Japan – Gakujo full-year revenue up 8.8% as profits rally

Japanese recruitment firm Gakujo Co. (2301: JP) reported revenue for the full-year ended 31 October 2020 of JPY 6.22 billion (USD 54.7 million), an increase of 8.8% compared with last year.

Japan – Artner revenue jumps 11.2% as profits rise

Japanese recruitment firm Artner (2163: JP) reported revenue last week for the nine months ended 31 October 2021 of JPY 5.99 billion (USD 52.7 million), an increase of 11.2% compared to the same period last year.

Singapore – Man jailed and fined for operating an employment agency illegally

A man was convicted by the State Courts of Singapore for operating an employment agency without a valid licence, according to the Ministry of Manpower.

He was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment and fined the maximum of SGD 80,000 (in default, two months' imprisonment) for an offence under the Employment...

India – Surge in hiring expected as mobile tech, 5G fuel demand for skilled professionals (The Economic Times)

The boom in the mobile technology industry, gaming, financial technology and education technology in India is pushing demand for skilled professionals to new highs. The advent of 5G is expected to accelerate hiring in the coming months, reports The Economic Times, citing research from TeamLease. Mobile...

Japan – Some companies not on board with call for 3% increase in wages (Reuters)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would like Japanese companies to raise wages by 3%, but some firms aren’t planning to do so, Reuters reported. A survey by the news organisation of some 500 Japanese companies found that 54% expect to keep total employee wages flat in the next fiscal year while...

World – HCL Technologies joins with bank to acquire Germany-based IT services provider

HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCLTECH:NSI), a global IT services firm based in Noida, India, joined with Germany-based apoBank to acquire Germany-based IT consulting firm Gesellschaft für Banksysteme GmbH, also referred to as gbs.

The deal is expected to close in January, subject to closing conditions and regulatory...

Australia – Hudson Global to back-pay AUD 4.5 million to contingent workers

Labour hire company Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty. Ltd. will back-pay more than AUD 4.5 million (USD 3.2 million) to underpaid workers as part of an “Enforceable Undertaking” signed with Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman.

Some 5,325 current and former “on-hire,” or contingent workers, were...

New Zealand – Job ads rise by an unseasonable 5% in November

Job ads in New Zealand rose 5% month over month in November, an unseasonably large increase, according to data released Thursday by job board operator Seek.

Helping drive growth were job ads in Auckland, New Zealand, which rose 8% in November compared to October.

“As we approach the end of the year,...

Japan – Engineering staffing provider Artner reports sales up 11% in first nine months

Artner Co. Ltd. (2163:TYO), an engineer staffing and solutions provider with headquarters in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, reported on Wednesday that sales rose 11.2% in the first nine months of its fiscal year ended 31 October. Gross margin narrowed while net income rose 25.8%.

The company’s fiscal year...

Australia – Total jobs fall by 2.7% in quarter ended 30 September

Total jobs in Australia fell by 2.7% in the quarter ended 30 September compared to the quarter ended 30 June, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The number of filled jobs — jobs with an employed person in them — fell 2.6%.

“The fall in...