The improving economy has boosted the number of summer job vacancies, up 60 per cent over the past two months compared with the same period last year, according to the Labour Department.
Danny Lau Yan-kuen, senior labour officer with the department's employment information and promotion programme, said yesterday there was a total of 4,568 summer job vacancies in the department's system since April.
'There's a huge demand for manpower and therefore more jobs are available,' Mr Lau said, attributing this to the economy's improvement.
He said most employers were looking for summer tutors, receptionists and clerks for monthly salaries from $4,000 to $7,000.
The number of vacancies was at a three-year high at least and Mr Lau predicted this figure would continue to rise over the next two months.
The department, the Consumer Council and the police have warned job seekers to be wary of employment traps such as shell companies, modelling contracts and pyramid schemes.
