The Turnover Rate Of Garment Industry Workers Is Too High &Nbsp; Recruitment Has Become The Norm.

Under the nationwide "labor shortage", the labour intensive clothing industry in Hebei has naturally become a "disaster hit area".

Hebei

Rongcheng: raise salary to become "robbing people" chips

Baoding Rongcheng county has become a famous garment processing (OEM) base in the country in recent years.

According to statistics, by the end of last year, Rongcheng county had 830 garment enterprises, most of which were privately owned enterprises, and more than 400 million garments (sets) were produced annually.

Mr. Cao, director of Jingyu Garments Co., Ltd., Rongcheng, told the author that the change in foreign trade processing orders brought about by the appreciation of the renminbi is the most troublesome problem at present. It is also difficult to recruit workers and the sharp rise in labor costs.

I know that, due to the characteristics of the industry and the lack of insurance treatment of the private enterprises, the loss rate of the garment industry in Rongcheng county is "amazing".

According to Mr. Cao, about half of the workers in private clothing factories will be lost after the Spring Festival holiday.

Jingyu company is also waiting for the end of the Lantern Festival in February 17th. According to the accurate statistics of workers coming to posts, a new round of recruitment will be launched.

The most commonly used means of recruitment competition in Rongcheng's private clothing factories is raising salaries.

It is reported that the monthly salary of ordinary workers has risen to around 2400 yuan.

"Bosses are spared no expense in competing for their employees."

Mr. Cao said.

It is understood that the source of employees in Rongcheng's clothing industry is almost all migrant workers in the counties and cities around the county.

According to the previous law, the number of migrant workers in the surrounding counties and cities can basically meet the demand, and garment factories do not have to go to other places to recruit workers.

Mr. Cao said that after a period of "job hopping" period, the labor shortage of garment factories will be eased.

Shijiazhuang: recruitment becomes normal

Shijiazhuang dream van Xi clothing and Accessories Co., Ltd. is located in the hi tech Zone.

The author noted that since last year, the banner of "external recruitment" has been hanging outside the office building, which is very eye-catching in many enterprises in the high-tech zones.

Ms. Wang, who is responsible for the human resources department of the company, said that the turnover rate of workers in the garment industry is too high, and recruitment has become a normal affair.

In the interview, the author found that in view of the disdain of the graduates from the secondary and technical schools in the posts of blue collar workers, there has been a two division of the "talent market" and "labor market".

On the one hand, the high unemployment rate of students in the talent market, on the other hand, is the shortage of labor in factories.

Ms. Wang said that the recent "talent collection" of college graduates has little to do with the manufacturing enterprises such as dream van Xi.

They are short of front-line workers, especially skilled workers, and administrative management and marketing posts are not lacking.

Previously, the organizers of the "talent collection" also contacted them, but Monvashi did not attend because the job demand and the resources of university graduates did not match.

Ms. Wang said that workers' wages increased by 20% last year, and the average piece rate is about 2000 yuan (3000-4000 yuan for skilled workers). She believes that this level is still competitive in Shijiazhuang.

However, like many private enterprises, Meng fan still does not provide old-age insurance to workers.

In the face of recruitment difficulties, dream began to recruit workers in various suburban counties of Shih City, and launched workers' relatives and friends to introduce new employees.

In addition, employees have increased their monthly salary of 1 days.

On the employment gap, Shijiazhuang dream fan reached 40%, similar to the clothing factory in Rongcheng county.

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Industry: little impact but profit decline

I understand that in 2006, the wages of ordinary workers in Hebei garment factory had just risen to 800 yuan, and now it has increased two times.

A deep industry insider of the provincial textile and garment industry association said that the wages of the garment industry in recent years were "rising steadily". The year before last was still 1000 yuan, rising to 1500 yuan in the first half of last year, and now it has exceeded 2000 yuan.

The industry said that the wages of the garment industry workers have been low, so recruitment difficulties is a big problem.

In recent years, the northern garment processing industry, represented by Rongcheng, has developed rapidly. Many orders have been seized from the south by relying on lower labor costs and processing fees, which aggravated the shortage of labor in local garment factories and promoted the rise in wages.

Cao County, an industry insider in Rongcheng, also told the author that the appreciation of RMB has exceeded 3.5% since last year. However, in Rongcheng, the situation of large orders and a large number of garment factories failed to be seen. The reason is that compared with Guangdong and other southern provinces and cities, Hebei's processing fees still have competitive advantages.

Therefore, it is urgent for local processing plants to recruit workers rather than to scale down or close them.

Experts from the above industry associations said that the employment situation of Hebei textile mill was better than that of garment factories. Some textile factories he understood had already started normal work at the beginning of the sixth day.

It should be pointed out that there are a number of state-owned enterprises in the textile industry, though the wages are low, but the perfect insurance has stabilized the workers.

I learned from many people in the industry that the source of migrant workers in Hebei clothing industry is mainly local.

The above associations say that many garment factories generally recruit workers within one hundred kilometers of the surrounding area, and have recently increased wages and benefits.

The European and American economies slowly recovered after the financial crisis. The increase in orders for foreign trade OEM industry eased the negative impact of RMB appreciation. Hebei's clothing export growth last year showed no huge impact on the appreciation of its currency.

Many people in the industry say that the sharp rise in labor costs will lead to higher processing fees, coupled with some increase in raw material costs. This year's foreign trade orders may be reduced, but the impact will not be great.

The experts predict that because the increase in foreign trade quotas and processing fees can not make up for the overall cost increase of the garment industry, the owners of the private clothing factories will have to endure more modest profit margins.

In the fourth quarter of last year, the profit rate of the domestic garment industry was 5.8%. It is estimated that Hebei manufacturers are also at this level.