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Japan – Altech full year revenue up 11.2% as profits show improvement

10 February 2023

Japanese technical staffing firm Altech Corp. (4641:JP) reported revenue yesterday for the full year ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 43.64 billion (USD 340.2 million), an increase of 11.2% when compared to the same period last year.

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Japan – Matching Service full year revenue up 13.9%, profits on the rise

10 February 2023

Matching Service Japan (6539:TYO), a recruitment firm based in Japan, reported revenue yesterday for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 3.20 billion (USD 24.4 million), up 13.9% over the same period the year prior.

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Japan – Will Group revenue rises 11.3%

10 February 2023

Japanese HR firm Will Group (6089:TYO), which focuses on temporary staffing, business contracting and recruitment, reported revenue on Wednesday of JPY 108.61 billion (USD 824.5 million) for the nine months ended 31 December 2022, an increase of 11.3% when compared to the same period a year prior. Gross...


India – Budget 2023 focuses on job creation

10 February 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented India’s Budget for 2023 last week announcing that India’s government will raise its capital expenditure by 33% with the aim of creating jobs across various sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, tourism, retail, consumer goods, renewable energy, healthcare,...


Australia – Humanforce acquires Wagestream, providing financial solutions to deskless workers (Yahoo Finance)

10 February 2023

Workforce management and payroll solutions provider Humanforce announced yesterday that it has acquired the Australian operations of Wagestream (formerly Earnd), an Australian provider of on-demand pay or earned wage access, according to Yahoo Finance. On-demand pay is a payroll service that allows employees...


South Korea – Jobs platform EasyTask announces funding (AIMGroup)

9 February 2023

EasyTask, a South Korea-based website for gig workers, announced that it raised an undisclosed amount from tech investor FirstGate, according to reports by AimGroup and the company. EasyTask uses artificial intelligence to connect workers with companies in half an hour and specializes in tasks that can...


Australia – Government shuts down ‘jobdobber’ hotline (The Guardian)

9 February 2023

The Albanese government in Australia ended its “jobdobber” hotline that enabled employers to report job seekers who turned down work or submitted inappropriate job applications, The Guardian reported. Few cases of noncompliance were found among job seekers, according to The Guardian. The controversial...


Japan – S-Pool responds to media criticism of its rental farms

9 February 2023

S-Pool Inc. (2471: TYO), a Tokyo-based staffing provider, issued a statement in response to reports in the Kyodo News and other newspapers criticizing farming operations run by its S-Pool Plus division to provide employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

The rental farms employ people with...


New Zealand – Job ads fall by 13% year over year in January: Seek

9 February 2023

Nationally, job ads in New Zealand were down 13% year over year in January, according to job board operator Seek.

Among the top 10 industries by job ad volume, the biggest year-over-year declines in jobs were in construction, down 27%; “information and communication technology,” down 26%; and engineering,...


Japan – UT Group revenue up 12.4% in first three quarters of fiscal year

8 February 2023

UT Group Go. Ltd. (2146:TYO), a Tokyo-based engineering and technical staffing firm, on 6 February reported revenue rose 12.4% year over year in the first nine months of fiscal year 2023, which ran from 1 April 2021 through 31 December 2022.

Gross margin improved, and the company reported record high...