Australia’s advertised salaries up 4.6% in October, South Australia leads growth

Advertised salaries on job board Seek Australia rose 4.6% in October from the same month a year ago, but the growth rate slowed from the annual 4.8% gain recorded in both September and August. 

On a monthly basis, advertised salaries climbed slightly by 0.3% in October, a slowdown from the previous...

Thailand employment growth slows further in Q3 due to weak exports (Xinhua)

Thailand's employment growth slowed year-on-year in the July-September 2023 period, reaching the lowest rate in five quarters, dragged down by weak exports, reports Xinhua, citing official data from the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). The Southeast Asian country's labour force...

Ciel Group acquires Indian IT staffing firm Aargee as it continues path to IPO

Ciel Group, a staffing firm based in India, successfully concluded the acquisition of Aargee Staffing Services Private Limited, an IT staffing firm based in Chennai, India.

The deal will comprise a share swap and cash deal, however Ciel did not disclose the total value of investments in acquiring the...

JP Holdings acquires worker dispatch firm One’s Will

JP Holdings, a Japan-based company offering nursery services and real estate services, announced it has acquired One’s Will, a company that offers worker dispatching as well as employment placement for foreign workers.

The price of the transaction was not disclosed. The effective date of the transaction...

Online recruitment in Malaysia improves 16% in October with growth fuelled by hospitality and retail

Online hiring across Malaysia reported a year-on-year growth of 16%, according to the latest foundit Insights Tracker, as the index climbed from 69 in Oct 2022 to 80 in Oct 2023.

Additionally, a month-on-month analysis also indicated an increase reflecting a positive job market. The rising index values...

Contract Watch: LiveHire signs third direct sourcing client under deal with TAPFIN

LiveHire Ltd. (LVH:ASX), an Australia-based provider of direct-sourcing technology, announced today the signing of its third Statement of Work, under its Master Services Agreement with ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions (TAPFIN), with a Fortune 100 global medical device and health care company.

The end client...

Australia expands pathways to permanent residency for skilled temp workers

Australia’s government is implementing changes to Australia's migration system to ensure temporary skilled workers have a pathway to permanent residency. 

The changes are expected to help Australia attract and retain the skilled workers it needs amidst ongoing skills shortages. 

Australia’s...

South Korea’s temporary workers up 1.4% in October, unemployment rate improves to 2.5%

The number of temporary workers in South Korea edges up 1.4% year over year to approximately 4.82 million in October 2023, according to data released by Statistics Korea.

When compared to the previous month, the number of temporary workers also saw an increase of 1.7% in October 2023. The temporary employment...

Temporary workers’ wages in Japan rise across major metro areas

The average hourly wage in October 2023 for temporary workers across three Japanese major metropolitan areas (Kanto, Tokai and Kansai) stood at JPY 1,587 (USD 10.64), up JPY 41 (USD 0.28) from the previous year and up JPY 11 (USD 0.07) from the previous month, according to data from Dip Corp. (2379:TYO),...

OECD GDP up 0.5% in Q3

Gross domestic product (GDP) across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries rose by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2023, the same pace as the previous quarter, according to provisional estimates.

The OECD comprises 38 democracies with market-based economies including many European...