Japan – Most students offered jobs upon university graduation: Recruit

The rate at which students are offered a job upon graduating from university remains high at 96.8%, the same level as last year, according to a study conducted by Japanese staffing giant Recruit and the Shushoku Mirai Institute.

Data was collected from 7,625 students between 15 March to 17 March 2023....

India – Staffing firms see growing demand for delivery workers (Economic Times)

Staffing firms in India are seeing demand for delivery workers in India is picking up even during traditionally slow months of January to March, and momentum is expected to continue in the coming months, the Economic Times reports.

Leading staffing firms like Adecco, TeamLease Services and Quess Corp...

Australia – Government passes law forcing firms to disclose gender pay gap (Reuters)

Australia today passed legislation requiring firms with more than 100 employees to publish their gender pay gap from early next year, as part of the Labour government's attempts to improve working conditions for women, reports Reuters. In 2023, Australia's national gender pay gap was 13.3%, data from...

Asia Pacific – Advance acquires Filipino HR tech startup BravoHR, raises $16 million in funding round

Advance, a Philippines-based fintech startup that provides a salary on-demand platform, announced that it has acquired Vietnam-based HR tech startup BravoHR.

DealStreetAsia reports that Advance has also raised a total of USD 16 million in pre-Series A funding with the funding round led by Do Ventures...

Australia – Seek average advertised salaries up 4.5% in February

Average advertised salaries on job board Seek in Australia increased by 4.5% in February 2023 when compared to February 2022.

The Seek Advertised Salary Index (ASI) measures the growth in advertised salaries for jobs posted on Seek in Australia. 

On a monthly basis, average advertised salaries rose...

World – AI systems could impact 300 million jobs worldwide but could boost GDP and labour productivity (Business Insider)

Generative artificial intelligence systems, such as ChatGPT, could lead to ‘significant disruption’ in the labour market and affect around 300 million full-time jobs globally, reports Business Insider, citing research from Goldman Sachs. Generative AI, a type of AI that is capable of generating text...

India – BetterPlace acquires Malaysian staffing firm Troopers (Tech in Asia)

BetterPlace, an India-based staffing and human resource management software provider, acquired Malaysia-based part-time staffing and recruitment services firm Troopers, reports Tech in Asia. The deal is estimated to be worth between USD 15 million and USD 20 million, a source told Tech in Asia. The deal...

India – Intent to hire in first quarter slips 4%, but rises 10% on annual basis

Hiring intent at India Inc. (India’s formal employment sector) slipped 4% for the first quarter (April to June 2023) when compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest Employment Outlook Report from Teamlease in India.

The report showed that 64% of firms plan to increase hiring, down from...

South Korea – Saramin HR rebrands to Saramin

SaraminHR, a South Korea-based job board, announced that it had changed its name to Saramin.

“The new name reflects the will of Saramin, which has grown into a representative HR company in Korea, to leap forward as a career platform that goes beyond recruitment and continues to be with job seekers and...

India – Majority of early-stage startups actively planning to increase staff in 2023

Despite the current trend of layoffs among larger corporations across India, 80% of early-stage startups, those with a current workforce of fewer than 20 employees, are actively seeking to expand their workforce in 2023, according to a survey by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry...