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China – Average salaries climb 3.8% for jobseekers in 2022 (China Daily)
5 January 2023China’s job market saw a marginal increase in salaries for jobseekers in 2022 with financial and information technology industries in first-tier cities offering job-seekers higher pay, reports China Daily, citing research from Zhaopin. The research found that the average recruiting salary in the fourth...
Vietnam – Majority of workers plan to job hop in H1 2023 (Vietnam News)
5 January 2023The majority, or 75%, of workers in Vietnam have planned job hopping in the first half (H1) of 2023, mostly for higher pay, reports Vietnam News, citing a report made by job board Vieclam24h. Jobseekers prioritise companies that have development potential (65%), healthy working environment (61%), young...
Japan – Number of temporary agency workers up 2.7% in November, jobless rate improves
4 January 2023The number of Japan’s non-regular employees, which includes temporary workers, dispatch workers, contractors, part-time workers and others, totalled 21.28 million in November 2022, up 1.4% when compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from Statistics Japan.
The number of ‘dispatched...
Australia – Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate improves to 3.4% in November
4 January 2023Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.4% in November 2022, down by 1.1% when compared to the same period the year prior, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
On a monthly basis, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate saw no change.
The number of...
India – 5G rollout expected to drive telecom hiring in 2023 (Business Standard)
4 January 2023The 5G rollout in India is expected to drive hiring in the telecom sector in 2023, as the expansion of the high-speed service unleashes a ‘compounding impact’ on recruitment for both non-niche skills and technical skills, reports Business Standard, citing research from staffing firm NLB Services....
Philippines – Government orders recruitment firms to help overseas workers affected by air traffic outage (PhilStar Global)
4 January 2023The Department of Migrant Workers in the Philippines has formally ordered all private recruitment agencies and licensed manning agencies to assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were unable to leave the country due to the New Year’s Day air traffic system outage, reports PhilStarGlobal.
In an...
India – Quess Corp and Allsec agree to withdraw from planned merger
3 January 2023Indian staffing firm Quess Corp announced that it will not be moving ahead with its planned merger with subsidiary Allsec Technologies.
The company had first announced its planned merger in June 2022. Allsec Technologies was set to merge fully into Quess in an all stock deal. Quess Corp acquired a majority...
India – December jobless rate reaches highest level in 2022
3 January 2023India’s unemployment rate climbed to 8.3% in December, the highest in 2022, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
The 8.3% rate was higher than the 8.0% unemployment rate seen in November, while in September it was the lowest at 6.43%. In August, the rate stood at 8.28%,...
India – Slowdown in tech sector could hit TeamLease H2 results (LiveMint)
3 January 2023Hiring freezes and layoffs at India's tech and startup companies are beginning to hurt related sectors as well, with TeamLease Services struggling to add headcount and expand margins, reports LiveMint, citing the staffing firm and analysts. "Yes. We are facing strong headwinds in IT and startups,...
Vietnam – Recruitment demand slumps 25% from pre-pandemic levels (Vietnam News)
3 January 2023Recruitment demand in Vietnam during the last quarter of 2022 dropped 25% on average from the pre-pandemic level, reports Vietnam News, citing research from Vietnamese recruitment firm Navigos Group. For the month of December 2022, hiring demand fell by 42% compared to the pre-pandemic level, with Navigos...