South Korea – Hiring at top 500 firms rises in H1 amid pandemic (The Korea Bizwire)

South Korea’s major companies increased their hiring of new employees in the first half of the year despite the coronavirus pandemic, reports The Korea Bizwire, citing data from CEO Score. According to CEO Score, 460 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales had a combined workforce of 1,503,643...

Australia – Seek full year revenue rises 5% in constant currency

Revenue rose 5% in constant currency at Australia-based job board operator Seek in its fiscal year ended 30 June 2021. Revenue growth for continuing operations in constant currency was 21%.

Seek operates online job boards in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Mexico and Brazil and has investments in online...

India – Quess Corp signs agreement with Association of Healthcare Providers

Indian staffing firm Quess Corp announced it signed an agreement with the Association of Healthcare Providers to provide training and staffing services for healthcare professionals.

Quess Corp stated that the agreement aims to create a pipeline of trained paramedical and healthcare service professionals...

Singapore – Ministry of Manpower reviewing advisory on Covid-19 vaccination for workers (The Straits Times)

Covid-19 vaccination guidelines for workers in Singapore are being reviewed, with the aim to get more people protected against the coronavirus. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) told The Straits Times that it is reviewing an advisory issued last month, which states that employers may make vaccination a...

India – Formal jobs sector still at least a quarter away from reaching pre-Covid hiring levels (Business Standard)

Amid aggressive campus hiring, and the fight for tech talent, India Inc, India’s formal jobs sector, is still at least a quarter away from reaching pre-Covid levels of hiring, reports Business Standard, citing a number of staffing executives. Lohit Bhatia, president, Indian Staffing Federation said...

China – Renrui provides bullish business update as number of flexible employees soars

Renrui Human Resources Technology (6919: HKG), a mainland China-based flexible staffing service provided a voluntary business update.

The group said it has been focusing on the development of its flexible staffing services segment and the continuous recruitment of flexible staffing employees to be deployed...

New Zealand – Seek job ads up 88% in July and above pre-pandemic levels

Job ads on job board Seek New Zealand were up by 88% in July 2021 when compared to June 2020 and up 30% when compared to June 2019.

When compared to the previous month, job ads were up 2%. At the same time, applications per job ad fell 9% month on month.

Throughout the region, Auckland saw the biggest...

Taiwan – Seasonally adjusted jobless rate rises in July

Taiwan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.36% in July 2021 from 3.90% in July 2020, according to data from the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined by 0.40% on a monthly basis.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, compared...

Vietnam – Nearly half of businesses expected to ramp up employment within next three months (Vietnam News)

Nearly half, or 40%, of enterprises in Vietnam are expected to step up the recruitment of workers within the next three months, reports Vietnam News citing survey data conducted by ManpowerGroup Vietnam and the Department of Employment, under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA)....

Australia – Seek invests in JobKorea

Seek, the Australian job board, today announced a USD 48 million investment in JobKorea, a job board platform based in South Korea.

Seek will own a 10% stake, and Peter Bithos, CEO of Seek Asia, will join JobKorea's Board.

According to Seek, the investment will provide an opportunity for the company to...