Recruit deal to enable US expansion for crowdsourced translation firm - 4/22/2015
Recruit Holdings Co., the world’s fifth-largest staffing firm and the largest staffing firm in Japan, invested in Tokyo-based Gengo, Inc., a crowdsourcing translation service provider. Gengo plans ... Recruit Holdings Co., the world’s fifth-largest staffing firm and the large...
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Softbank offers to buy Uber shares at 30% discount - 11/28/2017
Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp. offered to purchase Uber Technologies Inc. shares at a 30% discount to their current value, according to media reports. The human cloud, ride-sharing firm approved ... Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp. offered to purchase Uber Technologies Inc. shar...
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Deel completes acquisition of Australia-based payroll and human capital management firm - 11/22/2022
team members of PayGroup have joined Deel.
Founded in 2017, PayGroup has a presence in Australia, New Zealand, India, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.
“Together, we are building
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Recruit revenue up 2.7% in fiscal Q4, notes US job openings on Indeed down by 13% - 5/15/2023
services such as Rikunabi in Japan for new graduates.
Guidance
Recruit forecast first-quarter revenue to be down between 1.6% and 5.1% year over year. It expects the size of its HR matching
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Generative AI job posts surge; firms track executive interest: Tech roundup - 7/11/2023
, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain and Sweden. Ninety-nine percent of organizations surveyed had annual revenue of more than $1 billion, and 55% had revenue of more than
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PageGroup says revenue up 3.6% in H1 but cites tough market conditions in US, elsewhere - 8/07/2023
declined 17%, collectively. India grew 3% and delivered a record the first half against a very strong comparator, according to the company. Overall, for the first half, Japan declined 3% and Australia
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Hays gross profit falls 7% in fiscal Q1; decline expected following record quarter in prior year - 10/12/2023
, particularly in perm. Canada and US were down 31% and 27% respectively, as was Latin America, down 29%.
Asia gross profit decreased by 17%. Japan decreased by 4%, with Malaysia down 15%. China decreased by 25
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Hays reports December slowdown, warns on first-half operating profit - 1/09/2024
profit in Japan was flat, while Malaysia was more resilient and grew by 8%. Asia represents 15% of the company’s gross profit.
Hays’ consultant headcount decreased by 5% in the quarter and 12% year
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Temp Holdings founder contemplated jail — Staffing quote of the week - 1/31/2017
“Lifetime employment was the norm in Japan, and temping by private companies was banned under law, so I was often summoned by the ministry,” CNBC quoted Yoshiko Shinohara, founder and chairman ... “Lifetime employment was the norm in Japan, and temping by private...
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US workers at higher risk of robots taking jobs (CNN) - 3/24/2017
While 38% of jobs in the US are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence, only 30% of jobs in the UK are and only 21% of jobs in Japan are, CNN reported, citing a study by PwC. Although ... While 38% of jobs in the US are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence,...
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