Singapore – Online recruitment down 4% in October: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in Singapore decreased by 4% in October 2020 when compared to October 2019, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

On a month-on-month basis, the Index recorded growth of 4%. Monster said this improvement indicates that hiring is picking up among companies.

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Singapore – Most employers keen on hiring candidates for hybrid roles, study finds

Most employers (99%) in Singapore agree that there is a greater need for employees who can take on hybrid roles in order to meet their current business objectives, according to a survey from Singapore’s National Trades Union Congress Learning Hub.

According to the Learning Hub, in the face of a complex...

India – Nearly half of tech recruiters embracing online assessment tools for hiring (Hindu Business Line)

Technology recruiters in India are embracing remote hiring tools including online assessment tools, reports Hindu Business Line, citing a report from HackerEarth. The report showed 47% of Indian tech recruiters who used manual hiring processes, have now embraced online assessment tools with the onset...

Australia – LiveHire reports two direct-sourcing contract deals in regulatory update

LiveHire Ltd. (LVH:ASX), a provider of a direct-sourcing platform, announced in a regulatory filing on 16 November two new contract wins during its fiscal second quarter through its partnership with staffing firm Ian Martin Group Inc.

The companies will now provide a direct-sourcing program for Alberta...

Japan – Outsourcing Inc. to acquire staffing firm in Hyogo prefecture

Outsourcing Inc. (2427:TYO), which ranks as the third-largest staffing firm in Japan, announced plans this week to acquire Marks Co. Ltd., a staffing firm based in Nishiwaki, Japan, serving the Hyogo prefecture.

Marks provides staffing in manufacturing as well as logistics and medical/nursing care. The...

Australia – Employment continues recovery in November

Employment in Australia rose by 90,000 people in November compared to October, a 0.7% increase, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday. Still, employment remained down by 83,100 jobs year over year, or 0.6%.

Overall, total employment in Australia was nearly 12.9 million people in November,...

India – Staffing firms respond to incident at iPhone factory

Six staffing firms that supplied workers to the Wistron iphone factory near Bengaluru may face fines and be blacklisted for failing to pay wages following violence at the facility, the Hindustan Times reported. One official said anonymously that there were 8,500 temporary workers at the factory...

Singapore – Singasia first-quarter revenue plummets, but loss narrows

Singapore-based workforce solutions provider Singasia Holdings (8293: HKG) reported revenue today of SGD 890,494 (USD 671,788) for the three months ended 31 October 2020, representing a decrease of 83.5% when compared with the three months ended 31 October 2019.

India – Adecco Group, Randstad and other staffing firms under scrutiny as report shows Apple plant workers were underpaid working 12-hour shift amid possible labour violations

Staffing firms Randstad, Adecco Group, Quess Corp, and Innovsource, which provide third-party employees to Apple’s Taiwan-based contractor Wistron, were questioned following a union report that showed workers at an Apple facility were mandated a compulsory 12-hour work shift and the payments were far...

Australia – People Infrastructure enters agreement to acquire eCareer and Illuminate Search and Consulting

Australia-based workforce management company People Infrastructure (ASX: PPE) announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire eCareer Employment Services Pty Ltd and Illuminate Search and Consulting Pty Ltd.

The acquisition price is approximately AUD 5,150,000 net of cash acquired, payable...