India – Online hiring falls 15% in December: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in India recorded a year-on-year decline of 15% in December 2020, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

The Monster Employment Index decreased to 255 in December 2020 from 301 in December 2019.

Month-on-month, the Index was flat.

Online hiring demand in December 2020 exceeded...

Japan – Nissan to promote Japan-based contract workers to full-time, plans to abolish system of hiring contract workers (Bloomberg)

Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. is moving to promote all contract workers in Japan to full-time positions as the automaker’s push to cut fixed costs gives it more room to invest in its talent pool, reports Bloomberg. About 800 contract employees will become full-time employees from April, Azusa...

Hong Kong – Over a quarter of firms plan to increase headcount this year (South China Morning Post)

More than a quarter, or 27% of companies polled in Hong Kong said they were looking to increase their headcounts, reports the South China Morning Post citing data from Michael Page. In Hong Kong, 54% of companies said they planned to maintain the status quo and 19% said they planned job cuts. Hiring...

New Zealand – Seek job ads slip 7% in Q4 2020

New job ads posted on job board Seek New Zealand decreased by 7% in the fourth quarter of 2020 when compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

Job ads on Seek New Zealand were up 19% when comparing Q4 2020 to Q3 2020.

Janet Faulding, General Manager, Seek NZ, said, ““The end to 2020 saw continued growth...

World – Homeworkers must be better protected, ILO says

Those who are working from home need better protection, according to a report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The report says that since homeworking occurs in the private sphere it is often “invisible”. In low- and middle-income countries for instance, almost all home-based workers...

India – Hiring set to rebound as most firms lift freeze on recruitment

Hiring is set to rebound in India as most organisations have lifted the freeze in hiring, according to data from Naukri.com.

Naukri’s data showed that 11% of recruiters said that hiring is on hold in their respective organisations, compared to half of them who confirmed the same in the same survey conducted...

Japan – Government calls for maintaining jobs for temp workers (Jiji Press)

Japanese labour minister Norihisa Tamura yesterday called for maintaining jobs for temporary workers amid concerns about the negative economic impact from a second state of emergency over the coronavirus, according to news agency Jiji Press.  "We want you to cooperate with your client...

Japan – Recruit Holdings taps Indeed leader as next CEO

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., the largest staffing firm in Japan, appointed Hisayuki Idekoba, who led the company’s acquisition of jobs website Indeed, as president, CEO and representative director effective from 1 April 2021.

Idekoba presently serves as executive VP, chief operating officer and director...

Japan – Careerlink revenue and profits soar due to strong sales in BPO business

Revenue at Japan-based staffing firm Careerlink (6070: JP) rose 39.9% year over year in the nine months ended 30 November 2020 to JPY 22.05 billion (USD 142.6 million).

Japan – Hito Communications Q1 revenue rises 13.9%, profits show improvement

Japanese human resources provider Hito Communications (4433: JP) reported revenue for the full year ending 31 August 2020 of JPY 71.49 billion (USD 677.5 million).