Employers face labour shortage after Tet                                    Many enterprises in HCM City are facing a serious lack of labourers after Tet, as many employees quit to seek new and better jobs.    A hiring sign posted by An Nhon Textile Company Even before Tet, a number of enterprises in HCM City had already put up now hiring ads. The signs are easy to find along the streets near industrial and processing zone of Tan Tao, Tan Binh and Linh Trung. A variety of jobs are advertised along with the benefits and bonuses that go along with them. Some firms even send out vehicles to the northern and central provinces to bring back new employees. According to the local Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, labourers often switch jobs after Tet, so companies take the opportunity to hire. It is estimated that businesses will hire around 30,000 new labourers in first quarter of 2014. A leather shoe company in Tan Binh Industrial Park announced they have 10,000 labourers but only 65% returned after the holiday. "Some people are taking their maternal leave or their holiday while the rest have found a new jobs," a representative said. The head of Pou Yuen Corporation in Vietnam, Cu Phat Nghiep, said they had lost 10% of their labourers after Tet. Le Minh Giang, a resident of Go Vap District, said he worked at a textile company but found a new job with a more stable income and less working hours. Labourers often try to find new jobs that have better incomes and less overtime shifts. Nguyen Thi Lan said because of her small children, she found jobs near their apartment to save expenses. An official that manages industrial zones in HCM City said this is a difficult problem for businesses because they still depend on cheap labour sources in other provinces. Enterprises in HCM City not only lost labourers to different jobs, they also lost more labourers this year to new industrial zones that have appeared in the central region. Hanoimoi