Most NZ businesses offered flexible working in 2023

Four out of five businesses across New Zealand (81%) offered flexible working hours to their employees in 2023, according to data released by Statistics New Zealand.

The research found that the offer of flexible working hours increases to 90% for large businesses (those with 100 or more employees).

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Demand for AI and ML professionals on the rise in India

Demand for professionals skilled in AI and machine learning is soaring in India, reports the Times of India, citing staffing firms. Randstad says hiring for AI and ML roles has been increasing by 30% each year since the pandemic, while demand for other digital skills has been growing at half that rate....

Persol invests in virtual coin operator JPYC

Persol announced that it has invested in JPYC Co., Ltd., a cryptocurrency operator based in Tokyo.

The investment was made through Persol Venture Partners LLC.

Founded in 2019, JPYC Co., Ltd. develops and operates ‘JPYC’, a Japanese yen stablecoin, a type of cryptocurrency. This virtual currency designed...

Keystone Education Group acquires Edunation and Asia Exchange

Keystone Education Group announced yesterday the acquisition of global education providers, Edunation and Asia Exchange.

Edunation and Asia Exchange will join Keystone's network of student recruitment agencies within the Keystone Study Abroad division, including Blueberry and Study Outside Norway (SONOR)....

Seek job ads slip 18.6% in February, but applications up

Australian job ad volumes are down 18.6% year-on-year in February 2024, according to data from job board Seek.

On a month-to-month basis, job ads declined 2.5% in February.

Applications per job ad rose for 18 consecutive months to February 2024, increasing 2.9% month-on-month and 72.7% year-on-year.

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Staffing firms expect H2 IT hiring uptick in India, IT hiring mandates up

Staffing firms are projecting an actual hiring increase of 7-8% in the second half of this calendar year, reports The Economic Times, citing data gathered from Teamlease and another recruitment firm. It comes as active demand for technology talent hit a new monthly high for this fiscal year in February,...

Majority of workers in Korea see climate change as ‘serious’

More than 90 percent of workers in South Korea said they consider current climate change to be serious, reports The Korea Herald, citing a survey by Incruit, an employment agency. The survey, which polled 743 workers, showed that 48.6% answered that they considered the situation to be “very serious”...

ZIGExN Co., Ltd acquires Teichaku

Japan-based ZIGExN Co., Ltd., announced that it has acquired all shares of Teichaku Inc., via its subsidiary BrainLab.

The total price of the acquisition is JPY 67 million (USD 442,913).

Brainlab, incorporated in 2002, a subsidiary of ZIGExN, is involved in the development and sales of business management...

Seek CFO resigns from role, search for new CFO underway

Seek Job board Seek Limited announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Kate Koch, has resigned. She will take up a position as Chief Financial Officer of IDP Education.

Koch joined Seek in 2021 from RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University. Seek said she has a desire to further...

Profits from forced labour in private sectors total $236 billion

Annual profits from forced labour in the global private sector economy totalled USD 236 billion, according to the latest study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). 

The report, ‘Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour’ showed that the total amount of illegal profits from...