Australia – Ignite provides FY 2021 trading and strategic update indicating profitable performance

Australian recruitment firm Ignite (IGN:ASX) provided a trading and strategy update for FY 2021 during its annual general meeting yesterday.

The group had reported revenue fell 16.3% in the six months ended 30 June 2020 to AUD 127.9 million (USD 94.4 million).

Ignite said its strategic focus is on retaining...

Australia – Recruitment activity slips 2.3% in October

Job advertisements across Australia fell by 2.3% over the year to October 2020 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest Vacancy Report, which is published monthly by the National Skills Commission.

The Report summarises the latest trends in the Internet Vacancy Index from three job boards:...

India – Hiring recovers to climb 30% in September (The Tribune India)

Hiring in India recovered climbed 30% on the year in September, as businesses and companies continue to reopen, reports The Tribune India, citing data from global professional services platform LinkedIn. Earlier in the year, hiring declines reached a low of below -50% year-on-year in April, before starting...

India – Half of men believe there is a rise of gender bias against women in workplace (IANS)

More than 50% of men in India feel that there is an increased bias against women at the workplace, reports IANS citing a survey from Indian staffing firm TeamLease. The survey found that half of the male employees interviewed feel that there is an increase in gender bias against women in the last two...

India – Talent demand up 16% in October: TimesJobs

Demand for talent across India in October 2020 registered a 16% year-on-year increment, according to the latest TimesJobs RecruiteX, a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and supply of talent in India’s formal jobs sector.

When compared to the previous month, talent demand was up 2% with...

Taiwan – Jobless rate rises slightly in October to 3.80%

Taiwan’s unemployment rate rose by 0.03% in October 2020 to 3.80% when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest manpower survey results from Directorate General Budget, Accounting and Statistics.

When compared to the previous month, the unemployment rate declined by 0.03%. The...

Malaysia – Job market likely to see further improvement from Q4 onwards (Malay Mail)

Malaysia’s job market is expected to improve in the fourth quarter of 2020, based on the improvement in job creation and the stable unemployment rate in Malaysia since Q3 2020, reports Malay Mail, citing research from Institute of Labour Market Information and Analysis. The Institute’s senior director...

Australia – New South Wales government announces taskforce to investigate gig economy food delivery deaths (The Guardian)

A New South Wales government taskforce will investigate the gig economy after another food delivery worker was killed in Sydney, Australia, the fifth death among food delivery workers across the country in the past two months, reports The Guardian. The latest death was a deliverer for Uber Eats who was...

Australia – Seek job ads slip 11.7% in October, smallest decline since pandemic began

Job ads on Australian job board Seek are down 11.7% year-on-year in October 2020, the smallest year-on-year decline since the pandemic began.

The latest Seek employment report data also showed continued improved month-on-month performance with an increase of 8.5% in national jobs advertised in October....

Australia – Seasonally adjusted jobless rate rises to 7.0% in October

Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 7.0% in October 2020, up 1.7% when compared to the same period in 2019, according to data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Unemployment increased by 238,900 over the year to 960,900 people in October 2020 and when compared to the previous month...