of providing practical solutions, support tools, as well as connecting resources to help public sector workers reorient their careers proactively and effectively.
With tens of thousands of civil servants and public employees leaving the state apparatus each year, supporting them in career transition is an urgent task to ensure social stability and increase labor productivity. The workshop is expected to provide specific solutions and proposals to fill this gap, especially in building a sustainable support ecosystem associated with the digital transformation context, creating conditions for the state, businesses, universities and social organizations to coordinate to support career transition effectively and in the long term. The workshop is also an important opportunity for workers who want to change careers to access the support solution package proposed at the workshop.
1. Time, location and format of the Workshop
- Time: 13:30 - 16:30, Thursday, March 27, 2025.
- Location: Room 304, Building E, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 336 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi
2. Some contents discussed at the Workshop
- Streamlining the apparatus and staff: policies, opportunities, challenges and issues.
- Labor market trends, career skills & career transition opportunities for public sector workers.
- International experience in supporting public sector workers to change careers and proposing some solutions to support career change in Vietnam.
- Success story: How did civil servants change careers?
- Prepare the psychology of public sector workers when entering the non-state sector labor market.
- Some specific orientations and support solutions to help workers change careers are proposed by management agencies, universities and businesses.
This is a scientific and practical activity with scientific information, practical, specific and feasible solutions for subjects, especially public sector workers who need to change careers and related organizations and individuals in the career transition support ecosystem.
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