India – Contract Staff Rises in IT as Firms Seek Faster Deployment (Economic Times)

India's IT Business Process Management industry may see a rise in contract staff, as companies look to deploy talent quickly for short term projects, reports the Economic Times, citing industry trackers. The IT Business Process Management sector is likely to add an estimated 24,900 employees on contract...

Malaysia – Government targets half a million new jobs by 2021 (Free Malaysia Today)

Malaysia’s government will implement an Employment Generation Guarantee Scheme involving the provision of 500,000 new jobs beginning next year, reports Free Malaysia Today. Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said the government will allocate MYR 3.7 billion (USD 898.6 million) to create various upskilling...

Japan – JAC Recruitment revenue declines 10.1%

Japanese staffing firm JAC Recruitment (2124: TYO) reported revenue for the nine months ended 30 September 2020 of JPY 16.98 billion (USD 161.8 million), a decrease of 10.1% compared to last year.

Japan – Benext first quarter revenue sinks 12.9% as profits tumble

Japanese technical staffing firm BeNext, formerly known as Trust Tech (2154: JP), reported revenue today of JPY 17.74 billion (USD 169 million) for the first quarter ended 30 September 2020, a decrease of 12.9% compared with the previous year.

The group said the decrease in revenue compared to Q4 was...

Japan – Human Holdings revenue dips slightly

Human Holdings Co. Ltd. (2415:JP), a provider of human resource and employment services in Japan, reported revenue today of JPY 42.00 billion (USD 400.1 million) for the six months ended 30 September 2020, a decrease of 1.4% when compared to the previous year.

Japan – Tsunagu Holdings revenue growth supported by acquisition but reports loss

Tsunagu Holdings (6551:JP), a Japan-based company offering recruitment related services, reported revenue today for the full year ended 30 September 2020 of JPY 12.09 billion (USD  million), an increase of 14.0% when compared to the same period last year.

Japan – Career Co full year revenue rises

Career Co., Ltd, (6198:JP), a Japanese HR services firm, reported revenue for the full year ending 30 September 2020 of JPY 12.24 billion (USD 116.6 million), up 5.6% when compared to the same period last year.

Malaysia – Unemployment rate edges up 1.3%, labour market to face more challenges amid pandemic

The unemployment rate in Malaysia stood at 4.6% in September 2020, an increase of 1.3% when compared to the same period last year, according to data from Statistics Malaysia. When compared to August 2020, the unemployment rate remained steady.

The number of unemployed persons totalled 737,500 persons...

Singapore – Online recruitment dips 6% in September: Monster Employment Index

Online recruitment in Singapore decreased by 6% in September 2020 when compared to September 2019, according to data from the Monster Employment Index.

On a month-on-month basis, the Index recorded growth of 5%. Monster said this improvement in demand indicates that hiring is picking up among companies....

Australia – Number of students with jobs fall in 2020

The number of people in Australia who were working while they were studying fell by 283,000 between May 2019 and May 2020, according to new data published yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The 2020 Survey of Education and Work collected information in the first two weeks of May, when nationwide...