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Singapore – HRNetGroup discloses change in voting rights interest for Staffline

15 June 2021

Singapore-based recruitment firm, HRnetGroup announced that it has filed a notification of major holdings in shares representing 14.47% of voting rights in Staffline Group, the UK-based recruitment and training organisation.

HRnetGroup was founded in 1992 by Peter Sim, a former human resources director...


India – Info Edge acquires recruitment software firm Zwayam

14 June 2021

Info Edge India Ltd (NAUKRI:NSI), the Indian job board, announced that it will acquire Zwayam, a recruitment software firm, for INR 610 million (USD 8.3 million).

Zwayam is engaged in the business of providing SaaS (software as a service) based sourcing and screening recruitment solutions and providing...


Malaysia – Majority favour salary over work-life balance

14 June 2021

The majority, or 72%, of Malaysians ranked ‘attractive salary & benefits’ as the most important employee value proposition they seek in an ideal employer, according to research from Randstad Malaysia and research firm Kantar TNS.

Work-life balance’ ranked second (69%) in employee value proposition,...


New Zealand – Number of women in temporary, casual and fixed term on the rise (NZ Herald)

14 June 2021

The number of women in casual, fixed-term or temporary roles in the March quarter was up 4.4% on a year earlier, reports the New Zealand Herald, citing official government data. At the same time, there was a 2.2% drop in women in permanent roles. At the same time, for men, there was a 4.4% drop in those...


Malaysia – Migrant workers win Goodyear legal battle (France24)

14 June 2021

Dozens of foreign workers in Malaysia have won a legal battle against US-based tyre giant Goodyear for underpaying them, reports France24. Sixty-five migrants from Myanmar, Nepal and India working at a Goodyear plant in central Selangor state lodged a case at the country's industrial tribunal, lawyer...


China – Didi Chuxing files IPO, valuation expected to be higher than Uber’s

11 June 2021

Didi Chuxing, the ride hailing work services platform based in China, publicly filed its initial public offering yesterday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

While the firm did not reveal the size of its offering, Reuters cites sources familiar with the matter that it could raise around USD...


New Zealand – Seek job ads up 193% year-on-year in May

11 June 2021

Job ads on job board Seek New Zealand were up by 193% in May 2021 when compared to May 2020 (during the beginning of the pandemic) and were up 24% when compared to May 2019.

When compared to the previous month, job ads were up 5% in May.

Janet Faulding, General Manager, Seek New Zealand said, “The hirer...


India – Staffing firms see rising demand for managed services (The Economic Times)

11 June 2021

India-based staffing firms are noting rising demand from managed services talent and projects as companies across sectors like pharmaceuticals, BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) and telecom increasingly digitise their operations, reports The Economic Times. Following the second wave, companies,...


People – Peoplestrong, Staffline

11 June 2021

India-based HR solutions and technology firm Peoplestrong announced it has appointed Sitesh Prasad as Vice President, Global Markets and Partnerships, who will join their regional headquarters in Singapore. The appointment comes as a part of PeopleStrong's continuing effort to invest in growth and reach...


Australia – Hiremii revenue rises 12.3%

10 June 2021

Hiremii, an Australia-based staffing platform for temporary and permanent hiring announced its unaudited results for the ten months ending 30 April 2021. Revenue stood at AUD 5.8 million (USD 4.5 million), representing an increase of 12.3% on the same period in the previous financial year.

For the period...