{
  "id": 1816576,
  "title": "Online job listings fall 11.4pc in Q2",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/online-job-listings-fall-11-4pc-in-q2",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:30:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/economy/2026/08/1514138/online-job-listings-fall-114pc-q2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of online job listings in Malaysia fell by 11.4% in the second quarter of 2023, according to the Statistics Department. Despite this decline, the total number of companies advertising job openings increased marginally to 79,510 from 79,499 in the previous quarter. Professionals accounted for the largest share of these listings, comprising 51.5% of the total positions, a decrease of 9.5% from the previous quarter. Among individual occupations, advertising and marketing professionals were the most sought after, with 40,640 job offerings. The services sector led in online job offerings, accounting for 43.9% of the total, with the wholesale and retail trade subsector leading within the sector.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}