Vietnam – Recruitment demand soars in Vietnamese textile & garment, IT sectors (Vietnam News)

Recruitment demand in the textile and garment industry has risen by 50% to 60% in the first and second quarter of 2021 compared to the same periods last year, reports Vietnam News, citing research from Navigos Group. Demand soared mainly for middle and senior management positions. The effectiveness of...

Pakistan – Pakistani workforce recruitment for Japan underway (The Pakistan Observer)

Pakistan is set to start sending its skilled workforce to Japan under a government-to-government Memorandum of Understanding as a recruitment initiative for many young workers is in its final stages, reports The Pakistan Observer citing an announcement from Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on...

Asia Pacific – Number of job listings return to pre-Covid levels in majority of Asian countries: JAC Recruitment

The number of white-collar job listings returned to pre-Covid-19 levels in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, India, and Japan in the first quarter of 2021 when compared to Q1 2020, according to data from JAC Recruitment.

In Singapore, during the first quarter of 2021, the number of job listings...

Australia – Majority of casual workers more likely to get Covid-19 vaccine if recommended by employer

The majority, or 70%, of casual workers in Australia have indicated that they would be more likely to receive the vaccine if it was recommended by their employer, according to a study by workforce management firm Human Force.

The research by Humanforce also revealed that the same number of casual workers,...

Singapore – Job market confidence improves over course of pandemic year (The Straits Times)

Perceptions of the overall job market in Singapore have improved significantly over the past year, even as Singaporeans' confidence in their own job security has remained largely the same, reports The Straits Times, citing a report by the Institute of Policy Studies. In March 2021, 42% of respondents...

Vietnam – Companies struggle to hire ecommerce talent (VNExpress)

The rate of companies in Vietnam with employees specialising in ecommerce has fallen by 7% since 2017, indicating a difficulty in finding talent amid the online sales boom, reports VNExpress, citing a report by the Vietnam E-commerce Association. Nearly a quarter, or 23% of companies had employees exclusively...

Japan – HR firm Visional surges in biggest IPO listing since SoftBank

Human resources tech firm Visional Inc. surged on its first day of trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers market in Japan’s biggest new listing in more than two years, according to Bloomberg.

The Mothers market is one of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's markets where the shares of startup companies...

China – Renrui reports strong growth in flexible staffing employees

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

As flexible staffing services is the major business segment of the group, Renrui HR has been focusing on the development of this business segment and the continuous recruitment...

India – Employers blame long work hours for mental health issues, employees blame leadership

Most employers in India feel long erratic working hours is the top factor leading to mental health issues, while the majority of employees have put the role of leadership as the top factor, according to a survey from Gi Group India and Devdiscourse.

The study polled employers and employees from small-,...

Thailand – Government urges working from home when possible as Covid-19 cases rise to record levels (Bangkok Post)

The Thai government is appealing to all sectors to comply with the new Covid-19 restrictions by supporting work-from-home programmes where possible, as the number of daily new cases reach record levels, reports Bangkok Post. Department of Disease Control director-general Opas Karnkawinpong emphasised...