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Japan – Outsourcing full year revenue rises 21.2% with broad-based growth
15 February 2023Japan-based staffing firm Outsourcing Inc. (2427: JP), the tenth-largest global staffing firm, reported revenue yesterday for the full year ending 31 December 2022 of JPY 689.7 billion (USD 5.18 billion), an increase of 21.2% when compared to the previous year.
Japan – World Holdings full year revenue up 18.7% as profits rise
15 February 2023Japanese outsourcing services company World Holdings (2429: JP) reported revenue on Friday for the full year ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 183.6 billion (USD 1.38 billion), an increase of 18.7% compared to the previous year.
Japan – Careerlink revenue jumps 47% while profits increase
15 February 2023Revenue at Japan-based staffing firm Careerlink (6070: JP) rose by 47.7% year over year in the nine months ended 30 November 2022 to a total of JPY 37.22 billion (USD 279.6 million).
Japan – Hirayama Holdings H1 revenue rises 17.6% as profits increase
15 February 2023Japan-based Hirayama Holdings (7781:JP), a company mainly engaged in outsourcing and technology staffing, reported revenue yesterday for the six months ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 15.77 billion (USD 118.5 million), an increase of 17.6% compared to the previous year.
Japan – JAC Recruitment full year revenue up 22.5% while profits rise
14 February 2023Japanese staffing firm JAC Recruitment (2124: TYO) reported revenue yesterday for the full year ended 31 December 2022 of JPY 30.43 billion (USD 230.4 million), an increase of 22.5% compared to the previous year.
Japan – Mirai Works Q1 revenue up 45%
14 February 2023Japan-based HR services firm Mirai Works (6563: TYO) yesterday reported revenue of JPY 1.96 billion (USD 14.8 million) for the first quarter ended 31 December 2022. The company did not post prior year results for comparison, however last year’s results can be found here. Comparing Q1 2023 to Q1 2022...
Australia – University of Melbourne facing court for alleged six-figure underpayments to casual staff
14 February 2023The University of Melbourne is facing hefty fines for allegedly failing to properly pay its casual staff in the Faculty of Arts and making false or misleading records.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken the university to Federal Court alleging that between February 2017 and December 2019, the university...
Malaysia – Unemployment rate in Malaysia falls to 3.6% in December
14 February 2023The unemployment rate in Malaysia fell to 3.6% in December 2022, down by 0.6% from the same month of the previous year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
In November 2022, the unemployment rate was also at 3.6%.
The number of unemployed persons continued to fall in December 2022 registering...
Japan – Recruit Holdings third quarter revenue up with growth led by HR Technology
13 February 2023Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., the fifth-largest global staffing firm, reported revenue rose 18.0% in its fiscal third quarter ended 31 December 2022. Revenue was up 6.5% excluding the exchange rate impact. The Tokyo-based firm reported revenue increased in all segments, HR Technology, Matching & Solutions...
Japan – BeNext-Yumeshin changes name to Open Up Group, H1 revenue rises 7.9%
13 February 2023Japanese technical staffing firm BeNext-Yumeshin (2154: JP) announced that it has changed its trade name to Open Up Group.
It comes after the announcement of a business transfer between subsidiaries of its company through an absorption-type company split. The group’s system development business BeNext...