Australia – Job ads rise in March as labour demand remains strong

Job ads in Australia rose 0.4% in March from February as labour demand remained strong after better-than-expected employment results in February, ANZ bank reported Monday.

“ANZ Job Ads rose 0.4% month over month in March, to be up 57.5% on the pre-pandemic level,” ANZ Senior Economist Catherine Birch...

Japan – Outsourcing to acquire warehouse staffing provider Sankyo Logi Associate

Outsourcing Inc. (2427:TYO), which ranks as the third-largest staffing firm in Japan, according to SIA, is acquiring Sankyo Logi Associate Co. Ltd., a provider of warehouse worker staffing in the Kanto, Tohoku, Kansai and Chugoku areas of Japan.

Sankyo Logi is based in Tokyo and was established in January...

Japan – UT Group launches new jobs website, revises earnings forecast

UT Group Co. (2146:TYO), a Tokyo-based company that ranks among Japan’s largest staffing firms, on 1 April announced a new job site for temporary workers called Jobpal. The move comes after UT Group on 8 March announced a revision of its consolidated forecast for its fiscal third quarter ended 31 March,...

Digital skills training gap across Asia Pacific region needs addressing urgently (Techwire Asia)

The demand for digital skills in the workplace increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic as more interactions shifted online. Over the past two years, the cloud became a vital tool for organizations to keep up with the new normal (Techwire Asia).

The Building Digital Skills for the Changing...

India – Recruiters target homemakers as hiring agents (MINT)

Leading staffing firms such as TeamLease Services, Quess Corp, and Adecco India, and RPO, CIEL HR Services, are increasingly turning to homemakers to scout for recruiting talent for India Inc. as they strain to fill openings amid a spike in demand according to an article in MINT.

“These homemakers don’t...

India - Hiring returns to pre-Covid levels across sectors in India (Economic Times)

According to the Economic Times, hiring activities have reached or are nearing pre-Covid levels in sectors such as manufacturing, industrial, retail, travel, hospitality and tourism. There is a confident outlook as business activities increases across these sectors and hiring sentiment continues to be...

Australia – NSW nursing staff crisis

Managers from New South Wales nursing homes have come together to brainstorm how their embattled industry can bounce back, amid fears of a mass exodus of "demoralised" staff, according to news site msn.com. A recent union survey revealed one in five aged care staff were considering leaving...

Hong Kong - Brain drain as talent flees ‘zero COVID’ controls (Al Jazeera)

According to an article in Al Jazeera, Hong Kong has seen a net outflow of almost 157,000 residents since the beginning of 2022 as people tire of some of the world's harshest pandemic restrictions.

The Chinese territory’s “dynamic zero COVID” strategy, implemented to align with mainland China, has...

China – 51job fourth quarter revenue gets boost from Online Recruitment and its Other HR businesses

China-based job board and HR resource services provider 51job Inc. (NSDQ: JOBS) reported net revenue increased by 15.7% in the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2021 when compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.

Revenue growth was boosted by an improvement in Online Recruitment Services revenue and Other...

Japan – BeNext-Yumeshin acquires engineer temporary staffing firm Nihon Axis

Japanese technical staffing firm BeNext-Yumeshin announced that it acquired 100% of the shares of Nihon Axis Co., Ltd. and completed the payment for the purchase on 1 April 2022.

Financial details were not disclosed.

Nihon, based in Japan and founded in 1992, is involved in the dispatch of engineers and...