India – Hiring activity up 38% in April with growth led by Travel and Hospitality sector

Hiring activity in India increased by 38% in April 2022 when compared to April 2021, according to the latest Naukri JobSpeak Index.

The JobSpeak Index calculates and records hiring activity based on job listings on the Naukri.com website month-on-month and year-on-year.

The index stood at 2,863 in April...

Philippines – Online hiring up 6% in March with boost from IT and Banking

Online hiring in the Philippines saw an increase of 6% in March 2022 when compared to March 2021, according to data from the Monster Employment Index (MEI).

The Monster Employment Index (MEI) saw an increase in e-recruitment activity as index rise to 133 in March 2022 from 125 in March 2021.

Month-on-month,...

Philippines – Employment rate improves to highest rate since April 2020

The employment rate in the Philippines stood at 94.2% in March 2022. This was the highest rate since April 2020 but lower than the registered employment rate in January 2020 (pre-pandemic) at 94.7%. In March 2021, the employment rate was reported at 92.9%, according to research from the Philippine...

People – Randstad RiseSmart, Kanzhun, AMS, Dip Corp

Randstad RiseSmart announced the appointment of Joel Paul as managing director, Randstad Risesmart for Asia-Pacific and IMEA (India, Middle East and Africa). Having joined the firm as a regional operations manager in 2008, Paul currently leads the business operations in India and the Middle East. He...

Australia – Seek job ads up 22.5% in April

Job ads on job board Seek Australia were up by 22.5% in April 2022 when compared to April 2021 and up 59.7% when compared to April 2019.

When compared to the previous month, job ads were up 2.9%.

At the same time, applications per job ad fell 7.6% over the previous month. When comparing March 2019 figures...

South Korea – Nearly half of non-IT grads want a job in the IT sector

Nearly half, or 46%, of graduate jobseekers in South Korea with non-IT majors said they would like to get a job in IT development, according to a survey from hiring platform Saramin.

Saramin surveyed 1,510 job seekers without IT majors on whether they would like to get a job in IT development.

The main...

Malaysia – Gig economy workforce legislation high on Human Resources Ministry ‘to do list’ (The Star Malaysia)

Specific legislation for gig economy workers in Malaysia is on the Human Resources Ministry’s to-do list, reports The Star Malaysia. Also on the list is legislation for assisting the government in achieving a new target for highly skilled workers. Human Resources minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said...

World – Tech Roundup: Kariyer, BarRaiser

Turkish job board Kariyer announced that it is investing in PeopleBox, an applicant tracking system firm that specialises in digital recruitment, job posting, social recruiting, talent acquisition, software, HR Technology, recruiting software, recruitment, and recruitment marketing. It also provides...

Australia – Airtasker acquires Oneflare

Australia-based B2C talent platform Airtasker announced it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the assets of Oneflare Pty Ltd, an Australia-based B2C services platform with a strong presence in trades, home improvement and professional services.

The price of the acquisition is AUD 9.8 million...

Singapore – Unemployment edges up slightly in March to 2.2%, total employment expands in Q1

Singapore’s unemployment rates edged up slightly in March 2022 with the overall rate rising from 2.1% in February 2022 to 2.2% in March 2022, according to the latest labour market report from the Ministry of Manpower. This was comparable to pre-Covid-19 rates, the Ministry added.

In March 2022, the...