Hong Kong – Kanzhun Limited proposes dual primary listing on the stock exchange of Hong Kong Limited

Kanzhun Limited (Nasdaq: BZ), whose core product is Chinese job board Boss Zhipin, announced a proposed dual primary listing on the stock exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX).

The company received a letter of approval, in principle, to the listing application from the HKEX on 15 December 2022 for the...

Japan – BeNext-Yumeshin subsidiary Open Up System to take over BeNext Solutions business

Japanese technical staffing firm BeNext-Yumeshin (2154: JP), announced a business transfer between subsidiaries of its company through an absorption-type company split.

The group’s system development business BeNext Solutions Inc. (BNS) will be transferred to Open Up System Co., Ltd., (OPS) which is...

Taiwan – 104 Corp November revenue rises 9.8%

Job board 104 Corp (3130: TAI) published a business update for the month of November 2022.

The group posted revenue in October 2022 of TWD 175.9 million (USD 5.7 million), an increase of 9.8% compared to the same period in 2021.

The accumulated revenue to October totalled TWD 2.01 billion (USD 65.3 million),...

World – Opaque algorithms impacting freelancers’ pay and reputation (Wired)

Some freelancers say decisions by algorithms are cutting their pay and they can’t fight back, Wired reported.

Wired suggested that freelancers in the gig economy are trapped in a Kafkaesque nightmare, at the beck and call of ever-changing user reviews, performance metrics, and opaque algorithms. Although...

Japan – IT workers needed but attracting Indian tech pros a challenge (The New York Times)

Japan needs tech workers, but the world’s third-largest economy faces some challenges when recruiting tech professionals from India, The New York Times reported. Pay in Japan tends to be lower and there are steep language and cultural barriers. Rigid corporate structures can also be a frustration,...

Australia – Employment rises by 64,000, participation rate returns to record high

Employment in Australia rose by 64,000 people in November while the seasonally adjusted participation rate rose to 66.8% — a return to its record high from the middle of this year, The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday.

“The record high participation rate continues to show that it...

World – DXC Technology forecasts five ways metaverse will impact life and business, including recruiting

From workplace collaboration to recruiting, IT services firm DXC Technology forecasts five ways the metaverse will impact life and business in the next 25 years.

Here they are:

Workplace collaboration won’t be the same. Instead of staring at a grid of two-dimensional faces on a videoconferencing screen,...

India – Germany to put more focus on attracting skilled workers from India (Mint)

Germany will make an extra effort to bring in more skilled workers and students from India, Mint reported. The two countries signed a bilateral migration and mobility agreement last week. “One of the inflation drivers in Germany is the lack of skilled workers and labour, and therefore we will make...

Australia – Staffing platform Hiremii appoints head of commercialisation

Hiremii Group (HMI:ASX), a staffing platform based in Perth, Australia, appointed Leon Morgan as head of commercialisation with immediate effect.

Morgan will be responsible for strategic sales and commercialisation across the technology arm of Hiremii throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific....

Australia – Adcorp places allaboutXpert business into voluntary administration

Adcorp Holdings Ltd. (ADR:JNB), a Johannesburg, South Africa-based staffing provider, said Wednesday it hadn’t found a buyer for its subsidiary allaboutXpert Australia Propriety Ltd. As a result, Adcorpo placed allaboutXpert in voluntary administration on 12 December.

Adcorp had reported in October...