DO YOU FACE ANY DIFFICULTIES TO FIND A NEW JOB?

I will start my article with a real story about my friend.  She graduated in 2012, and she found a job in a small company after that. However, the benefits for staffs at that company are not good, for example low salary, no insurance. After one and a half year worked there to get experience, she decided to find a new job. She applied for many companies, and she had many interviews. But, when recruiters ask her about her status, they refused to hire her when they know she just got marriage with the reason was: she could be pregnancy in a short time work for them, and they had to fine someone to replace her. Even though she promised that she wouldn't be pregnancy in two years if they accepted her, she still couldn't find a new job. That is one of many cases that women face when they are looking for a new job in Vietnam.

There are many reasons that prevent women from having a job. Some others are: low education, women have to spend more time for family; some jobs are priority for man such as sales, marketing researchers, politicians.  Moreover, in developing countries, they still think that women have to take care family; working is men task, so there is a big gap between man and women in labor force. For example, there are not many women hold position in government; women rarely hold high positions in businesses; women barely get high education.  There is only one professor is women among 20 professors at my university. The point here is, the higher you learn the harder you get marriage. That is the reason why there are not many woman do post graduate program.

Thus, we need solutions to solve this problem in developing countries. There are some solutions below that can help women have more choices in looking for a satisfied job, and have more open door to enter the labor force.

One of solution that can help balance labor force in developing countries is encouraging men share housework with women. By this way, women have more time spending on their job. Focusing more in their job, they have more chance to get higher promotion. There will be more women hold high position in government, in businesses.

The second solution is stimulating women get higher education. When they have higher degrees and higher skill levels, there are more opportunities for them to find good jobs.

The third solution is that the government should have law to protect women in labor force. Especially, we should have law to protect women from losing their job during the time pregnancy.